Publications

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Last Updated May 17, 2018

In Press

Bongaerts P, Smith TB (in press) Beyond the ‘deep reef refuge’ hypothesis: a conceptual framework to characterize persistence at depth. In: Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge T (eds) Coral Reefs of the World: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Springer

Duque YL, Richlen ML, Smith TB, Anderson DM, Erdner DL (in press) Development and validation of PCR-RFLP assay for identification of Gambierdiscus species in the greater Caribbean region. Journal of Applied Phycology

Holstein DM, Fletcher P, Groves SH, Smith TB (in press) Ecosystems services of mesophotic coral ecosystems and a call for better accounting. In: Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge T (eds) Coral Reefs of the World: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Springer

Loeffler C, Robertson A, Flores Quintana H, Canals-Silander M, Smith TB, Olsen D (in press) Ciguatoxin prevalence in four commercial fish species along an oceanic exposure gradient in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Smith TB, Brandt ME, Brandtneris VW, Ennis RS, Groves SH, Habtes S, Holstein DM, Kadison E, Nemeth RS (in press) Mesophotic coral ecosystems of the United States Virgin Islands. In: Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge T (eds) Coral Reefs of the World: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Springer

Smith TB, Holstein DM, Ennis RS (2018) Disturbance in mesophotic coral ecosystems and linkages to conservation and management. In: Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge T (eds) Coral Reefs of the World: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Springer

2018

Chaves-Fonnegra A, Riegl B, Zea S, Lopez JV, Smith TB, Brandt M, Gilliam DS Bleaching events regulate shifts from corals to excavating sponges in algae-dominated reefs. Global Change Biology 24:773-785

Groves SH, Holstein DM, Enochs IC, Kolodzeij G, Manzello DP, Brandt ME, Smith TB (2018) Growth rates of Porites astreoides and Orbicella franksi in mesophotic habitats surrounding St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1660-7

2017

Fong P, Smith TB, Muthukrishnan R (2017) Algal Dynamics: Alternate Stable States of Reefs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. In: Glynn WP, Manzello PD, Enochs CI (eds) Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Persistence and Loss in a Dynamic Environment. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp339-367

Kadison E, Brandt M, Nemeth R, Martens J, Blondeau J, Smith TB (2017) Abundance of commercially important reef fish indicates different levels of over-exploitation across shelves of the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLOS ONE 12:e0180063

Lyu Y, Richlen ML, Sehein TR, Chinain M, Adachi M, Nishimura T, Xua Y, Parsons ML, Smith TB, Zheng T, Anderson DM (2017) LSU rDNA based RFLP assays for the routine identification of Gambierdiscus species. Harmful Algae 66:20-28

Olinger LK, Heidmann SL, Durdall AN, Howe C, Ramseyer T, Thomas SG, Lasseigne DN, Brown EJ, Cassell JS, Donihe MM, Duffing Romero MD, Duke MA, Green D, Hillbrand P, Wilson Grimes KR, Nemeth RS, Smith TB, Brandt M (2017) Altered juvenile fish communities associated with invasive Halophila stipulacea seagrass habitats in the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLOS ONE 12:e0188386

Smith TB, Maté JL, Gyory J (2017) Thermal Refuges and Refugia for Stony Corals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. In: Glynn WP, Manzello PD, Enochs CI (eds) Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Persistence and Loss in a Dynamic Environment. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp501-515

2016

Andradi-Brown* D, Laverick J, Bejarano I, Bridge T, Colin PL, Eyal G, Jones R, Kahng SE, Reed J, Smith TB, Spalding HL, Weil E, Wood E (2016) Chapter 6. Threats to mesophotic coral ecosystems and management options. In: Baker EK, Puglise KA, Harris PT (eds) Mesophotic coral ecosystems — A lifeboat for coral reefs. The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, pp98

Brandtneris* VW, Brandt ME, Glynn PW, Gyory J, Smith TB (2016) Seasonal variability in energy content is greater in mesophotic corals. PLoS ONE 11:e0151953

