Publications
2024
Stier, A. C. and C. W. Osenberg. 2024. Coral guard crabs. Current Biology, 34, R5–R7. PDF
2023
Difiore B. P. and A. C. Stier. 2023. Variation in body size drives spatial and temporal variation in lobster-urchin interaction strength. Journal of Animal Ecology. PDF
Curtis, J. S. , J. W. Galvan, A. Primo, C. W. Osenberg, and A. C. Stier. 2023. 3D Photogrammetry improves measurement of growth and biodiversity patterns in branching corals. In press Coral Reefs. PDF
Kopecky K. L. , Stier A. C., R. J. Schmitt, S. J. Holbrook, and H. V. Moeller. Material legacies can degrade resilience: Disturbances that kill coral but leave dead skeletons promote regime shifts to macro algae on coral reefs. Ecology. PDF
S. R. Csik, B. P. Difiore, K. Kraskura, E. A. Hardison, J. S. Curtis, E. J. Eliason, and A. C. Stier. The metabolic underpinnings of temperature-dependent predation in a key marine predator. Frontiers in Marine Science. PDF
Moeller, H. V., Nisbet, R. M., and A. C. Stier. 2023. Cascading Benefits of Mutualists' Predators on Foundation Species: A Model Inspired by Coral Reef Ecosystems. Ecosphere 14( 1): e4382. PDFs
2022
Stier, A. C. , T. E. Essington, J. F. Samhouri, M. C. Siple, B. S. Halpern, C. White, J. M. Lynham, A. K. Salomon, and P. S. Levin. 2022. Avoiding critical thresholds through effective monitoring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. PDF
Ingeman, K. E., Zhao L. Z., Wolf C., Williams D. R. , Ritger A. L. , Ripple W. J. , Kopecky K. L. , Dillon E. M. , DiFiore B. P., Curtis J. S. , Csik S. R. , Bui A., and A. C. Stier. 2022. Glimmers of hope in global apex predator recoveries. Scientific Reports. PDF
Lenihan, H. S. , Fitzgerald S. P., Hofmeister, J., Reed, D. C., and A. C. Stier. 2022. Increased spillover enhances southern California spiny lobster catch along marine reserve borders. In press Ecosphere. PDF
Detmer, A. R. , Cunning, R. , Pfab, F. , Brown, A. L. , Stier, A. C. , Nisbet, R. M. , and Moeller, H. V. 2022. Fertilization by Coral-Dwelling Fish Promotes Coral Growth but Can Exacerbate Bleaching Response. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 541, 111087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111087. PDF
Rennick, M. , DiFiore B. P. , Curtis J. , Reed D. C. , and A. C. Stier. 2022. Detrital supply suppresses deforestation to maintain healthy kelp forest ecosystems. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3673. PDF
Baumann, J. H., Zhao, L. Z., Stier, A. C. , and J. F. Bruno. 2022. Remoteness does not enhance coral reef resilience. Global Change Biology, 00, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15904 . PDF
Sguotti, C., A. M. Blöcker, L. Färber, B. Blanz, R. Cormier, R. Diekmann, J. Letschert, H. Rambo, N. Stollberg, V. Stelzenmüller, A. C. Stier, and C. Möllmann. Irreversibility of regime shifts in marine ecosystems - the need for holistic studies and the application of novel statistical analysis. In press Frontiers in Marine Science.
Samhouri J. F. , Williams G. D. , Feist B. E. , Hennessy S. , Bartz K. , Kelly R. P. , O’Donnell J. L. , Sheer M. , Stier A. C. , and P. S. Levin. How much city is too much city? Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning along an urban gradient at the interface of land and sea. In press Frontiers in Marine Science.
2021
Baumann, J. H., Zhao, L. Z., Stier, A. C., & Bruno, J. F. (2021). Remoteness does not enhance coral reef resilience. Global Change Biology, 00, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15904 . PDF
Samhouri, J. F., Stier A. C. Ecological impacts of an invasive mesopredator do not differ from those of a native mesopredator: lionfish in Caribbean Panama. Coral Reefs. 40, 1593–1600 (2021). PDF
Wilson, S. D. Gaines, Stier, A. C. , and B. S. Halpern. 2021. Variation in herbivore grazing behavior across Caribbean reef sites. Marine Biology. PDF
Kopecky, K .L. , Cook, D. T., Schmitt, R. J. And A. C. Stier. 2021. Effects of corallivory and coral colony density on coral growth and survival. Coral Reefs. PDF.
