Brian Reed Silliman | Scholars@Duke

Brian Reed Silliman
Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology

Brian Silliman is the Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology. He holds both B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Virginia, and completed his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University. Dr. Silliman was named a David H. Smith Conservation Fellow with The Nature Conservancy in 2004 and a Visiting Professor with the Royal Netherlands Society of Arts and Sciences in 2011. He has also received several awards, including the Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Naturalists (2006), a Young Investigator Grant Award from the Andrew Mellon Foundation (2007), and a NSF Career Grant Award (2011). Dr. Silliman has published 13 book chapters and over 90 peer reviewed journal articles, and co-edited two books Human Impacts on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective (with T. Grosholtz and M. D. Bertness) and Marine Community Ecology (with M. Bertness, J. Bruno and J. Stachowicz). His teaching and research are focused on community ecology, conservation and restoration, global change, plant–animal interactions, and evolution and ecological consequences of cooperative behavior.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013
Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2018

Contact Information

135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516
brian.silliman@duke.edu (252) 504-7635

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Brown University 2004
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013 - 2018
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 18, 2018 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Want to Protect Corals from Climate-Induced Bleaching? Reducing Snails Can Help
- MAY 8, 2018 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Alligators on the Beach? Killer Whales in Rivers? Get Used to It!
- JUL 18, 2017 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Invasive Plant Species Can Enhance Coastal Ecosystems
- JAN 12, 2017
  
  Pressure from Grazers Hastens Ecosystem Collapse From Drought
- SEP 27, 2016
  
  Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Caused Widespread Marsh Erosion, Study Shows
- AUG 29, 2016
  
  Mussel Flexing: Bivalves Save Drought-Stricken Marshes, Study Finds
- NOV 24, 2015
  
  Seven Faculty Named AAAS Fellows
- NOV 2, 2015
  
  Planting In Clumps Boosts Wetland Restoration Success
- AUG 14, 2015
  
  A Decade After Katrina: What Have We Learned?
- JUL 27, 2015
  
  News Tip: Experts Available to Discuss 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
- APR 6, 2015
  
  Northern Coastal Marshes More Vulnerable to Nutrient Pollution
- SEP 26, 2014
  
  Goats Better Than Chemicals For Curbing Invasive Marsh Grass
- SEP 26, 2014 Environmental News Network
  
  Goats found to be better than chemicals when it comes to curbing invasive marsh grass
- JUN 9, 2014
  
