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Robert Steneck

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Robert Steneck

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(207) 581-3321 x233

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Darling Marine Center
193 Clarks Cove Rd
Walpole, ME 04573

Education

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

Description

I study the structure and function of coastal marine ecosystems. My laboratories are in the Gulf of Maine and Caribbean. My students and I study organisms import to these ecosystems and the people who depend on them. Specifically, in Maine I've explored kelp forests ecosystems for over 20 years learning about lobsters, sea urchins and fish stocks in this region. I also have worked extensively throughout the Caribbean and tropical Pacific studying coral reef from both biological and geological perspectives.

 

 

Research interests

I study ecological processes in the benthic marine realm. My experiments focus on the food webs, structure and dominant organisms of coastal marine communities. My "laboratory" is the Gulf of Maine's subtidal zone in which I use SCUBA diving, under- water video systems, manned submersibles and the University of Maine's remotely operated vehicle as primary research tools. I'm currently studying lobsters, sea urchin and kelp in Maine. I also work on the ecology of coral reefs in the Caribbean. In all cases my focus is on in situ ecology. I think an important way to understand the organisms or the system is to observe them first hand - in their habitat. The work is at the organism level and integrates between small scale (i.e., behavioral phenomena) with large scale (oceanographic) processes. By applying basic ecology to human marine resource and management questions, I am able to conduct studies that are both interesting and enormously useful for people who make their living from the sea. The best way for me to give a flavor of my research activities is to show my current research programs, grants and resultant publications. Many of the studies involved my graduate students who have published their theses. I think it is important to give students the opportunity to learn by doing. Students who work under my direction get involved with all aspects of basic research from proposal writing, deploying experiments, gathering data and writing papers. Graduate Students Name, UM Degree, Year, Subsequent degree,Current occupation Sally Hacker, MS 1990, PhD. Brown, Professor Washington St. Univ. Richard Wahle, PhD 1990,PI Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory Kirt Moody, MS, 1991, PhD VIMS, Professor Mt. Holyoke Paul Bologna, MS 1991, PhD U.S. Alabama, Professor Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Wendy Malpass, MS 1992, Scientist, The Nature Conservancy Tim Miller, MS 1994, Lab Manager, Darling Marine Center Patrick Voorhees, MS 1995, Medical School Alvaro Palma, PhD 1998, Professor,Universidad Católica de la Ssma. Concepción Carl Wilson, MS 1998, Maine's Dept. of Marine Resources Douglas McNaught, PhD 1999, Professor, University of Maine at Machias. Amanda Leland, MS 2002, Environmental Defense, Washington D.C.  John Vavrinec, PhD 2005 Nomandeau Associates, Wa., Eric Annis, PhD 2006 Professor Hood College, Lindsay Harrington, Ph.D 2004 lecturer James Cook Univ. Australia,  Shauna Slingsby, Ms 2005, Scientist NOAA, Elizabeth Stephenson, MS 2007 Maine Coastal Program, State Planning Office, Jeanne Brown, MS 2006 The Nature Conservancy, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands,  Suzanne Arnold, MS 2007

