Publications

36.  Fox, M.D., Guillaume-Castel, R., Edwards, C.B, Glanz, J., Gove, J.M, Green, J.A.M., Juhlin, E., Smith, J.E., Williams, G.J.

       2023. Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves.

       Science Advances 9:eadd5032. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add5032

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35.  Eladawy, A., Nakamura, T., Shaltout, M., Mohammed, A., Nadaoka, K., Fox, M.D., Osman,  E.O. 2022. Appraisal of coral

       bleaching thresholds and thermal projections for the northern Red Sea refugia. Frontiers of Marine Science 9:938454.

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34.  Rivera, H., Cohen, A.L., Thompson, J.R., Baums, I.B., Fox. M.D., Meyer-Kaiser, K. 2022. Genetic patterns in bleaching

       resistant corals in Palau. Communications Biology 5: 1394.

 

33.  Roche, R. Heenan, A., Taylor, B., Schwarz, J., Fox, M.D., Southworth, L., Williams, G., Turner, J. 2022. Linking variation in

       planktonic primary production to reef fish growth and condition. Royal Society Open Science 9: 201012

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32.  Khen, A., Johnson, M.D., Fox, M.D., Clements, S., Carter, A.L., Smith, J.E. 2022. Decadal stability of coral reef benthic

       communities on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific, through two thermal anomalies. Coral Reefs 41: 1017-1029.

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31.  Sandin, S.A., Alcantar, E., Clark, R., de Leon, R., Dilrosun, F., Edwards, C.B., Estep, A.J., Eynaud, Y., French, B.J., Fox, M.D. et

        al. 2022. Benthic assemblages are more predictable than fish assemblages across sites on Curacao. Coral Reefs 41.

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30.  Elliott Smith, E.A., Fox, M.D., Fogel. M.L., Newsome, S.D. 2022. Amino acid δ13C fingerprints of nearshore marine

       autotrophs are consistent across broad spatiotemporal scales: an intercontinental isotopic library and likely

       biochemical drivers. Functional Ecology 36: 1191-1203.

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29.  Leliaert, F., Kelly, E.L.A., Janouškovec, J., Fox, M.D., Johnson, M.D., Redfern, F., Eria, T., Haas, A.F., Sala, E., Sandin,

       S.A., Smith, J.E 2022. Brilliantia kiribatiensis, a new genus and species of Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) from the 

       remote coral reefs of the Southern Line Islands, Pacific Ocean. J. Phycology 58: 183-197.

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28   Remple, K.L., Silbiger, N.J., Quinlan, Z.A., Fox, M.D., Wegley Kelly, L., Donahue, M.J., Nelson, C.E. Coral reef biofilm 

       bacterial diversity and successional trajectories respond to reef benthic composition and chronic nutrient enrichment.

       NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes 7:84.

       

27.  Fox, M.D., Cohen, A.L., Rotjan, R., Manguhbai, S., Sandin, S.A., Smith, J.E., Thorrold, S., *Dissly, L., Mollica, N.R.,

       Obura, D. Increasing coral reef resilience through successive marine heatwaves. Geophysical Research Letters 48:

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26.  Elliott Smith, E.A., and Fox, M.D. 2021.Characterizing energy flow in kelp forests: a review of the geochemical

       evidence and a call for additional research. Ecography (In Press)

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25.  Fox, M.D., Nelson, C.E., Oliver, T.A., *Quinlan, Z.A, Remple, K., *Glanz, J., Smith, J.E., Putnam, H.M. 2021. Differential

       resistance and acclimation of two Hawaiian coral species to chronic nutrient enrichment reflect life-history traits. 

       Functional Ecology 35: 1081-1093.

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24.  Skinner, C., Mill, A.E., Fox, M.D., Newman, S.P., Zhu, Y., Kuhl, A., Polunin, NVC. 2021. Pelagic subsidies dominate carbon

       inputs to coral reef predators. Science Advances 7: eabf3792.