  Reshaping Decades-Old Scientific Theory
- DEC 10, 2013
  
  Quality Of Biodiversity, Not Just Quantity, Is Key
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- Can positive interactions make restoration an affordable option for coastal managers? awarded by Pew Charitable Trusts 2018 - 2021
- Consequences of Changing Mangrove Forests in South Asia on the Provision of Global Ecosystem Goods and Services awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2017 - 2020
- LTER: Georgia Coastal Ecosystems III awarded by University of Georgia 2013 - 2018
- Can Sea Otters Defend and Restore our Coastlines? awarded by Society for Conservation Biology 2015 - 2018
- Harnessing positive interactions at multiple scales for seagrass restoration awarded by North Carolina State University 2016 - 2018
- CAREER: Small Grazers, Multiple Stressors and the Proliferation of Fungal Disease in Marine Plant Ecosystems awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2017
- CAREER: Small Grazers, Multiple Stressors and the Proliferation of Fungal Disease - Supplement awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2016
- Are blue crab declines leading to a trophic cascade and massive loss of U.S. southern marshes? awarded by National Science Foundation 2014
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Kareiva, P, Marvier, M, and Silliman, B. Effective Conservation Science Data Not Dogma. Oxford University Press, October 5, 2017.
- Book Sections
  - Fariña, JM, Bertness, MD, Silliman, B, Aragoneses, N, and Gayo, E. "Natural history and environmental patterns in the El Yali coastal wetland, central Chile." In The Ecology and Natural History of Chilean Saltmarshes, 169-193. January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Bakker, JP, Nielsen, KJ, Alberti, J, Chan, F, Hacker, SD, Iribarne, OO, Kuijper, DPJ, Menge, BA, Schrama, M, and Silliman, BR. "Bottom-up and top-down interactions in coastal interface systems." In Trophic Ecology: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Interactions Across Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems, 157-200. January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - van Wesenbeeck, BK, Griffin, JN, van Koningsveld, M, Gedan, KB, McCoy, MW, and Silliman, BR. "Nature-Based Coastal Defenses: Can Biodiversity Help?." In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition, 451-458. January 1, 2013. Full Text
  - Barbier, EB, Hacker, SD, Koch, EW, Stier, AC, and Silliman, BR. "Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Services." In Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 109-127. March 6, 2012. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - 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." Nature Ecology and Evolution 2, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 634-639. Full Text
  - 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). Full Text
  - Derksen-Hooijberg, M, Angelini, C, Lamers, LPM, Borst, A, Smolders, A, Hoogveld, JRH, de Paoli, H, van de Koppel, J, Silliman, BR, and van der Heide, T. "Mutualistic interactions amplify saltmarsh restoration success." Edited by J Piggott. Journal of Applied Ecology 55, no. 1 (January 2018): 405-414. Full Text
  - Nifong, JC, and Silliman, B. "Abiotic factors influence the dynamics of marine habitat use by a highly mobile “freshwater” top predator." Hydrobiologia 802, no. 1 (November 2017): 155-174. Full Text
  - 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 114, no. 32 (August 8, 2017): 8580-8585. Full Text
  - Zengel, S, Weaver, J, Pennings, S, Silliman, B, Deis, D, Montague, C, Rutherford, N, Nixon, Z, and Zimmerman, A. "Five years of Deepwater Horizon oil spill effects on marsh periwinkles Littoraria irrorata." Marine Ecology Progress Series 576 (August 3, 2017): 135-144. Full Text
  - He, Q, Silliman, BR, and Cui, B. "Incorporating thresholds into understanding salinity tolerance: A study using salt-tolerant plants in salt marshes." Ecology and Evolution 7, no. 16 (August 2017): 6326-6333. Full Text
  - de Paoli, H, van der Heide, T, van den Berg, A, Silliman, BR, Herman, PMJ, and van de Koppel, J. "Behavioral self-organization underlies the resilience of a coastal ecosystem." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 30 (July 25, 2017): 8035-8040. Full Text
  - Speights, CJ, Silliman, BR, and McCoy, MW. "The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved ρCO 2 on a marine foundation species." Ecology and Evolution 7, no. 11 (June 2017): 3808-3814. Full Text
  - Shaver, EC, Shantz, AA, McMinds, R, Burkepile, DE, Vega Thurber, RL, and Silliman, BR. "Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on the success and microbiome of a foundational coral." Ecology 98, no. 3 (March 2017): 830-839. Full Text
  - He, Q, Silliman, BR, Liu, Z, and Cui, B. "Natural enemies govern ecosystem resilience in the face of extreme droughts." Ecology letters 20, no. 2 (February 2017): 194-201. Full Text
