Publications

2012

Guerry, AD, MH Ruckelshaus, KK Arkema, JR Bernhardt, G Guannel, CK Kim, M Marsik, M Papenfus, JE Toft, G Verutes, SA Wood, M Beck, F Chan, KMA Chan, G Gelfenbaum, BD Gold, BS Halpern, WB Labiosa, SE Lester, PS Levin, M McField, ML Pinsky, M Plummer, S Polasky, P Ruggiero, DA Sutherland, H Tallis, A Day, J Spencer. Modeling benefits from nature: using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning. International Journal of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Management. In press.   [doi]

Kefi, S, EL Berlow, EA Wieters, SA Navarrete, OL Petchey, SA Wood, A Boit, LN Joppa, KD Lafferty, RJ Williams, ND Martinez, BA Menge, CA Blanchette, A Iles, U Brose. More than a meal: integrating non-feeding interactions into food webs. Ecology Letters 15:291-300.   [doi]   [pdf]

Kim, CK, JE Toft, M Papenfus, G Verutes, AD Guerry, MH Ruckelshaus, KK Arkema, G Guannel, SA Wood, JR Bernhardt, H Tallis, ML Plummer, BS Halpern, ML Pinsky, MW Beck, F Chan, K Chan, PS Levin, S Polasky. Catching the right wave: evaluating wave energy resources and potential compatibility with existing marine and coastal uses. PLoS One. In review.

2010

Wood, SA, SA Lilley, DR Schiel, JB Shurin. Organismal traits are more important than environment for species interactions in the intertidal zone. Ecology Letters 13:1160-1171.   [doi]   [pdf]  

2009

Maschner, HDG, MW Betts, J Cornell, JA Dunne, B Finney, N Huntly, JW Jordan, AA King, N Misarti, KL Reedy-Maschner, R Russell, A Tews, SA Wood, B Benson. An Introduction to the Biocomplexity of Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska. Pacific Science 63: 673-709.   [doi]   [pdf]

Wood, SA. Factors governing interactions among species in a complex marine ecosystem. PhD Thesis. University of British Columbia, Vancouver.   [hdl]   [pdf]

2006

Russell, R, SA Wood, G Allison, BA Menge. Scale, environment, and trophic status: The context dependency of community saturation in rocky intertidal communities. American Naturalist 167: E158-E170.   [doi]   [pdf]

Schiel, DR, SA Wood, RA Dunmore, DI Taylor. Sediment on rocky intertidal reefs: Effects on early post-settlement stages of habitat-forming seaweeds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 331: 158-172.   [doi]   [pdf]

Schoch, GC, BA Menge, G Allison, M Kavanaugh, SA Thompson, SA Wood. Fifteen degrees of separation: Latitudinal gradients of rocky intertidal biota along the California Current. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2564-2585.   [pdf]

Select Presentations

2007

A global assessment of community-wide species interaction strength in the rocky intertidal. Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference, Eatonville, Washington.   [pdf]

2006

The importance of species identity for community-wide species interaction strengths. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee (poster).   [pdf]

Assessing the relative impact of local ecological interactions and regional species pools on local species richness. Annual Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference, Bamfield, Canada.   [pdf]

2005

Why empirical tests of theory mandate more attention to ecological context: using local versus regional drivers of local species richness as a case-study. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.   [pdf]

An empirical assessment of community-wide species interaction strengths in the rocky intertidal. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.   [pdf]

Comparing ancient midden and present day marine communities to detect long term changes in intertidal community composition. Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.   [pdf]

The united insight of ancient and contemporary data into long term changes in marine community composition. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, California.   [pdf]

2004

Popular conceptions of wave-exposed algae: testing the relationship between algal abundance and wave exposure. Northwest Algal Symposium, Bamfield, Canada (poster).   [pdf]

2003

Assessment of community structure and diversity of intertidal rocky shores at local, regional, and latitudinal scales. International Temperate Reef Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand (poster).   [pdf]

Community structure and diversity: evaluating biotic interactions and oceanographic effects on Pacific rocky intertidal communities using a large-scale, data-intensive survey. International Temperate Reef Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand (poster).   [pdf]

The future of local-regional richness plots: rubbish or reconciliation? Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savanna, Georgia.   [pdf]

A novel framework for local and regional influences on local species richness across scales, taxonomic resolutions, and habitat types: insights from the rocky intertidal. Northwest Scientific Association Annual Meeting, Forks, Washington.   [pdf]

Sedimentation on coastal reefs affects early post-settlement stages of dominant algae. International Temperate Reef Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand.   [pdf]

The fluid mechanics of propagule transport in the rocky intertidal zone. International Temperate Reef Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand.   [pdf]

The importance of trophic status in testing community saturation patterns across multiple local and regional scales. International Biogeography Society Inaugural Meeting, Mesquite, Nevada (poster).   [pdf]

2002

Building a geographic context: comparing the rocky shores of Monterey Bay to other sites along the West Coast of the United States. MBNMS Annual Meeting, Monterey, California (poster).   [pdf]

Wave transformation across a rocky reef: effects on intertidal plant survival. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Nelson, New Zealand (poster).   [pdf]

Sharing data and results across the internet: building usable interfaces for ecological data. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Nelson, New Zealand.   [pdf]

Online databases

Marine Algae of North America
    Featured in Science 300: 1633.   [pdf]

Marine Algae of New Zealand

The Sanak Island Intertidal

Archived Materials

2006

Proceedings of the 27th Annual Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference.   [pdf]

2003

Proceedings of the 7th International Temperate Reef Symposium.   [pdf]