Manuscripts (*student authors)

COELHO VR, Fenner D, Caruso C, Bayles B, Huang Y, Birkeland C. 2017. Shading as a mitigation tool for coral bleaching in three common Indo-Pacific species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 497: 152–163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.09.016

Huang Y, COELHO VR. 2017. Sustainability performance assessment focusing on coral reef protection by the tourism industry in the Coral Triangle region. Tourism Management 59: 510–527. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.09.008

Huang YT, COELHO VR, Massoud J, Briski S, Toepel A*, Silva M*. 2014. A mathematical decision-making procedure to assist in the development of sustainability plans based on the STARS framework. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 5(3): 292-312. DOI: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SAMPJ-10-2013-0044/full/html

COELHO V, Massoud J. 2013. Dominican University of California: Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) Report. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA, 195 pp.

COELHO VR, Massoud J, Briski S, Huang YT, Toepel A*, Silva M*. 2012. Assessment of Campus-Wide Sustainability Initiatives Using the Premier National Rating System. Strategic Initiative Report, Dominican University of California. San Rafael, CA. 50 pp.

Jones L, Alcolado PM, Cala Y, Cobian D, Coelho V, Hernandez A, Jones R, Mallela J, Manfrino C. 2008. The effects of coral bleaching in the northern Caribbean and western Atlantic. In: Wilkinson C, Souter, D (eds). Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, pp. 73-83.

Quinn LD, Kolipinski M, Coelho VR, Davis B, Vianney JM*, Batjargal O*, Alas M*, Ghosh S. 2008. Germination of invasive plant seeds after digestion by horses in California. Natural Areas Journal 28(4): 356-362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[356:GOIPSA]2.0.CO;2

Brusca RC, COELHO VR, Taiti S. 2007. Isopoda. [chapter] In: Carlton, JT (ed). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. Fourth edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 503-542.

COELHO VR, Manfrino C. 2007. Coral community decline at a remote Caribbean island: marine no-take reserves are not enough. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17(7): 666-685. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.822

COELHO VR. 2004. Feeding behavior, morphological adaptations and burrowing in thalassinidean crustaceans. Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology of Large Bioturbators in Tidal Flats and Shallow Sublittoral Sediments - From Individual Behavior to their Role as Ecosystem Engineers. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, pp. 1-6.

Brusca RC, COELHO VR, Taiti S. 2001. Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Digital publication, Tree of Life Web Project. Internet address http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=3004

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 2001. Setal diversity, trophic modes and functional morphology of feeding appendages of two callianassid shrimps, Callichirus major and Sergio mirim (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae). Journal of Natural History 35(10): 1447-1483. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/002229301317067638

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 2001. Trophic behavior, setal types and functional morphology of the feeding appendages of the laomediid shrimp, Axianassa australis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81: 441-454. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004076

COELHO VR, Cooper RA, Rodrigues SA. 2000. Burrow morphology and behavior of the mud shrimp, Upogebia omissa (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 200: 229-240. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps200229

COELHO VR, Williams AB, Rodrigues SA. 2000. Trophic strategies and functional morphology of feeding appendages, with emphasis on setae, of Upogebia omissa and Pomatogebia operculata (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 567-602. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb02202.x

Dworschak PC, COELHO VR. 1999. On two alpheids from Araçá (São Paulo, Brazil) with description of a new species of Leptalpheus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 101B: 475-488.

Published Abstracts (*student authors)

Farmer J*, Bueno CB*, Vilches RS*, Adana EA*, COELHO VR. 2020. The effects of thermal stress under low light conditions on two different genotypes of Montastraea cavernosa aquacultured corals. National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Bozeman, Montana.

Lang-Brown OA*, De Leon TJ*, Kukaua KJ*, Mays R*, Raymundo SM*, COELHO VR. 2020. Resistance to thermal stress in two different farmed genotypes of Pseudodiploria clivosa corals under low light conditions. National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Bozeman, Montana.

Camacho D*, Gomez M*, Bagis H*, Stambaugh S*, COELHO VR. 2018. The effects of artificial shading on the growth of aquacultured Orbicella faveolata corals under thermal stress. Forty-third West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Moraga, CA.

