Submissions from 2024
Application of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Differentiate Algal Communities by Littoral Zonation and Detect Unreported Algal Species, Sergei Bombin, Andrei Bombin, Brian Wysor, and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista
Turning kinematics of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita, J. H. Costello, Sean Colin, B. J. Gemmell, J. O. Dabiri, and E. A. Kanso
A Molecular-Informed Species Inventory of the Order Ceramiales (Rhodophyta) in the Narragansett Bay Area (Rhode Island and Massachusetts), USA, Thomas Irvine, Brian Wysor, and Alicia Beauvais
Submissions from 2023
Exposure to global change and microplastics elicits an immune response in an endangered coral, Colleen B. Bove, Katharine Greene, Sharla Sugierski, Nicola G. Kriefall, Alexa K. Huzar, Annabel M. Hughes, Koty H. Sharp, Nicole D. Fogarty, and Sarah W. Davies
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, Brad J. Gemmell, John O. Dabiri, and Eva A. Kanso
Physical and stoichiometric controls on stream respiration in a headwater stream, Jancoba Dorley, Joel Singley, Tim Covino, Kamini Singha, Michael Gooseff, David Van Horn, and Ricardo González-Pinzón
Fecal and cloacal microbiomes of cold-stunned loggerhead Caretta caretta, Kemp’s ridley Lepidochelys kempii, and green sea turtles Chelonia mydas, Zachary R. Forbes, Abigail K. Scro, Samir H. Patel, Karen M. Dourdeville, Robert L. Prescott, and Roxanna Smolowitz
Ecological characteristics impact PFAS concentrations in a U.S. North Atlantic food web, Melanie L. Hedgespeth, David L. Taylor, Sawyer Balint, Morgan Schwartz, and Mark G. Cantwell
Describing the diet of a generalist feeder: the striped searobin (Prionotus evolans) from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (USA), Margaret Heinichen, Anne Innes-Gold, Joseph A. Langan, Tyler Richman, Jeremy Collie, and Austin Humphries
Foreign stingers: South American freshwater river stingrays Potamotrygon spp. established in Indonesia, Rikho Jerikho, Surya Gentha Akmal, Veryl Hasan, Yonvitner, Jindřich Novák, André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Alberto Maceda-Veiga, Michael F. Tlusty, Andrew L. Rhyne, Ondřej Slavík, and Jiří Patoka
Nitrogen fixation facilitates stream microbial mat biomass across the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Tyler J. Kohler, Joel G. Singley, Adam N. Wlostowski, and Diane M. McKnight
Quantifying the feeding behavior and trophic impact of a widespread oceanic ctenophore, Betsy Potter, Marco Corrales-Ugalde, James P. Townsend, Sean Colin, Kelly R. Sutherland, John H. Costello, Richard Collins, and Brad J. Gemmell
Symbiotic survey of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) from the Gulf coast of Florida, USA, Abigail K. Scro, Jamie Bojko, and Donald C. Behringer
SoJel –A 3D printed jellyfish-like robot using soft materials for underwater applications, Pawandeep Singh Matharu, Zhong Wang, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, Ray H. Baughman, and Yonas T. Tadesse
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor, Joel G. Singley, Mark R. Salvatore, Michael N. Gooseff, Diane M. McKnight, and Eve Lyn S. Hinckley
Nectophore coordination and kinematics by physonect siphonophores, Shirah Strock, John H. Costello, Joost Daniels, Kakani Katija, and Sean Colin
Real-time automated species level detection of trade document systems to reduce illegal wildlife trade and improve data quality, Michael F. Tlusty, Donna Mareè Cawthorn, Orion L.B. Goodman, Andrew L. Rhyne, and David L. Roberts
Ontogenetic transitions, biomechanical trade-offs and macroevolution of scyphozoan medusae swimming patterns, Guilherme M. von Montfort, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, André C. Morandini, Alvaro E. Migotto, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Marcelo Reginato, Hiroshi Miyake, and Renato M. Nagata
Upper Thermal Tolerances of Two Native and One Invasive Crayfish in Missouri, USA, Jacob T. Westhoff, Hisham A. Abdelrahman, and James A. Stoeckel
Submissions from 2022
Reshuffling of the Coral Microbiome during Dormancy, Anya L. Brown, Koty H. Sharp, and Amy Apprill
