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2024 Publications from the Department of Ecology and Evolution (updated Feb.2025)

  • Roesch E, Rosencrans JH, Hatch KA, Thacker RW. 2024. Inventory of shallow-water fouling invertebrates of Long Island, New York. Oceans 5(4): 825-839. doi: 10.3390/oceans5040047

  • Turner TL, Rouse GW, Weigel BL, Janusson C, Lemay MA, Thacker RW. 2024. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. Zootaxa. 5447(1): 1-28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.1.1

  • Gallagher, K., R. Herman, K. Walton, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2025. Pygoscelis penguins prefer different oceanographic and terrestrial habitats during the austral summer. In press at Ecosphere.
  • Pertierra, L.R., P. Convey, A. Barbosa, E. M. Biersma, D. Cowan, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, A. de los Ríos, P. Escribano-Álvarez, C. I. Fraser, D. Fontaneto, M. Greve, H. J. Griffiths, M. Harris, K. A. Hughes, H. J. Lynch, R. J. Ladle, X. P. Liu, P. C. le Roux, R. Majewska, M. A. Molina-Montenegro, L. S. Peck, A. Quesada, C. Ronquillo, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. G. Sancho, A. Terauds, G. Varliero, J. A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, S. L. Chown, M. Á. Olalla-Tárraga, and J. Hortal. 2025. Frozen but lively: ecological research advances and key knowledge gaps in terrestrial and freshwater Antarctic biodiversity science. Science 387: 609-615.

  • VanCompernolle, M., ..., H.J. Lynch, ... et al. 2025. Vulnerability of highly-mobile and wide-ranging marine megafauna to global anthropogenic threats. In press at Conservation Biology.

  • Wethington, M.J., B. Sen, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Predicting pack-ice seal occupancy of ice floes along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0311747.
  • Wu, H., C. Flynn, C. Hall, C. Che-Castaldo, D. Samaras, M. Schwaller, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Penguin colony georegistration using camera pose estimation and phototourism. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0311038.
  • Sen, B., C. Che-Castaldo, H.J. Lynch, F. Ventura, M.A. LaRue, and S. Jenouvrier. 2024. Detecting stochasticity in population time series using a non-parametric test of intrinsic predictability. Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.14423.
  • Kaczvinsky, C., H. Levy, S. Preston, C. Youngflesh, G. Clucas, H.J. Lynch, A.L. Smith, and T. Hart. The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the bacterial microbiome of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in their natural environment. 2024. Scientific Reports 14:17933.
  • Hallet, M., and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Update on the abundance and distribution of Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Polar Biology 47: 607-615.
  • Gallagher, K., M. Cimino, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Quantifying potential marine debris sources and potential threats to penguins on the West Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Pollution 347: 123714.
  •  Pertierra, L.R., G. Varliero, A. Barbosa, E.M. Biersma, P. Convey, S.L. Chown, D. Cowan, A. De los Rios, P. Escribano-Alvarez, D. Fontaneto, C.I. Fraser, M. Harris, K.A. Hughes, H.J. Griffiths, P.C. le Roux, X.P. Liu, H.J. Lynch, P.A. Martinez, M.A. Molina-Montenegro, M.A. Olalla-Tarraga, L. Peck, A. Quesada, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. Sancho, A. Terauds, J.A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, J. Hortal, and M. Greve. 2024. ANTALIFE 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of all Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms in the continent. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e106199.
  • Herman, R.W., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O’Brien, K. Veeramah, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 00:e17282.
  • Gleich, S. J., Mesrop, L. Y., Cram, J. A., Weissman, J. L., Hu, S. K., Yeh, Y. C., ... & Caron, D. A. (2025). With a little help from my friends: importance of protist-protist interactions in structuring marine protistan communities in the San Pedro Channel. mSystems, e01045-24.
  • Weissman, J. L., Chappell, C. R., Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, B., Evans, N., Fagre, A. C., Forsythe, D., ... & Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium. (2024). Queer-and trans-inclusive faculty hiring—A call for change. PLoS biology, 22(11), e3002919.
