Brian Silliman

• Marine Science & Conservation

• Argentina
• Atlantic Ocean
• Chile
• Denmark
• Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• United States

• A global synthesis reveals gaps in coastal habitat restoration research.

  Zhang, YS, Cioffi, WR, Cope, R, Daleo, P, Heywood, E, Hoyt, C, Smith, CS, and Silliman, BR. “A global synthesis reveals gaps in coastal habitat restoration research.” Sustainability (Switzerland) 10, no. 4 (April 1, 2018).

• Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity (Accepted)

  Thomsen, MS, Altieri, AH, Angelini, C, Bishop, MJ, Gribben, PE, Lear, G, He, Q, Schiel, DR, Silliman, BR, South, PM, Watson, DM, Wernberg, T, and Zotz, G. “Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity (Accepted).” Nature Ecology and Evolution (March 5, 2018): 1-6.

• An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem

  Ramus, AP, Silliman, BR, Thomsen, MS, and Long, ZT. “An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114, no. 32 (August 8, 2017): 8580-8585.

• Abiotic factors influence the dynamics of marine habitat use by a highly mobile “freshwater” top predator (Accepted).

  Nifong, JC, and Silliman, B. Hydrobiologia (June 5, 2017): 1-20.
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• Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on the success and microbiome of a foundational coral

  Shaver, EC, Shantz, AA, McMinds, R, Burkepile, DE, Vega Thurber, RL, and Silliman, BR. Ecology 98, no. 3 (March 2017): 830-839.
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• Natural enemies govern ecosystem resilience in the face of extreme droughts

  He, Q, Silliman, BR, Liu, Z, and Cui, B.  Ecology letters 20, no. 2 (February 2017): 194-201.
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• Five years of Deepwater Horizon oil spill effects on marsh periwinkles Littoraria irrorata

  Zengel, S, Weaver, J, Pennings, SC, Silliman, B, Deis, DR, Montague, CL, Rutherford, N, Nixon, Z, and Zimmerman, AR. “Five years of Deepwater Horizon oil spill effects on marsh periwinkles Littoraria irrorata.” Marine Ecology Progress Series View (October 13, 2016): 1-10.

• Thresholds in marsh resilience to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

  Silliman, BR, Dixon, PM, Wobus, C, He, Q, Daleo, P, Hughes, BB, Rissing, M, Willis, JM, and Hester, MW. Scientific Reports 6, no. 1 (October 2016).
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• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Salt Marsh Fiddler Crabs (Uca spp.)

  Zengel, S, Pennings, SC, Silliman, B, Montague, C, Weaver, J, Deis, DR, Krasnec, MO, Rutherford, N, and Nixon, Z. Estuaries and Coasts 39, no. 4 (July 2016): 1154-1163.
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• How habitat-modifying organisms structure the food web of two coastal ecosystems

  van der Zee, EM, Angelini, C, Govers, LL, Christianen, MJA, Altieri, AH, van der Reijden, KJ, Silliman, BR, van de Koppel, J, van der Geest, M, van Gils, JA, van der Veer, HW, Piersma, T, de Ruiter, PC, Olff, H, and van der Heide, T. Proceedings. Biological sciences 283, no. 1826 (March 2016): 20152326-.
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• Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning

  Bulleri, F, Bruno, JF, Silliman, BR, and Stachowicz, JJ. Edited by R Michalet, R Michalet, and F Pugnaire. Functional Ecology 30, no. 1 (January 2016): 70-78.
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• Consequences of Changing Mangrove Forests in South Asia on the Provision of Global Ecosystem Goods and Services
• Harnessing positive interactions at multiple scales for seagrass restoration
• Can Sea Otters Defend and Restore our Coastlines?

 

• Sand Tiger Sharks Return to Same Shipwrecks off N.C. Coast
• Alligators on the Beach? Killer Whales in Rivers? Get Used to It.
• Invasive Plant Species Can Enhance Coastal Ecosystems
• Pressure from Grazers Hastens Ecosystem Collapse From Drought
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Caused Widespread Marsh Erosion, Study Shows