Variation in symbiont density is linked to changes in constitutive immunity in the facultatively symbiotic coral, Astrangia poculata, Isabella Changsut, Haley R. Womack, Alicia Shickle, Koty H. Sharp, and Lauren E. Fuess
Oceanic lobate ctenophores possess feeding mechanics similar to the impactful coastal species Mnemiopsis leidyi, Malaika Cordeiro, John H. Costello, Brad J. Gemmell, Kelly R. Sutherland, and Sean Colin
Distributed propulsion enables fast and efficient swimming modes in physonect siphonophores, Kevin T. Du Clos, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, John O. Dabiri, and Kelly R. Sutherland
Examining the paradox of urban disease ecology by linking the perspectives of Urban One Health and Ecology with Cities, Joel Henrique Ellwanger, Loren B. Byrne, and José Artur Bogo Chies
Genome Sequence of the Estuarine Synechococcus sp. Strain NB0720_010, Campbell A. MacKenzie, Marcia F. Marston, Javier F. Tabima, and Nathan A. Ahlgren
Development of a multiplex qPCR for the quantification of three protozoan parasites of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, Jessica L. Piesz, Abigail K. Scro, Ryan Corbett, Kathryn Markey Lundgren, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Marta Gomez-Chiarri
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms to Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont, Giulia Puntin, Michael Sweet, Sebastian Fraune, Mónica Medina, Koty H. Sharp, Virginia M. Weis, and Maren Ziegler
The effect of off-bottom versus on-bottom oyster culture on total and pathogenic Vibrio spp. abundances in oyster tissue, water and sediment samples, Abigail K. Scro, James Westphalen, Hauke L. Kite-Powell, John W. Brawley, and Roxanna Smolowitz
Blue crab Callinectes sapidus dietary habits and pre dation on juvenile winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus in southern New England tidal rivers, David L. Taylor, Molly M. Fehon, Kelly J. Cribari, and Abigail K. Scro
Evaluating acid-aluminum stress in streams of the Northeastern U.S. at watershed, fish community and physiological scales, Benjamin J. Zdasiuk, Celia Y. Chen, Stephen D. McCormick, Keith H. Nislow, Joel Singley, and John T. Kelly
Submissions from 2021
Understanding the North Atlantic Right Whale Litigation, Gabrielle Benjamin and Read Porter
Differential patterns of microbiota recovery in symbiotic and aposymbiotic corals following antibiotic disturbance, Shavonna M. Bent, Carolyn A. Miller, Koty H. Sharp, Colleen M. Hansel, and Amy Apprill
Assessment of littoral algal diversity from the northern Gulf of Mexico using environmental DNA metabarcoding, Sergei Bombin, Brian Wysor, and Juan M. Lopez-Bautista
The determination of thiocyanate in the blood plasma and holding water of Amphiprion clarkii after exposure to cyanide, J. Alexander Bonanno, Nancy E. Breen, Michael F. Tlusty, Lawrence Andrade, and Andrew L. Rhyne
The Hydrodynamics of Jellyfish Swimming, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, John O. Dabiri, Brad J. Gemmell, Kelsey N. Lucas, and Kelly R. Sutherland
Towards an integrative view of virus phenotypes, John P. DeLong, Maitham A. Al-Sammak, Zeina T. Al-Ameeli, David D. Dunigan, Kyle F. Edwards, Jeffry J. Fuhrmann, Jason P. Gleghorn, Hanqun Li, Kona Haramoto, Amelia O. Harrison, Marcia F. Marston, Ryan M. Moore, Shawn W. Polson, Barbra D. Ferrell, Miranda E. Salsbery, Christopher R. Schvarcz, Jasmine Shirazi, Grieg F. Steward, James L. Van Etten, and K. Eric Wommack
Swimming kinematics and performance of spinal transected lampreys with different levels of axon regeneration, Jacob Fies, Brad J. Gemmell, Stephanie M. Fogerson, Jennifer R. Morgan, Eric D. Tytell, and Sean Colin
Cool your jets: biological jet propulsion in marine invertebrates, Brad J. Gemmell, John O. Dabiri, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, James P. Townsend, and Kelly R. Sutherland
The most efficient metazoan swimmer creates a 'virtual wall' to enhance performance, Brad J. Gemmell, Kevin T. Du Clos, Sean Colin, Kelly R. Sutherland, and John H. Costello
Neuromechanical wave resonance in jellyfish swimming, Alexander P. Hoover, Nicole W. Xu, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean P. Colin, John H. Costello, John O. Dabiri, and Laura A. Miller