Holt, R. D., Gravel, D., Stier, A. C. , Rosindale, J. 2021. On the interface between food webs and spatial ecology: The trophic dimension of the species area relationship. Chapter in Matthews, Thomas J., Kostas A. Triantis, and Robert J. Whittaker, eds. The Species-area Relationship: Theory and Application. Cambridge University Press, 2021. PDF
Detmer A. Miller R. Reed D., Bell T., Stier, A. C. , and H. Moeller. 2021. Variation in disturbance to a foundation species structures the dynamics of a benthic reef community. Ecology. PDF
Lenihan, H. S. , Gallager, J. P. , Peters, J. R. , Stier, A. C. , Hofmeister, J., Reed, D. C. 2021. Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) fisher in southern California. Scientific Reports. PDF
Levin, P. S. , Gray, G. S. , Möllmann, C. , and A. C. Stier. 2021. Perception and conflict in conservation: The Rashomon Effect. Bioscience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa117. PDF
2020
Stier, A. C. , A. O. Shelton, J. F. Samhouri, P. L. Levin. Fishing, environment, and the erosion of a population portfolio. 2020. Ecosphere 11(11):e03283. 10.1002/ecs2.3283. PDF
Wilson, M. W. , A. D. Ridlon, K. M. Gaynor, S. D. Gaines, Stier, A. C. , and B. S. Halpern. 2020. Ecological impacts of human-induced animal behaviour change. Ecology Letters https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13571 . PDF
Dundas, S.J., A. S. Levine, R. L. Lewison, A. N. Doerr, C. White, A. W. Galloway, C. Garza, E. L. Hazen, J. Padilla‐Gamiño, J. F. Samhouri, A. Spalding, A. C. Stier, and J. W. White. 2020. Integrating oceans into climate policy: Any green new deal needs a splash of blue. Conservation Letters. PDF
Lamy, T. , C. Koenigs, S. l. Holbrook, R. Miller, A. C. Stier, and D. Reed. 2020. Foundation species promote community stability by increasing diversity in a giant kelp forest. In press Ecology. PDF
Okamoto, D. K., M. Hessing-Lewis, J. F. Samhouri, A. O. Shelton, A. C. Stier, P. S. Levin, and A. K. Salomon. 2020. Spatial variation in exploitation create cryptic collapses in metapopulations. Ecological Applications. PDF
2019
Stier, A. C., S. C. Lee, and M. I. Connor. 2019. Temporal variation in dispersal modifies dispersal-diversity relationships in an experimental seagrass metacommunity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 613:67-76. PDF
Ingeman, K. E., J. F. Samhouri, and A. C. Stier. 2019. Ocean recoveries for tomorrow’s Earth: Hitting a moving target. Science. 363:eeav1004. PDF
Muelbert, J. H., N. J. Nidzieko, A. T. R. Acosta, S. Beaulieu, A. F. Bernardino, E. Boikova, T. G. Bornman, B. Cataletto, K. Deneudt, A.C. Stier, and E. Eliason. 2019. ILTER-the International Long-Term Ecological Research network as a platform for global coastal and ocean observation. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6:527. PDF
DiFiore, B. P., S. A. Queenborough, E. M. P. Madin, V. J. Paul, M. B. Decker, and A. C. Stier. 2019. Grazing halos on coral reefs: predation risk, herbivore density, and habitat size influence grazing patterns that are visible from space. Marine Ecology Progress Series 627:71-81. PDF
Pretorius, J., J. L. Lichtenstein, E. J. Eliason, A. C. Stier, and J. N. Pruitt. 2019. Predator-induced selection on urchin activity level depends on urchin body size. Ethology. 125:10 PDF
Jerde, C. L., K. Kraskura, E. J. Eliason, S. Csik, A. C. Stier, and M. L. Taper. 2019. Strong evidence for an intraspecific metabolic scaling coefficient near 0.89 in fish. Frontiers in Physiology. 10:1166. PDF
2018
Hamman, E. A., S. A. McKinley, A. C. Stier, and C. W. Osenberg. 2018. Landscape configuration drives persistent spatial patterns of occupant distributions. Theoretical Ecology 11:111-127. PDF
Stier, A. C., J. F. Samhouri, S. Gray, R. G. Martone, M. E. Mach, B. S. Halpern, C. V. Kappel, C. Scarborough, and P. S. Levin. 2018. Integrating expert perceptions into food web conservation and management. Conservation Letters 10:67-76. PDF
2017
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
Samhouri, J. F., A. C. Stier, S. M. Hennessey, M. Novak, B. S. Halpern, and P. S. Levin. 2017. Rapid and direct recoveries of predators and prey through synchronized ecosystem management. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:0068. PDF
Samhouri, J. F., K. S. Andrews, G. Fay, C. J. Harvey, E. L. Hazen, S. M. Hennessey, K. Holsman, M. E. Hunsicker, S. I. Large, A. C. Stier, and K. N. Marshall. 2017. Defining ecosystem thresholds for human activities and environmental pressures in the California Current. Ecosphere 8:e01860. PDF
Lynham, J., B. Halpern, T. Blenckner, T. Essington, J. Estes, M. Hunsicker, C. Kappel, A. Salomon, C. Scarborough, K. Selkoe, and A. C. Stier. 2017. Costly stakeholder participation creates inertia in marine ecosystems. Marine Policy 76:122-129. PDF
2016
Geange, S. W., D. E. Poulos, A. C. Stier, and M. I. McCormick. 2016. The relative influence of abundance and priority effects on colonization success in a coral-reef fish. Coral Reefs 36:151-155. PDF
Stier, A. C., J. F. Samhouri, M. Novak, K. N. Marshall, E. J. Ward, R. D. Holt, and P. S. Levin. 2016. Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries. Science Advances 2:e1501769. PDF
Stier, A. C., B. M. Bolker, and C. W. Osenberg. 2016. Using rarefaction to isolate the effects of patch size and sampling effort on beta diversity. Ecosphere 7:e01612. PDF
Marshall, K. N., A. C. Stier, J. F. Samhouri, R. P. Kelly, and E. J. Ward. 2016. Conservation challenges of predator recovery. Conservation Letters 9:70-78. PDF
Gallagher, A. J., S. J. Brandl, and A. C. Stier. 2016. Intraspecific variation in body size does not alter the effects of mesopredators on prey. Royal Society Open Science 3:160414. PDF.