  - Shaver, EC, and Silliman, BR. "Time to cash in on positive interactions for coral restoration." PeerJ 5 (2017): e3499-e3499. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, Dixon, PM, Wobus, C, He, Q, Daleo, P, Hughes, BB, Rissing, M, Willis, JM, and Hester, MW. "Thresholds in marsh resilience to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill." Scientific Reports 6, no. 1 (October 2016). Full Text
  - Angelini, C, Griffin, JN, van de Koppel, J, Lamers, LPM, Smolders, AJP, Derksen-Hooijberg, M, van der Heide, T, and Silliman, BR. "A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought." Nature Communications 7 (August 18, 2016): 12473-12473. Full Text
  - He, Q, and Silliman, BR. "Consumer control as a common driver of coastal vegetation worldwide." Ecological Monographs 86, no. 3 (August 2016): 278-294. Full Text
  - Pimiento, C, MacFadden, BJ, Clements, CF, Varela, S, Jaramillo, C, Velez-Juarbe, J, and Silliman, BR. "Geographical distribution patterns of Carcharocles megalodon over time reveal clues about extinction mechanisms." Journal of Biogeography 43, no. 8 (August 2016): 1645-1655. Full Text
  - Zengel, S, Pennings, SC, Silliman, B, Montague, C, Weaver, J, Deis, DR, Krasnec, MO, Rutherford, N, and Nixon, Z. "Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Salt Marsh Fiddler Crabs (Uca spp.)." Estuaries and Coasts 39, no. 4 (July 2016): 1154-1163. Full Text
  - Freitas, R, Schrack, E, He, Q, Silliman, B, Furlong, E, Telles, A, and Costa, C. "Consumer control of the establishment of marsh foundation plants in intertidal mudflats." Marine Ecology Progress Series 547 (April 7, 2016): 79-89. Full Text
  - Fariña, JM, He, Q, Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Bottom-up and top-down human impacts interact to affect a protected coastal Chilean marsh." Ecology 97, no. 3 (March 2016): 640-648. Full Text
  - 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. "How habitat-modifying organisms structure the food web of two coastal ecosystems." Proceedings. Biological sciences 283, no. 1826 (March 2016): 20152326-. Full Text
  - Bulleri, F, Bruno, JF, Silliman, BR, and Stachowicz, JJ. "Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning." Edited by R Michalet, R Michalet, and F Pugnaire. Functional Ecology 30, no. 1 (January 2016): 70-78. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, Schrack, E, He, Q, Cope, R, Santoni, A, van der Heide, T, Jacobi, R, Jacobi, M, and van de Koppel, J. "Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal restoration efforts." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, no. 46 (November 2, 2015): 14295-14300. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Griffin, JN, Toscano, BJ, Griffen, BD, and Silliman, BR. "Does relative abundance modify multiple predator effects?." Basic and Applied Ecology 16, no. 7 (November 2015): 641-651. Full Text
  - Davidson, A, Griffin, J, Angelini, C, Coleman, F, Atkins, R, and Silliman, B. "Non-consumptive predator effects intensify grazer–plant interactions by driving vertical habitat shifts." Marine Ecology Progress Series 537 (October 14, 2015): 49-58. Full Text
  - Atkins, RL, Griffin, JN, Angelini, C, O'Connor, MI, and Silliman, BR. "Consumer-plant interaction strength: importance of body size, density and metabolic biomass." Oikos 124, no. 10 (October 2015): 1274-1281. Full Text
  - Daleo, P, Alberti, J, Bruschetti, CM, Pascual, J, Iribarne, O, and Silliman, BR. "Physical stress modifies top-down and bottom-up forcing on plant growth and reproduction in a coastal ecosystem." Ecology 96, no. 8 (August 2015): 2147-2156. Full Text
  - Angelini, C, van der Heide, T, Griffin, JN, Morton, JP, Derksen-Hooijberg, M, Lamers, LPM, Smolders, AJP, and Silliman, BR. "Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes." Proceedings. Biological sciences 282, no. 1811 (July 2015). Full Text
  - Griffin, JN, Schrack, EC, Lewis, K-A, Baums, IB, Soomdat, N, and Silliman, BR. "Density-dependent effects on initial growth of a branching coral under restoration." Restoration Ecology 23, no. 3 (May 2015): 197-200. Full Text
  - He, Q, and Silliman, BR. "Biogeographic consequences of nutrient enrichment for plant-herbivore interactions in coastal wetlands." Ecology letters 18, no. 5 (May 2015): 462-471. (Letter) Full Text
  - Rosenblatt, AE, Nifong, JC, Heithaus, MR, Mazzotti, FJ, Cherkiss, MS, Jeffery, BM, Elsey, RM, Decker, RA, Silliman, BR, Guillette, LJ, Lowers, RH, and Larson, JC. "Factors affecting individual foraging specialization and temporal diet stability across the range of a large "generalist" apex predator." Oecologia 178, no. 1 (May 2015): 5-16. Full Text
  - Butterfield, JSS, Díaz-Ferguson, E, Silliman, BR, Saunders, JW, Buddo, D, Mignucci-Giannoni, AA, Searle, L, Allen, AC, and Hunter, ME. "Wide-ranging phylogeographic structure of invasive red lionfish in the Western Atlantic and Greater Caribbean." Marine Biology 162, no. 4 (April 2015): 773-781. Full Text
