Marine and Biological Study

Thrust generation during steady swimming and acceleration from rest in anguilliform swimmers, Kevin T. Du Clos, John O. Dabiri, John H. Costello, Sean 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 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 D. Bourque, and Robyn E. Hannigan

Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov, J. Grace Klinges, Stephanie M. Rosales, Ryan McMinds, Elizabeth C. Shaver, Andrew A. Shantz, Esther C. Peters, Michael Eitel, Gert Wörheide, Koty H. Sharp, Deron E. Burkepile, Brian R. Silliman, and Rebecca L. Vega Thurber

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 Colin, and John H. Costello

Propulsive design principles in a multi-jet siphonophore, Kelly R. Sutherland, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean 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 K. Scro

Host-associated microbiomes drive structure and function of marine ecosystems, Laetitia G.E. Wilkins, Matthieu Leray, Aaron O'Dea, Benedict Yuen, Raquel S. Peixoto, Tiago J. Pereira, Holly M. Bik, David A. Coil, J. Emmett Duffy, Edward Allen Herre, Harilaos A. Lessios, Noelle M. Lucey, Luis C. Mejia, Douglas B. Rasher, Koty H. Sharp, Emilia M. Sogin, Robert W. Thacker, Rebecca Vega Thurber, William T. Wcislo, Elizabeth G. Wilbanks, and Jonathan A. Eisen

Submissions from 2018 2018

Effects of capture surface morphology on feeding success of scyphomedusae: a comparative study, Nicholas Bezio, John H. Costello, Elijah Perry, and Sean 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 Breen 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 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 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 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 Breen E. Breen

Protracted volitional spawning of pinfish Lagodon rhomboides and changes in egg quality and fatty-acid composition throughout the spawning season, J. S. Broach, C. L. Ohs, and Nancy Breen E. Breen

Sea star wasting disease in asterias forbesi along the Atlantic coast of North America, Caitlin Bucci, Madison Francoeur, Jillon McGreal, Roxanna Smolowitz, Vanesa Zazueta-Novoa, Gary M. Wessel, and Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Nematocyst distribution corresponds to prey capture location in hydromedusae with different predation modes, Marco Corrales-Ugalde, Sean Colin, and Kelly R. Sutherland

Crassulacean acid metabolism as a continuous trait: variability in the contribution of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in populations of Portulacaria afra, Lonnie J. Guralnick and Kate Gladsky

Seasonal shifts in bacterial community responses to phytoplankton-derived dissolved organic matter in the Western Antarctic Peninsula, Catherine M. Luria, Linda A. Amaral-Zettler, Hugh W. Ducklow, Daniel J. Repeta, Andrew L. Rhyne, and Jeremy J. Rich

The central Arctic Ocean-preventing another tragedy of the commons, Andrew J. Norris and Patrick McKinley

Real-time PCR assay for Aquimarina macrocephali subsp. homaria and its distribution in shell disease lesions of Homarus americanus, Milne-Edwards, 1837, and environmental samples, Robert A. Quinn, Suchandra Hazra, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Andrei Y. Chistoserdov

Expanding our understanding of the trade in marine aquarium animals, Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, Joseph T. Szczebak, and Robert J. Holmberg

Season, but not symbiont state, drives microbiome structure in the temperate coral Astrangia poculata., Koty H. Sharp, Zoe A. Pratte, and Allison H. Kerwin

Feeding habits and dietary overlap of age-0 winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in southern New England tidal rivers, David L. Taylor and Carissa L. Gervasi

Mercury contamination in Southern New England coastal fisheries and dietary habits of recreational anglers and their families: Implications to human health and issuance of consumption advisories, David L. Taylor and Patrick R. Williamson

A transdisciplinary approach to the initial validation of a single cell protein as an alternative protein source for use in aquafeeds, Michael Tlusty, Andrew L. Rhyne, Joseph T. Szczebak, Bradford D. Bourque, Jennifer L. Bowen, Gary Burr, Christopher J. Marx, and Lawrence Feinberg

Submissions from 2016 2016

Reproduction, larviculture and early development of the Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, an emerging model organism for studies in evolutionary developmental biology and sexual plasticity, Sophie Archambeault, Eric Ng, Lyle Rapp, David Cerino, Bradford D. Bourque, Tessa Solomon-Lane, Matthew S. Grober, Andrew L. Rhyne, and Karen Crow

The genomic content and context of auxiliary metabolic genes in marine cyanomyoviruses, Lisa T. Crummett, Richard J. Puxty, Claudia Weihe, Marcia F. Marston, and Jennifer B.H. Martiny

DNA-assisted identification of Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) reduces species richness estimates for the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Cindy Fernández-García, Brian Wysor, Rafael Riosmena-Rodríguez, Enrique Pena-Salamañca, and Heroen Verbruggen

How the bending kinematics of swimming lampreys build negative pressure fields for suction thrust, Brad J. Gemmell, Stephanie M. Fogerson, John H. Costello, Jennifer R. Morgan, John O. Dabiri, and Sean Colin