Publications

  • Steneck, R. S. , Bustamante, R. H. Dayton, P. K., Jones, G. P. and Hobday, Al J. Kelp forest ecosystems: current status and future trends. Pages 226-241 in Polunin NVC (ed) Aquatic ecosystems: trends and global prospects. Cambridge University Press
  • Steneck, R. S. , Alban, M., Alcala, A., Arnold, S., Butler, M., McCook, L., Paris, C., Russ, G., Sale, P. F. Thinking and managing outside the box: Enlarging the footprint and coalescing connectivity networks for the resilience of coral reef ecosystems. In prep for Coral reefs.
  • Bourque, B. J., Johnson, B., and Steneck R. S. Possible prehistoric hunter-gatherer impacts on food web structure in the Gulf of Maine. Pages: 165 – 187 In. Erlandson, J. and Torben, R. (eds) Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments. Univ. of California Press. 2008 Steneck, R. S. , Bustamante, R. H. Dayton, P. K., Jones, G. P. and Hobday, Al J. Kelp forest ecosystems: current status and future trends. Pages 226-241 in Polunin NVC (ed) Aquatic ecosystems: trends and global prospects. Cambridge University Press
  • Halpern, B., S., Walbridg, S., Selkoe, K. A., Kappel, C. V., Micheli, F., D’Agrosa, C. D., Bruno, J. F., Casey, K. S., Ebert, C., Fox, H. E., Fujita, R., Heinemann, D., Lenihan, H. S., Madin, E. M. P., Perry, M., Selig, E R., Spalding, M., Steneck, R. S. , Watons, R. A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems. Science. 319: 948 – 952.
  • Incze, L., Xue, H., Wolff, N., Xu, D, Wilson, C, Steneck R. Wahle, R., Pettigrew, N., Chen, Y. Connectivity of lobster popultions in the coastal Gulf of Maine. Fisheries Oceanography. Submitted.
  • Sale, P.F., M.J. Butler IV, A.J. Hooten, J.P. Kritzer, K.C. Lindeman, Y.J. Sadovy de Mitcheson, R.S. Steneck, and H. van Lavieren, 2008. Stemming Decline of the Coastal Ocean: Rethinking Environmental Management, UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 2008 Estes, J. A., Peterson, C. H. and Steneck, R. S. , Direct and Indirect Effects of Apex Predators in Higher Latitude Coastal Oceans. In:
  • Mumby, P., J., and Steneck, R. S. Coral reef conservation in the light of rapidly-evolving ecological paradigms. In press: Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
  • Halfar, J. Steneck, R. Schöne, Moore, G. W. K., Joachimski, M., Kronz, A., Fietzke, J., and Estes, J. Coralline alga reveals first marine record of subarctic North Pacific climate change. Geophysical Research Letters. 34: L07702.
  • Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Mumby, P.J., Hooten, A. J., Steneck, R.S., Greenfield, P., Gomez, E., Harvell, D. R, Sale, P.F., Edwards, A.J., Caldeira, K., Knowlton, N., Eakin, C. M., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Muthiga, N., Bradbury, R.H., Dubi, A., and Hatziolos, M. E., Coral Reefs under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification. Science. 318: 1737 – 1742.
  • Steneck, R. S. , Martone, P. Calcified algae. Pages 21 – 24 In Denny, M. and Gaines, S. Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. Univ. of California Press. 2007 Hughes, T. P. Rodrigues, M. J., Bellwood, D. R., Ceccarelli, D., Hoegh-Gulberg, O, McCook, L., Moltschaniwskyj, N. Pratchett, M. S., Steneck, R. S. and Willis, B. Regime-shifts, herbivory and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change. Current Biology. 17: 1 - 6
  • Steneck, R. S. , Gulf of Maine: a case study. Pages 199 – 202 in Hunter, M. L., Jr. and Gibbs, J. Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. 3rd Ed. Blackwell Publishing. 497.
  • Annis, E. R., Incze, L. S., Wolff, N. and Steneck, R. Estimates of in situ larval development time for the lobster, Homarus americanus. J. Crustacean Biology 27, ( 3),. 454 – 462. 2007 Hughes, T. P., Gunderson, L. H., Folke, C., Baird, A., H., Bellwood, D., Berkes, F., Crona, B., Helfgott, A., Leslie, H., Norberg, J., Nystrom, M., Olsson, P., Osterblom, H., Scheffer, M., Schuttenberg, H., Steneck, R. S. , Tengo, M., Troell, M. Walker, B., Wilson, J. and Worm, B. Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon World Heritage Areas. Ambio. 36(7): 586 – 592.
  • Erlandson, J.M., Graham, M. H., Bourque, B. J., Corbett, D., Este, J. A., and Steneck, R. S. The Kelp Highway Hypothesis: Marine Ecology, the Coastal Migration Theory, and the Peopling of the Americas. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 2:2, 161 - 174
  • Berkes, F., Hughes, T. P., Steneck, R. S. , Wilson, J. Bellwood, D. R., Crona, B., Folke, C., Leslie, H., Norberg, J., Nystron, M., Olsson, P., Scheffer, M., Worm, B., Globalization, roving bandits and marine resources Science. 311: 1557 – 1558. 2006 Pandolfi, J. M., Tudhope, A.W., Burr, G., Chappell, J., Edinger, E., Frey, M. Steneck, R., Sharma, C., Yeats, A., Jennions, M., Lescinsky, H., and Newton, A. Mass mortality following disturbance in Holocene coral reefs from Papua New Guinea. Geology. 34:949 – 952.