  - Freitas, RF, Schrack, EC, Sieg, RD, Silliman, BR, and Costa, CSB. "Grazing Scar Characteristics Impact Degree of Fungal Facilitation in Spartina alterniflora Leaves in a South American Salt Marsh." Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 58, no. 1 (February 2015): 103-108. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Butterfield, JSS, Díaz-Ferguson, E, Silliman, BR, Saunders, JW, Buddo, D, Mignucci-Giannoni, AA, Searle, L, Allen, AC, and Hunter, ME. "Wide-ranging phylogeographic structure of invasive red lionfish in the Western Atlantic and Greater Caribbean." Marine Biology 162, no. 4 (January 1, 2015): 773-781. Full Text
  - Gaskins, LC, and Silliman, BR. "Crab predation by the San Salvador rock iguana (Cyclura rileyi)." Herpetological Bulletin , no. 132 (January 1, 2015): 27-. Open Access Copy
  - Griffin, JN, Toscano, BJ, Griffen, BD, and Silliman, BR. "Does relative abundance modify multiple predator effects?." Basic and Applied Ecology 16, no. 7 (January 1, 2015): 641-651. Full Text
  - Nifong, JC, Layman, CA, and Silliman, BR. "Size, sex and individual-level behaviour drive intrapopulation variation in cross-ecosystem foraging of a top-predator." The Journal of animal ecology 84, no. 1 (January 2015): 35-48. Full Text
  - Pimiento, C, Nifong, JC, Hunter, ME, Monaco, E, and Silliman, BR. "Habitat use patterns of the invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans: A comparison between mangrove and reef systems in San Salvador, Bahamas." Marine Ecology 36, no. 1 (2015): 28-37. Full Text
  - van de Koppel, J, van der Heide, T, Altieri, AH, Eriksson, BK, Bouma, TJ, Olff, H, and Silliman, BR. "Long-distance interactions regulate the structure and resilience of coastal ecosystems." Annual review of marine science 7 (January 2015): 139-158. (Review) Full Text
  - Soomdat, NN, Griffin, JN, McCoy, M, Hensel, MJS, Buhler, S, Chejanovski, Z, and Silliman, BR. "Independent and combined effects of multiple predators across ontogeny of a dominant grazer." Oikos 123, no. 9 (September 2014): 1081-1090. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR. "Salt marshes." Current biology : CB 24, no. 9 (May 2014): R348-R350. Full Text
  - Christianen, MJA, Herman, PMJ, Bouma, TJ, Lamers, LPM, van Katwijk, MM, van der Heide, T, Mumby, PJ, Silliman, BR, Engelhard, SL, van de Kerk, M, Kiswara, W, and van de Koppel, J. "Habitat collapse due to overgrazing threatens turtle conservation in marine protected areas." Proceedings. Biological sciences 281, no. 1777 (February 2014): 20132890-. Full Text
  - Nifong, JC, Nifong, RL, Silliman, BR, Lowers, RH, Guillette, LJ, Ferguson, JM, Welsh, M, Abernathy, K, and Marshall, G. "Animal-borne imaging reveals novel insights into the foraging behaviors and Diel activity of a large-bodied apex predator, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)." PloS one 9, no. 1 (January 15, 2014): e83953-. Full Text
  - Thomsen, M, Byers, J, Schiel, D, Bruno, J, Olden, J, Wernberg, T, and Silliman, B. "Impacts of marine invaders on biodiversity depend on trophic position and functional similarity." Marine Ecology Progress Series 495 (January 9, 2014): 39-47. Full Text
  - Angelini, C, and Silliman, BR. "Secondary foundation species as drivers of trophic and functional diversity: evidence from a tree-epiphyte system." Ecology. 95, no. 1 (January 2014): 185-196. Full Text
  - Christianen, MJA, Herman, PMJ, Bouma, TJ, Lamers, LPM, Katwijk, MMV, Heide, TVD, Mumby, PJ, Silliman, BR, Engelhard, SL, Kerk, MVD, Kiswara, W, and Koppel, JVD. "Habitat collapse due to overgrazing threatens turtle conservation in marine protected areas." Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 281, no. 1777 (2014): 20132890--. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, Mozdzer, T, Angelini, C, Brundage, JE, Esselink, P, Bakker, JP, Gedan, KB, van de Koppel, J, and Baldwin, AH. "Livestock as a potential biological control agent for an invasive wetland plant." PeerJ 2 (2014): e567-e567. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Hensel, MJS, and Silliman, BR. "Consumer diversity across kingdoms supports multiple functions in a coastal ecosystem." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110, no. 51 (December 17, 2013): 20621-20626. Full Text
  - Nifong, JC, Lowers, RH, Silliman, BR, Abernathy, K, and Marshall, G. "Attachment and deployment of remote video/audio recording devices (Crittercams) on wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)." Herpetological Review 44, no. 2 (December 1, 2013): 243-247.
  - Cheong, S-M, Silliman, B, Wong, PP, van Wesenbeeck, B, Kim, C-K, and Guannel, G. "Coastal adaptation with ecological engineering." Nature Climate Change 3, no. 9 (August 28, 2013): 787-791. Full Text
  - Mahmoudi, N, Porter, TM, Zimmerman, AR, Fulthorpe, RR, Kasozi, GN, Silliman, BR, and Slater, GF. "Rapid degradation of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil by indigenous microbial communities in Louisiana saltmarsh sediments." Environmental science & technology 47, no. 23 (January 2013): 13303-13312. Full Text