Diseases and Parasites of Scallops, Rodman G. Getchell, Roxanna Smolowitz, Sharon E. McGladdery, and Susan M. Bower

Identification of a Mycobacterium sp. as the causative agent of orange nodular lesions in the Atlantic sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, Catherine Grimm, Carl Huntsberger, Kathryn Markey, Susan Inglis, and Roxanna Smolowitz

Biogeographic variation in host range phenotypes and taxonomic composition of marine cyanophage isolates, China A. Hanson, Marcia F. Marston, and Jennifer B.H. Martiny

Trophic structure of a coastal fish community determined with diet and stable isotope analyses, A. J. Malek, J. S. Collie, and David L. Taylor

Transitions in morphologies, fluid regimes, and feeding mechanisms during development of the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna, Renato M. Nagata, André C. Morandini, Sean Colin, Alvaro E. Migotto, and John H. Costello

Kin Discrimination in Protists: From Many Cells to Single Cells and Backwards, Guillermo Paz-Y-Miño-C and Avelina Espinosa

Probiotic Strains for Disease Management in Hatchery Larviculture of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica, Saebom Sohn, Kathryn Markey Lundgren, Karin Tammi, Murni Karim, Roxanna Smolowitz, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley, and Marta Gómez-Chiarri

Efficacy of Probiotics in Preventing Vibriosis in the Larviculture of Different Species of Bivalve Shellfish, Saebom Sohn, Kathryn Markey Lundgren, Karin Tammi, Roxanna Smolowitz, David R. Nelson, David C. Rowley, and Marta Gómez-Chiarri

Prey capture by the cosmopolitan hydromedusae, Obelia spp., in the viscous regime, Kelly R. Sutherland, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean Colin, and John H. Costello

Juvenile Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) Utilization of Southern New England Nurseries: Comparisons Among Estuarine, Tidal River, and Coastal Lagoon Shallow-Water Habitats, David L. Taylor, Jason McNamee, John Lake, Carissa L. Gervasi, and Danial G. Palance

Bacterial diversity and community composition from seasurface to subseafloor, Emily A. Walsh, John B. Kirkpatrick, Scott Rutherford, David C. Smith, Mitchell Sogin, and Steven D'Hondt

Submissions from 2015 2015

Separation of DNA by length in rotational flow: Lattice-Boltzmann-based simulations, Faihan Alfahani, Michael Antonelli, and Jennifer Kreft Pearce

Indigenous urbanization in amazonia: Interpretive challenges and opportunities, Jeremy M. Campbell

Elevating the predatory effect: Sensory-scanning foraging strategy by the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, Sean Colin, Roshena MacPherson, Brad Gemmell, John H. Costello, Kelly Sutherland, and Cornelia Jaspers

Multi-jet propulsion organized by clonal development in a colonial siphonophore, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, Brad J. Gemmell, John O. Dabiri, and Kelly R. Sutherland

Suction-based propulsion as a basis for efficient animal swimming, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, and John O. Dabiri

Control of vortex rings for manoeuvrability, Brad J. Gemmell, Daniel R. Troolin, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, and Richard A. Satterlie

The 800-Pound Grouper in the Room: Asymptotic Body Size and Invasiveness of Marine Aquarium Fishes, Robert J. Holmberg, Michael F. Tlusty, Elizabeth Futoma, Les Kaufman, James A. Morris, and Andrew L. Rhyne

Carbon content of Mnemiopsis leidyi eggs and specific egg production rates in northern Europe, Cornelia Jaspers, John H. Costello, and Sean Colin

Ontogenetic shift of spectral sensitivity in the larval phototaxis of two sympatric caridean shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni and L. boggessi (Decapoda: Lysmatidae), Kevin B. Johnson and Andrew L. Rhyne

Ontogenetic propulsive transitions by Sarsia tubulosa medusae, Kakani Katija, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, and Houshuo Jiang

Effects of non-uniform stiffness on the swimming performance of a passively-flexing, fish-like foil model, Kelsey N. Lucas, Patrick J.M. Thornycroft, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, and George V. Lauder

The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: An observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre, J. Reisser, B. Slat, K. Noble, K. Du Plessis, M. Epp, M. Proietti, J. De Sonneville, T. Becker, and C. Pattiaratchi

Induction of Larval Settlement in the Reef Coral Porites astreoides by a Cultivated Marine Roseobacter Strain, Koty H. Sharp

Submissions from 2014 2014

The effects of dietary HUFA level on flame angelfish (Centropyge loriculus) spawning, egg quality and early larval characteristics, Chatham K. Callan, Charles W. Laidley, Linda J. Kling, Nancy Breen E. Breen, and Andrew L. Rhyne

An Algorithm to Estimate Unsteady and Quasi-Steady Pressure Fields from Velocity Field measurements, John O. Dabiri, Sanjeeb Bose, Brad J. Gemmell, Sean Colin, and John H. Costello