Murray E*, Stowell R*, Melchor E*, Sumardi R*, COELHO VR. 2018. The effects of synthetic shading on thermal bleaching of aquacultured Orbicella faveolata corals. National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Huang Y, COELHO VR. 2016. Sustainability performance assessment focusing on coral reef protection by the tourism industry in the Coral Triangle region. Thirteenth International Coral Reef Symposium. P 595. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hills JN*, Llenos AL*, Coddington NC*, COELHO VR. 2016. The effects of varying thermal stress and light intensity on the growth of Orbicella faveolata. Thirtieth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Asheville, North Carolina.

Wiecks N*, Contreras L*, Vernacchia J*, COELHO V. 2016. The effects of artificial shading on coral bleaching due to thermal stress in the endangered coral species Orbicella faveolata. Thirtieth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Asheville, North Carolina.

Klein D*, Barana M*, Obilor L*, Bickler C*, COELHO V. 2014. Coral growth under thermal stress and different levels of light intensity in Acropora aspera. Twenty-eighth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Lexington, Kentucky.

Rice E*, Que K*, Tulioc S*, Steele J*, COELHO V. 2014. Possible mitigation of coral bleaching using shading in conditions of cumulative thermal stress in Acropora aspera. Twenty-eighth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Lexington, Kentucky.

Coelho VR. 2012. Coral growth under thermal stress and shading in American Samoa. Twelfth International Coral Reef Symposium. P 444. Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Academia E*, Teeter K*, Phillips C*, Kaiser K*, COELHO V. 2011. Preliminary results on the effects of shading on thermal bleaching in Pocillopora damicornis. Twenty-fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Ithaca, New York.

Organist PMP*, Johnnson T, Setzer M, COELHO V. 2011. Comparative analysis of the dietary preferences of Artic char and salmon in Lake Vattern, Sweden. Twenty-fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Ithaca, New York.

Phillips C*, Kaiser K*, Slania V*, Cristobal A*, COELHO V. 2011. Preliminary data on growth under different light and thermal conditions in branching coral species. Twenty-fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Ithaca, New York.

Slania V*, Cristobal A*, Academia E*, Teeter K*, COELHO V. 2011. Preliminary results on the effects of shading on thermal bleaching in Acropora muricata. Twenty-fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Ithaca, New York.

Cremer DJ, Coelho VR, Vaidya A. 2010. Infusing sustainability into the curriculum and university mission. Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Academic Resource Conference, Sustainability: a Vision for Higher Education. Long Beach, California.

Klein L*, COELHO V. 2010. Understanding patterns and reducing littering at a university campus dormitory. Twenty-fourth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Missoula, Montana.

Krames J*, Organist P*, Cruz K*, Pacheco M*, Manfrino C, COELHO V. 2010. Upright macroalgal biomass inside and outside marine no-take reserves in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, in 2007. Twenty-fourth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Missoula, Montana.

Nardi L*, COELHO V. 2010. Switching to solar energy at a university campus: preliminary analysis of the economic costs and environmental benefits. Twenty-fourth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Missoula, Montana.

Organist P*, Krames J*, Manfrino C, COELHO V. 2010. Upright macroalgal cover inside and outside marine no-take reserves in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, in 2007. Twenty-fourth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Missoula, Montana.

Ballard K*, Kreisel S*, Gilman C*, Batha C*, Sciambi D*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Comparative analysis of coral communities found in spur and groove reefs in Little Cayman from 2005 to 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Batha C*, Krames J*, Dunne L*, Handel E*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Status of Little Cayman’s shallow water coral communities in 2003 and 2005. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Salisbury, Maryland.

Batha C*, Krames J*, Dunne L*, Handel E*, Ducote R, COELHO V, Manfrino C. 2008. Macroalgal cover and coral recruit abundance in Little Cayman’s shallow water reefs in 2003 and 2005. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Salisbury, Maryland.

Huebner L*, Batha C*, Mullen M*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Algal cover and coral recruitment in shallow reefs in Little Cayman in 2006 - 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Huebner L*, Batha C*, Mullen M*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Status of shallow water coral communities in Little Cayman in 2006 - 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Kreisel S*, Sciambi D*, Rich K*, Dunne L*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Coastal clean-up in Little Cayman in 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Kreisel S*, Ballard K*, Sciambi D*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Comparative analysis of algal cover and coral recruitment in spur and groove reefs in Little Cayman from 2005 to 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Loubieh T*, Raffo M*, COELHO V. 2008. Increasing the awareness of the use of re-usable bags for shopping among Dominican students. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Salisbury, Maryland.