  - Nifong, JC, and Silliman, BR. "Impacts of a large-bodied, apex predator (Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801) on salt marsh food webs." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 440 (2013): 185-191. Full Text
  - Pimiento, C, Nifong, JC, Hunter, ME, Monaco, E, and Silliman, BR. "Habitat use patterns of the invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans: A comparison between mangrove and reef systems in San Salvador, Bahamas." Marine Ecology (2013). Full Text
  - Rosenblatt, AE, Heithaus, MR, Mather, ME, Matich, P, Nifong, JC, Ripple, WJ, and Silliman, BR. "The roles of large top predators in coastal ecosystems new insights from long term ecological research." Oceanography 26, no. 3 (2013): 157-167. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, McCoy, MW, Angelini, C, Holt, RD, Griffin, JN, and Van De Koppel, J. "Consumer fronts, global change, and runaway collapse in ecosystems." Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 44 (January 1, 2013): 503-538. (Review) Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, McCoy, MW, Trussell, GC, Crain, CM, Ewanchuk, PJ, and Bertness, MD. "Non-Linear Interactions between Consumers and Flow Determine the Probability of Plant Community Dominance on Maine Rocky Shores." PLoS ONE 8, no. 8 (2013). Full Text
  - Pennings, SC, Alber, M, Alexander, CR, Booth, M, Burd, A, Cai, WJ, Craft, C, Depratter, CB, Di Iorio, D, Hopkinson, CS, Joye, SB, Meile, CD, Moore, WS, Silliman, BR, Thompson, V, and Wares, JP. "South Atlantic tidal wetlands." (May 22, 2012): 45-62. (Chapter)
  - Angelini, C, and Silliman, BR. "Patch size-dependent community recovery after massive disturbance." Ecology 93, no. 1 (2012): 101-110. Full Text
  - Díaz-Ferguson, E, Haney, RA, Wares, JP, and Silliman, BR. "Genetic structure and connectivity patterns of two Caribbean rocky-intertidal gastropods." Journal of Molluscan Studies 78, no. 1 (2012): 112-118. Full Text
  - Heide, TVD, Govers, LL, Fouw, JD, Olff, H, Geest, MVD, Katwijk, MMV, Piersma, T, Koppel, JVD, Silliman, BR, Smolders, AJP, and Gils, JAV. "A three-stage symbiosis forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems." Science 336, no. 6087 (2012): 1432-1434. Full Text
  - Nifong, JC, Rosenblatt, AE, Johnson, NA, Barichivich, W, Silliman, BR, and Heithaus, MR. "American alligator digestion rate of Blue Crabs and its implications for stomach contents analysis." Copeia , no. 3 (2012): 419-423. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, Koppel, JVD, McCoy, MW, Diller, J, Kasozi, GN, Earl, K, Adams, PN, and Zimmerman, AR. "Degradation and resilience in Louisiana salt marshes after the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, no. 28 (2012): 11234-11239. Full Text
  - Tallis, H, Lester, SE, Ruckelshaus, M, Plummer, M, McLeod, K, Guerry, A, Andelman, S, Caldwell, MR, Conte, M, Copps, S, Fox, D, Fujita, R, Gaines, SD, Gelfenbaum, G, Gold, B, Kareiva, P, Kim, C-K, Lee, K, Papenfus, M, Redman, S, Silliman, B, Wainger, L, and White, C. "New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean's bounty." Marine Policy 36, no. 1 (2012): 303-306. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Engelen, AH, Tuya, F, Vanderklift, MA, Holmer, M, McGlathery, KJ, Arenas, F, Kotta, J, and Silliman, BR. "A meta-analysis of seaweed impacts on seagrasses: Generalities and knowledge gaps." PLoS ONE 7, no. 1 (2012). Full Text
  - Alberti, J, Casariego, AM, Daleo, P, Fanjul, E, Silliman, BR, Bertness, M, and Iribarne, O. "Erratum to: Abiotic stress mediates top-down and bottom-up control in a Southwestern Atlantic salt marsh (Oecologia, (2010), 163, (181-191), 10.1007/s00442-009-1504-9)." Oecologia 167, no. 3 (2011): 883--. Full Text
  - Angelini, C, Altieri, AH, Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Interactions among foundation species and their consequences for community organization, biodiversity, and conservation." BioScience 61, no. 10 (2011): 782-789. Full Text
  - Barbier, EB, Hacker, SD, Kennedy, C, Koch, EW, Stier, AC, and Silliman, BR. "The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services." Ecological Monographs 81, no. 2 (2011): 169-193. Full Text
  - Garcia, EA, Bertness, MD, Alberti, J, and Silliman, BR. "Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants." Oecologia 166, no. 4 (2011): 1111-1119. Full Text
  - Gedan, KB, Kirwan, ML, Wolanski, E, Barbier, EB, and Silliman, BR. "The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: Answering recent challenges to the paradigm." Climatic Change 106, no. 1 (2011): 7-29. Full Text
  - Griffin, JN, Butler, J, Soomdat, NN, Brun, KE, Chejanovski, ZA, and Silliman, BR. "Top predators suppress rather than facilitate plants in a trait-mediated tri-trophic cascade." Biology Letters 7, no. 5 (2011): 710-713. Full Text
  - Griffin, JN, and Silliman, BR. "Predator diversity stabilizes and strengthens trophic control of a keystone grazer." Biology Letters 7, no. 1 (2011): 79-82. Full Text
