Student Publications based on work conducted at FSU

Former Graduate Students:

Greg Farley (M.S. 1999)

2001 Farley, G.S. and D.R. Levitan. The role of jelly coats in sperm-egg encounters, fertilization success, and selection on egg size in echinoids. American Naturalist 157:626-636.

2002 Farley, G.S. Helical nature of sperm swimming affects the fit of fertilization-kinetics models to empirical data. Biological Bulletin 203:51-57.

Tamara McGovern (Ph.D. 2001)

2002 McGovern, T.M. Sex ratio bias and clonal reproduction in the brittle star Ophiactis savignyi. Evolution 56:511-517

2002 McGovern, T.M. Patterns of sexual and clonal reproduction in the brittle star Ophiactis savignyi (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in the Florida Keys. Marine Ecology Progress Series 230:119-126

2004 McGovern, T.M. Plastic reproductive strategies in a clonal marine invertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270: 2517-2522

2004 Levitan, D.R., H. Fukami, J. Jara, D. Kline, T.A. McGovern, K.M. McGhee, C.A. Swanson and N. Knowlton. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation among sympatric broadcast-spawning corals of the Montastraea annularis complex. Evolution 58:308-323

2005. Levitan, D.R. and T.M. McGovern. The Allee effect in the Sea. In (E.A. Norse and L.B. Crowder eds) Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea’s Biodiversity. Island Press

Cheryl Swanson (M.S. 2002)

2004 Levitan, D.R., H. Fukami, J. Jara, D. Kline, T.A. McGovern, K.M. McGhee, C.A. Swanson and N. Knowlton. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation among sympatric broadcast-spawning corals of the Montastraea annularis complex. Evolution 58:308-323

2004 Swanson, C.A. Effect of substrate availability and conspecific cues on communal ovipositon in the apple murex snail, Phyllonotus pomum. Marine Ecology Progress Series 275:185-197

Katie McGhee (M.S. 2003)

2004 Levitan, D.R., H. Fukami, J. Jara, D. Kline, T.A. McGovern, K.M. McGhee, C.A. Swanson and N. Knowlton. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation among sympatric broadcast-spawning corals of the Montastraea annularis complex. Evolution.

2006 McGhee, KE. The importance of life-history stage and individual variation in the allorecognition system of a marine sponge. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 333:241-250.

Pablo Munguia (Ph.D. 2006)

2003 Mouquet, N., P. Munguia, J. Kneitel and T.E. Miller. Community assembly time and the relationship between local and regional species richness. Oikos 103:618-626

2003 Munguia, P., L. Guzman-Davalos, and O. Rodriguez. Phenological approximations of macromycetes in western Mexican forests. Southwestern Naturalist 48:661-665

2003 Guzman, G., P. Munguia, F. Rodriguez. Introduccin a la micobiota del Estado de Veracruz (Mexico). Boletin de la Sociedad Micologica de Madrid 27:223-229

2004. Srivastava, D.S., J. Kolasa, J. Bengtsson, A. Gonzalez, S.P. Lawler, T. Miller, P. Munguia, D. Schneider, M.K. Trzcinski. Miniature worlds: Are natural microcosms the new model systems for ecology? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 379-384

2004 Munguia, P. Successional patterns of pen shell communities at local and regional scales. Journal of Animal Ecology 73:64-74

2004 Buckley, H., J. Burns, J. Kneitel, E.L. Walters, P. Munguia, and T.E. Miller. Patterns in the community structure of Sarracenia purpurea inquiline communities at a small scale. Community Ecology 5:181-188

2005 Munguia, P., P. Lopez, I. Fortes. 2005. Seasonal changes in habitat characteristics for migrant waterbirds in Sayula, Western Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 50:318-322.

2005 Miller, T.E., J.H. Burns, P. Munguia, E.L. Walters, J.M. Kneitel, P.M. Richards, N. Mouquet, H. Buckley. A Critical Review of Twenty Years' Use of the Resource-ratio Theory. The American Naturalist 165:439-448.

2006 Munguia, P., G. Guzman, F. Ramirez. Seasonal community structure of macromycetes in Veracruz, Mexico. Ecography, 29:57-65

2007 Miller, T.E., J. H. Burns, P. Munguia, E. L. Walters, J. M. Kneitel, P. M. Richards, N. Mouquet, and H. L. Buckley. Evaluating Support for the Resource-Ratio Hypothesis: A Reply to Wilson et al. American Naturalist, 169:707-

2007 Munguia, P. Spatial structure of communities on dead pen shells (Atrina rigida) in seagrass beds. Marine Biology, 152:149-156

2007 Munguia, P., C. Mackie and D.R. Levitan. The influence of stage-dependent dispersal on the population dynamics of three amphipod species. Oecologia, in press

2008 Silbiger, N. and P. Munguia. Carapace color change in Uca pugilator as a response to temperature. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 355:41-46

2008 Munguia, P. and T. Miller. Habitat destruction and metacommunity size in pen shell communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 30:41-45.

2008 Burns, J.H. P. Munguia, B.E. Nomann B.E., S.J. Braun, C.P. terHorst, T.E.Miller Vegetative morphology and trait correlations in 54 species of Commelinaceae. Community Ecology 158:257-268.