  • Butler, M., Steneck, R. S and Herrnkind, W. The ecology of juvenile and adult lobsters. Pages 263 – 309 In. Phillips, R. (ed). Lobsters: the biology, management aquaculture and fisheries. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Oxford UK. 2006 Steneck, R. S. Possible demographic consequences to intraspecific shelter competition among American lobsters. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26: 628-638
  • Incze, L. S., Wahle, R. A., Wolff, N., Wilson, C., Steneck, R. Annis, E., Lawton, P., Xue, H. and Chen, Y. Early life history and a modeling framework for lobster (Homarus americanus) populations in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26: 555 – 564. 2006 Steneck, R. S. Lobsters as model organisms for interfacing behavior, ecology and fisheries: Summary on Cooperative Research. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26: 663 – 665.
  • Steneck, R. S. Is the American lobster, Homarus americanus overfished? A review of overfishing with an ecologically-based perspective. Bulletin of Marine Sciences. 78: 607 –632. 2006. Steneck, R. S. Staying connected in a turbulent world. Science. 311: 480-481.
  • Steneck, R. S. An ecological context for the role of large carnivorous animals in conserving biodiversity. pages in Ray, J., Redford, K., Steneck, R. and Berger, J.(eds) Conserving Predation: Large Carnivores and Biodiversity. Island Press. In press.
  • Steneck, R. S. and Sala, E. A. Large marine carnivores: trophic cascades and top-down controls in coastal ecosystems past and present. pages in Ray, J., Redford, K., Steneck, R. and Berger, J.(eds) Conserving Predation: Large Carnivores and Biodiversity. Island Press. In press.
  • Ray, J. C., Redford, K. H., Berger, J., and Steneck, R. S. Large carnivorous animals and biodiversity: does saving one conserve the other? in Ray, J., Redford, K., Steneck, R. and Berger, J.(eds) Conserving Predation: Large Carnivores and Biodiversity. Island Press. In press.
  • Hughes, T. P., Bellwood, D. R., Folke, C., Steneck, R. S. and Wilson, J. E. New paradigms for supporting resilience of marine ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20:380 - 386. 2005 Steneck, R. S. Are we overfishing the American lobster? Some biological perspectives. Chapter 8. pages 127 – 143. in R. Buchsbaum, W. E. Robinson, J. Pederson (eds). 2005. The Decline of Fisheries Resources in New England: Evaluating the Impact of Overfishing, Contamination, and Habitat Degradation. MIT Sea Grant College Program, Cambridge, MA, no: 04-7
  • Sale, P. F., Cowen, R. K., Danilowicz, B. S., Jones, G. P., Kritzer, J. P. Lindeman, K. C., Planes, S., Polunin, N. V. C., Russ, G. R., Sadovy, Y. J. and Steneck, R. S. Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20: 74-80.
  • Steneck, R. S., Vavrinec, J. and Leland, A. V. Accelerating trophic level dysfunction in kelp forest ecosystems of the western North Atlantic. Ecosystems. 7(4): 323-331
  • Steneck, R. S., and Lang, J. C. Rapid assessment of Mexico's Yucatan Reef in 1997 and 1999: pre- and post- mass bleaching and Hurricane Mitch (stony corals, algae and fish). Pp 294 - 317 in J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research Bull. 496.
  • Steneck, R. S., Kramer, P. A., and Loreto, R. M. The Caribbean's Western-most Algal Ridge in Cozumel, Mexico. Coral Reefs. 22: 27-28
  • Wilson, C. J. and Steneck, R. S. Bathymetric and spatial patterns of settlement in American lobster, Homarus americanus, in the Gulf of Maine: insights into processes controlling abundance. in revision for Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.
  • Steneck, R. S. Are we overfishing the American lobster? Some biological perspectives. pages in Buchsbaum, Robinson and Peterson (eds). Decline of fisheries resources in New England: evaluating the impact of overfishing, contamination and habitat degradation. MIT press In press.
  • Andrew, N.L., Y. Agatsuma, E. Ballesteros, A.G. Bazhin, E.P. Creaser, D.K.A. Barnes, L.W. Botsford, A. Bradbury, A. Campbell, J.D. Dixon, S. Einarsson, P. Gerring, K. Hebert, M. Hunter, S.B. Hur, C.R. Johnson, M.A. Juinio-Meñez, P. Kalvass, R.J. Miller, C.A. Moreno, J.S. Palleiro, D. Rivas, S.M.L. Robinson, S.C. Schroeter, R.S. Steneck, R.I. Vadas, D.A. Woodby and Z. Xiaoqi (2002). Status and Management of World Sea Urchin Fisheries. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 40: 343 – 425.
  • Steneck, R. S., Graham, M. H. , Bourque, B. J., Corbett, D., Erlandson, J. M, Estes, J. A., and Tegner, M. J. Kelp forest ecosystem: biodiversity, stability, resilience and their future. Environmental Conservation. 29(4): 436-459
  • Adey, W. H. and Steneck, R. S. Thermogeography over time creates biogeographic regions: a temperature/space/time - integrated model and an abundance-weighted test for benthic marine algae. J. Phycol. 37: 677 - 698.