2015
Palmer, T., E. Pringle, A. C. Stier, and R. Holt. 2015. Mutualism in a community context. Mutualism pp. 159-180. In J. Bronstein (ed) Mutualisms. PDF.
Rudman, S. M., M. A. Rodriguez-Cabal, A. C. Stier, T. Sato, J. Heavyside, R. W. El-Sabaawi, and G. M. Crutsinger. 2015. Adaptive genetic variation mediates bottom-up and top-down control in an aquatic ecosystem. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282:20151234. PDF
Selkoe, K. A., T. Blenckner, M. R. Caldwell, L. B. Crowder, A. L. Erickson, T. E. Essington, J. A. Estes, R. M. Fujita, B. S. Halpern, M. E. Hunsicker, C. V. Kappel, R. P. Kelly, J. N. Kittinger, P. S. Levin, J. M. Lynham, M. E. Mach, R. G. Martone, L. A. Mease, A. K. Salomon, J. F. Samhouri, C. Scarborough, A. C. Stier, C. White, and J. Zedler. 2015. Principles for managing marine ecosystems prone to tipping points. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 1:1-18. PDF
2014
Stier, A. C., A. M. Hein, V. Parravicini, and M. Kulbicki. 2014b. Larval dispersal drives trophic structure across Pacific coral reefs. Nature Communications 5:5575. PDF
Stier A. C., K. M. Hanson, S. J. Holbrook, R. J. Schmitt, A. J. Brooks. 2014. Predation and landscape characteristics independently affect reef fish community organization. Ecology. 95: 1294 - 1307. PDF
Stier, A. C., and J. W. White. 2014. Predator density and the functional responses of coral reef fish. Coral Reefs 33:235-240. PDF
Stier, A. C., and M. Leray. 2014. Predators alter community organization of coral reef cryptofauna and reduce abundance of coral mutualists. Coral Reefs 33:181-191. PDF
Shelton, A. O., J. F. Samhouri, A. C. Stier, and P. S. Levin. 2014. Assessing trade-offs to inform ecosystem-based fisheries management of forage fish. Scientific Reports 4:7110. PDF
White, J. W., A. Rassweiler, J. F. Samhouri, A. C. Stier, and C. White. 2014. Ecologists should not use statistical significance tests to interpret simulation model results. Oikos 123:385-388. PDF
Monaghan, J. R., A. C. Stier, F. Michonneau, M. D. Smith, B. Pasch, M. Maden, and A. W. Seifert. 2014. Experimentally induced metamorphosis in axolotls reduces regenerative rate and fidelity. Regeneration 1:2-14. PDF
2013
Stier, A. C., S. W. Geange, K. M. Hanson, and B. Bolker. 2013. Predator Density and Timing of Arrival Affect Reef Fish Community Assembly. Ecology 94:1057 - 1068. PDF
Stier, A. C., J. A. Idjadi, S. W. Geange, and J.-S. S. White. 2013. High Mortality in a Surgeonfish Following an Exceptional Settlement Event. Pacific Science 67:533-539. PDF
Stier, A. C., S. Geange, and B. Bolker. 2012. Predator density and competition modify the benefits of group formation in a shoaling reef fish. Oikos. 122:171-178. PDF. **Editors Choice in Oikos.
