Fourqurean, James

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Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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fourqure@fiu.edu

selected publications

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- 2021
  
  Loss of predation risk from apex predators can exacerbate marine tropicalization caused by extreme climatic events. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13424 Web of Science: 000620817000001
- 2021
  
  Susan Lynn Williams: the Life of an Exceptional Scholar, Leader, and Friend (1951-2018). ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 44:304-311.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00886-y Web of Science: 000607994200002
- 2020
  
  Water temperature control on CO2 flux and evaporation over a subtropical seagrass meadow revealed by atmospheric eddy covariance. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 66:510-527.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/lno.11620 Web of Science: 000576036600001
- 2020
  
  Decomposition Rates of Surficial and Buried Organic Matter and the Lability of Soil Carbon Stocks Across a Large Tropical Seagrass Landscape. ESTUARIES AND COASTS.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00817-x Web of Science: 000559324900001
- 2020
  
  Assessment of Hurricane Irma Impacts on South Florida Seagrass Communities Using Long-Term Monitoring Programs. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1119-1132.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00623-0 Web of Science: 000537511500015
- 2019
  
  Net heterotrophy and carbonate dissolution in two subtropical seagrass meadows. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 16:4411-4428.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-16-4411-2019 Web of Science: 000498701300002
- 2019
  
  The future of Blue Carbon science. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w Web of Science: 000483922000011
- 2019
  
  Decadal Monitoring in Bermuda Shows a Widespread Loss of Seagrasses Attributable to Overgrazing by the Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 42:1524-1540.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00587-1 Web of Science: 000478058300009
- 2019
  
  Effect of Seagrass on Current Speed: Importance of Flexibility vs. Shoot Density. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00376 Web of Science: 000474404800001
- 2019
  
  Historical seagrass abundance of Florida Bay, USA, based on a foraminiferal proxy. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. 62:15-29.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10933-019-00072-6 Web of Science: 000467649300002
- 2019
  
  Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08842-6 Web of Science: 000460510000003
- 2019
  
  The Coastal Marine Ecosystem of South Florida, United States. WORLD SEAS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION, VOL I: EUROPE, THE AMERICAS AND WEST AFRICA, 2ND EDITION. 427-444.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805068-2.00021-8 Web of Science: 000533152200018
- 2018
  
  Coral epigenetic responses to nutrient stress: Histone H2A.X phosphorylation dynamics and DNA methylation in the staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4678 Web of Science: 000454107200070
- 2018
  
  Does Nutrient Availability Regulate Seagrass Response to Elevated CO2?. ECOSYSTEMS. 21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0212-2 Web of Science: 000448816300001
- 2018
  
  Natural climate solutions for the United States. SCIENCE ADVANCES. 4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat1869 Web of Science: 000452212000009
- 2018
  
  A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world's largest seagrass carbon stocks. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0096-y Web of Science: 000429194600022
- 2018
  
  CO2 released by carbonate sediment production in some coastal areas may offset the benefits of seagrass "Blue Carbon" storage. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 63.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/lno.10621 Web of Science: 000423029300010
- 2018
  
  Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats. PEERJ. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4323 PMID: 29441234 Web of Science: 000425027900003
- 2018
  
  Ontogenetic diet shifts of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a mid-ocean developmental habitat. MARINE BIOLOGY. 165.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3290-6 Web of Science: 000424326200011
- 2017
  
  Habitat fragmentation has some impacts on aspects of ecosystem functioning in a sub-tropical seagrass bed. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 126:95-108.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.02.003 PMID: 28259103 Web of Science: 000400226400008
- 2017
  
  Light attenuation in estuarine mangrove lakes. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 184:191-201.
  Web of Science: 000392778300019
- 2017
  
  Limits on carbon sequestration in arid blue carbon ecosystems. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 27:859-874.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/eap.1489 PMID: 27992951 Web of Science: 000398577200012
- 2017
  
  Predicting seagrass recovery times and their implications following an extreme climate event. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 567:79-93.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps12029 Web of Science: 000397823100006
- 2016
  