  • Xiao, W., Weissman, J. L., & Johnson, P. L. (2024). Ecological drivers of CRISPR immune systems. mSystems, 9(12), e00568-24.
  • Merchant, S., Weissman, J. L., & MacLa, E. (2024). Creating a Broader Impacts Culture. Journal of Community Engagement & Scholarship, 17(2).
  • Connors, E., Dutta, A., Trinh, R., Erazo, N., Dasarathy, S., Ducklow, H., ... & Bowman, J. S. (2024). Microbial community composition predicts bacterial production across ocean ecosystems. The ISME Journal, 18(1), wrae158.
  • Thonis, A. and H.R. Akçakaya. (2025). Perils of using range maps in macroecological models of species richness. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15072
  • Butchart, S.H.M., H.R. Akçakaya, A.J. Berryman, T.M. Brooks, I.J. Burfield, J. Chanson, M.P. Dias, J.S. Donaldson, C. Hermes, C. Hilton-Taylor, M. Hoffmann, J.A. Luedtke, R. Martin, A. McDougall, K. Neam, B. Polidoro, D. Raimondo, A.S.L. Rodrigues, C. Rondinini, C. Rutherford, T. Scott, A.T. Simkins, S.N. Stuart, J. Vine. (2025). Measuring trends in extinction risk: a review of two decades of development and application of the Red List Index. Philosophical Transactions B, 380:20230206. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0206
  • H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). Extinction risk categorization in the IUCN Red List: comment on the US Endangered Species Act and acceptable risk. Biological Conservation, 299:110804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110804
  • Thonis, A. and H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). Experimental evidence that competition strength scales with ecological similarity: A case study using Anolis lizards. Oecologia, 204: 451–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05507-6
  • Şen, B., C. Che-Castaldo, and H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). The potential for species distribution models to distinguish source populations from sinks. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93: 1924–1934. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14201
  • Cazalis, V., M. Di Marco, A. Zizka, S.H.M. Butchart, M. González-Suárez, M. Böhm, S.P. Bachman, M. Hoffmann, I. Rosati, F. De Leo, M. Jung, A. Benítez-López, V. Clausnitzer, P. Cardoso, T.M. Brooks, G. Mancini, P.M. Lucas, B.E. Young, H.R. Akçakaya, A.M. Schipper, C. Hilton-Taylor, M. Pacifici, C. Meyer, and L. Santini. (2024). Accelerating and standardising IUCN Red List assessments with sRedList. Biological Conservation, 298:110761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761
  • Loope, K.J., H.R. Akçakaya, and K.T. Shoemaker. (2024). Inflated predictions from a flawed model influenced the decision to deny federal protection for the gopher tortoise. Global Ecology and Conservation, e03089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03089
  • Thonis, A., A. Stansfield, and H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). Unravelling the role of tropical cyclones in shaping present species distributions. Global Change Biology, 30:e17232. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17232
  • Henry, E. G., L. Santini, S. H. M. Butchart, M. González-Suárez, P. M. Lucas, A. Benítez-López, G. Mancini, M. Jung, P. Cardoso, A. Zizka, C. Meyer, H.R. Akçakaya, A. J. Berryman, V. Cazalis, and M. Di Marco. (2024). Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology, 30:e17119. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17119
  • Layman, H., H.R. Akçakaya, A. Irwin, S. zu Ermgassen, P. Addison, M. Burgman. (2024). Short term solutions to biodiversity conservation in portfolio construction: Forward-looking disclosure and classification-based metrics. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33:1778-1793. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3570
  • Mancini, G., L. Santini, V. Cazalis, H.R. Akçakaya, P. M. Lucas, T. M. Brooks, W. Foden, and M. Di Marco. (2024). A standard approach for including climate change responses in IUCN Red List assessments. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14227
  • Dr. Ross Nehm, selected to serve on the National Science Foundation funded committee "Advancing AI in Science Education: A Comprehensive Approach to Equity, Inclusion, and Three-Dimensional Learning."  Read More
  • Congrats to Dianna who makes an appearance in SBU’s new brand anthem video. View here.
