James WR, White M, Rodemann JR, Badlowski GA, Sturges JW, Leavitt H, Lesser JS, Bautista V, Castillo NA, Costa SV. Distrubell A, Eggenberger CW, Kabat LJ, Linenfelser JO, Rivas N, Trabelsi S, Rehage JS, & RO Santos (in review) Seasonality in species trophic niche width and position alters community niche occupancy.
Jones AA, Leavitt H, Nation C, Lesser JS, LaBadie J, Boucek RE, Santos RO, Rehage JS, & WR James (in review) Temporal shifts in Bonefish (Albula vulpes) diet across the Florida Keys.
Rodemann JR, James WR, Rehage JS, Santos RO, Fratto ZW, Strazisar T, Madden CJ, & TA Frankovich (in revision) Drivers of Spatiotemporal SAV Dynamics in the Coastal Lakes of Everglades National Park.
Herrera MA, James WR, Boucek RE, Andres MJ, Ault JER, Bassos-Hull K, Brownscombe J, Dance M, Ellis RD, Fox D, Gardiner J, Griffin LP, Kroetz AM, Lamont MM, Locascio J, Lowerre-Barbieri SK, Morley D, Poulakis GR, Powers SP, Ramsden S, Rooker JR, Soldevilla M, Stephens B, Wells RJD, Wilkinson KA, Wooley AK, Santos RO, Drymon JM, Rehage JS, & Gervasi CL (in revision) From Florida to Texas: Seasonal movements of Crevalle Jacks informed by collaborative acoustic telemetry.
Rivas N, James WR, Bautista V, Mercado-Molina AE, & RO Santos (in review) Coral species demography reshaped after keystone herbivore loss.
Badlowski GA, James WR, Nation C, Coppola M, Rehage JS, & RO Santos (in review). Seascape scale habitat amount and mangrove connectivity, not patch composition, structure seagrass prey communities.
Eggenberger CE, James WR, Santos RO, Rezek RJ, Papastamatiou Y, Lesser JS, Nelson JA, Madden CJ, Price R, & JS Rehage (in review) Context-dependent links between movement strategies and trophic function in an estuarine predator.
Lesser JS, Schrandt MN, Davis JP, James WR, Rehage JS, Strickland B, & RO Santos (in revision). Decoupled drivers of diversity and composition in coastal forage fish communities reveal pathways for restoration effects in the Florida Everglades.
Doomstorm D, Gomez-Gonzalez E, Acosta Rodríguez VN, Figueroa A, James WR, Rehage JS, Santos RO, Ziegler SL, Bowen JL, Johnson DS, Spivak AC, & JA Nelson (in revision). Expanding globally, engineering locally: Latitudinal consistency and localized ecological effects of fiddler crab bioturbation.
White M, James WR, Lemoine NP, Allgeier JE, Stier AC, Emery KA, Castorani MCN, Capone D, Stajner A, Enright L, Grier S, Cawley G, Spivak A, Nelson JA, Hopcroft RR, Chen A, Lyon NJ, Kui L, Caselle JE, Strickland BA, Peters J, Rehage JS, & D Burkepile (accepted). Scale-dependent effects of species richness and asynchrony regulate the temporal stability of consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences
Herlan JJ, McTague SA, Staniczenko PPA, Loh JM, Santos RO, James WR, Gleason ACR, Edwards CB, Gosnell JS, McDonald KC, Friedlander AM, & CF Gaymer (accepted) Spatial ecology of coral reefs at Rapa Nui (Easter Island): biotic mechanisms and environmental drivers of coral composition and dispersion along a wave exposure gradient. Marine Ecological Progress Series
Costa SV, Jones BLH, James WR, Santos RO, & JS
Rehage (2026). Guiding practices drive catch-and-release support and
habitat concerns in Everglades recreational fishery. Ocean and
Coastal Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2026.108332
White M, Rodemann JR, James WR, Sturges JW, Atkinson
CC, Goldner VS, Santos RO, & JS Rehage (2026). Body size and
temperature interact with time of day to shape the activity pattern of
an ectothermic predator. Royal Society Open Science https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260735
Boucek RE, Kovanda LC, Viadero N, Adams AJ, Rehage JS, Santos RO,
& WR James (2026) High site fidelity and elevated
\(\delta^{15}N\) in Bonefish suggest
localized wastewater stress in a marine national park. Estuaries and