  - McLeod, E, Chmura, GL, Bouillon, S, Salm, R, Björk, M, Duarte, CM, Lovelock, CE, Schlesinger, WH, and Silliman, BR. "A blueprint for blue carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO₂." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9, no. 10 (2011): 552-560. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, Bertness, MD, Altieri, AH, Griffin, JN, Bazterrica, MC, Hidalgo, FJ, Crain, CM, and Reyna, MV. "Whole-community facilitation regulates biodiversity on patagonian rocky shores." PLoS ONE 6, no. 10 (2011). Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Olden, JD, Wernberg, T, Griffin, JN, and Silliman, BR. "A broad framework to organize and compare ecological invasion impacts." Environmental Research 111, no. 7 (2011): 899-908. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Olden, JD, Griffin, JN, and Silliman, BR. "A framework to study the context-dependent impacts of marine invasions." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 400, no. 1-2 (2011): 322-327. Full Text
  - Alberti, J, Casariego, AM, Daleo, P, Fanjul, E, Silliman, B, Bertness, M, and Iribarne, O. "Abiotic stress mediates top-down and bottom-up control in a Southwestern Atlantic salt marsh." Oecologia 163, no. 1 (2010): 181-191. Full Text
  - Altieri, AH, Wesenbeeck, BKV, Bertness, MD, and Silliman, BR. "Facilitation cascade drives positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success." Ecology 91, no. 5 (2010): 1269-1275. Full Text
  - Barbour, AB, Montgomery, ML, Adamson, AA, Díaz-Ferguson, E, and Silliman, BR. "Mangrove use by the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans." Marine Ecology Progress Series 401 (2010): 291-294. Full Text
  - Díaz-Ferguson, E, Haney, R, Wares, J, and Silliman, B. "Population genetics of a trochid gastropod broadens picture of caribbean sea connectivity." PLoS ONE 5, no. 9 (2010): 1-8. Full Text
  - Díaz-Ferguson, E, Robinson, JD, Silliman, B, and Wares, JP. "Comparative phylogeography of North American Atlantic salt marsh communities." Estuaries and Coasts 33, no. 4 (2010): 828-839. Full Text
  - Granek, EF, Polasky, S, Kappel, CV, Reed, DJ, Stoms, DM, Koch, EW, Kennedy, CJ, Cramer, LA, Hacker, SD, Barbier, EB, Aswani, S, Ruckelshaus, M, Perillo, GME, Silliman, BR, Muthiga, N, Bael, D, and Wolanski, E. "Ecosystem services as a common language for coastal ecosystem-based management." Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 24, no. 1 (2010): 207-216. Full Text
  - Haney, RA, Silliman, BR, and Rand, DM. "Effects of selection and mutation on mitochondrial variation and inferences of historical population expansion in a Caribbean reef fish." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57, no. 2 (2010): 821-828. Full Text
  - Holdredge, C, Bertness, MD, Wettberg, EV, and Silliman, BR. "Nutrient enrichment enhances hidden differences in phenotype to drive a cryptic plant invasion." Oikos 119, no. 11 (2010): 1776-1784. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Altieri, A, Tuya, F, Gulbransen, D, McGlathery, KJ, Holmer, M, and Silliman, BR. "Habitat cascades: The conceptual context and global relevance of facilitation cascades via habitat formation and modification." Integrative and Comparative Biology 50, no. 2 (2010): 158-175. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Tuya, F, and Silliman, BR. "Ecological performance and possible origin of a ubiquitous but under-studied gastropod." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 87, no. 4 (2010): 501-509. Full Text
  - Daleo, P, Silliman, B, Alberti, J, Escapa, M, Canepuccia, A, Peña, N, and Iribarne, O. "Grazer facilitation of fungal infection and the control of plant growth in south-western Atlantic salt marshes." Journal of Ecology 97, no. 4 (2009): 781-787. Full Text
  - Fariña, JM, Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Can conservation biologists rely on established community structure rules to manage novel systems? ⋯ Not in salt marshes." Ecological Applications 19, no. 2 (2009): 413-422. Full Text
  - Fox, HE, Kareiva, P, Silliman, B, Hitt, J, Lytle, DA, Halpern, BS, Hawkes, CV, Lawler, J, Neel, M, Olden, JD, Schlaepfer, MA, Smith, K, and Tallis, H. "Why do we fly? Ecologists' sins of emission." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7, no. 6 (2009): 294-296. Full Text
  - Gedan, KB, Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Centuries of human-driven change in salt marsh ecosystems." Annual Review of Marine Science 1 (2009): 117-141. Full Text
  - Gedan, KB, and Silliman, BR. "Using facilitation theory to enhance mangrove restoration." Ambio 38, no. 2 (2009): 109--. Full Text