Fluid dynamics and efficiency of colonial swimming via multijet propulsion at intermediate Reynolds numbers, Houshuo Jiang, John H. Costello, and Sean P. Colin
A Histopathological-Biochemical Health Assessment of Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis, Connor P. Jones, Adam T. St. Gelais, Carrie J. Byron, Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Roxanna M. Smolowitz, Michele E. Condon, Katherine E. Parker, Aubrey E. Jane, and Elena G. Shippey
The many shapes of microbial detection of kin and kind, Guillermo Paz-Y-Miňo-C and Avelina Espinosa
Microbiome Analysis Reveals Diversity and Function of Mollicutes Associated with the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Zachary T. Pimentel, Keith Dufault-Thompson, Kayla T. Russo, Abigail K. Scro, Roxanna M. Smolowitz, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, and Ying Zhang
Arthropoda: Decapoda, Roxanna Smolowitz
Mollusca: Bivalvia, Roxanna Smolowitz
Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Population Structure in Southern New England Tidal Rivers: Patterns of Shallow-Water, Unvegetated Habitat Use and Quality, David L. Taylor and Molly M. Fehon
Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes, Christophe Vieira, Frédérique Steen, Sofie D’hondt, Quinten Bafort, Lennert Tyberghein, Cindy Fernandez-García, Brian Wysor, Ana Tronholm, Lydiane Mattio, Claude Payri, Hiroshi Kawai, Gary Saunders, Frederik Leliaert, Heroen Verbruggen, and Olivier De Clerck
Developing biohybrid robotic jellyfish (aurelia aurita) for free-swimming tests in the laboratory and in the field, Nicole W. Xu, James P. Townsend, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, Brad J. Gemmell, and John O. Dabiri
Submissions from 2020
Improving the productivity-susceptibility analysis to assess data-limited fisheries, Gabrielle A. Baillargeon, Michael F. Tlusty, Edward T. Dougherty, and Andrew L. Rhyne
The role of suction thrust in the metachronal paddles of swimming invertebrates, Sean P. Colin, John H. Costello, Kelly R. Sutherland, Brad J. Gemmell, John O. Dabiri, and Kevin T. Du Clos
Estimating Dredge Catch Efficiencies for the Northern Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) Population of Narragansett Bay, M. Conor McManus, Dale F. Leavitt, Matt Griffin, Dennis Erkan, Anna J. Malek Mercer, and Thomas Heimann
Widespread loss of Caribbean acroporid corals was underway before coral bleaching and disease outbreaks, Katie L. Cramer, Jeremy B.C. Jackson, Mary K. Donovan, Benjamin J. Greenstein, Chelsea A. Korpanty, Geoffrey M. Cook, and John M. Pandolfi
Jellyfish and fish solve the challenges of turning dynamics similarly to achieve high maneuverability, John O. Dabiri, Sean P. Colin, Brad J. Gemmell, Kelsey N. Lucas, Megan C. Leftwich, and John H. Costello
Anti-amebic effects of Chinese rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) leaves' extract, the anthraquinone rhein and related compounds, Avelina Espinosa, Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C, Yoly Santos, Hang Ma, Michael Nadeau, Navindra P. Seeram, and David C. Rowley
Identification of variants associated with hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, resistance to Quahog Parasite Unknown disease, Sarah Farhat, Arnaud Tanguy, Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa, Ximing Guo, Isabelle Boutet, Roxanna Smolowitz, Diane Murphy, Gregg J. Rivara, and Bassem Allam
The Development of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) Photosynthesis in Cotyledons of the C4 Species, Portulaca grandiflora (Portulacaceae), Lonnie J. Guralnick, Kate E. Gilbert, Diana Denio, and Nicholas Antico
Scaling of ctenes and consequences for swimming performance in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia bachei, Wyatt L. Heimbichner Goebel, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, Brad J. Gemmell, and Kelly R. Sutherland
Plant science decadal vision 2020–2030: Reimagining the potential of plants for a healthy and sustainable future, Natalie Henkhaus, Madelaine Bartlett, David Gang, Lonnie Guralnick, and et al.