  • Dr. Tara Smiley's New Article, linkages between Cenozoic mountain building and faunal change in the U.S.  Read More .
  • Dr. Natasha Vitek - published article about the Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent: Read More.
  • E&E Alum participated in research and article, "Why We Die"  which discusses the only known immortal animal, Hydra.  Read More.
  • Yukilevich, Roman & Aoki, Fumio & Egan, Scott & Zhang, Linyi. (2024). Coevolutionary Interactions between Sexual and Habitat Isolation during Reinforcement. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16. a041431. 10.1101/cshperspect.a041431. 
  • Joon-Hyun Song, Liliana M. Dávalos, Thomas MacCarthy, Mehdi Damaghi (2024). Evolvability of cancer-associated genes under APOBEC3A/B selection. iScience 109433, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224006540
  • Neal Anthwal, Ronald P. Hall, Frederik Aneudy de la Rosa Hernandez, Michael Koger, Laurel R. Yohe, Brandon P. Hedrick, Kalina T.J. Davies, Gregory L. Mutumi, Charles C. Roseman, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Liliana M. Dávalos, Stephen J. Rossiter, Alexa Sadier, Karen E. Sears (2023). Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution. The Anatomical Record 2023, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25353
  • Natalie Weber, Martina Nagy, Wanda Markotter, Juliane Schaer -Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Jack Sutton, Liliana M. Dávalos, Marie-Claire Dusabe, Imran Ejotre, M. Brock Fenton, Mirjam Knörnschild, Adrià López-Baucells, Rodrigo A. Medellin, Markus Metz, Samira Mubareka, Olivier Nsengimana, M. Teague O’Mara, Paul A. Racey, Merlin Tuttle, Innocent Twizeyimana, Amanda Vicente-Santos, Marco Tschapka, Christian C. Voigt, Martin Wikelski, Dina K.N. Dechmann, DeeAnn M. Reeder (2023). Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats. Biology Letters 19, 20230358. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0358
  • Francisco X. Castellanos, Diana D. Moreno-Santillán, Graham M. Hughes, Nicole S. Paulat, Nicolette Sipperly, Alexis M. Brown, Katie Martin, Gregory M. Poterewicz, Marisa C.W. Lim, Amy L. Russell, Marianne S. Moore, Matthew G. Johnson, Angelique P. Corthals, David A. Ray, Liliana M. Dávalos (2023). The evolution of antimicrobial peptides in Chiroptera. Frontiers in Immunology 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1250229
  • Levinton, Jeffrey S. (2024) Extinction in the Fossil Record. In: Scheiner Samuel M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd edition, vol. 7, pp. 319–335. Oxford: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00148-1
  • Gallagher, K., M. Cimino, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Quantifying potential marine debris sources and potential threats to penguins on the West Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Pollution 347: 123714.
  • Pertierra, L.R., G. Varliero, A. Barbosa, E.M. Biersma, P. Convey, S.L. Chown, D. Cowan, A. De los Rios, P. Escribano-Alvarez, D. Fontaneto, C.I. Fraser, M. Harris, K.A. Hughes, H.J. Griffiths, P.C. le Roux, X.P. Liu, H.J. Lynch, P.A. Martinez, M.A. Molina-Montenegro, M.A. Olalla-Tarraga, L. Peck, A. Quesada, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. Sancho, A. Terauds, J.A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, J. Hortal, and M. Greve. 2024. ANTALIFE 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of all Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms in the continent. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e106199.
  • Herman, R.W., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O’Brien, K. Veeramah, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 00:e17282.