  - Koch, EW, Barbier, EB, Silliman, BR, Reed, DJ, Perillo, GME, Hacker, SD, Granek, EF, Primavera, JH, Muthiga, N, Polasky, S, Halpern, BS, Kennedy, CJ, Kappel, CV, and Wolanski, E. "Non-linearity in ecosystem services: Temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7, no. 1 (2009): 29-37. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, McGlathery, KJ, Schwarzschild, A, and Silliman, BR. "Distribution and ecological role of the non-native macroalga Gracilaria vermiculophylla in Virginia salt marshes." Biological Invasions 11, no. 10 (2009): 2303-2316. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Silliman, BR, and Josefson, AB. "Broad-scale patterns of abundance of non-indigenous soft-bottom invertebrates in Denmark." Helgoland Marine Research 63, no. 2 (2009): 159-167. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Tuya, F, and Silliman, BR. "Evidence for impacts of nonindigenous macroalgae: A meta-analysis of experimental field studies1." Journal of Phycology 45, no. 4 (2009): 812-819. Full Text
  - Thomsen, M, Wernberg, T, Stæhr, P, Silliman, B, Josefson, A, Krause-Jensen, D, and Risgaard-Petersen, N. "Annual changes in abundance of non-indigenous marine benthos on a very large spatial scale." Aquatic Invasions 3, no. 2 (June 2008): 133-140. Full Text
  - Alberti, J, Escapa, M, Iribarne, O, Silliman, B, and Bertness, M. "Crab herbivory regulates plant facilitative and competitive processes in Argentinean marshes." Ecology 89, no. 1 (2008): 155-164. Full Text
  - Barbier, EB, Koch, EW, Silliman, BR, Hacker, SD, Wolanski, E, Primavera, J, Granek, EF, Polasky, S, Aswani, S, Cramer, LA, Stoms, DM, Kennedy, CJ, Bael, D, Kappel, CV, Perillo, GME, and Reed, DJ. "Coastal ecosystem-based management with nonlinear ecological functions and values." Science 319, no. 5861 (2008): 321-323. Full Text
  - Barbier, EB, Koch, EW, Silliman, BR, Hacker, SD, Wolanski, E, Primavera, JH, Granek, EF, Polasky, S, Aswani, S, Cramer, LA, Stoms, DM, Kennedy, CJ, Bael, D, Kappel, CV, Perillo, GME, and Reed, DJ. "Response [1]." Science 320, no. 5873 (2008): 177--. Full Text
  - Bertness, MD, and Silliman, BR. "Consumer control of salt marshes driven by human disturbance." Conservation Biology 22, no. 3 (2008): 618-623. Full Text
  - Daleo, P, Alberti, J, Canepuccia, A, Escapa, M, Fanjul, E, Silliman, BR, Bertness, MD, and Iribarne, O. "Mycorrhizal fungi determine salt-marsh plant zonation depending on nutrient supply." Journal of Ecology 96, no. 3 (2008): 431-437. Full Text
  - Sala, NM, Bertness, MD, and Silliman, BR. "The dynamics of bottom-up and top-down control in a New England salt marsh." Oikos 117, no. 7 (2008): 1050-1056. Full Text
  - Alberti, J, Escapa, M, Daleo, P, Iribarne, O, Silliman, B, and Bertness, M. "Local and geographic variation in grazing intensity by herbivorous crabs in SW Atlantic salt marshes." Marine Ecology Progress Series 349 (2007): 235-243. Full Text
  - Altieri, AH, Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Hierarchical organization via a facilitation cascade in intertidal cordgrass bed communities." American Naturalist 169, no. 2 (2007): 195-206. Full Text
  - Bazterrica, MC, Silliman, BR, Hidalgo, FJ, Crain, CM, and Bertness, MD. "Limpet grazing on a physically stressful Patagonian rocky shore." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 353, no. 1 (2007): 22-34. Full Text
  - Daleo, P, Fanjul, E, Casariego, AM, Silliman, BR, Bertness, MD, and Iribarne, O. "Ecosystem engineers activate mycorrhizal mutualism in salt marshes." Ecology Letters 10, no. 10 (2007): 902-908. Full Text
  - Grant, JB, Olden, JD, Lawler, JJ, Nelson, CR, and Silliman, BR. "Academic institutions in the United States and Canada ranked according to research productivity in the field of conservation biology." Conservation Biology 21, no. 5 (2007): 1139-1144. Full Text
  - Halpern, BS, Silliman, BR, Olden, JD, Bruno, JP, and Bertness, MD. "Incorporating positive interactions in aquatic restoration and conservation." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5, no. 3 (2007): 153-160. Full Text
  - Haney, RA, Silliman, BR, Fry, AJ, Layman, CA, and Rand, DM. "The Pleistocene history of the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus): Non-equilibrium evolutionary dynamics within a diversifying species complex." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43, no. 3 (2007): 743-754. Full Text
  - Haney, RA, Silliman, BR, and Rand, DM. "A multi-locus assessment of connectivity and historical demography in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)." Heredity 98, no. 5 (2007): 294-302. Full Text
  - Hidalgo, FJ, Silliman, BR, Bazterrica, MC, and Bertness, MD. "Predation on the rocky shores of Patagonia, Argentina." Estuaries and Coasts 30, no. 5 (2007): 886-894.
  - Thomsen, M. "Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 (Rhodophyta, Gracilariaceae) in northern Europe, with emphasis on Danish conditions, and what to expect in the future." Aquatic Invasions 2, no. 2 (2007): 83-94. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Silliman, BR, and McGlathery, KJ. "Spatial variation in recruitment of native and invasive sessile species onto oyster reefs in a temperate soft-bottom lagoon." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 72, no. 1-2 (2007): 89-101. Full Text
