JLab Studying global change, one organism at a time

Johnson, D.S. 2022. Beautiful swimmers attack at low tide. Ecology

Johnson, D.S. 2022. Are amphipods Orchestia grillus (Bosc, 1802) (Amphipoda: Talitridae) infected with the trematode Levinseniella byrdi (Heard, 1968) drawn to the light? Journal of Crustacean Biology

Wittyngham et al. 2022. Biotic recovery following ice-rafting in a salt marsh. Estuaries and Coasts 45: 1361-1370

Avolio et al. 2022. Making sense of multivariate community responses in global change experiments. Ecosphere

Fleeger et al. 2021. A macroinfaunal ecosystem engineer may facilitate recovery of benthic invertebrates and accompanying ecosystem services after an oil spill. Estuaries and Coasts 45: 582-591.

Lesser et al. 2021. Cross-habitat access modifies the ‘trophic relay’ in New England saltmarsh ecosystems. Food Webs 29:e00206

Avolio et al. 2021. Determinants of plant community compositional change are equally affected by global change. Ecology Letters 9: 1892-1904.

Iwaniec et al. 2021. Connectivity: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12:e03432.

Jessen et al. 2020. Decomposition of mangrove litter under experimental nutrient loading in a fringe Rhizophora mangle (L.) forest. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Williams, B.W. and D.S. Johnson. 2021. Role of ecological interactions in saltmarsh geomorphic processes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 658:149–161.

Johnson et al. 2020. The fiddler crab Minuca pugnax (Smith, 1870) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) reduces saltmarsh algae in its expanded range. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40: 668-672.

Martínez-Soto, K. and D.S. Johnson. 2020. The density of the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab (Minuca pugnax, Smith, 1870) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in its expanded range in the Gulf of Maine, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40: 544–548.

Failon et al. 2020. Ecological associations of Littoraria irrorota with Spartina cynosuroides and Spartina alterniflora.  Wetlands 40: 1317–1325.

Bowen et al. 2020. Not all nitrogen is created equal: Differential effects of nitrate versus ammonium enrichment in coastal wetlands. BioScience 70: 1108-1119.

Deis et al. 2020. Recovery of the salt marsh periwinkle (Littoraria irrorata) 9 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Size matters. Marine Pollution Bulletin

Johnson et al. 2020. A climate migrant escapes its parasites. Marine Ecology Progress Series 641:111-121.

Cagle et al. 2020. Planting Spartina alterniflora in a salt marsh denuded of vegetation by an oil spill induces a rapid response in the soil microbial community. Ecological Engineering 151: 105815

Fleeger et al. 2020. Macroinfauna responses and recovery trajectories after an oil spill differ from those following saltmarsh restoration. Marine Environmental Research 155: 104881

Johnson et al. 2019. The fiddler crab, Minuca pugnax, follows Bergmann’s rule. Ecology and Evolution 9:14489–14497.

Komatsu et al. 2019. Global-change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global-change factors imposed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116: 17867-17873.

Wasson et al. 2019. Pattern and scale: evaluating generalities in crab distributions and marsh dynamics from small plots to a national scale. Ecology 100: e02813.

Staudinger et al. 2019. It’s about time: A synthesis of changing phenology in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Fisheries Oceanography 28:532-566.

Johnson et al. 2018. Saltmarsh plants, not fertilizer, facilitate invertebrate recolonization after an oil spill. Ecosphere 9:e02082.

Langley et al. 2018. Ambient changes exceed treatment effect on plant species abundance in global change experiments. Global Change Biology 24: 5668-5679.

Fleeger et al. 2018. What promotes the recovery of saltmarsh infauna after oil spills? Estuaries and Coasts 42: 204-217.

Nelson et al. 2018. Feedbacks between nutrient enrichment and geomorphology alter bottom-up control on food webs. Ecosystems 22: 229-242.

Wigand et al. 2018. Discontinuities in soil strength contribute to destabilization of nutrient-enriched creeks. Ecosphere 9:e02329

Johnson, D.S., and R. Heard. 2017. Bottom-up control of parasites. Ecosphere 8: e01885.

Johnson, D.S., and B.L. Williams. 2017. Sea-level rise may increase extinction risk of a saltmarsh ontogenetic habitat specialist. Ecology and Evolution 7: 7786-7795.

Wilcox et al. 2017. Asynchrony among local communities stabilizes ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters 20:1534-1545.

Johnson et al. 2016. Saltmarsh plant responses to eutrophication. Ecological Applications 26: 2649-2661.

Avolio et al. 2015. A framework for quantifying the magnitude and variability of community responses to global change drivers. Ecosphere 6:280.

Johnson, D.S. 2015. The savory swimmer swims north: A northern range extension for the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus? Journal of Crustacean Biology 35:105-110.

Johnson, D.S. 2014. Fiddler on the Roof: A northern range extension for the marsh fiddler crab Uca pugnax. Journal of Crustacean Biology 34:671-673.

Johnson, D.S. 2014. Making waves about spreading weeds – A response. Science 344:1236. (Response letter)

Johnson, D.S. 2014. Weeds making waves. Science 344:255. (Essay)

Johnson, D.S. and M. I. Short. 2013. Chronic nutrient enrichment increases the density and biomass of the eastern mudsnail, Nassarius obsoletus. Estuaries and Coasts 36: 28-35.

Pascal et al. 2013. Chronic nutrient-enrichment influence on mudflat food web in a New England (USA) estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 474:27-41.

Fagherazzi et al. 2013. Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes.  In:  John F. Shroder (ed.) Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 12: 180-200.

Fagherazzi et al. 2013. Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Flats.  In:  John F. Shroder (ed.) Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 12: 201-220.

Deegan et al. 2012. Coastal nutrient enrichment as a driver of salt marsh loss. Nature 490: 388-392.

Galván et al. 2011. Natural abundance stable isotopes and dual isotope tracer additions help to resolve resources supporting a saltmarsh food web. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 410:1-11.

Johnson, D.S. 2011. High-marsh invertebrate communities are susceptible to eutrophication. Marine Ecology Progress Series 438:143-152

Fleeger et al. 2010. The response of nematodes to deep-sea CO2 sequestration: A quantile regression approach. Deep Sea Research I 57:696-707.

Johnson, D.S., and J.W. Fleeger. 2009. The effect of large-scale nutrient enrichment and predator reduction on macroinfauna in a Massachusetts salt marsh: a four-year study. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 373:35-44.

Johnson et al. 2009. Large-scale manipulations reveal top-down and bottom-up controls interact to alter habitat utilization by saltmarsh fauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series 377: 33-41.

Johnson, D.S., and B.J. Jessen. 2008. Do spur-throated grasshoppers, Melanoplus spp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae), exert top-down control on smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora in northern New England? Estuaries and Coasts 31:912-919.

Fleeger et al. 2008. Top-down and bottom-up control of infauna varies across the saltmarsh landscape. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 357: 20-34.

Deegan et al. 2007. Susceptibility of salt marshes to nutrient enrichment and predator removal. Ecological Applications 17(5):S42-S63.

Johnson et al. 2007. Worm holes and their space-time continuum: Spatial and temporal variability of macroinfaunal annelids in a northern New England salt marsh. Estuaries and Coasts 30 (2): 226-237.