Evidence of taxa-, clone-, and kin-discrimination in protists: ecological and evolutionary implications, Avelina Espinosa and Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C

Exploring vortex enhancement and manipulation mechanisms in jellyfish that contributes to energetically efficient propulsion, Brad J. Gemmell, John H. Costello, and Sean Colin

Antagonistic coevolution of marine planktonic viruses and their hosts, Jennifer B.H. Martiny, Lasse Riemann, Marcia F. Marston, and Mathias Middelboe

Gill bacteria enable a novel digestive strategy in a wood-feeding mollusk, Roberta M. O’Connor, Jennifer M. Fung, and Koty H. Sharp

Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments, Melany P. Puglisi, Jennifer M. Sneed, and Koty H. Sharp

Is sustainable exploitation of coral reefs possible? A view from the standpoint of the marine aquarium trade, Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, and Les Kaufman

Microscopy of biofilms, Koty H. Sharp

Pathology of two forms of shell disease of the American lobster Homarus americanus Milne Edwards in Atlantic Canada, Roxanna Smolowitz, R. A. Quinn, R. J. Cawthorn, R. L. Summerfield, and A. Y. Chistoserdov

The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole from a biofilm bacterium induces settlement of multiple Caribbean corals, Jennifer M. Sneed and Koty H. Sharp

Ambient fluid motions influence swimming and feeding by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, Kelly R. Sutherland, Jack H. Costello, Sean Colin, and John O. Dabiri

Mercury bioaccumulation in cartilaginous fishes from Southern New England coastal waters: Contamination from a trophic ecology and human health perspective, David L. Taylor, Nicholas J. Kutil, Anna J. Malek, and Jeremy S. Collie

Trophic influences on mercury accumulation in top pelagic predators from offshore New England waters of the northwest atlantic ocean, Amy K. Teffer, Michelle D. Staudinger, David L. Taylor, and Francis Juanes

Submissions from 2013 2013

Diversity and temporal dynamics of Southern California coastal marine cyanophage isolates, Jessica L. Clasen, China A. Hanson, Yazeed Ibrahim, Claudia Weihe, Marcia F. Marston, and Jennifer B.H. Martiny

Propulsion in Cubomedusae: Mechanisms and Utility, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, Kakani Katija, Jamie Seymour, and Kristen Kiefer

Diversity and evolutionary relationships of T7-like podoviruses infecting marine cyanobacteria, Naama P. Dekel-Bird, Sarit Avrani, Gazalah Sabehi, Irina Pekarsky, Marcia F. Marston, Shay Kirzner, and Debbie Lindell

A simple temperature-based model predicts the upper latitudinal limit of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata, J. L. Dimond and Koty H. Sharp

Passive Energy Recapture in Jellyfish Contributes to Propulsive Advantage over other Metazoans, Brad J. Gemmell, John H. Costello, Sean Colin, Colin J. Stewart, John O. Dabiri, Danesh Tafti, and Shashank Priya

Molecular and morphological diversity of Narragansett Bay (RI, USA) Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) populations, Michele Guidone, Carol Thornber, Brian Wysor, and Charles J. O'Kelly

Dietary esterified astaxanthin effects on color, carotenoid concentrations, and compositions of clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris, skin, Adeljean L.F.C. Ho, Stephen O'Shea, and Harold Pomeroy

Fluid Interactions That Enable Stealth Predation by the Upstream-Foraging Hydromedusa Craspedacusta Sowerbyi, K. Lucas, Sean Colin, John H. Costello, K. Katija, and E. Klos

Marine cyanophages exhibit local and regional biogeography, Marcia F. Marston, Samantha Taylor, Noel Sme, Rachel J. Parsons, Timothy J.E. Noyes, and Jennifer B.H. Martiny

Revision of the genus Ulvella (Ulvellaceae, Ulvophyceae) based on morphology and tufA gene sequences of species in culture, with Acrochaete and Pringsheimiella placed in synonymy, Ruth Nielsen, Gitte Petersen, Ole Seberg, Niels Daugbjerg, Charles J. O'Kelly, and Brian Wysor

Effects of increasing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA) in brood diets of Monodactylus sebae on fecundity, egg and larval quality, and egg fatty acid composition, C. L. Ohs, M. A. DiMaggio, S. W. Grabe, J. S. Broach, C. A. Watson, Nancy Breen E. Breen, and F. T. Barrows

Galapagos III World Evolution Summit: Why evolution matters, Guillermo Paz-Y-Miño-C and Avelina Espinosa

The everlasting conflict: Evolution-and-science versus religiosity, Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C and Avelina Espinosa

Assessment of nonlethal methods for predicting muscle tissue mercury concentrations in coastal marine fishes, Maria N. Piraino and David L. Taylor

Bacterial communities associated with lesions of two forms of shell disease in the American lobster (Homarus americanus, Milne Edwards) from Atlantic Canada, Robert A. Quinn, Richard J. Cawthorn, Rachael L. Summerfield, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Andrei Y. Chistoserdov