Bridging the divide: Student grand rounds at the interface of basic science and clinical medicine, Marie A. Hollenhorst, David A. Braun, Christopher R. Burtner, Iahn Cajigas, Amy C. Cunningham-Bussel, Pinar Eser, Christopher S. Nabel, Frederick D. Tsai, Lachelle D. Weeks, Thomas Michel, and Maria A. Yialamas
Whole-genome sequence of the cyanobacterium synechococcus sp. strain WH 8101, Marcia F. Marston and Shawn W. Polson
Northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) larval transport and settlement modeled for a temperate estuary, M. Conor McManus, David S. Ullman, Scott D. Rutherford, and Christopher Kincaid
Aquaculture of marine ornamental fish: overview of the production trends and the role of academia in research progress, Simon Pouil, Michael F. Tlusty, Andrew L. Rhyne, and Marc Metian
Regulation of Lobster Bait Alternatives in New England, Victoria Rosa and Read Porter
Ink release and swimming behavior in the oceanic ctenophore Eurhamphaea vexilligera, J. P. Townsend, B. J. Gemmell, K. R. Sutherland, S. P. Colin, and J. H. Costello
Fluid and predator-prey interactions of Scyphomedusae fed calanoid copepods, Zachary Wagner, John H. Costello, and Sean P. Colin
Legal Limits on Recreational Fishing Near Offshore Wind Facilities, Kaitlynn Webster and Read Porter
Field testing of biohybrid robotic jellyfish to demonstrate enhanced swimming speeds, Nicole W. Xu, James P. Townsend, John H. Costello, Sean P. Colin, Brad J. Gemmell, and John O. Dabiri
The reticulate coral reef system in Golfo de Guacanayabo, SE Cuba, Vassil N. Zlatarski and Benjamin J. Greenstein
Submissions from 2019
On the half-life of thiocyanate in the plasma of the marine fish Amphiprion ocellaris: implications for cyanide detection, Nancy Breen E. Breen
On the half-life of thiocyanate in the plasma of the marine fish Amphiprion ocellaris: Implications for cyanide detection, Nancy E. Breen, J. Alexander Bonanno, Sara Hunt, Julia Grossman, Jordan Brown, Hannah Nolte, and Andrew L. Rhyne
Bioaccumulation of PCBs by a seaweed bloom (Ulva rigida) and transfer to higher trophic levels in an estuarine food web, Donald Cheney, John M. Logan, Kevin Gardner, Elizabeth Sly, Brian Wysor, and Scott Greenwood
Hydrodynamics of vortex generation during bell contraction by the hydromedusa eutonina indicans (Romanes, 1876), John H. Costello, Sean P. Colin, Brad J. Gemmell, and John O. Dabiri
Thrust generation during steady swimming and acceleration from rest in anguilliform swimmers, Kevin T. Du Clos, John O. Dabiri, John H. Costello, Sean P. Colin, Jennifer R. Morgan, Stephanie M. Fogerson, and Brad J. Gemmell
Discrimination Experiments in Entamoeba and Evidence from Other Protists Suggest Pathogenic Amebas Cooperate with Kin to Colonize Hosts and Deter Rivals, Avelina Espinosa and Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C
A ctenophore (comb jelly) employs vortex rebound dynamics and outperforms other gelatinous swimmers, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean P. Colin, John H. Costello, and Kelly R. Sutherland
Stability of temperate coral astrangia poculata microbiome is reflected across different sequencing methodologies, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Zoe A. Pratte, Christina A. Kellogg, Sara E. Snader, and Koty H. Sharp
Stability of temperate coral Astrangia poculata microbiome is reflected across different sequencing methodologies, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Zoe A. Pratte, and Koty H. Sharp
Ocean acidification alters morphology of all otolith types in Clark’s anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), Robert J. Holmberg, Eric Wilcox-Freeburg, Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, Alan Stebbins, Steven W. Nye, Aaron Honig, Amy E. Johnston, Christine M. San Antonio, Bradford Bourque, and Robyn E. Hannigan
Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of anovel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite,Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov, J. Grace Klinges, Stephanie M. Rosales, Ryan McMinds, and Koty H. Sharp