  Carbon storage in seagrass soils: long-term nutrient history exceeds the effects of near-term nutrient enrichment. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 13:313-321.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-313-2016 Web of Science: 000369524000021
- 2016
  
  Fertilization Changes Seagrass Community Structure but not Blue Carbon Storage: Results from a 30-Year Field Experiment. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 39:1422-1434.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-016-0085-1 Web of Science: 000380268400009
- 2016
  
  Importance of teleost macrograzers to seagrass composition in a subtropical ecosystem with abundant populations of megagrazers and predators. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 553:81-92.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps11790 Web of Science: 000383800600006
- 2016
  
  Indonesia's blue carbon: a globally significant and vulnerable sink for seagrass and mangrove carbon. WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 24:3-13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11273-015-9446-y Web of Science: 000370170100002
- 2016
  
  Reefscapes of fear: predation risk and reef heterogeneity interact to shape herbivore foraging behaviour. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 85:146-156.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12440 PMID: 26332988 Web of Science: 000368141400015
- 2016
  
  Seagrass growth, reproductive, and morphological plasticity across environmental gradients over a large spatial scale. AQUATIC BOTANY. 134:87-96.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.07.007 Web of Science: 000382797100013
- 2015
  
  Carbon Storage in Seagrass Beds of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 38:242-251.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9802-9 Web of Science: 000347680300020
- 2015
  
  Extreme temperatures, foundation species, and abrupt ecosystem change: an example from an iconic seagrass ecosystem. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 21:1463-1474.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12694 PMID: 25145694 Web of Science: 000351214100010
- 2015
  
  Impacts of physical disturbance on ecosystem structure in subtropical seagrass meadows. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 540:27-41.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps11505 Web of Science: 000365698900003
- 2015
  
  Microbial community structure and dynamics in restored subtropical seagrass sediments. AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 74:43-57.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/ame01725 Web of Science: 000350090200004
- 2015
  
  New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research. ECOSPHERE. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00388.1 Web of Science: 000364024300010
- 2015
  
  Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE. 5:1038-1045.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2763 Web of Science: 000366402900009
- 2015
  
  Seagrass meadows as a globally significant carbonate reservoir. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 12:4993-5003.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-4993-2015 Web of Science: 000360294800009
- 2015
  
  Water quality, isoscapes and stoichioscapes of seagrasses indicate general P limitation and unique N cycling in shallow water benthos of Bermuda. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 12:6235-6249.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-6235-2015 Web of Science: 000364323500010
- 2014
  
  Effects of common seagrass restoration methods on ecosystem structure in subtropical seagrass meadows. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 97:67-78.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.03.001 PMID: 24674391 Web of Science: 000335280300008
- 2014
  
  Morphological and physiological responses of seagrasses (Alismatales) to grazers (Testudines: Cheloniidae) and the role of these responses as grazing patch abandonment cues. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL. 62:1535-1548.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v62i4.12844 PMID: 25720186 Web of Science: 000347141900022
- 2014
  
  Ocean acidification outweighs nutrient effects in structuring seagrass epiphyte communities. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 102:730-737.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12233 Web of Science: 000334588300019
- 2013
  
  Effects of in situ CO2 enrichment on the structural and chemical characteristics of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. MARINE BIOLOGY. 160:1465-1475.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2199-3 Web of Science: 000319360100015
- 2013
  
  INCREASED ALGAL DOMINANCE DESPITE PRESENCE OF DIADEMA ANTILLARUM POPULATIONS ON A CARIBBEAN CORAL REEF. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 89:603-620.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2012.1015 Web of Science: 000318378500014
- 2013
  
  INTEGRATED CARBON BUDGET MODELS FOR THE EVERGLADES TERRESTRIAL-COASTAL-OCEANIC GRADIENT Current Status and Needs for Inter-Site Comparisons. OCEANOGRAPHY. 26:98-107.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.51 Web of Science: 000323808600015
- 2013
  
  Mechanisms of bicarbonate use influence the photosynthetic carbon dioxide sensitivity of tropical seagrasses. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 58:839-848.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.3.0839 Web of Science: 000322491100007
- 2013
  