Geange, S. W., A. C. Stier, and J. S. Shima. 2013. Competitive hierarchies among three species of juvenile coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472:239-248. PDF
Carr, L. A., A. C. Stier, K. Fietz, I. Montero, A. J. Gallagher, and J. F. Bruno. 2013. Illegal shark fishing in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Marine Policy 39:317-321. PDF
2012
Stier, A. C., M. A. Gil, C. S. McKeon, S. Lemer, M. Leray, S. C. Mills, and C. W. Osenberg. 2012. Housekeeping mutualisms: do more symbionts facilitate host performance? PLoS ONE 7:e32079. PDF
McCoy, M., A. C. Stier, and C. Osenberg. 2012. Emergent effects of multiple predators on prey survival: the importance of depletion and the functional response. Ecology Letters 15:1449-1456. PDF
McKeon, C. S., A. C. Stier, S. E. McIlroy, and B. M. Bolker. 2012. Multiple defender effects: synergistic coral defense by mutualist crustaceans. Oecologia 169:1095-1103. PDF
Seifert, A. W., J. R. Monaghan, M. D. Smith, B. Pasch, A. C. Stier, F. Michonneau, and M. Maden. 2012. The influence of fundamental traits on mechanisms controlling appendage regeneration. Biological Reviews 87:330-345. PDF
2012
Barbier, E., S. Hacker, E. Koch, A. C. Stier, and B. Silliman. 2011. Estuarine and coastal ecosystems and their services. in M. Van den Belt and R. Costanza (eds). Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. Elsevier.
Osenberg C.W., J. S. Shima, S. L. Miller, and A.C. Stier. 2011 Assessing effects of marine protected areas confounding in space and possible solutions. in J. Claudet (ed) Marine Protected Areas:Effects, networks, and monitoring - A multidisciplinary approach. Cambridge University Press. Abstract
Barbier, E. B., S. D. Hacker, C. Kennedy, E. W. Koch, A. C. Stier, and B. R. Silliman. 2011. The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services. Ecological Monographs 81:169-193. PDF
Shantz, A., A. C. Stier, and J. Idjadi. 2011. Coral density and predation affect growth of a reef-building coral. Coral Reefs 30:363-367. PDF
2010
Stier, A. C., and C. W. Osenberg. 2010. Propagule redirection: Habitat availability reduces colonization and increases recruitment in reef fishes. Ecology 91:2826-2832. PDF
Stier, A., C., C. McKeon, C. Osenberg, and J. Shima. 2010. Guard crabs alleviate deleterious effects of vermetid snails on a branching coral. Coral Reefs 29:1019-1022. PDF
Shima, J. S., C. W. Osenberg, and A. C. Stier. 2010. The vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum reduces coral growth and survival. Biology Letters 6:815-818. PDF** Editors Choice in Science
Geange, S. W. , and A. C. Stier. 2010. Charismatic microfauna alter cyanobacterial production through a trophic cascade. Coral Reefs 29:393-397. PDF
Heinlein, J., A. C. Stier, and M. Steele. 2010. Predators reduce abundance and species richness of coral reef fish recruits via non-selective predation. Coral Reefs 29:527-532. PDF
Geange, S. W., and A. C. Stier. 2010. Priority effects and habitat complexity affect the strength of competition. Oecologia 163:111-118. PDF
White, J. W., J. F. Samhouri, A. C. Stier, C. L. Wormald, S. L. Hamilton, and S. A. Sandin. 2010. Synthesizing mechanisms of density dependence in reef fishes: behavior, habitat configuration, and observational scale. Ecology 91:1949-1961. PDF
2009
Geange, S. W., and A. C. Stier. 2009. Order of arrival affects competition in two reef fishes. Ecology 90:2868-2878. PDF
Boyer, S., J. White, A. C. Stier, and C. Osenberg. 2009. Effects of the fish anesthetic, clove oil (eugenol), on coral health and growth. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 369:53-57. PDF
Stier, A. C., M. A. Steele, and A. J. Brooks. 2009. Coral reef fishes use crown-of-thorns seastar as habitat. Coral Reefs 28:227-227. PDF
THESIS & TECHNICAL REPORTS
Stier, A. C. 2012. Predators and habitat drive reef fish community organization. PhD Dissertation in Zoology. Department of Biology, University of Florida.
Carr, L. A., A. C. Stier, and J. F. Bruno. 2011. Quantification of the seized shark catch aboard the Fer Mary I. Report to the Galapagos National Marine Park.
Ambrose, R., Raimondi, P., Anderson, S., Baskett, M., Caselle, J., Carr, M., Edwards, C., Kent, M., Nickols, K., Ramanujam, E., Stier A. C. , and Reyns, N., 2018. Ocean Restoration Methods: Scientific Guidance for Once-Through Cooling Mitigation Policy. California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, CA.
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