Coasts https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-026-01769-4
Linenfelser JO, James WR, Rezek RJ, Santos RO,
Frankovich TA, Madden CJ, Nelson JA, & JS Rehage (2026) Isotopic
insights into nutrient contributions and transport pathways in
north-central Florida Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2026.109765
Kabat LJ, Crowl TA, Estruche Santos AS, Cheshire J, James
WR, & RO Santos (2026) Comparison of tagging techniques for
tracking freshwater tropical shrimp: assessment of survival and behavior
as a function of tag type. Crustaceana https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10515
Rivas N, James WR, Bautista V, Sandquist M,
Guerriero AF, Arias SB, Mercado A, Rehage JS, & RO Santos (2026)
Tipping the balance: Reef community shifts after a regional urchin
population collapse. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-026-02822-1
Sturges JW, James WR, Rezek RJ, Santos RO, White M,
Badlowski GA, Trabelsi S, Massie, JA, Nelson JA, Trexler JC, & JS
Rehage (2026) Seasonality drives green and brown energy pathways in food
webs across an ecosystem gradient. Plos One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336521
Goldner VS, White M, Eggenberger C, Jones AA, Atkinson CC, Rodemann
JR, James WR, Massie JA, Kroetz AM, O’Donnell PM,
Boucek RE, Santos RO, & JS Rehage (accepted) Gone but not
forgotten: collaborative telemetry network provides insight into
out-of-system movements of Common Snook (Centropomus
undecimalis). Marine and Coastal Fisheries https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf050
*Themed
issue: Ecology and Management of Snook Centropomus spp. in the
Americas
Geary B, James WR, Karubian J, Nelson JA, & PL
Leberg (accepted) Remote sensing and foraging data illustrate
landscape-scale considerations for coastal restoration and avian
management. Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70152
Rodemann JR, White M, James WR, Santos RO, Griffin
LP, Costa SV, Furman BT, Pittman SJ, Gann D, & JS Rehage
(accepted) Hierarchical habitat selection by a predatory fish
in a patchy seascape. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25211-0
Massie JA, Rezek RJ, James WR, Santos RO, Viadero
NM, Boucek RE, & JS Rehage (2025) When the timing is right: linking
a seasonal freshwater prey subsidy to the body condition of an estuarine
consumer in a subtropical coastal river. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25211-0
White M, James WR, Lesser JS, Rezek RJ, Rodemann JR,
Boucek RE, Santos RO, & JS Rehage (2025) Linking hydrology,
temperature, and energetics: global change implications for the foraging
ecology of a generalist predator. Marine and Coastal Fisheries
https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf031
*Themed
issue: Ecology and Management of Snook Centropomus spp. in the
Americas
Massie JA, Rezek RJ, Santos RO, James WR, Viadero
NM, Boucek RE, & JS Rehage (2025) Long-term patterns in the relative
abundance of Common Snook as a factor of shifting environmental
conditions in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Marine and Coastal
Fisheries https://doi.org/10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf026
*Themed
issue: Ecology and Management of Snook Centropomus spp. in the
Americas
Viadero NM, Massie JA, Eggenberger CW, James WR,
Boucek RE, Rezek RJ, RO Santos, & JS Rehage (2025) Between a dry
marsh and a salty place: estuarine habitat suitability for a freshwater
fish (Florida largemouth bass) and implications for ecosystem
restoration and climate change. Estuaries & Coasts https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01561-w
Rehage JS, Castillo NA, Distrubell A, Trabelsi S, Santos RO,
James WR Rezek RJ, Cerveny D, Boucek RE, Adams AJ, Fick
J, & T Brodin (2025) A multi-estuary assessment of pharmaceutical
exposure and risk of pharmacological effects in a recreational fishery.