Bright* AJ, Rogers C, Brandt M, Muller E, Smith TB (2016) Disease prevalence and snail predation associated with swell-generated damage on the threatened coral, Acropora palmata (Lamarck). Frontiers in Marine Science 3:77

Devlin-Durante MK, Miller MW, Caribbean Acropora Research Group [Carne L, Smith TB, Banaszak AT, Greer L, Fogarty ND, Williams D], Precht WF, Baums IB (2016) How old are you? Genet age estimates in a clonal animal. Molecular Ecology 25:5628–5646

Ennis* RS, Brandt ME, Wilson KR, Smith TB (2016) Coral reef health response to chronic and acute changes in water quality in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.07.033

Holstein DM, Smith TB, Appeldoorn RS (2016) Chapter 5. Ecosystem services provided by mesophotic coral ecosystems. In: Baker EK, Puglise KA, Harris PT (eds) Mesophotic coral ecosystems — A lifeboat for coral reefs? The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, pp98

Holstein* DM, Smith TB, Paris CB (2016) Depth-independent reproduction in the reef coral Porites astreoides from shallow to mesophotic zones. PLoS ONE 11:e0146068

Holstein* DM, Smith TB, Vaz AC, Paris CB (2016) Modeling vertical coral connectivity and mesophotic refugia. Coral Reefs 35:23-37 doi:10.​1007/​s00338-015-1339-2. ***2016 Best Paper Award Coral Reefs***

Serrano* XM, Baums IB, Smith TB, Jones RJ, Shearer TL, Baker AC (2016) Long-distance dispersal and vertical gene flow in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites astreoides. Scientific Reports 6:21619

Smith TB, Brandtneris* VW, Canals M, Brandt ME, Martens J, Brewer RS, Kadison E, Kammann* M, Keller* J, Holstein DM (2016) Potential structuring forces on a shelf edge upper mesophotic coral ecosystem in the US Virgin Islands. Frontiers in Marine Science 3:115. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00115

Smith TB, Gyory J, Brandt ME, Miller WJ, Jossart* J, Nemeth RS (2016) Caribbean mesophotic coral ecosystems are unlikely climate change refugia. Global Change Biology DOI:10.1111/gcb.13175

Smith TB, Holstein DM (2016) Chapter 3.4 The United States Virgin Islands, USA. in Baker, E.K., Puglise, K.A. and Harris, P.T. (Eds.). Mesophotic coral ecosystems — A lifeboat for coral reefs? In: Baker EK, Puglise KA, Harris PT (eds) Mesophotic coral ecosystems — A lifeboat for coral reefs? The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, pp98

Weinstein DK, Sharifi A, Klaus JS, Smith TB, Giri SJ, Helmle KP (2016) Coral growth, bioerosion, and secondary accretion of living orbicellid corals from mesophotic reefs in the US Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 559:45-63

Xu* Y, Richlen ML, Liefer J, Robertson A, Kulis D, Smith TB, Parsons ML, Anderson DM (2016) Influence of environmental variables on Gambierdiscus spp. (Dinophyceae) growth and distribution. PLoS ONE 11:e0153197

2015

Eyal* G, Wiedenmann J, Grinblat M, D’Angelo C, Kramarsky-Winter E, Treibitz T, Ben-Zvi O, Shaked Y, Smith TB, Harii S, Denis V, Noyes T, Tamir R, Loya Y (2015) Spectral Diversity and Regulation of Coral Fluorescence in a Mesophotic Reef Habitat in the Red Sea. PLoS ONE 10:e0128697 pdf

Glynn PW, Riegl B, Purkis S, Kerr J, Smith TB (2015) Coral reef recovery at Darwin, the northern-most of the Galapagos Islands. Coral Reefs 34:421-436 doi:10.1007/s00338-015-1280-4

Holstein DM, Smith TB, Gyory J, Paris CB (2015) Fertile fathoms: deep reproductive refugia for threatened shallow corals. Scientific Reports 5:12407 http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150721/srep12407/full/srep12407.html

