Principal Investigator: Michael F. Piehler (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Ecosphere~2011~2~Michael F Pieher and Ashley R Smyth~10.1890/ES10-00082.1~~~~~Habitat-specific distinctions in estuarine denitrification affect both ecosystem function and services~N~~~~~~
Ecology~2013~94~Orrock, J. L., E. L. Preisser, J. H. Grabowski, and G. C. Trussell~~573-579~~~~The cost of safety: refuges increase the impact of predation risk in aquatic systems~~~~~~~
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES~2013~473~Higgins, Colleen B.; Tobias, Craig; Piehler, Michael F.; Smyth, Ashley R.; Dame, Richard F.; Stephenson, Kurt; Brown, Bonnie L.~~7-+~~~~Effect of aquacultured oyster biodeposition on sediment N-2 production in Chesapeake Bay\~~~~~~~
PLOS ONE~2012~7~Hughes, A. Randall; Rooker, Kelly; Murdock, Meagan; Kimbro, David L.~~0~~~~Predator Cue and Prey Density Interactively Influence Indirect Effects on Basal Resources in Intertidal Oyster Reefs~~~~~~~
BIOSCIENCE~2012~62~Grabowski, Jonathan H.; Brumbaugh, Robert D.; Conrad, Robert F.; Keeler, Andrew G.; Opaluch, James J.; Peterson, Charles H.; Piehler, Michael F.; Powers, Sean P.; Smyth, Ashley R.~~900-909~~~~Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs~~~~~~~
ESTUARIES AND COASTS~2013~36~Smyth, Ashley R.; Thompson, Suzanne P.; Siporin, Kaylyn N.; Gardner, Wayne S.; McCarthy, Mark J.; Piehler, Michael F.~~44-55~~~~Assessing Nitrogen Dynamics Throughout the Estuarine Landscape~~~~~~~
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society~2012~279~Zu Ermgassen P.S.E., Spalding M.D., Blake B., Coen L.D., Dumbauld B., Geiger S., Grabowski J.H., Grizzle R., Luckenbach M., McGraw K., Rodney W., Ruesink J.L., Powers S.P. & Brumbaugh R~~3393-4000~~~~Historical ecology with real numbers: past and present extent and biomass of an imperilled estuarine habitat~~~~~~~
Marine Ecology Progress Series~2013~473~Higgins C.B., Tobias C., Piehler M.F., Smyth A.R., Dame R.F., Stephenson K. & Brown B.L.~~~~~~Effect of aquacultured oyster biodeposition on sediment N-2 production in Chesapeake Bay~~~~~~~
Oikos~2014~123~Hughes, AR, AFP Moore and MF Piehler.~~488~~~~Independent and interactive effects of two associated facilitators on their habitat-providing host plant, Spartina alterniflora~~~~~~~
Ecology Letters~2013~16~Kimbro D.L., B.S. Cheng and E.D. Grosholz~~821~~~~Biotic resistance in marine environments~~~~~~~
Estuaries and Coasts~2013~36~Smyth, A.R., S. P. Thompson, K.N. Siporin, W. S. Gardner, M.J. McCarthy, M. F. Piehler.~~44~~~~Assessing nitrogen dynamics throughout the estuarine landscape~~~~~~~
Marine Ecology Progress Series~2013~493~Smyth, AR, NR. Geraldi, MF. Piehler~~23~~~~Oyster Mediated Benthic-Pelagic Coupling Modifies Nitrogen Pools and Processes~~~~~~~
Journal of Applied Ecology~2015~52~Smyth, A. R., M. F. Piehler, and J. H. Grabowski~~716~~~~Habitat context influences nitrogen removal by restored oyster reefs~~~~~~~
Proceedings of the Royal Society B~2015~282~Dodd, L. F., J. H. Grabowski, M. F. Piehler, I. Westfield, and J.B. Ries~10.1098/rspb.2015.0333~~~~~Ocean Acidification impairs crab foraging behavior~~~~~~~