  Patterns of top-down control in a seagrass ecosystem: could a roving apex predator induce a behaviour-mediated trophic cascade?. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 82:1192-1202.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12097 PMID: 23730871 Web of Science: 000326036800010
- 2013
  
  Spatial pattern in seagrass stoichiometry indicates both N-limited and P-limited regions of an iconic P-limited subtropical bay. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 472:101-115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps10042 Web of Science: 000313344300008
- 2013
  
  Stoichiometry, growth, and fecundity responses to nutrient enrichment by invertebrate grazers in sub-tropical turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) meadows. MARINE BIOLOGY. 160:169-180.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2075-6 Web of Science: 000313047600015
- 2013
  
  Tropical species at the northern limit of their range: Composition and distribution in Bermuda's benthic habitats in relation to depth and light availability. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 89:63-75.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.05.003 PMID: 23731757 Web of Science: 000323021300008
- 2013
  
  Variability in herbivory in subtropical seagrass ecosystems and implications for seagrass transplanting. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. 445:29-37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.014 Web of Science: 000320895500004
- 2012
  
  Brevetoxin persistence in sediments and seagrass epiphytes of east Florida coastal waters. HARMFUL ALGAE. 13:89-94.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2011.10.008 PMID: 23762030 Web of Science: 000300132600012
- 2012
  
  Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus storage in subtropical seagrass meadows: examples from Florida Bay and Shark Bay. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:967-983.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12101 Web of Science: 000311409300003
- 2012
  
  Characterising the sources and fate of dissolved organic matter in Shark Bay, Australia: a preliminary study using optical properties and stable carbon isotopes. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:1098-1107.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12028 Web of Science: 000311409300015
- 2012
  
  Differing temporal patterns of Chara hornemannii cover correlate to alternate regimes of phytoplankton and submerged aquatic-vegetation dominance. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:1005-1014.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12036 Web of Science: 000311409300006
- 2012
  
  Estimating Global "Blue Carbon" Emissions from Conversion and Degradation of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems. PLOS ONE. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043542 PMID: 22962585 Web of Science: 000308577600013
- 2012
  
  Feeding preferences of herbivores in a relatively pristine subtropical seagrass ecosystem. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:1051-1058.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12029 Web of Science: 000311409300010
- 2012
  
  Negative relationships between the nutrient and carbohydrate content of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. AQUATIC BOTANY. 99:56-60.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.02.002 Web of Science: 000303229500008
- 2012
  
  Nutrient status of seagrasses cannot be inferred from system-scale distribution of phosphorus in Shark Bay, Western Australia. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:1015-1026.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12026 Web of Science: 000311409300007
- 2012
  
  Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock. NATURE GEOSCIENCE. 5:505-509.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1477 Web of Science: 000307098400022
- 2012
  
  Stable isotope and fatty acid biomarkers of seagrass, epiphytic, and algal organic matter to consumers in a pristine seagrass ecosystem. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:1085-1097.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12027 Web of Science: 000311409300014
- 2012
  
  The use of stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen to identify water sources in two hypersaline estuaries with different hydrologic regimes. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:952-966.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12042 Web of Science: 000311409300002
- 2011
  
  Benthic Macrophyte Distribution and Abundance in Estuarine Mangrove Lakes and Estuaries: Relationships to Environmental Variables. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 34:20-31.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9279-0 Web of Science: 000287155800002
- 2011
  
  Diversity in trophic interactions of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas on a relatively pristine coastal foraging ground. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 439:277-293.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps09313 Web of Science: 000296068200022
- 2011
  
  Long-Term Effects of Adding Nutrients to an Oligotrophic Coastal Environment. ECOSYSTEMS. 14:430-444.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9421-2 Web of Science: 000290492700007
- 2011
  
  Novel methodology for in situ carbon dioxide enrichment of benthic ecosystems. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS. 9:97-109.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.97 Web of Science: 000290678700002
- 2011
  
  Projected Reorganization of Florida Bay Seagrass Communities in Response to the Increased Freshwater Inflow of Everglades Restoration. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 34:973-992.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9388-4 Web of Science: 000293185800008
- 2010
  