Olguin A*, Rubin A*, Chavez M*, Kolipinski M, COELHO V, Beavers S, Ghosh S. 2008. Protecting threatened natural processes and cultural sites of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai'i. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Salisbury, Maryland.

Boonstra RK*, Surface JR*, Schittone J, COELHO V. 2007. Marine debris on Little Cayman coastlines. Thirty-third Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. P 17. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

COELHO V, Boonstra RK*, Schittone J, Surface JR*, Manfrino C. 2007. Status of the reefs in Little Cayman in 2006. Thirty-third Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. P 17. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Hanson R*, Gengler B*, Plaza N*, Alas M*, Martinez A*, COELHO V. 2007. Preliminary data on the comparative abundance of epifaunal crustaceans inside and outside marine no-take zones on windward spur-and-groove reefs in Little Cayman. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research. San Rafael, California.

Hepworth L*, Savella A*, COELHO V, Kolipinski M. 2007. Protecting coral reefs through education: the Kaloko Honokohau National Historic Park model. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research. San Rafael, California.

Miller V*, Tompkins A*, COELHO V. 2007. Student environmental awareness at the Dominican campus. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research. San Rafael, California.

Nakao J*, Jensen J*, COELHO V. 2007. “Scary Sea Stories”: writing and illustrating a children’s book about marine environmental issues. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research. San Rafael, California.

Williams D*, COELHO V, Ghosh S. 2007. Algal biomass and photosynthetic pigment concentration in Halimeda tuna and Dictyota sp according to depth in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research. San Rafael, California.

Brown A*, Deo R*, Earp J*, Harvey J*, Johnson K*, May J*, Tang-Smith S*, COELHO V, Manfrino C. 2006. Status of coral reefs in Little Cayman in 2005. Thirteenth Ocean Sciences Meeting. OS46N-06. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Manfrino C, Harvey J*, COELHO V. 2006. Coral reef health and community structure over the past 6 years in Little Cayman. Thirteenth Ocean Sciences Meeting. OS46I-04. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Martinez A*, Plaza N*, Alas M*, Gengler B*, O'Dell S*, Trammel R*, Hanson R*, COELHO V. 2006. Preliminary analysis of the algal epifaunal communities in windward park and non-park areas in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Thirteenth Ocean Sciences Meeting. OS46N-04. Honolulu, Hawaii.

COELHO VR, Manfrino C. 2005. Five years of coral reef decline in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Thirty-second Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. P60. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.

COELHO VR, Manfrino C, Ducote R*, Elias KJ*, Tew CG*, Whitney E*. 2005. No-take marine parks are not enough: a case study from Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Thirty-second Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. P61. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.

Vianney JM*, Lucas E*, Williams D*, Bhutia T*, Alas M*, Ghosh S, COELHO VR, Patterson B, Kolipinski M. 2005. Role of large herbivores in spreading non-native invasive plant species into natural areas. Nineteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Lexington, Virginia.

Williams D*, Kawabata L*, McClellan A*, COELHO VR, Ghosh S. 2005. Photosynthetic pigments in Halimeda tuna and Dictyota sp collected from various depths in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Nineteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Lexington, Virginia.

COELHO VR, Manfrino C, King W, Williams D*. 2004. Algal biomass in relation to depth and proximity to marine parks at leeward and windward sites in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Tenth Coral Reef International Symposium. P 342. Okinawa, Japan.

COELHO VR, Vianney JM*, Lucas E*, Kelly E*. 2004. Preliminary results on the potential use of crustaceans as environmental indicators in marine protected areas on the south side of Little Cayman Island. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting. P 120. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Hartnett MS*, Wolf A*, Pelto S*, Reed A*, Shepherd A*, COELHO VR. 2004. Invertebrate communities associated with Halimeda and Dictyota inside and outside marine parks in Little Cayman. Eighteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research. P 334. Indianapolis, Indiana.

Manfrino C, COELHO VR, Soranno A*. 2004. Another apparent shift in the structural diversity of reefs, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Tenth Coral Reef International Symposium. P 259. Okinawa, Japan.

