Lab members’ names in bold
2025
Stallings, C.D., M.E. Emory, J.A. Peake, M.J. Schram, K.R. Wall, and I. Williams. 2025. Ten years (2013-2023) of fish assemblage data collected seasonally with diver surveys on artificial and natural reefs. Ecology.
Keel, K., M. Kerr, L.Y. Liu, Y. Liu, J.P. Kilborn, G. Zapfe, E.B. Peebles, C.D. Stallings, and M. Breibart. 2025. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of fish spawning dynamics on the West Florida Shelf during fall. Fisheries Oceanography. PDF
Chacin, D.H., S.S. Bell, and C.D. Stallings. 2025. Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots serve as additional valuable habitat for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in a subtropical estuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 583: 152083. PDF
Dornelas, M., C.D. Stallings, et al. 2025. BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
2024
Schram, M.J., M.E. Emory, J.P. Kilborn, J.A. Peake, K.R. Wall, I. Williams, and C.D. Stallings. 2024. Reef fish assemblages differ both compositionally and functionally on artificial and natural reefs in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. ICES Journal of Marine Science 81:1150-1163. PDF
Helmueller, G.J., C.D. Stallings, L.A. Lombardi-Carlson, and S.A. Murawski. 2024. Population demography of tilefish in the Gulf of Mexico before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: e10299. PDF
Boisvert, T.S., R.R. Ruzicka, S.A. Schopmeyer, and C.D. Stallings. 2024. Nine years of Acropora cervicornis outplanting has not provided long-term restoration success in the upper Florida Keys. Restoration Ecology: e14129. PDF
Plafcan, M.M., P.T. Schwing, I.C. Romero, G.R. Brooks, R.A. Larson, B.J. O’Malley, and C.D. Stallings. 2024. Benthic foraminifera in Gulf of Mexico show temporal and spatial dynamics of microplastics. Marine Pollution Bulletin 200: e116090. PDF
Storch, L.S., D.L. Kimbro, N. Dix, P. Marcum, J. Garwood, C.D. Stallings, and J.W. White. 2024. Stark differences in spatial gradients of Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) productivity in two Florida, USA, estuaries with different predator communities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 297: e108602. PDF
Nguyen, B.V.V., Y. Liu, C.D. Stallings, M. Breitbart, S.A. Murawski, R.H. Weisberg, M. Kerr, E.S. Bønnelycke, and E.B. Peebles. 2024. Retention and export of planktonic fish eggs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries Oceanography 33: e12655. PDF
2023
Stallings, C.D., O. Ayala, T.A. Cross, and B. Sauls. 2023. Post-release survival of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) and red grouper (Epinephelus morio) using different barotrauma mitigation methods. Fisheries Research 264: 106717. PDF
Stallings, C.D., J.A. Nelson, E.B. Peebles, G. Ellis, E.A. Goddard, N.K. Jue, A. Mickle, O.E. Tzadik, and C.C. Koenig. 2023. Trophic ontogeny of a generalist predator is conserved across space. Oecologia 201: 721-732. PDF
Breitbart, M., M. Kerr, M.J. Schram, I. Williams, G. Koziol, E.B. Peebles, and C.D. Stallings. 2023. Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf. PeerJ 11: e15016. PDF
Pusack, T.J., C.D. Stallings, M.A. Albins, C.E. Benkwitt, K.E. Ingeman, T.L. Kindinger, and M.A. Hixon. 2023. Protracted recovery of long-spined urchin (Diadema antillarum) in the Bahamas. Coral Reefs 42: 93-98. PDF
2022
Plafcan, M.M and C.D. Stallings. 2022. Microplastics do not affect bleaching of Acropora cervicornis at ambient or elevated temperatures. PeerJ 10: e13578. PDF
Peake, J.A., T.C. MacDonald, K.A. Thompson, and C.D. Stallings. 2022. Estuarine forage fish community dynamics reveal association with basal resource regime across a latitudinal gradient. Ecosphere 13: e4038. PDF
Almeida, L.L., C.D. Stallings, M.V. Condini, A.M. Garcia, O.E. Tzadik, C.C. Koenig, and M. Hostim-Silva. 2022. Non-lethal stable isotope analysis reveals consistent trophic growth of juvenile Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara in Brazilian estuaries. Bulletin of Marine Science 98: 17-26. PDF
Harrod, C. and C.D. Stallings. 2022. Trophodynamics. In S. Midway, C. Hasler, and P. Chakrabarty (Eds.), Methods for Fish Biology (2nd Edition), American Fisheries Society. BOOK
2021
Stallings, C.D., I.M. Freytes-Ortiz, M.M. Plafcan, and C. Langdon. 2021. Inducible defenses in an estuarine bivalve do not alter predator handling times and are not affected by elevated pCO2. Marine Ecology Progress Series 679: 73-84. PDF
Medina, M., C. Estes, B. Best, C.D. Stallings, E. Montes, L.G. McEachron, and F.E. Muller-Karger. 2021. Reef-fish abundance, biomass, and biodiversity inside and outside no-take marine zones in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 1999 – 2018. Oceanography 34: 42-51. PDF
Faletti, M.E. and C.D. Stallings. 2021. Life history through the eyes of a hogfish: trophic growth and differential juvenile habitat use from stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 666: 183-202. PDF
Bates, A.E., C.D. Stallings, et al. (340 co-authors). 2021. The global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation 109175. PDF
2020
Kimbro, D.L., C.D. Stallings, and J.W. White. 2020. Diminishing returns in habitat restoration by adding biogenic materials: a test using estuarine oysters and recycled oyster shell. Restoration Ecology 28: 1633-1642.