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf125
James WR, Castillo NA, Distrubell, Trabelsi S,
Santos RO, Cerveny D, Rezek RJ, Boucek RE, Adams AJ, Fick J, Brodin T,
& JS Rehgae (2025) Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in muscle tissue of
red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) across subtropical estuaries:
comparison to blood plasma and implications for human exposure.
Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179106
Rodemann JR, James WR, Rehage JS, Furman BT, Pittman
SJ, & RO Santos (2025) Response of submerged aquatic vegetation to a
large-scale seagrass die-off: a case study in Florida Bay.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109221
Santos RO, James WR, Rehage JS, Eggenberger CW,
Lesser JS, & CJ Madden (2025) Trophic niche dynamics of two fish
mesoconsumers in adjacent coastal habitats with varying nutrient
regimes. Oecologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05680-w
Santos RO, White M, James WR, Viadero NM, Massie JA,
Boucek RE, & JS Rehage (2025) Cause and consequences of individual
variability in space use in subtropical riverscapes. Scientific
Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82158-4
Jones BLH, Santos RO, James WR, Shephard S, Adams
AJ, Boucek RE, Coals L, Costa SV, Cullen-Unsworth LC, & JS Rehage
(2024) Diversity trumps ability: employing the Wisdom of Crowds for
fisheries management. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84970-4
Ziegler SL, James WR, Alber M, & JE Byers (2024)
Seascape structure likely influences resource use of marsh-associated
estuarine consumers over a small spatial scale. Marine Ecology
Progress Series https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14755
Castillo NA, Santos RO, James WR, Rezek RJ, Cervany
D, Boucek RE, Fick J, Brodin T, & JS Rehage (2024) Widespread
pharmaceutical exposure at concentrations of concern for a subtropical
coastal fishery: Bonefish (Albula vulpes). Marine Pollution
Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117143
Pre-print
Kahmann G, Rehage JS, Massie JA, Nelson JA, Santos RO, Viadero NM,
James WR, Boucek RE, Crane DP, & RJ Rezek (2024)
Trophic niche overlap and increasing population of a nonnative invader
in the coastal Everglades. Biological Invasions https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03444-w
Castillo NA, Santos RO, James WR, Rezek RJ, Cerveny
D, Boucek RE, Adams AJ, Fick J, Brodin T, & JS Rehage (2024)
Differential tissue distribution of pharmaceuticals in a wild
subtropical marine fish. Aquatic Toxicology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.107064
Castillo NA, James WR, Santos RO, Rezek RJ, Cerveny
D, Boucek RE, Adams AJ, Trabelsi S, Distrubell A, Sanquist M, Fick J,
Brodin T, & Rehage JS (2024) Identifying pathways of pharmaceutical
exposure in a mesoconsumer marine fish. Journal of Hazardous
Materials https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135382
James WR, Furman BT, Rodemann JR, Costa SV, Fratto
ZW, Nelson JA, Rehage JS, & RO Santos (2024) Widespread habitat loss
leads to ecosystem-scale decrease in trophic function. Global Change
Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17263
Jones BLH, Santos RO, James WR, Costa SV, Adams AJ,
Boucek RE, Coals LRM, Cullen-Unsworth LC, Shephard S, & JS Rehage
(2024) Lack of evolution in fisheries-associated Indigenous and local
knowledge research reveals opportunities for growth. Fish and
Fisheries https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12831
Raoult V, Phillips AA, Nelson JA, Niella Y, Skinner C, Tilcock MB,
Burke PJ, Szpak P, James WR, & C Harrod (2024) Why
aquatic scientists should use sulfur stable isotope ratios (\(\delta^{34}\)S) more often.
Chemosphere https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141816
Castillo NA, James WR, Santos RO, Cerveny D, Boucek
RE, Adams AJ, Goldberg T, Campbell L, Perez AU, Schmitter-Soto JJ, Lewis
JP, Fick J, Brodin T, & JS Rehage (2024) Understanding
pharmaceutical exposure and the potential for effects in marine biota: a
survey of bonefish (Albula vulpes) across the Caribbean Basin.