  • Nehm, R.H. (2024). When less is more in living systems: subtractive cognitive biases and life science learning. Journal of Biological Education. DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2024.2320106
  • Sbeglia, G. Nehm, R.H. (2024). Building conceptual and methodological bridges between SSE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement and educational actions in evolutionary biology. Evolution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae026
  • RG Duncan, R Krishnamoorthy, U Harms, M Haskel-Ittah, K Kampourakis, N Gericke, M Hammann, M Jimenez-Aleixandre, RH Nehm, MJ Reiss, A Yarden (2024). The sociopolitical in human genetics education. Science. Vol 383, Issue 6685 pp. 826-828
  • Nehm, R.H. (2024). Considering Explanatory Diversity and Holistic Understanding of Biological Phenomena. The American Biology Teacher. February. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2024.86.2.55
  • Nehm, R.H. (2024). AI in Biology Education Assessment: How Automation Can Drive Educational Transformation. In: Zhai, X. et al. (Eds.) Uses of Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education. Oxford University Press.
  • Dianna K Padilla and Daniel Grünbaum 2024 Preparing the Next Generation of Integrative Organismal Biologists.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 64(3):1007-1018 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae098
  • Samuel J. Gurr, Katherine McFarland, Genevieve Bernatchez, Mark S. Dixon, Lisa Guy, Lisa M. Milke, Matthew E. Poach, Deborah Hart, Louis V. Plough, Dylan H. Redman, George Sennefelder, Sheila Stiles, Gary H. Wikfors, Dianna K. Padilla, Shannon L. Meseck. 2024 Effects of food supply on northern bay scallops Argopecten irradians (L.) reared under two pCO2 conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 740:61-78
  • Dianna K Padilla, Lisa Milke, Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye, Maria Rosa, Dylan Redman, Alyssa Liguori, Allison Rugila, David Veilleux, Mark Dixon, David Charifson, Shannon L. Meseck. 2024.  Local differences in robustness to ocean acidification. Biology Open 13 (8)
  • Kendra J. Greenlee and Dianna K. Padilla. 2024. Modeling Organismal Responses to Changing Environments.  Integrative And Comparative Biology 64(3):900-904 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae131
  • Nicolas S. Anderson and Dianna K Padilla. 2024 Settlement and metamorphosis of the ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, in response to environmental cues.  In Revision.  Biological Bulletin In Press
  • Thomas M. Grothues, Dianna K. Padilla, A. Sulan Kolatan, Christina M. K. Kaunzinger, Philip Parker, Steven N. Handel. 2024. Life as a design element of hardened urban shorelines. Estuaries and Coasts Special Issue on Living Shorelines In Press
  • Poddar, U., Gurevitch, J., Meiners, S. J., & D’Andrea, R. (2024). Similar trait-based successional assembly in native and introduced plants despite species pool differences. Journal of Ecology, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14304
  • Liliana M. Dávalos, Editor-in-Chief, The Quarterly Review of Biology, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/qrb/current
  • Gil-Gomez, A., J.S. Rest. 2024. Wiring between close nodes in molecular networks evolves more quickly than between distant nodes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msae098, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae098.
  • Collier, J.L., J.S. Rest, L. Gallot-Lavallée, E. Lavington, A. Kuo, J. Jenkins, C. Plott, J. Pangilinan, C. Daum, I.V. Grigoriev, G.V. Filloramo, A. Vanclova, J.M. Archibald. 2023. The protist Aurantiochytrium has universal subtelomeric rDNAs and is a host for mirusviruses. Current Biology, 33(23), pp.5199-5207. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223013684
  • Tara M. Smiley, Alireza Bahadori, E. Troy Rasbury, William E. Holt, and Catherine Badgley, 2024, Tectonic extension and paleoelevation influence mammalian diversity dynamics in the Basin and Range Province of western North America. Sci. Adv. 10, eadn6842(2024). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adn6842
  • Title P.O., Singhal S., Grundler M.C., Costa G.C., Pyron R.A., Colston T.J., Grundler M.R., Prates I., Stepanova N., Jones M.E.H., Cavalcanti L.B.Q., Colli G.R., Di-Poï N., Donnellan S.C., Moritz C., Mesquita D.O., Pianka E.R., Smith S.A., Vitt L.J., Rabosky D.L. 2024. The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes. Science 383, 918-923.