Lesser, J.S., W.R. Ryan James, C.D. Stallings, R.M. Wilson, and J.A. Nelson. 2020. Trophic niche volume decreases with increasing ecosystem productivity. Oikos 129: 1303-1313.
Chacin, D.H., C.D. Stallings, M. Eggertsen, C. Åkerlund, C. Halling, and C. Berkström. 2020. Altered tropical seascapes influence patterns of fish assemblage and ecological functions in East Africa. Scientific Reports 10: 12479. PDF
Curtis, J.S., M.A. Albins, E.B. Peebles, and C.D. Stallings. 2020. Stable isotope analysis of eye lenses from invasive lionfish yields record of resource use. Marine Ecology Progress Series 637: 181-194. PDF
2019
Faletti, M.E., D.H. Chacin, J.A. Peake, T.C. MacDonald, and C.D. Stallings. Population dynamics of Pinfish in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (1998-2016). PLoS One 14: e0221131. PDF
Freytes-Ortiz, I.M. and C.D. Stallings. Elevated temperatures suppress inducible defenses and alter shell shape of intertidal mussel. Marine Biology 165: 113. PDF
Kurth, B.N., E.B. Peebles, and C.D. Stallings. Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) exhibit upper estuarine habitat dependence followed by foraging system fidelity after ontogenetic habitat shifts. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 225: 106248. PDF
Pusack, T.J., D.L. Kimbro, J.W. White, and C.D. Stallings. Predation on oysters is inhibited by intense or chronically mild low salinity events. Limnology and Oceanography 64: 81-92. PDF
Hanley, T.C., J.W. White, C.D. Stallings, and D.L. Kimbro. Environmental gradients shape the combined effects of multiple parasites on oyster hosts in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series 612: 111-125. PDF
2018
Peake, J., A.K. Bogdanoff, C.A. Layman, B. Castillo, K. Reale-Munroe, J. Chapman, K. Dahl, W.F. Patterson III, C. Eddy, R.D. Ellis, M. Faletti, N. Higgs, M.A. Johnston, R.C. Muñoz, V. Sandel, J.C. Villasenor-Derbez, and J.A. Morris Jr. 2018. Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the temperate and tropical western Atlantic. Biological Invasions. PDF
Pusack, T.J., H.G. Garland, D.L. Kimbro, J.W. White and C.D. Stallings. 2018. Size-dependent feeding and intraspecific inhibition of an estuarine snail on oysters. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 501: 74-82. PDF
Wall, K.R. and C.D. Stallings. Subtropical benthos vary with depth, reef type, and grazing intensity. 2018. Journal of Experimental Maine Biology and Ecology 509: 54-65. PDF
Johnson, D. W., M. R. Christie, T. J. Pusack, C. D. Stallings, and M. A. Hixon. 2018. Integrating larval connectivity with local demography reveals regional dynamics of a marine metapopulation. Ecology 99: 1419-1429. PDF
Dornelas, M., C.D. Stallings, et al. (254 coauthors). 2018. BioTIME: a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 760-786. PDF
2017
Fogg, A.Q. and M.E. Faletti. 2017. Invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.) agonistic behavior observations. Bulletin of Marine Science 94(1). PDF
Tzadik, O.E., D.L. Jones, E.B. Peebles, C.C. Koenig, and C.D. Stallings. 2017. The effects of spatial scale on assigning nursery habitats in Atlantic Goliath Groupers (Epinephelus itajara) using non-lethal analyses of fin rays. Estuaries and Coasts 40: 1785-1794. PDF
Kimbro, D.L., J.W. White, H. Garland, N. Cox, M. Christopher, O. Stokes-Cawley, S. Yuan, T.J. Pusack, and C.D. Stallings. 2017. Local and regional stressors interact to drive a salinization-induced outbreak of predators on Florida oyster reefs. Ecosphere 8: e01992. PDF
Benkwitt, C.E., M.A. Albins, K.L. Buch, K.E. Ingeman, T.L. Kindinger, T.J. Pusack, C.D. Stallings, and M.A. Hixon. 2017. Is the lionfish invasion waning? Evidence from the Bahamas. Coral Reefs 36: 1255-1261. PDF