  ARTIFICIAL REEFS CONCENTRATE NUTRIENTS AND ALTER BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN AN OLIGOTROPHIC, SUBTROPICAL ESTUARY. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 86:813-829.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2009.1066 Web of Science: 000283281600004
- 2010
  
  Are mangroves in the tropical Atlantic ripe for invasion? Exotic mangrove trees in the forests of South Florida. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 12:2509-2522.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9660-8 Web of Science: 000279682800013
- 2010
  
  Effects of excluding sea turtle herbivores from a seagrass bed: Overgrazing may have led to loss of seagrass meadows in Bermuda. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 419:223-232.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps08853 Web of Science: 000285068400018
- 2010
  
  Epiphyte loads on seagrasses and microphytobenthos abundance are not reliable indicators of nutrient availability in oligotrophic coastal ecosystems. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 60:971-983.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.003 PMID: 20381091 Web of Science: 000279857600014
- 2010
  
  Nutrient enrichment, grazer identity, and their effects on epiphytic algal assemblages: field experiments in subtropical turtlegrass Thalassia testudinum meadows. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 406:33-45.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps08533 Web of Science: 000278441200003
- 2010
  
  Seagrass community metabolism: Assessing the carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 24.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003793 Web of Science: 000285835400001
- 2010
  
  Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 24.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003848 Web of Science: 000285257000003
- 2009
  
  Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 106:12377-12381.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905620106 PMID: 19587236 Web of Science: 000268440200033
- 2009
  
  Ecological indicators for assessing and communicating seagrass status and trends in Florida Bay. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 9:S68-S82.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.004 Web of Science: 000268156900008
- 2009
  
  Interspecific variation in the elemental and stable isotope content of seagrasses in South Florida. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 387:109-123.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps08093 Web of Science: 000269405500010
- 2009
  
  NUTRIENT EFFECTS ON SEAGRASS EPIPHYTE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN FLORIDA BAY. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY. 45:1010-1020.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00745.x PMID: 27032345 Web of Science: 000270901800003
- 2009
  
  Phosphorus Availability and Salinity Control Productivity and Demography of the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 32:188-201.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9116-x Web of Science: 000262504600014
- 2009
  
  Stable Isotopes Reveal Complex Changes in Trophic Relationships Following Nutrient Addition in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 32:1152-1164.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9219-z Web of Science: 000271398600011
- 2008
  
  Ecosystem structure and function still altered two decades after short-term fertilization of a seagrass meadow. ECOSYSTEMS. 11:688-700.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9151-2 Web of Science: 000258958700003
- 2008
  
  The effects of manipulation of sedimentary iron and organic matter on sediment biogeochemistry and seagrasses in a subtropical carbonate environment. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. 87:113-126.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9162-7 Web of Science: 000254360300001
- 2007
  
  Large-scale decline in offshore seagrass meadows in Bermuda. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 339:123-130.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps339123 Web of Science: 000247713900012
- 2007
  
  Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain. MARINE BIOLOGY. 151:219-232.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0473-3 Web of Science: 000244485800020
- 2007
  
  State-dependent risk-taking by green sea turtles mediates top-down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 76:837-844.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01260.x PMID: 17714261 Web of Science: 000249088900001
- 2007
  
  Tropical seagrass-associated macroalgae distributions and trends relative to water quality. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 73:680-694.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.009 Web of Science: 000247281500029
- 2006
  
  A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems. BIOSCIENCE. 56:987-996.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[987:AGCFSE]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000242795000008
- 2006
  
  Coastal groundwater discharge - an additional source of phosphorus for the oligotrophic wetlands of the Everglades. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 569:23-36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0120-5 Web of Science: 000240576200003
- 2006
  
  Nutrient content of seagrasses and epiphytes in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Evidence of phosphorus and nitrogen limitation. AQUATIC BOTANY. 85:103-111.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.02.003 Web of Science: 000238729400003
- 2006
  
  Nutrient impacts on epifaunal density and species composition in a subtropical seagrass bed. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 569:437-447.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0147-7 Web of Science: 000240576200030
- 2006
  