2008 terHorst, C.P. and P. Munguia. Measuring ecosystem function: consequences arising from variation in biomass-productivity relationships. Community Ecology 9:39-44.

David Ferrell (Ph.D. 2007)

2004 Ferrell, D.L. Fitness consequences of allorecognition-mediated agonistic interactions in the colonial hydroid Hydractinia [GM]. Biological Bulletin 206:173-187

2004 Ferrell, D.L. Gastropod shell size and architecture influences conspecific interactions in an encrusting hydroid. Marine Ecology Progress Series 275:153-162

2005 Ferrell DL. Competitive equivalence maintains persistent inter-clonal boundaries. Oecologia 142:184-190

2006 Levitan, D.R. and D.L. Ferrell. Selection on gamete recognition proteins depends on sex, density and genotype frequency. Science 312:267-269

2008 Ferrell, DL. Field fitness, phalanx-guerrilla morphological variation, and symmetry of colonial growth in the encrusting hydroid genus Hydractinia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88:1577-1587.

2009 Ferrell, DL. Differences in environmental predictability underlie divergent competitive abilities in three congeneric hydroids. Biological Journal of The Linnean Society 96:322-338.

Nicole Fogarty (Ph.D. 2010)

2006 Vermeig, M.J.A, N. Fogarty and M.W. Miller. Pelagic conditions affect larval behavior, survival and settlement patterns in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 320:119-128

2007 Levitan, D.R., C.P. terHorst, N.D. Fogarty. The risk of polyspermy in three congeneric sea urchins and its implications for gametic incompatibility and reproductive isolation. Evolution 61:2007-2014

2009 Arnold, M.L. and N.D. Fogarty. Reticulate Evolution and Marine Organisms: The Final Frontier? Int. J. Mol. Sci. 10: 3836-3860.

2009 Ritson-Williams, R., S. Arnold, N.D. Fogarty, R. Steneck, M. Vermeij and V. Paul. New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science 38:437-457.

Casey terHorst (Ph.D 2010)

2007 Hoekman, D., C.P. terHorst, A. Bauer, S. Braun, P. Gignac, R. Hopkins, S. Joshi,K. Laskis, N. Sanscrainte, J. Travis, and T. E. Miller. Oviposition decreased in response to enriched water: a field study of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Ecological Entymology 32:92-96

2007 Levitan, D.R., C.P. terHorst, N.D. Fogarty. The risk of polyspermy in three congeneric sea urchins and its implications for gametic incompatibility and reproductive isolation. Evolution 61:2007-2014

2008 Burns, J.H. P. Munguia, B.E. Nomann B.E., S.J. Braun, C.P. terHorst, T.E.Miller Vegetative morphology and trait correlations in 54 species of Commelinaceae. Community Ecology 158:257-268.

2008 terHorst, C.P. and P. Munguia. Measuring ecosystem function: consequences arising from variation in biomass-productivity relationships. Community Ecology 9:39-44.

2009 Miller, T. E., C.P. terHorst, and J. H. Burns. The ghost of competition present. The American Naturalist 173: 347-353.

2010. terHorst, C.P., T.E. Miller and D.R. Levitan. 2009. Discrepancies in evolutionary rates change ecological effect size of predators on prey. Ecology 91:629-636

In review. terHorst, C. P. Experimental evolution of protozoan traits in response to interspecific competition. Evolution

In review Miller, T.E. and C. P. terHorst. Succession in pitcher plant inquiline communities. Ecology

Current Graduate Students:

Kathleen Lotterhos (Current Ph.D.)

In Press Lotterhos, K. And D.R. Levitan. Gamete release and spawning behavior in broadcast spawning marine invertebrates. Pages xxx-xxx in (J. Leonard ed.) The evolution of primary sexual characters. Oxford University Press

In review Reuter, K.E., K.E. Lotterhos, R.N. Crim, C.A. Thompson and C.D.G. Harley. Ocean acidification increases sperm limitation and risk of polyspermy in the red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Global Change Biology.

Andres Plata Stapper (Current PhD)

2010 Levitan, D.R. and A.P. Stapper. Simultaneous positive and negative frequency dependent selection on sperm bindin, a gamete recognition protein in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Evolution 64:785-797

Undergraduates:

Stacey Irvine

2001 Levitan, D.R. and S.D. Irvine. Fertilization selection on egg and jelly-coat size in the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus. Evolution 55:2479-2483.

Coleman Mackie

2007 Munguia, P., C. Mackie and D.R. Levitan. The influence of stage-dependent dispersal on the population dynamics of three amphipod species. Oecologia 153:533-541

Nyssa Silbiger

2008 Silbiger, N. and P. Munguia. Carapace color change in Uca pugilator as a response to temperature. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 355:41-46

Kim Reuter

In press Reuter, K.E., K.E. Lotterhos, R.N. Crim, C.A. Thompson and C.D.G. Harley. Ocean acidification increases sperm limitation and risk of polyspermy in the red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Global Change Biology.

In review Reuter, K.E. and D.R. Levitan. Influence of sperm and phytoplankton on spawning in the echinoid Lytechinus variegates. Biological Bulletin

Troy Simon

In review Simon, T. and D.R. Levitan. Measuring fertilization success of broadcast spawning marine invertebrates within seagrass meadows. Biological Bulletin