Loeffler* C, Richlen M, Smith TB (2015) In situ effects of grazing, nutrients, and depth on the ciguatera-causing dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 531:91-104 doi:10.3354/meps11310

Sabine* AM, Smith TB, Williams DE, Brandt ME (2015) Environmental conditions influence tissue regeneration rates in scleractinian corals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 95:253-264 doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.006

Weinstein* DK, Klaus JS, Smith TB (2015) Habitat heterogeneity reflected in mesophotic reef sediments. Sedimentary Geology doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.07.003

2014

Baums IB, Devlin-Durante M, Aren Ajeng Lian B, Feingold J, Smith TB, Bruckner A, Monteiro J (2014) A highly replicated remnant coral clone in volcanic pools of Isabella Island is the only known representative of Pocillopora type 1a in the Galapagos. Frontiers of Marine Science 1 doi:10.3389/fmars.2014.00059

Edmunds PJ, Adjeroud M, Baskett ML, Baums IB, Budd AF, Carpenter RC, Fabina NS, Fan T-Y, Franklin EC, Gross K, Han X, Jacobson L, Klaus JS, McClanahan TR, O'Leary JK, van Oppen MJH, Pochon X, Putnam HM, Smith TB, Stat M, Sweatman H, van Woesik R, Gates RD (2014) Persistence and change in community composition of reef corals through present, past, and future climates. PLoS ONE 9:e107525

Schärer-Umpierre MT, Mateos-Molina D, Appeldoorn R, Bejarano I, Hernández-Delgado EA, Nemeth RS, Nemeth M, Valdés-Pizzini M, Smith TB (2014) Marine managed areas and associated fisheries in the US Caribbean. In: Johnson ML, Sandell J (eds) Advances in Marine Biology: Marine Managed Areas and Fisheries. Elsevier, pp416

Serrano* X, Baums I, O’Reilly K, Smith TB, Jones R, Shearer T, Flavia N, Baker A (2014) Geographic differences in vertical connectivity in the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa despite high levels of horizontal connectivity at shallow depths. Molecular Ecology 23:4226–4240

Smith TB, Glynn PW, Mate JL, Toth LT, Gyory J (2014) A depth refuge from catastrophic coral bleaching prevents regional extinction. Ecology 95:1663-1673

Weinstein* DK, Smith TB, Klaus JS (2014) Mesophotic bioerosion: structural impact and changes with depth on US Virgin Island deep reefs. Geomorphology 222:14-24

2013

Robertson A, Garcia AC, Flores Quintana HA, Smith TB, Castillo BF, Reale-Munroe K, Gulli JA, Olsen DA, Jester ELE,

Hooe-Rollman JI, Jester ELE, Klimek BJ, Plakas SM (2013) Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans): A potential human health threat for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in tropical waters. Marine Drugs 12:88-97

Soffer* N, Brandt ME, Correa AMS, Smith TB, Vega Thurber R (2013) Viruses as putative pathogens of white plague coral disease. The ISME Journal 8:271-283

Brandt ME, Smith TB, Correa AMS, Vega-Thurber R (2013) Disturbance driven colony fragmentation as a driver of a coral disease outbreak. PLoS ONE 8:e57164

Radke* EG, Grattan LM, Cook RL, Smith TB, Anderson DM, Morris Jr. JG (2013) Ciguatera incidence in the US Virgin Islands has not increased over a 30-year time period despite rising seawater temperatures. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 88:908-913

Smith TB, Brandt ME, Calnan JM, Nemeth RS, Blondeau J, Kadison E, Taylor M, Rothenberger JP (2013) Convergent mortality responses of Caribbean coral species to seawater warming. Ecosphere 4:art87

2010

Eakin CM, Morgan JA, Heron SF, Smith TB, and 63 others (2010) Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005. PLoS ONE 5:e13969

Gleason ACR, Lirman D, Gintert B, Dick M, Reid RP, Gracias N, Smith TB (2012) Landscape video mosaic from a mesophotic coral ecosystem. Coral Reefs 29:253

Smith TB, Fong P, Kennison R, Smith J (2010) Spatial refuges and associational defenses promote harmful blooms of the alga Caulerpa sertularioides onto coral reefs. Oecologia 164:1039-1048