  Potential role of sponge communities in controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 328:93-103.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps328093 Web of Science: 000245319400008
- 2006
  
  The short-term influence of herbivory near patch reefs varies between seagrass species. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. 339:65-74.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.07.013 Web of Science: 000241712500007
- 2006
  
  Variable responses within epiphytic and benthic microalgal communities to nutrient enrichment. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 569:423-435.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0146-8 Web of Science: 000240576200029
- 2005
  
  Changes in mass and nutrient content of wood during decomposition in a south Florida mangrove forest. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 93:618-631.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00970.x Web of Science: 000229283000015
- 2005
  
  Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay. ESTUARIES. 28:422-434.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF02693924 Web of Science: 000230877300010
- 2005
  
  Lagoon scale processes in a coastally influenced Caribbean system: Implications for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 41.
  Web of Science: 000234459600006
- 2005
  
  Spatial and seasonal variability in elemental content, delta C-13, and delta N-15 of Thalassia testudinum from South Florida and its implications for ecosystem studies. ESTUARIES. 28:447-461.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF02693926 Web of Science: 000230877300012
- 2005
  
  Spatiotemporal variation of the abundance of calcareous green macroalgae in the Florida Keys: A study of synchrony within a macroalgal functional-form group. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY. 41:742-752.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00099.x Web of Science: 000231146000004
- 2005
  
  The potential role of plant oxygen and sulphide dynamics in die-off events of the tropical seagrass, Thalassia testudinum. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 93:148-158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00943.x Web of Science: 000226400300014
- 2004
  
  Responses of seagrass communities to fertilization along a gradient of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in a carbonate environment. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 49.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.6.2082 Web of Science: 000225137100017
- 2004
  
  The impact of Hurricane Georges on soft-bottom, back reef communities: Site- and species-specific effects in south Florida seagrass beds. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 75.
  Web of Science: 000224795300006
- 2004
  
  Reply to B.E. Lapointe and P.J Barile (2004). Comment on J. C. Zieman, J. W. Fourqurean, and T. A Frankovich. 1999. Seagrass die-off in Florida Bay: Long-term trends in abundance and growth of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum. Estuaries 22 : 460-470.. ESTUARIES. 27.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF02803570 Web of Science: 000221048900015
- 2003
  
  CHANGES IN NUTRIENT CONTENT AND STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS OF C AND N DURING DECOMPOSITION OF SEAGRASSES AND MANGROVE LEAVES ALONG A NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY GRADIENT IN FLORIDA BAY, USA. CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY. 19.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02757540310001609370 Web of Science: 000325914600004
- 2003
  
  Forecasting responses of seagrass distributions to changing water quality using monitoring data. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0474:FROSDT]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000182669300015
- 2003
  
  Intra- and interannual variability in seagrass carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes from south Florida, a preliminary study. ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY. 34.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00161-4 Web of Science: 000181206700003
- 2002
  
  Nutrient content of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum reveals regional patterns of relative availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Florida Keys USA. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. 61.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1020293503405 Web of Science: 000178066500001
- 2002
  
  Disturbance and recovery following catastrophic grazing: studies of a successional chronosequence in a seagrass bed. OIKOS. 97.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.970306.x Web of Science: 000177002200006
- 2001
  
  Arsenic and phosphorus in seagrass leaves from the Gulf of Mexico. AQUATIC BOTANY. 71.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(01)00193-0 Web of Science: 000172506000001
- 2001
  
  Competition between the tropical alga, Halimeda incrassata, and the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum. AQUATIC BOTANY. 71.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(01)00179-6 Web of Science: 000172090800005
- 2001
  
  Biogeochemical effects of iron availability on primary producers in a shallow marine carbonate environment. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 46.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.6.1278 Web of Science: 000170652900003
- 2001
  
  Large-scale patterns in seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) demographics in south Florida. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 46.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.5.1077 Web of Science: 000169913700008
- 2001
  
  Spatial and temporal pattern in seagrass community composition and productivity in south Florida. MARINE BIOLOGY. 138.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s002270000448 Web of Science: 000167194100011
- 2000
  