Koenig, C.C. , L.S. Bueno, F.C. Coleman, J.A. Cusick, R.D. Ellis, K. Kingon, J.V. Locascio, C. Malinowski, D.J. Murie, and C.D. Stallings. 2017. The timing of spawning (diel, lunar, seasonal) in Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein 1822). Bulletin of Marine Science 93: 391-406. PDF
Curtis, J.S., K.R. Wall, M.A. Albins, and C.D. Stallings. 2017. Diet shifts in a native mesopredator across a range of invasive lionfish biomass. Marine Ecology Progress Series 573: 215-228. PDF
Tzadik, O.E., J.S. Curtis, J.E. Granneman, B.N. Kurth, T.J. Pusack, A.A. Wallace, D.J. Hollander, E.B. Peebles, and C.D. Stallings. 2017. Chemical archives in fishes beyond otoliths: A review on the use of other body parts as chronological recorders of microchemical constituents for expanding interpretations of environmental, ecological, and life-history changes. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 15: 238-263. PDF
Herdter, E.S., D.P. Chambers, C.D. Stallings, and S.A. Murawski. 2017. Did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affect growth of Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper? Fisheries Research 191: 60-68. PDF
Tzadik, O.E., E.B. Peebles, and C.D. Stallings. 2017. Life history studies via non-lethal sampling: Using microchemical constituents of fin rays as chronological recorders. Journal of Fish Biology 90: 611-625. PDF
Stier, A.C., C.D. Stallings, J.F. Samhouri, M.A. Albins, and G.R. Almany. 2017. Biodiversity effects of the predation gauntlet. Coral Reefs 36: 601-606. PDF
2016
Stallings, C.D., E.B. Peebles, O. Ayala, J.S. Curtis, and K.R. Wall. 2016. Lunar periodicity in spawning of White Grunt, Haemulon plumieri. Bulletin of Marine Science 92: 545-550. PDF
Ellis, R.D. and M.E. Faletti. 2016. Native Grouper Indirectly Ameliorates the Negative Effects of Invasive Lionfish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 558: 267-279 PDF
Chacin, D.H., T.S. Switzer, C.H. Ainsworth, and C.D. Stallings. 2016. Long-term retrospective analysis of spatio-temporal patterns in population dynamics and demography of juvenile Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides). Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 183: 52-61. PDF
Simard, P., K.R. Wall , D.A. Mann, C.C. Wall, and C.D. Stallings. 2016. Boat visitation rates at artificial and natural reefs in the eastern Gulf of Mexico using acoustic recorders. PLoS One 11: e0160695. PDF
Jerabek, A.S., K.R. Wall, and C.D. Stallings. 2016. Low-copper antifouling paints as an alternative to frequent maintenance of experimental field apparatuses. PeerJ 4: e2213. PDF
Chacin, D.H. and C.D. Stallings. 2016. Disentangling fine- and broad-scale effects of habitat on predator-prey interactions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 483: 10-19. PDF
Hall-Scharf, B.J., T.S. Switzer, and C.D. Stallings. 2016. Ontogenetic and long-term diet shifts of a predatory fish in an urban estuary undergoing dramatic changes in water quality and habitat dynamics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145: 502-520. PDF
2015
Stallings, C.D., A. Mickle, J.A. Nelson, M.G. McManus, and C.C. Koenig. 2015. Faunal communities and habitat characteristics of the Big Bend seagrass meadows, 2009-2010. Ecology 96: 304 (Ecological Archives E096-030). PDF
Guindon, K., C. Neidig, M. Tringali, S. Gray, T. King, C. Gardinal, and B. Kurth. 2015. An overview of the tarpon genetic recapture study in Florida – a citizen science success story. Environmental Biology of Fishes 98: 2239-2250. PDF
Chacin D.H., S. Giery, L. Yeager, C.A. Layman, and R.B. Langerhans. 2015. Does hydrological fragmentation affect coastal bird communities? A study from Abaco Island, The Bahamas. Wetlands Ecology and Management 23: 551-557. PDF
Johnson, D.W., M.R. Christie, C.D. Stallings, T.J. Pusack and M.A. Hixon. 2015. Using post-settlement demography to estimate pre-settlement larval survivorship: a coral-reef fish example. Oecologia 179: 729-739. PDF
