Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 1998
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems awarded by  National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Waddell, E. E., W. E. D. Piniak, K. A. Reinsel, and J. M. Welch. “The role of adult fiddler crab environmental acoustic cues and chemical cues in stimulating molting of field-caught megalopae.” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 537 (April 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151516.
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    • Brodie, R. J., B. Roberts, J. I. Espinosa, K. Heilman, S. A. Borgianini, J. M. Welch, and K. A. Reinsel. “Seasonal and latitudinal variations in the energy reserves of the mud fiddler crab Uca pugnax: Implications for the response to climate change.” Aquatic Biology 26 (August 28, 2017): 113–23. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00683.
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    • Welch, J. M., K. A. Reinsel, E. E. Waddell, A. J. Wright, and R. B. Forward. “Chemical cues from adult fiddler crabs stimulate molting of conspecific megalopae: Evidence from field-caught individuals.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 553 (July 14, 2016): 147–53. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11749.
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    • Reinsel, K. A., J. M. Welch, A. O. Romero, E. M. Parks, K. M. McQueen, M. J. Smith, A. L. Price, et al. “Planktonic ingress of fiddler crab megalopae to the Newport River Estuary, NC: Evidence for semilunar periodicity in Uca pugnax and species-specific sampling bias by hog's hair larval collectors.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 523 (March 16, 2015): 105–13. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11194.
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    • Welch, J. M., K. A. Reinsel, K. A. Battles, A. O. Romero, J. M. Blaine, R. L. Sendi, and R. B. Forward. “Settlement of fiddler crab megalopae on a North Carolina (USA) sandflat: Species identification using multiplex PCR provides evidence for selective settlement.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 523 (March 16, 2015): 115–23. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11166.
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    • Yoder, J. A., K. A. Reinsel, J. M. Welch, D. M. Clifford, and E. J. Rellinger. “Herding limits water loss in the sand fiddler crab, Uca pugilator.” Journal of Crustacean Biology 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 141–45. https://doi.org/10.1651/C-2517.
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    • Forward, R. B., R. A. Tankersley, K. A. Smith, and J. M. Welch. “Effects of chemical cues on orientation of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, megalopae in flow: Implications for location of nursery areas.” Marine Biology 142, no. 4 (April 1, 2003): 747–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0966-7.
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    • Forward, R. B., R. A. Tankersley, and J. M. Welch. “Selective tidal-stream transport of the blue crab Callinectes Sapidus: An overview.” Bulletin of Marine Science 72, no. 2 (March 1, 2003): 347–65.
    • Tankersley, R. A., J. M. Welch, and R. B. Forward. “Settlement times of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) megalopae during flood-tide transport.” Marine Biology 141, no. 5 (December 1, 2002): 863–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0896-4.
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    • McClain, C. R., M. F. Fougerolle, M. A. Rex, and J. Welch. “MOCNESS estimates of the size and abundance of a pelagic gonostomatid fish Cyclothone pallida off the Bahamas.” Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81, no. 5 (January 1, 2001): 869–71. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401004702.
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    • Welch, J. M., and R. B. Forward Jr. “Flood tide transport of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, postlarvae: behavioral responses to salinity and turbulence.” Marine Ecology 139 (2001): 911–18.
    • Forward, R. B., J. M. Welch, and C. M. Young. “Light induced larval release of a colonial ascidian.” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 248, no. 2 (May 2000): 225–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(00)00168-4.
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    • Forward, R. B., M. C. De Vries, R. A. Tankersley, D. Rittschof, W. F. Hettler, J. S. Burke, J. M. Welch, and D. E. Hoss. “Behaviour and sensory physiology of Atlantic menhaden larvae, Brevoortia tyrannus, during horizontal transport.” Fisheries Oceanography 8, no. SUPPL. 2 (December 1, 1999): 37–56. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00023.x.
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    • Welch, J. M., R. B. Forward, and P. A. Howd. “Behavioral responses of blue crab Callinectes sapidus postlarvae to turbulence: Implications for selective tidal stream transport.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 179 (April 15, 1999): 135–43. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps179135.
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    • Rittschof, D., R. B. Forward, G. Cannon, J. M. Welch, M. McClary, E. R. Holm, A. S. Clare, et al. “Cues and context: Larval responses to physical and chemical cues.” Biofouling 12, no. 1–3 (January 1, 1998): 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927019809378344.
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    • Welch, J. M., D. Rittschof, T. M. Bullock, and R. B. Forward. “Effects of chemical cues on settlement behavior of blue crab Callinectes sapidus postlarvae.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 154 (July 31, 1997): 143–53. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps154143.
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    • Forward, R. B., J. Swanson, R. A. Tankersely, and J. M. Welch. “Endogenous swimming rhythms of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, megalopae: Effects of offshore and estuarine cues.” Marine Biology 127, no. 4 (March 1, 1997): 621–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050052.
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    • Forward, R. B., M. C. DeVries, D. Rittschof, D. A. Z. Frankel, J. P. Bischoff, C. M. Fisher, and J. M. Welch. “Effects of environmental cues on metamorphosis of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 131, no. 1–3 (February 8, 1996): 165–77. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps131165.
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    • Forward, R. B., J. S. Burke, D. Rittschof, and J. M. Welch. “Photoresponses of larval Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus Latrobe) in offshore and estuarine waters: Implications for transport.” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 199, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 123–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(95)00180-8.
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    • Welch, J. M., and C. E. Epifanio. “Effect of variations in prey abundance on growth and development of crab larvae reared in the laboratory and in large field-deployed enclosures.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 116, no. 1–3 (January 1, 1995): 55–64. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps116055.
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    • Epifanio, C. E., M. A. Lobanoff, V. P. Connaughton, and J. M. Welch. “Growth and development of Atlantic mud crab larvae fed natural Zooplankton prey.” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 180, no. 2 (July 27, 1994): 165–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(94)90064-7.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Welch, J. M., L. J. Walters, and C. M. Young. “Effects of flow on larval release behavior of the bryozoan Bugula neritina.” In American Zoologist, 40:1254–1254. AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS, 2000.
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