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23.  Sandin, S.A., Edwards, C.B., Pedersen, N.E., Petrovic, V., Pavoni, G., Alcantar, E., Chancellor, K.S., Fox, M.D., 

       Stallings, B.,Sullivan, C.J., Rotjan, R., Corsinilo, M., Zgliczynski, B.J. 2020. Considering the rates of growth in two tax

       of coral across Pacific islands. Advances in Marine Biology 87: 167-191.

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22.  Johnson, M.D., Fox, M.D., Kelly, E.L.A., Zgliczynski, B.J., Sandin, S.A., Smith, J.E. 2020. Ecophysiology of coral reef 

       primary producers across an upwelling gradient in the tropical central Pacific. PlosOne 15(2): e0228448

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21.  Fox, M.D., Elliott Smith, E.A., Smith, J.E., Newsome, S.D. 2019. Trophic plasticity in a common reef-building coral:

       Insights from δ13C analysis of amino acids. Functional Ecology 33:2203-2214. 

       https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13441 *Highlighted in the Functional Ecologist Blog.

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20.  Carter, A.C., Edwards, C.B., Fox, M.D., Amir, C., Johnson, M.D., Lewis, L.S., Sandin, S.A., Smith, J.E. 2019. Spatial and

       temporal dynamics of the corallimorph, Rhodactis howesii, at Palmyra Atoll. Coral Reefs 38: 1267-1279. 

       https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01841-5

 

19.  Zgliczynski, B.J., Williams, G.J., Hamilton, S.L., Cordner, E.G., Fox, M.D., Eyaud, Y., Michener, R.H., Kaufman, L.S.,

       Sandin, S.A. 2019. Foraging consistency of coral reef fishes across environmental gradients in the central Pacific.

       Oecologia 191: 433-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04496-9

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18.   Miller, S.D., Zgliczynski, B.J., Fox, M.D., Kaufman, L.S., Michener, R.H., Sandin, S.A., Hamilton, S.L. 2019.  Niche width

        expansion of coral reef fishes along a primary production gradient in the remote central Pacific. Marine Ecology

        Progress Series  625: 127–143.

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17.  Radice, V.Z., Brett, M.T., Fry, B., Fox, M.D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S.G. Evaluating coral trophic strategies using

       fatty acid composition and indices. PlosOne, 14(9): e0222327.

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16.  Wegley-Kelly, L., Haas, A.F., Nelson, C.E., Naliboff, D., Calhoun, A., Carlson, C.A., Edwards, R.A., Fox, M.D., et al.

       2019. Diel population and functional synchrony of microbial communities on coral reefs. Nature Comm. 1691:10

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15.  Fox, M.D., Carter, A.L., Edwards, C.B., Takeshita, Y., Johnson, M.D., Petrovic, V., Amir, C., Sala, E., Sandin, S.A., Smith,

       J.E. 2019 Limited coral mortality following acute thermal stress and widespread bleaching on Palmyra Atoll, central   

       Pacific. Coral Reefs 38: 701-712.

14.  Radice, V.Z., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fry, B., Fox. M.D., Dove, S.G. 2019. Coral isotopic compositions across the 

       reef slope: Indicators of upwelling in a remote atoll system. Functional Ecology 33:1120-134.

 

13.  Fox, M.D., Williams, G.J., Johnson, M.D., Radice, V.Z., Zgliczynski, B.J., Kelly, E.L.A., Rohwer, F., Sandin, S.A., Smith,

       J.E. 2018. Gradients in primary production predict the trophic strategies of mixotrophic corals at multiple spatial                 scales. Current Biology 28:1-9

       *Featured article - see "High carb diets in corals as seen from space" and a popular press article in the Conversation

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12.  Silbiger, N.A, Nelson, C.A., Remple, K., Sevilla, J., Quinlan, Z., Putnam, H., Fox, M.D., Donahue, M. Nutrient

       pollution disrupts key ecosystem functions on coral reefs. Proc B 285: 20172718.