Climate Change and Dam Owner Liability in Rhode Island, Read Porter, James Philopena Jr., and Cory Lee
Patterns, dynamics and consequences of microplastic ingestion by the temperate coral, Astrangia poculata, Randi D. Rotjan, Koty H. Sharp, and Anna E. Gauthier
Combined effects of acute temperature change and elevated pCO2 on the metabolic rates and hypoxia tolerances of clearnose skate (Rostaraja eglanteria), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), and thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata), Gail D. Schwieterman, Daniel P. Crear, Brooke N. Anderson, Danielle R. Lavoie, James A. Sulikowski, Peter G. Bushnell, and Richard W. Brill
Multiplex qPCR Detection of Nonpathogenic and Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus from Oysters Cultured in Massachusetts and Rhode Island: The Reliability of MPN as an Indicator, Abigail K. Scro, Kathryn Markey Lundgren, and Roxanna Smolowitz
Bacterial community dynamics in an oyster hatchery in response to probiotic treatment, Rebecca J. Stevick, Saebom Sohn, Tejashree H. Modak, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley, Karin Tammi, Roxanna Smolowitz, Kathryn Markey Lundgren, Anton F. Post, and Marta Gómez-Chiarri
Maneuvering performance in the colonial siphonophore, Nanomia bijuga, Kelly R. Sutherland, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean P. Colin, and John H. Costello
Propulsive design principles in a multi-jet siphonophore, Kelly R. Sutherland, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean P. Colin, and John H. Costello
Piscivory in age-0 summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus with a focus on predator-induced mortality of post-settlement winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus, David L. Taylor, Kelly J. Cribari, and Abigail Scro
Submissions from 2018
Effects of capture surface morphology on feeding success of scyphomedusae: a comparative study, Nicholas Bezio, John H. Costello, Elijah Perry, and Sean P. Colin
Can excreted thiocyanate be used to detect cyanide exposure in live reef fish?, Nancy Breen E. Breen
Can excreted thiocyanate be used to detect cyanide exposure in live reef fish?, Nancy E. Breen, Julie Lowenstein, Rebecca Metivier, Lawrence Andrade, and Andrew L. Rhyne
Widespread utilization of passive energy recapture in swimming medusae, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean P. Colin, and John H. Costello
Resilience in moving water: Effects of turbulence on the predatory impact of the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, Cornelia Jaspers, John H. Costello, Kelly R. Sutherland, Brad Gemmell, Kelsey N. Lucas, Jennifer Tackett, Kara Dodge, and Sean P. Colin
Comparative toxicity of Corexit® 9500, oil, and a Corexit®/oil mixture on the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin), Lindsay Jasperse, Milton Levin, Katherine Tsantiris, Roxanna Smolowitz, Christopher Perkins, J. Evan Ward, and Sylvain De Guise
El Niño drives a widespread ulcerative skin disease outbreak in Galapagos marine fishes, Robert W. Lamb, Franz Smith, Anaide W. Aued, Pelayo Salinas-de-León, Jenifer Suarez, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Roxanna Smolowitz, Cem Giray, and Jon D. Witman
Overcoming Impediments to Shellfish Aquaculture: Access to Public Boat Launches, Marine Affairs Institute, Roger Williams University School of Law; Mitchell Ramic; and Read Porter
Invertebrates, Alisa L. Newton and Roxanna Smolowitz
A Reviewof QPX Disease in Thenorthernquahog(= Hard Clam)Mercenaria mercenaria, Roxanna Smolowitz
Mercury content of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) from southern New England coastal habitats: Contamination in an emergent fishery and risks to human consumers, David L. Taylor and Nicholas M. Calabrese
Submissions from 2017
Evaluation of nutritional and environmental variables during early larval culture of pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus), Jason S. Broach, Cortney L. Ohs, Matthew A. DiMaggio, and Nancy E. Breen