Chemosphere https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140949
Gervasi CL, Karnauskas M, Rios A, Santos RO, James
WR, Rezek RJ, & JS Rehage (2023) Rapid approach for
assessing an unregulated fishery using a series of data-limited tools.
Marine and Coastal Fisheries https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10270
Yando ES†, Jones SF†, James WR†, Colombano DD,
Montemayor DI, Nolte S, Raw JL, Ziegler SL, Chen L, Daffonchio D, Fusi
M, Rogers K, & L Sergienko. (2023) An integrative salt marsh
conceptual framework for global comparisons. Limnology and
Oceanography Letters https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10346
†Contributed equally
Iporac LAR, James WR, & Collado-Vides L (2023)
Characterizing potential resource use of sargasso-dominant sea wrack by
terrestrial invertebrate fauna during sargasso influxes in South
Florida. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108414
Rezek RJ, Massie JA, Nelson JA, Santos RO, Viadero NM, James
WR, Boucek RE, & JS Rehage (2023) The effects of
temperature and flooding duration on the structure and magnitude of a
floodplain prey subsidy. Freshwater Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14145
Rodemann JR, James WR, Rehage JS, Baktoft H, Costa
SV, Ellis RD, Gonzalez L & RO Santos (2023) Residency and fine-scale
habitat use of juvenile goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
in a mangrove nursery. Bulletin of Marine Science https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0061
Calhoun-Grosch S, Foster EM, James WR, Santos RO,
Rehage JS, & JA Nelson (2023) Trophic niche metrics reveal long-term
shift in Florida Bay food webs. Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00825-5
Massie JA, Santos, RO, Rezek, RJ, James, WR,
Viadero, NM, Boucek, RE, Blewett DA, Trotter AA, Stevens PW, & JS
Rehage (2022) Primed and cued: long-term acoustic telemetry links
interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning
migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. Movement
Ecology https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00350-5
Gervasi CL, Nelson JA, Swart PK, Santos RO, Rezek RJ, James
WR, Jefferson AE, Drymon JM, Carroll J, Boucek RE, & JS
Rehage (2022) Otolith stable isotope micro-sampling to discriminate
poorly studied stocks: Crevalle Jack in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108130
James WR, Bautista V, Rezek RJ, Zink IC, Rehage JS,
& RO Santos (2022) A review of the potential impacts of commercial
inshore pink shrimp fisheries on recreational flats fisheries in
Biscayne Bay, FL, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01319-4
-Special
issue: Conservation Connections: Science informing management for flats
fisheries
Rezek RJ, James WR, Bautista V, Zink IC, Rehage JS,
& RO Santos (2022) Temporal trends of Biscayne Bay pink shrimp
fisheries catch and economic indicators. Environmental Biology of
Fishes https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01314-9
-Special
issue: Conservation Connections: Science informing management for flats
fisheries
James WR, Santos RO, Rodemann JR, Rezek RJ, Fratto ZW, Furman BT, Hall MO, Kelble CR, Rehage JS, & JA Nelson (2022) Widespread seagrass die-off has no legacy effect on basal resource use of seagrass food webs in Florida Bay, USA. ICES Journal of Marine Science fsac112, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac112
Santos RO, James WR, Nelson JA, Rehage JS, Serafy J, Pittman SJ, & D Lirman (2022) Influence of seascape spatial pattern on the trophic niche of an omnivorous fish. Ecosphere https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3944
James WR, Santos RO, Rehage JS, Doerr JC, & JA Nelson (2021) E-scape: consumer specific landscapes of energetic resources derived from stable isotope analysis and remote sensing. Journal of Animal Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13637 Pre-print
Rodemann JR, James WR, Santos RO, Furman BT, Fratto
ZW, Bautista V, Hernandez JL, Viadero NM, Linenfelser JO, Lacy LA, Hall
MO, Kelble CR, Kavanaugh C, & JS Rehage (2021) Impact of extreme
disturbances on suspended sediment in Western Florida Bay: Implications
for seagrass resilience. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.633240
-Special
issue: Environmental Threats to the State of Florida—Climate Change and
Beyond
Gervasi CL, Santos RO, Rezek RJ, James WR, Boucek
RE, Bradshaw C, Kavanagh C, Osborne J, & JS Rehage (2021) Bottom-up
conservation: Using translational ecology to inform conservation
priorities for a recreational fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0024
Kimball ME, Connolly RM, Alford SB, Colombano DD, James
WR, Kenworth MD, Norris GS, Ollerhead J, Ramsden S, Rehage JS,
Sparks EL, Waltham NJ, Worthington TA, & MD Taylor (2021) Novel
applications of technology for advancing tidal marsh ecology.