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11.  Williams, G.J., Sandin, S.A., Zgliczynski, B.J., Fox, M.D., Gove, J.M., Rogers, J.S., Furby, K.A., Hartmann,

       A.C, Caldwell, Z.R., Price, N.N., Smith, J.E. 2018. Biophysical drivers of coral trophic depth zonation. Marine                         Biology 165:60.                    

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10.  Quinlan, Z.A., Remple, K., Fox, M.D., Silbiger, N.J., Oliver, T.A., Putnam, H.M., Wegley-Kelly, L., Carlson, C.A.,                     Donahue, M.J., Nelson, C.E. 2018. Fluorescent organic exudates of corals and algae in tropical reefs are                               compositionally distinct and increase with nutrient enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography Letters  DOI:                         10.1002/lol2.10074.

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 9.   Moritz, C., Ducarme, F., Sweet, J. M., Fox. M.D., Zgliczynksi, B., Ibrahim, N., Basheer, A., Furby, K.A., Caldwell,                   Z.R., Pisapia, C., Grimsditch, G., Abdulla, A. 2017. The “resort effect”: can tourist islands act as a refuge for coral                 reef species? Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12627

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 8.   Fox, M.D. 2016. Biomass loss reduces growth and resource translocation in giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera.                         Marine Ecology Progress Series 526: 65-77 [PDF]

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  7.  Nakajima, R., Nakatomi, N., Kurihara, H., Fox, M.D., Smith, J.E., Okaji, K. 2016. Crown-of-thorns starfish larvae                     feed on organic matter released from corals. Diversity 8:4. [PDF]

 

  6.  Foley, M.M., Martone, R.G., Fox, M.D., Kappel, C.V., Mease, L.A., Erickson, A.L., Halpern, B.S., Selkoe, K.A., Taylor,             P., Scarborough, C. 2015. Using ecological thresholds to inform resource management: current options and future               possibilities. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2: 95. [PDF]

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  5.  Enochs, I.C., Manzello, D.P., Donham, E., Kolodziej, G., Okano, R., Johnston, L., Young, C., Iguel, J., Edwards,                       C., Fox, M.D., et. al. 2015. Shift from coral to macroalgal dominance on a volcanically acidified reef. Nature                         Climate Change 5: 1083-1088. [PDF]

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  4.  Adey, W., Halfar, J., Humphreys, A., Suskiewicz, M., Belanger, D., Gagnon, P., Fox, M.D. 2015. Subarctic rhodolith               beds promote longevity of crustose coralline algal buildups and their climate archiving potential. Palaios 30: 281-               293. [PDF]

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  3.  Fox, M.D. * 2013. Resource translocation drives δ13C fractionation during recovery from disturbance in giant kelp,             Macrocystis pyrifera. Journal of Phycology 49: 811-15. [PDF]

       *Voted as a Letter by the editorial board 

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  2.  Gray, S.C., Sears, W.T., Kolupski, M.L., Hastings, Z.C., Przyuski, N.W., Fox, M.D., DeGrood, A. 2012. Factors                         affecting land-based sedimentation in coastal bays, US Virgin Islands. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral               Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July, 21A2. [PDF]

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  1.  Dikou, A., Ackerman, C. Banks, C., Dempsey, A., Fox, M.D., Gins, M., Hester, P., Parnes, A., Roach, S., Rohde, J.,                 Spital, C., Tapleshay, M., and Thomas, L. 2009. Ecological assessment to detect imminent change, Admiral                           Cockburn Land and Sea National Park, Turks and Caicos Islands. Marine Ecology 30: 425-436. [PDF]

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Book Chapters

        Graham, M.H., Fox, M.D., and Hamilton, S.L. Macrophyte productivity and the provisioning of energy and habitat              to nearshore systems. 2016. In: Marine Macrophytes as Foundation Species (ed. Olafsson, E.), Science                                  Publisher/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 978-1-498-72324-4,pp. 131-160. [PDF]

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In Review or Revision

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Eakin, C. M. et al. including Fox, M.D. 2014-2017 Global coral bleaching event: the most severe and widespread ever recorded. In revision

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