  - Thomsen, MS, Wernberg, T, Stæhr, P, Krause-Jensen, D, Risgaard-Petersen, N, and Silliman, BR. "Alien macroalgae in Denmark - A broad-scale national perspective." Marine Biology Research 3, no. 2 (2007): 61-72. Full Text
  - Bertness, MD, Crain, CM, Silliman, BR, Bazterrica, MC, Reyna, MV, Hildago, F, and Farina, JK. "The community structure of western atlantic patagonian rocky shores." Ecological Monographs 76, no. 3 (2006): 439-460. Full Text
  - Gustafson, DJ, Kilheffer, J, and Silliman, BR. "Relative effects of Littoraria irrorata and Prokelisia marginata on Spartina alterniflora." Estuaries and Coasts 29, no. 4 (2006): 639-644.
  - Koppel, JVD, Altieri, AH, Silliman, BR, Bruno, JF, and Bertness, MD. "Scale-dependent interactions and community structure on cobble beaches." Ecology Letters 9, no. 1 (2006): 45-50. Full Text
  - Lawler, JJ, Aukema, JE, Grant, JB, Halpern, BS, Kareiva, P, Nelson, CR, Ohleth, K, Olden, JD, Schlaepfer, MA, Silliman, BR, and Zaradic, P. "Conservation science: A 20-year report card." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4, no. 9 (2006): 473-480. Full Text
  - Lee, SC, and Silliman, BR. "Competitive displacement of a detritivorous salt marsh snail." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 339, no. 1 (2006): 75-85. Full Text
  - Pennings, SC, and Silliman, BR. "Linking biogeography and community ecology: Latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interaction strength." Ecology 86, no. 9 (2005): 2310-2319.
  - Silliman, BR, Koppel, JDV, Bertness, MD, Stanton, LE, and Mendelssohn, IA. "Ecology: Drought, snails, and large-scale die-off of Southern U.S. salt marshes." Science 310, no. 5755 (2005): 1803-1806. Full Text
  - Bertness, MD, Trussell, GC, Ewanchuk, PJ, Silliman, BR, and Crain, CM. "Consumer-controlled community states on Gulf of Maine rocky shores." Ecology 85, no. 5 (2004): 1321-1331.
  - Crain, CM, Silliman, BR, Bertness, SL, and Bertness, MD. "Physical and biotic drivers of plant distribution across estuarine salinity gradients." Ecology 85, no. 9 (2004): 2539-2549.
  - Layman, CA, Arrington, DA, Langerhans, RB, and Silliman, BR. "Degree of fragmentation affects fish assemblage structure in Andros Island (Bahamas) estuaries." Caribbean Journal of Science 40, no. 2 (2004): 232-244.
  - Petraitis, PS, Dudgeon, SR, Bertness, MD, Trussell, GC, Ewanchuk, PJ, and Silliman, BR. "Do alternate stable community states exist in the Gulf of Maine Rocky intertidal zone? Comment." Ecology 85, no. 4 (2004): 1160-1169.
  - Silliman, BR, Layman, CA, Geyer, K, and Zieman, JC. "Predation by the black-clawed mud crab, Panopeus herbstii, in Mid-Atlantic salt marshes: Further evidence for top-down control of marsh grass production." Estuaries 27, no. 2 (2004): 188-196.
  - Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Shoreline development drives invasion of Phragmites australis and the loss of plant diversity on New England salt marshes." Conservation Biology 18, no. 5 (2004): 1424-1434. Full Text
  - Trussell, GC, Ewanchuk, PJ, Bertness, MD, and Silliman, BR. "Trophic cascades in rocky shore tide pools: Distinguishing lethal and nonlethal effects." Oecologia 139, no. 3 (2004): 427-432. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, Layman, CA, and Altieri, AH. "Symbiosis between an alpheid shrimp and a xanthoid crab in salt marshes of mid-Atlantic states, U.S.A." Journal of Crustacean Biology 23, no. 4 (2003): 876-879.
  - Silliman, BR, and Bortolus, A. "Underestimation of Spartina productivity in western Atlantic marshes: Marsh invertebrates eat more than just detritus." Oikos 101, no. 3 (2003): 549-554. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, and Newell, SY. "Fungal farming in a snail." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, no. 26 (2003): 15643-15648. Full Text
  - Bertness, MD, Ewanchuk, PJ, and Silliman, BR. "Anthropogenic modification of New England salt marsh landscapes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99, no. 3 (2002): 1395-1398. Full Text
  - Bertness, MD, Trussell, GC, Ewanchuk, PJ, and Silliman, BR. "Do alternate stable community states exist in the Gulf of Maine rocky intertidal zone?." Ecology 83, no. 12 (2002): 3434-3448.
  - Layman, CA, and Silliman, BR. "Preliminary survey and diet analysis of juvenile fishes of an estuarine creek on Andros Island, Bahamas." Bulletin of Marine Science 70, no. 1 (2002): 199-210.
  - Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "A trophic cascade regulates salt marsh primary production." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99, no. 16 (2002): 10500-10505. Full Text
  - Silliman, BR, and Zieman, JC. "Top-down control of Spartina Alterniflora production by periwinkle grazing in a Virginia salt marsh." Ecology 82, no. 10 (2001): 2830-2845.
  - Fariña, JM, He, Q, Silliman, BR, and Bertness, MD. "Biogeography of salt marsh plant zonation on the Pacific coast of South America (Published online)." Journal of Biogeography . Full Text
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