Output list
Conference presentation
Date presented 04/04/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/04/2025, Mobile Alabama
settlement cues used by king crab larvae to find a home
Conference presentation
Date presented 04/04/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/04/2025, Mobile Alabama
Conference presentation
The impacts of thermal stress on stone crab physiology
Date presented 04/03/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/05/2025, Mobile Alabama
Does thermal stress impact female stone crab physiology?
Conference presentation
Date presented 04/03/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/05/2025, Mobile Alabama
Model of stone crab larval supply with climate stressors
Conference presentation
Do pH variable habitats provide refuge
Date presented 04/03/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/04/2025, Mobile Alabama
does variability in seawater pH buffer stone crab reproduction against future acidification
Conference presentation
Assessing the Impact of Elevated Temperatures on Caribbean King Crabs
Date presented 04/03/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/04/2025, Mobile Alabama
does thermal stress impair king crab physiology
Conference presentation
Date presented 04/03/2025
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 04/01/2025–04/04/2025, Mobile Alabama
how do multiple stressors impact stone crab larval swimming
Conference presentation
Date presented 02/19/2024
Ocean Sciences, 02/18/2024–02/24/2024, New Orleans
Throughout this century coastal marine organisms will be subjected to increasing environmental stress, primarily due to warming and acidification. Many of these organisms have complex life histories, including dispersal through an obligate pelagic larval phase. The impacts of environmental stressors on early life history stages of marine organisms are poorly understood; however, the importance of these life stages to demographic and metapopulation processes suggest they are potentially far-reaching. Through combined laboratory experimentation and simulation modeling, we demonstrated that end-of-century conditions have the potential to dramatically reshape Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria) metapopulations as larvae experienced rapid development, reduced survivorship, and stage-specific reversed vertical geotactic swimming responses under these conditions. These swimming responses drive the positioning of larvae within the water column and, therefore, influence larval exposure to depth-stratified currents that can augment or reduce their dispersal. Thus, through biophysical interactions, climate change conditions are expected to alter the connectivity of populations, the resilience of the species, and the stability of the multimillion-dollar Florida stone crab fishery. These findings suggest that marine species with complex life-histories and fragmented populations may be especially vulnerable to environmental change.
Conference presentation
Date presented 12/2022
Reef Futures Conference, 12/2022, Key Largo, FL, USA.
Conference presentation
Benthic Ecology Meeting, 03/01/2026–03/04/2026, Virginia Beach
The benthic Ecology Meeting is an annual meeting that focuses on current research in benthic marine ecosystems.