Estuaries & Coasts doi:
10.1007/s12237-021-00939-w
-Special
issue: Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology
revisited
Pittman SJ, Yates KL, Bouchet PJ,… James WR… (34
additional authors) (2021) Seascape ecology: Identifying research
priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science. Marine
Ecology Progress Series https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13661
Nelson JA, Harris JM, Lesser JS, James WR, Suir SM,
& WP Broussard III (2020) New mapping metrics to test functional
response of food webs to coastal restoration. Food webs https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2020.e00179
-Special
issue: Restoration Initiatives Viewed Through a Lens of Food Web
Structure and Dynamics
Jones SF, Stagg CL, Yando ES, James WR, Buffington
KJ, & MW Hester (2020) Stress gradients interact with disturbance to
reveal alternative states in salt marsh: Multivariate resilience at the
landscape scale. Journal of Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13552
-Special
issue: Reconciling resilience across ecological systems, species and
subdisciplines
Baker R, Taylor MD, Beck MW, Cebrian J, Colombano DD, Connolly RM, Currin C, Deegan LA, Feller IC, Gilby BL, Kimball ME, Minello TJ, Rozas LP, Simenstad C, Turner RE, Waltham NJ, Weinstein MP, Ziegler SL, zu Ermgassen PSE, … James WR… (29 additional authors) (2020) Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.abe9332
James WR, Topor ZM, & RO Santos (2020) Seascape
structure influences the community structure of marsh nekton.
Estuaries & Coasts doi:
10.1007/s12237-020-00853-7
-Special
issue: Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology
revisited
Harris JM†, James WR†, Lesser JS†, Doerr JC, &
JA Nelson (2020) Foundation species shift alters the energetic landscape
of marsh nekton. Estuaries & Coasts doi:
10.1007/s12237-020-00852-8
†Contributed equally
-Special
issue: Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology
revisited
Lesser JS, James WR, Stallings CD, Wilson RM, & JA Nelson (2020) Trophic niche size and overlap decrease with increasing ecosystem productivity. Oikos https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07026
James WR, JS Lesser, SY Litvin, & JA Nelson (2019) Assessment of food web recovery following restoration using resource use metrics. Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134801
Nelson JA, Lesser JS, James WR, Behringer DP, Furka V, & JC Doerr (2019) Food web response to foundation species change in a coastal ecosystem. Food Webs https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2019.e00125
Eggenberger CW, Santos RO, Frankovich T, James WR, Madden C, Nelson JA, & JS Rehage (2019) Coupling telemetry and stable isotope techniques to unravel movement: Snook habitat use across variable nutrient environments. Fisheries Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.008
James WR, Styga JM, White S, Marson KM, & RL Earley (2018) Developmentally plastic responses to predation threat in the mangrove rivulus fish (Kryptolebias marmoratus): behavior and morphology. Evolutionary Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-018-9952-5
James WR & JB McClintock (2017) Anti-predator responses of amphipods are more effective in the presence of conspecific chemical cues. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3191-6
Smith KE, Aronson RB, Steffel BV, Amsler MO, Thatje S, Singh H, Anderson J, Brother CJ, Brown A, Ellis DS, Havenhand JN, James WR, Mosknes P, Randolph AW, Sayre-McCord T, & JB McClintock (2017) Climate change and the threat of novel marine predators in Antarctica. Ecosphere https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2017