  Determination of arsenic in seagrass using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART B-ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY. 55.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(00)00247-0 Web of Science: 000089748400003
- 2000
  
  Influence of net freshwater supply on salinity in Florida Bay. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900352 Web of Science: 000087928800017
- 2000
  
  Determination of arsenic in seagrass in Florida Bay using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and its relationships with phosphorus
- 1999
  
  Florida Bay: A history of recent ecological changes. ESTUARIES. 22.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1353203 Web of Science: 000082578600001
- 1999
  
  Patterns of groundwater discharge into Florida Bay. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 44.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.4.1045 Web of Science: 000082148200007
- 1999
  
  Seagrass die-off in Florida Bay: Long-term trends in abundance and growth of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum. ESTUARIES. 22.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1353211 Web of Science: 000082578600009
- 1999
  
  Seasonal and long-term trends in the water quality of Florida Bay (1989-1997). ESTUARIES. 22.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1353208 Web of Science: 000082578600006
- 1999
  
  Overgrazing of a large seagrass bed by the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in Outer Florida Bay. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 190.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps190211 Web of Science: 000084553000016
- 1997
  
  Spatial characterization of water quality in Florida Bay and Whitewater Bay by multivariate analyses: Zones of similar influence. ESTUARIES. 20:743-758.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1352248 Web of Science: 000071147300007
- 1997
  
  Contributions of the plankton community to ecosystem respiration, Tomales Bay, California. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 44.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0130 Web of Science: A1997WW94500009
- 1997
  
  Seagrass epiphyte loads along a nutrient availability gradient, Florida Bay, USA. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 159.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps159037 Web of Science: 000071358700004
- 1997
  
  Spatial and temporal variation in C:N:P ratios, delta N-15 and delta C-13 of eelgrass Zostera marina as indicators of ecosystem processes, Tomales Bay, California, USA. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 157.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps157147 Web of Science: A1997YH29500012
- 1993
  
  PROCESSES INFLUENCING WATER COLUMN NUTRIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS IN FLORIDA BAY, FL, USA - INFERENCES FROM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1993.1018 Web of Science: A1993KU39800005
Editorial Material
- 2020
  
  Major 2017 Hurricanes and their Cumulative Impacts on Coastal Waters of the USA and the Caribbean. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 941-942.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00702-7 Web of Science: 000507687200002
- 2012
  
  Science behind management of Shark Bay and Florida Bay, two P-limited subtropical systems with different climatology and human pressures Introduction. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 941-951.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12280 Web of Science: 000311409300001
- 2008
  
  Estuaries and coasts as an outlet for research in coastal ecosystems: A bibliometric study. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 469-476.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9046-7 Web of Science: 000256927700001
- 2003
  
  Elucidating seagrass population dynamics: Theory, constraints, and practice. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY.
  Web of Science: 000185433700033
Meeting Abstract
- 2019
  
  Variation in sediment nutrient concentrations in an urban-mangrove ecosystem, Pinones, Puerto Rico. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000478861200512
- 2018
  
  Variation in sediment nutrient concentrations in an urban-mangrove ecosystem, Pinones, Puerto Rico. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000435537704111
- 2000
  
  Determination of arsenic in seagrass in Florida Bay using ICP-MS.. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000087246103488
Other Scholarly Work
- 1998
  
  Erratum: Seagrass epiphyte loads along a nutrient availability gradient, Florida Bay, USA (Marine Ecology Progress Series (1997) 159 (37-50)). 306.
Review
- 2019
  
  A Systematic Review of How Multiple Stressors From an Extreme Event Drove Ecosystem-Wide Loss of Resilience in an Iconic Seagrass Community. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00455 Web of Science: 000477971100001
- 2016
  