  • True, J.R. and Abreu, E. 2024 Comparing learning outcomes of two collaborative activities on random genetic drift in an upper-division genetics course. Evolution: Education & Outreach 17(2) 17, 2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-024-00195-z
  • Li, T., Zhang, R.S., and True, J.R. 2024 Genetic variation for sexual dimorphism in developmental traits in Drosophilamelanogaster. G3 jkae010, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae010
  • Lavrov DV, Diaz MC, Maldonado M, Morrow CC, Perez T, Pomponi SA, Thacker RW. (2023) Phylomitogenomics bolsters the high-level classification of Demospongiae (phylum Porifera). PLoS ONE 18(12): e0287281, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287281
  • Turner TL, Rouse GW, Weigel BL, Janusson C, Lemay MA, Thacker RW. 2024. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. Zootaxa. 5447(1): 1-28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.1.1
  • Vencl, F. V., et al., (2024). Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the performance of a diet specialized Neotropical herbivore and it's host plant. Biotropica, in press.
  • Vencl, F. V., Bartram, S., Winter, K., Boland, W., Srygley, R. B. (2024). Effects of elevated CO 2 and temperature on the performance of a diet specialized neotropical herbivore and it's host plant. Biotropica 56(6): e13371.
  • Kirsch, R., Okamura, Y., García-Lozano, M., Weiss, B., Keller, J., Vogel, H., Fukumori, K., Fukatsu, T., Konstantinov, A. S., Montagna, M., Moseyko, A. G., Riley, E. G., Slipinski, A., Vencl, F. V., Windsor, D. M., Salem, H., Kaltenpoth, M.,
Pauchet, Y. (2024).
 Symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer promote herbivory in the megadiverse leaf beetles. Current Biology, in press.
  • Blackburn, D.C., Boyer, D.M., Gray, J.A., Winchester, J., Bates, J.M., Baumgart, S.L., Braker, E. Coldren, D., Conway, K.W., Rabosky, A.D., de la Sancha, N., Dillman, C.B., Dunnum, J.L., Early, C.M., Frable, B.W., Gage, M.W., Hanken, J., Maisano, J.A., Marks, B.D., Maslenikov, K.P., McCormack, J.E., Nagesan, R.S., Pandelis, G.G., Prestridge, H.L., Rabosky, D.L., Randall, Z.S., Robbins, M.B., Scheinberg, L.A., Spencer, C.L., Summers, A.P., Tapanila, L. Thompson, C.W., Tornabene, L., Watkins-Colwell, G.J., Welton, L.J., the oVert Project Team, and Stanley, E.L. 2024. Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D-imaging: the openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network. BioScience. 0:1-18. [Vitek Member of oVert project team, full list of team authors in supplementary data].https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad120
  • Wilburn, B. P., Raper, K., Raposa, K. B., Gray, A. B., Mozdzer, T. J., & Watson, E. B. (2024). Promoting success in thin layer sediment placement: effects of sediment grain size and amendments on salt marsh plant growth and greenhouse gas exchange. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14141
  • Cherneskie, K., Njie, D., Champlin, L., Perger, D. S., & Watson, E. (2024). Drainage Influences Coastal Salt Marsh Productivity and Soil Biogeochemistry. Aquatic Botany, 103772.
  • Champlin, L.K., Moore, T.N., Jeppesen, R., Haskins, J., Sayre, B. and Watson, E.B., 2024. Biological and physical controls on multidecadal acidification in a eutrophic estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(3), e2023JC020405.
  • Shikuzawa J, Watson EB, Tanner K, Wilburn B, Fork SK, Larson S, Fountain MC, Thomsen A, Wasson K. 2024. Ecosystem functions of plant diversity: Comparisons from a large‐scale marsh restoration experiment in California, USA. Ecosphere 15(1):e4742.
  • Courtney, S., Montalto, F., & Watson, E. B. (2024). Climate and Vegetation Change in a Coastal Marsh: Two Snapshots of Groundwater Dynamics and Tidal Flooding at Piermont Marsh, NY Spanning 20 Years. Wetlands, 44(1), 8.
2024 Publications
2024 Publications