Koenig, C.C. and C.D. Stallings. 2015. A new compact rotating video system for rapid survey of marine fish populations. Bulletin of Marine Science 91: 365-373. [Feature Article; as of April 2016, this is the 3rd most downloaded paper in the history of the journal’s website] PDF
Tzadik, O.E., E.A. Goddard, D.J. Hollander, C.C. Koenig, and C.D. Stallings. 2015. Non-lethal approach identifies variability of δ15N values in the fin rays of Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara. Peer J 3: e1010. PDF
Stallings, C.D., J.A. Nelson, K.L. Rozar, C.S. Adams, K.R. Wall, T.S. Switzer, B.L. Winner, and D.J. Hollander. 2015. Effects of preservation methods of muscle tissue from upper-trophic level reef fishes on stable isotope values (δ13C and δ15N). Peer-J 3: e874. PDF
2014
Stallings, C.D., J.P. Brower, J.M. Heinlein Loch, and A. Mickle. 2014. Commercial trawling in seagrass beds: bycatch and long-term trends in effort of a major shrimp fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 513: 143-153. PDF
Lavrentyev, P.J., H.A. Vanderploeg, G. Franze, D.H. Chacin, and J.R. Liebig. 2014. Microzooplankton distribution, dynamics, and trophic interactions relative to phytoplankton and quagga mussels in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes
Research 401: 95-105. PDF
Pusack, T.J., M.R. Christie, D.W. Johnson, C.D. Stallings, and M.A. Hixon. 2014. Spatial and temporal patterns of larval dispersal in a coral-reef fish metapopulation: evidence of variable reproductive success. Molecular Ecology 23: 3396-3408. PDF
Stallings, C.D., J.P. Brower, J.M. Heinlein Loch, and A. Mickle. 2014. Catch comparison between otter and rollerframe trawls: implications for sampling in seagrass beds. Fisheries Research 155: 177-184. PDF
Hall-Scharf, B.J. and C.D. Stallings. 2014. Experimental test of preference by a generalist piscivore on morphologically- and behaviorally- different prey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 460: 193-196. PDF
2013
Nelson, J.A., C.D. Stallings, W.M. Landing, and J. Chanton. 2013. Biomass transfer subsidizes nitrogen to offshore food webs. Ecosystems 16: 1130-1138. PDF
Matechik, C.V., A. Mickle, and C.D. Stallings. 2013. Experimental test of two marking methods on survival, growth, and tag retention on young of year pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 440: 49-53. PDF
2012
Stallings, C.D. and A. Dingeldein. 2012. Intraspecific cooperation facilitates synergistic predation. Bulletin of Marine Science 88: 317-318 PDF
Hixon, M.A., T.W. Anderson, K.L. Buch, D.W. Johnson, J.B. McLeod, and C.D. Stallings. 2012. Recruitment, density dependence, and population regulation in marine fish: a large-scale, long-term field manipulation. Ecological Monographs 82: 467-489. PDF
2010
Stallings, C.D., F.C. Coleman, C.C. Koenig, and D.A. Markiewicz. 2010. Energy allocation in juveniles of a warm-temperate reef fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes 88: 389-398. PDF
Stallings, C.D. 2010. Experimental test of preference by a predatory fish for prey at different densities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 389: 1-5. PDF
Christie, M.R., D.W. Johnson, C.D. Stallings, and M.A. Hixon. 2010. Self recruitment and sweepstakes reproduction amid extensive gene flow in a coral-reef fish. Molecular Ecology 19: 1042-1057. PDF
2009
Stallings, C.D. 2009. Fishery-independent data reveal negative effect of human population density on Caribbean predatory fish communities. PLoS One 4: e5333. PDF
Stallings, C.D. 2009. Predator identity and recruitment of coral-reef fishes: indirect effects of fishing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 383: 251-259. PDF
2008
Stallings, C.D. 2008. Indirect effects of an exploited predator on recruitment of coral-reef fishes. Ecology 89: 2090-2095. PDF