  A review of seagrass economic valuations: Gaps and progress in valuation approaches. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. 68-77.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.010 Web of Science: 000375213800006

chaired theses and dissertations

Howard, Jason Lee, PATTERNS OF CARBON METABOLISM, STORAGE, AND REMINERALIZATION IN SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEMS 2018
Burgett, Claire Margaret, Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Bermuda Exhibit an Ontogenetic Diet Shift despite Overexploitation of Resources in their Developmental Habitat 2017
Sweatman, Jennifer L, Gammaridean Amphipods as Bioindicators in Subtropical Seagrass Ecosystems 2016
Dewsbury, Bryan, The Ecology and Economics of Seagrass Community Structure 2014
Bourque, Amanda, Ecosystem structure in disturbed and restored subtropical seagrass meadows 2012
Campbell, Justin E, The Effects of Carbon Dioxide Fertilization on the Ecology of Tropical Seagrass Communities 2012
Fork, Megan, Direct and Indirect Effects of Organic Matter Sources on Denitrificaton in Florida Rivers 2012
Lacey, Elizabeth, Herbivore and Nutrient Impact on Primary Producer Assemblages in a Tropical Marine Environment 2012
Halun, Sitti Zayda B, The Effects of Fertilization and Simulated Grazing on the Community Structure of a Seagrass Bed in South Florida 2011
Bernard, Rebecca Jane, Effects of light and nutrient supply on stable isotope composition and fractionation in nitrogen-limited seagrass beds 2010
Mir-Gonzalez, Danielle Lara, Groundwater nutrient availability controls on nearshore benthic community structure in Biscayne Bay, Florida 2007
Dewsbury, Bryan M., Artificially induced aggregation of fauna and their effects on nutrient regimes and primary producers in an oligotrophic subtropical estuary 2006
Byron, Dorothy A., Determining the physiological response of a subtropical seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, to salinity stress using pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry 2006
Cornett, Virginia C., Spatial distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Shark River Estuary and implications for understanding movement and feeding patterns of manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) 2006
Cunniff, Kevin M., Phenology, sexual reproduction, and the factors affecting sexual reproduction of the marine angiosperm, Thalassia testudinum, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) 2005
Ferdie, Meredith, Nutrient limitation of benthic primary production in the upper Florida Keys 2002
Davis, Braxton C., Determining interspecific interactions between the dominant macrophytes of tropical, atlantic seagrass meadows 1998

advised honors theses

VanDervort, Alana Ming-Amede, Anticancer activity of 4-N gemcitabine analogues 2012