Manfrino C, COELHO VR, Soranno A*. 2004. Coral diversity and mortality between 1999 and 2002 at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. P 319 (P 3.5). New Orleans, Louisiana.

Reed A*, COELHO VR. 2004. Epifaunal community associated with Caulerpa and Laurencia at Owen Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Tenth Coral Reef International Symposium. P 375. Okinawa, Japan.

Shepherd A*, COELHO VR. 2004. Comparison between the algal epifaunal communities found on Caulerpa cupressoides and Caulerpa sertularioides at Owen Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. P 320 (P 3.7). New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tyminski WP Jr*, Garcia J*, Sosa TA*, Ziegler D*, O’Keefe AJ*, Allshouse ME*, COELHO VR, Manfrino C. 2004. Coral reef diversity and health inside and outside marine protected areas in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. P 319 (P 3.6). New Orleans, Louisiana.

Williams D*, COELHO VR. 2004. Relationship between depth and algal abundance in several sites in Little Cayman. Eighteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research. P 141. Indianapolis, Indiana.

COELHO VR. 2003. Feeding behavior, morphological adaptations and burrowing in thalassinidean crustaceans. Symposium on Ecology of Large Bioturbators in Tidal Flats and Shallow Sublittoral Sediments - From Individual Behavior to their Role as Ecosystem Engineers. P 5. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.

Wolf A*, Shepherd A*, Pelto S*, Reed A*, COELHO VR. 2003. The crustacean fauna associated with Caulerpa and Laurencia at Owen Island, Little Cayman. Seventeenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Abstracts of Collaborative Research and Creative Work. P 43. Salt Lake City, Utah.

COELHO VR, Shields JD. 2002. Loss of eye pigmentation in two gammaridean amphipods from the Biosphere. Ninety-fourth Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association. P 69. Mystic, Connecticut.

COELHO VR. 2001. Intraspecific behavior of two pair-bonding thalassinidean shrimp, Axianassa australis and Pomatogebia operculata. Fifth International Congress on Crustacea. P 51. Melbourne, Australia.

Reed SK, COELHO VR, Brusca RC. 2001. Eye pigmentation loss in two species of gammaridean amphipods, Ceradocus rubromaculatus and Leucothoe spinicarpa. Fifth International Congress on Crustacea. P 123-124. Melbourne, Australia.

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1999. Comparison between the setal types present on the feeding appendages of two callianassid shrimps. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting. P 27. Lafayette, Louisiana.

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA, Williams AB. 1998. Comparison between the setal types present on the appendages involved in feeding of Pomatogebia operculata and Upogebia omissa. Fourth International Congress on Crustacea. P 105. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Galvão R, COELHO VR. 1998. A possible case of sexual reversion in Upogebia omissa (Upogebiidae: Thalassinidea: Decapoda). Fourth International Congress on Crustacea. P 339. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1997. Population structure of Upogebia omissa Gomes-Corrêa, 1968 (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae) located in Baía da Praia do Segredo, São Sebastião, SP. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting. P 29. Mobile, Alabama.

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1995. On the ecology of Upogebia omissa Gomes-Corrêa, 1968 (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting. P 16. Fort Pierce, Florida.

Rodrigues SA, Dworschak PC, COELHO VR, Pezzuto PR. 1995. Burrows of Axianassa australis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Laomediidae) from Praia do Araçá, SP, Brazil. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting. P 26-27. Fort Pierce, Florida.

COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1994. Dados preliminares sobre a ecologia de Upogebia omissa Gomes-Corrêa, 1968, no Canal de São Sebastião, SP (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). Segundo Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil. P 368. Londrina, Brazil.

Rodrigues SA, Shimizu RM, COELHO VR. 1994. Monitoramento de uma população de Callichirus major (Say, 1818), da Baía de Santos, SP, sujeita à exploração predatória (Crustacea, Decapoda, Thalassinidea). Segundo Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil. P 367. Londrina, Brazil.

Rosso S, David JC, Yamamoto MM, COELHO VR, Bromberg S. 1993. Análise descritiva da estrutura da comunidade de um costão rochoso intermareal próximo a Ilha Porchat em São Vicente-SP. Terceiro Simpósio de Ecossistemas da Costa Brasileira. P 16. Serra Negra, Brazil.