Smith TB, Blondeau J, Nemeth RS, Pittman, SJ, Calnan JM, Kadison E, Gass J (2010) Benthic structure and cryptic mortality in a Caribbean mesophotic coral reef bank system, the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District, U.S. Virgin Islands. Coral Reefs 29:289-308

2009

Correa AMS, Brandt ME, Smith TB, Thornhill D, Baker AC (2009) Symbiodinium associations with diseased and healthy scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs 28:437-448

Vermeij MJA, Smith TB, Dailer M, Smith C (2009) Release from native herbivores facilitates the persistence of invasive marine algae: a biogeographical comparison of the relative contribution of nutrients and herbivory to invasion success. Biological Invasions 11:1463-14742008

2008

Calnan J, Smith TB, Nemeth R, Kadison E, Blondeau J (2008) Coral disease prevalence and host susceptibility on mid-depth and deep reefs in the US Virgin Islands. Revista Biologia Tropical 56:223-234

Nemeth RS, Kadison E, Blondeau J, Idrisi N, Watlington R, Brown K, Smith TB, Carr L (2008) Regional coupling of red hind spawning aggregations to oceanographic processes in the Eastern Caribbean. In: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-08-07 Belize City, pp. 170-183

Rogers C, Miller J, Muller E, Edmunds P, Nemeth R, Beets J, Friedlander A, Smith TB, Boulon R, Jeffrey C, Menza C, Caldow C, Idrisi I, Kojis B, Monaco M, Spitzack T, Gladfelter B, Ogden J, Hillis-Starr Z, Lundgren I, Bane Schill W, Kuffner I, Richardson L, Devine B, Voss J (2008) Coral Reefs of the US Virgin Islands. In (Dodge R and Reigl B eds): Coral Reefs of the World. Vol 1. Coral Reefs of the United States. Springer, New York, pp 803

Rothenberger J, Blondeau J, Cox C, Curtis S, Fisher B, Garrison G, Hillis-Starr Z, Jeffrey C, Kadison E, Lundgren I, Miller W, Muller E, Nemeth RS, Paterson S, Rogers CS, Smith TB, Spitzack A, Taylor M, Toller W, Wright J, Wusinich-Mendez D (2008) The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In: Waddell JE, Clarke AM (eds) The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008. NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Team, Silver Spring, MD, pp 567

Smith TB (2008) Temperature effects on herbivory for an Indo-Pacific parrotfish in Panamá: implications for coral-algal competition. Coral Reefs 27:397-405

Smith TB, Nemeth RS, Blondeau J, Calnan J, Kadison E, Herzlieb S (2008) Assessing coral reef health across onshore to offshore stress gradients in the US Virgin Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56:1983-1991

Woody K, Atkinson A, Clark R, Jeffrey C, Lundgren I, Miller J, Monaco M, Muller E, Patterson M, Rogers C, Smith TB, Spitzack T, Waara R, Whelan K, Witcher B, Wright A (2008) Coral Bleaching in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2005 and 2006. 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 Center, Townsville, pp 1522007

2007

Manzello DP, Brandt ME, Smith TB, Lirman D, Nemeth RS (2007) Hurricanes benefit bleached corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(29):12035-12039

Smith TB, Purcell J, Barimo JF (2007) The rocky intertidal biota of the Florida Keys: fifty-two years of change after Stephenson and Stephenson (1950). Bulletin of Marine Science 80: 1-192006

2006

Fong P, Smith TB, Wartian MJ (2006) Protection by epiphytic cyanobacteria maintain shifts to macroalgal-dominated communities after the 1997-98 ENSO disturbance on coral reefs with intact herbivore populations. Ecology 87(5):1162-1168

Smith TB (2006) Benthic algal production in an upwelling coral reef environment (Gulf of Panamá): evidence for control by fish herbivores. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan 1:854-8612005

2005

Smith TB (2005) Dynamics of Coral Reef Algae in an Upwelling System. Dissertation. University of Miami