2026
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Coral-associated fishes accelerate coral wound healing and photosynthetic recovery
Vega, Hayden, Osenberg, Craig W., Seifert, Ashley W., Munk, Ninah, Stier, Adrian C.
Biology Letters
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76 papers spanning coral reef resilience, kelp forest dynamics, and marine conservation.
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2025
Fish services to corals: a review of how coral-associated fishes benefit corals
Stier, Adrian C., Chase, Tory J., Osenberg, Craig W.
Coral Reefs1
2024
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How fishes and invertebrates impact coral resilience
Stier, Adrian C., Osenberg, Craig W.
Current Biology4
2024
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Coral guard crabs
Stier, Adrian C., Osenberg, Craig W.
Current Biology3
2023
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Material legacies can degrade resilience: Structure‐retaining disturbances promote regime shifts on coral reefs
Kopecky, Kai L., Stier, Adrian C., Schmitt, Russell J., Holbrook, Sally J., Moeller, Holly V.
Ecology13
2023
3D photogrammetry improves measurement of growth and biodiversity patterns in branching corals
Curtis, Joseph S., Galvan, Journ W., Primo, Alexander, Osenberg, Craig W., Stier, Adrian C.
Coral Reefs10
2023
Variation in body size drives spatial and temporal variation in lobster–urchin interaction strength
DiFiore, Bartholomew P., Stier, Adrian C.
Journal of Animal Ecology9
2023
Open Access
The metabolic underpinnings of temperature-dependent predation in a key marine predator
Csik, Samantha R., DiFiore, Bartholomew P., Kraskura, Krista, Hardison, Emily A., Curtis, Joseph S., Eliason, Erika J., Stier, Adrian C.
Frontiers in Marine Science8
2023
Open Access
Cascading benefits of mutualists' predators on foundation species: A model inspired by coral reef ecosystems
Moeller, Holly V., Nisbet, Roger M., Stier, Adrian C.
Ecosphere3
2022
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Glimmers of hope in large carnivore recoveries
Ingeman, Kurt E., Zhao, Lily Z., Wolf, Christopher, Williams, David R., Ritger, Amelia L., Ripple, William J., Kopecky, Kai L., Dillon, Erin M., DiFiore, Bartholomew P., Curtis, Joseph S., Csik, Samantha R., Bui, An, Stier, Adrian C.
Scientific Reports34
2022
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Remoteness does not enhance coral reef resilience
Baumann, Justin H., Zhao, Lily Z., Stier, Adrian C., Bruno, John F.
Global Change Biology24
2022
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Irreversibility of regime shifts in the North Sea
Sguotti, Camilla, Blöcker, Alexandra M., Färber, Leonie, Blanz, Benjamin, Cormier, Roland, Diekmann, Rabea, Letschert, Jonas, Rambo, Henrike, Stollberg, Nicole, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Stier, Adrian C., Möllmann, Christian
Frontiers in Marine Science24
2022
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Detrital supply suppresses deforestation to maintain healthy kelp forest ecosystems
Rennick, Mae, DiFiore, Bartholomew P., Curtis, Joseph, Reed, Daniel C., Stier, Adrian C.
Ecology22
2022
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Increasing spillover enhances southern California spiny lobster catch along marine reserve borders
Lenihan, Hunter S., Fitzgerald, Sean P., Reed, Daniel C., Hofmeister, Jennifer K. K., Stier, Adrian C.
Ecosphere10
2022
Open Access
Fertilization by coral-dwelling fish promotes coral growth but can exacerbate bleaching response
Detmer, A. Raine, Cunning, Ross, Pfab, Ferdinand, Brown, Alexandra L., Stier, Adrian C., Nisbet, Roger M., Moeller, Holly V.
Journal of Theoretical Biology9
2022
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Avoiding critical thresholds through effective monitoring
Stier, Adrian C., Essington, Timothy E., Samhouri, Jameal F., Siple, Margaret C., Halpern, Benjamin S., White, Crow, Lynham, John M., Salomon, Anne K., Levin, Phillip S.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences5
2022
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How much city is too much city? Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning along an urban gradient at the interface of land and sea
Samhouri, Jameal F., Shelton, Andrew Olaf, Williams, Gregory D., Feist, Blake E., Hennessey, Shannon M., Bartz, Krista, Kelly, Ryan P., O’Donnell, James L., Sheer, Mindi, Stier, Adrian C., Levin, Phillip S.
Frontiers in Marine Science2
2021
Open Access
Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) fishery in southern California
Lenihan, Hunter S., Gallagher, Jordan P., Peters, Joseph R., Stier, Adrian C., Hofmeister, Jennifer K. K., Reed, Daniel C.
Scientific Reports66
2021
Perception and Conflict in Conservation: The Rashomon Effect
Levin, Phillip S, Gray, Steven A, Möllmann, Christian, Stier, Adrian C
BioScience22
2021
Variation in disturbance to a foundation species structures the dynamics of a benthic reef community
Detmer, A. Raine, Miller, Robert J., Reed, Daniel C., Bell, Tom W., Stier, Adrian C., Moeller, Holly V.
Ecology15
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