principal investigator on

Deep Saturation Dive Training awarded by Naval Supply Systems Command 2017 - 2022
The South Florida Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network Youth Internship and Training Program awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2021
The South Florida Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network Youth Internship and Training Program awarded by National Park Service 2015 - 2020
Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys. awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2018 - 2020
Dry Tortugas National Park Seagrass Communities Assessment Project awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2020
Seagrass monitoring in the Florida Keys National marine Sanctuary awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2015 - 2019
MOU between DOC, NOAA, NOS, ONMS & FKNMS awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2014 - 2019
Coastal marine research, education and conservation in Southwest Florida: Building the partnership between Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Florida International University awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Prot 2018 - 2019
Florida Bay mudbank vulnerability assessment: continued monitoring of sediment elevations underlaying seagrass meadows awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2019
Aquarius Reef Base: NEEMO_XX_NASA awarded by National Aeronautics & Space Administrat 2014 - 2019
The South Florida Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network Undergraduate Internship and Training Program awarded by National Park Service 2008 - 2018
Baseline Monitoring of Canals in the Village of Islamorada awarded by Islamorada, Village of Islands 2015 - 2018
Julia Tuttle Seagrass Die-off Monitoring awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Prot 2018
Coastal marine research, education and conservation in Southwest Florida: Building the partnership between Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Florida International University awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Prot 2017 - 2018
Contributions to support the inaugural Biscayne Bay Marine Health Summit awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2017
Coastal marine research, education and conservation in Southwest Florida: Building the partnership between Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Florida International University awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Prot 2016 - 2017
Dry Tortugas National Park Seagrass Communities Assessment Project: Long-term seagrass monitoring awarded by National Park Service 2015 - 2017
Family Science Nights awarded by Ocean Reef Community Foundation 2015 - 2017
Deep Saturation Dive Training awarded by Office of Naval Research 2014 - 2017
Florida Bay Mudbank Vulnerability Assessment awarded by National Park Service 2015 - 2016
Utilizing Robotic Technologies for Joint Human-Robot Missions awarded by Naval Postgraduate School 2016
Family Science Nights awarded by Ocean Reef Community Foundation 2014 - 2016
Synthesis of Water Quality and Benthic Habitat awarded by National Park Service 2009 - 2016
Seagrass Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary - FY 2010-2011 awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2010 - 2016
Ball Aerospace participation in NEEMO XX Aquarius Mission awarded by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporat 2015
Aquarius Reef Base awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2013 - 2015
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation & Water Quality Monitoring awarded by National Park Service 2010 - 2015
NEEMO_18_NPS awarded by Naval Postgraduate School 2014
Dry Tortugas: Establishing Seagrass Monitoring Sites awarded by National Park Service 2011 - 2014
Discover Our Backyard awarded by Ocean Reef Community Foundation 2013 - 2014
EPA Fellowship - Elizabeth Stoner awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2011 - 2014
URS Aquarius Mission awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2014
AGEDI Blue Carbon Demonstration Project 207608 - Seagrass ecosystems awarded by GRID-Arendal 2013
Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research participation in NEEMO Aquarius mission awarded by Naval Postgraduate School 2013
NEEMO Sea Test 2 awarded by National Aeronautics & Space Administrat 2013
RAPID Response Measuring Ecological Effects of Oil Spill awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2011
Benthic Community Monitoring for Little Venice Sewage awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Prot 2010 - 2011
Seagrass Monitoring in FL Keys National Marine Sanctuary awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2009 - 2011
Design and Implementation of Monitoring of Seagrass Restoration Projects in Biscayne National Park. awarded by National Park Service 2006 - 2010
Submerged aquatic vegetation and physicochemical monitoring in the Florida Bay Mangrove zone for CERP assessments and targets refinement. awarded by National Park Service 2007 - 2010
Impacts of Increased Freshwater Flow and Nutrient on Benthic Community Structure and Trophic Relationships. awarded by National Park Service 2007 - 2010
Seagrass Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary - FY 2003. awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2002 - 2010
Projected Reorganization of Seagrass Communities in Response to Altered Freshwater Flow. awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2008 - 2010
Sample Processing and Data Analysis in Support of Burmuda s Seagrass Monitoring Program. awarded by Government of Bermuda Conservation Svcs 2008 - 2009
Benthic Habitat Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary - FY2006 awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2007 - 2009
Antigua and Barbuda Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Management Program - Seagrass and Macroalgae Components. awarded by University of Miami 2006 - 2008

co-principal investigator on

Bonefish declines in Florida Bay: an integrative geospatial retrospective analysis of patterns & drivers awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2014 - 2018
Linkages of Water Quality, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Wintering Waterfowl in Everglades National Park awarded by National Park Service 2015 - 2017
Hydrological Conditions of Mangrove Lakes Region of Everglades National Park awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2013 - 2016
Evaluating the Utility of Robotic Technologies for Joint Human-Robot Missions awarded by U.S. Department of Defense 2015
RAPID: Ecological responses to large-scale climate disturbance: Could the interaction of overfishing and disturbance initiate phase-shifts in tropical seagrass ecosystems? awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2015

investigator on

FCE LTER II: Coastal oligotrophic ecosystems research awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2013
FCE LTER II: Coastal oligotrophic ecosystems research awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2013
Marine & estuarine goal setting for South Florida(MARES) awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2012 - 2013
Advance Research Cooperation in Environmental Health (ARCH). awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2009

teaching activities

BSC3941-U21: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
BSC4473-B51: Introduction to Scientific Diving Fall Term 2019
BSC4473-B51: Introduction to Scientific Diving Spring Term 2019
BSC6913-U02: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
OCB6927-B51: Workshop in Scientific Diving Fall Term 2019
OCB6927-B51: Workshop in Scientific Diving Spring Term 2019

full name

James Fourqurean

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0811-8500 (confirmed)

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publication subject areas

Biodiversity & Conservation
Chemistry
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Fisheries
Geology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Microbiology
Oceanography
Plant Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Toxicology
Water Resources
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