  • Dethier, M. N. and Steneck, R. S. Growth and persistence of diverse intertidal crusts: survival of the slow in a fast-paced world. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 223: 89 - 100.
  • Figueiredo, M.A. de O. and Steneck, R. S. Floristic and ecological studies of crustose coralline algae on Brazil's Abrolhos reefs. Proc. 9th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1: 493-497
  • Jackson, J. B., Kirby, M. X., Berger, W., H., Bjorndal, K.A., Botsford, L. W., Bourque, B. J., Bradbury, R., Cooke, R., Erlandson, J, Estes, J. A., Hughes, T. P., Kidwell, S., Lange, C. B., Lenihan, H. S. Pandolfi, J. M., Peterson, C. H., Steneck, R. S. Tegner, M. J. Warner, R. Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science. 293: 629 - 638.
  • Macintyre, I. G., Glynn, P. W. and Steneck, R. S. Holocene history of Holandes Cays algal ridge, Panama: an algal coated storm deposit. Coral Reefs. 20:95 - 106.
  • Palma, A. and Steneck, R. S. Variable coloration in juvenile marine crabs reduces risk against visual predators Ecology. 82: 2961-2967
  • Steneck, R. S. and Wilson, C. J. Long-term and large scale spatial and temporal patterns in demography and landings of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, in Maine. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 52: 1302 - 1319.
  • Steneck, R. S. Functional Groups. Pages 121 - 139 in Levin, S. (ed). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Vol. 1. Academic Press, Inc.
  • Steneck, R. S. and Carlton, J. T. Human alterations of marine communities: Students Beware! pages 445 - 468 in Bertness, M, Gaines, S., and Hay, M. (eds). Marine Community Ecology. Sinauer press.Sunderland, MA.
  • Hughes, T., Szmant, A., Steneck, R. Carpenter, R., Miller, S. Algal blooms on coral reefs: what are the causes? Critique of: "Nutrient Thresholds for Eutrophication and Macroalgal Overgrowth of Coral Reefs in Jamaica and Southeast Florida: by B. E. Lapointe (Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 119 - 1131). Limnol. and Oceanogr. 44: 1583 - 1586
  • Steneck, R. S. Are we overfishing the American lobster? Some biological perspectives. pages in Buchsbaum, Robinson and Peterson (eds). Decline of fisheries resources in New England: evaluating the impact of overfishing, contamination and habitat degradation. MIT press
  • Dudgeon, S., Steneck, R. S., Davison, I. R. and Vadas. R. L. Coexistence of similar species in a little-disturbed, space-limited intertidal zone. Ecol. Monogr. 69: 331 - 352.
  • Wilbur, A. J., Steneck, R. S. Polychromatic patterns of Littorina obtusata on Ascophyllum nodosum: are snails hiding in intertidal seaweed? Northeastern Naturalist. 6: 189-198.
  • Palma, A. T., Steneck, R. S. and C. Wilson. Settlement-driven, multiscale demographic patterns of large benthic decapods in the Gulf of Maine. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 241: 107-136
  • Reid, R. P., Macintyre, I. G. and Steneck, R. S. A microbialite/algal ridge fringing reef complex, Highborne Cay, Bahamas. Atoll Res. Bull. 465: 1 - 18.
  • Palma, A. T., Wahle, R. A. and Steneck, R. S. Different early post-settlement strategies between American lobsters (Homarus americanus) and rock crabs (Cancer irroratus) in the Gulf of Maine. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 162. 215-225.
  • Steneck, R. S. Human influences on coastal ecosystems: Does overfishing create trophic cascades? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 13: 429 - 430.
  • Steneck, R. S., Miller, T. Macintyre, I. G., Reid, P. Ecological controls on stromatolite development in a modern reef environment: a test of the "Ecological Refuge Paradigm" Carbonates and Evaporites. 13: 48 - 65.
  • Acheson, J. M. and Steneck, R. S. Examining the bust then boom in the Maine lobster industry: the perspectives of fishermen and biologists. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17: 826 - 847.
  • Acheson, J. M. and Steneck, R. S. The role of management in the renewal of Maine lobster industry. Social Implications of a Quota System in Fisheries TemaNord 1997: 593: 9 - 26.
  • Macintyre, I. G., Steneck, R. S., Ginsburg, R. N. 1997. Confusion concerning crustose corallines and coral reefs. Reef Encounters 22: 8.
  • Steneck, R. S. Crustose corallines, other algal functional groups, herbivores and sediment: complex interactions along reef productivity gradients. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1: 695 - 700.
  • Steneck, R. S., Langton, R. W., Juanes, F., Gotceitas, V. and Lawton, P. The interface between fisheries research and habitat management: Response to comment. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 17: 596-598.
  • Steneck, R. S. Fisheries-induced biological changes to the structure and function of the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem. Plenary Paper. pages 151 - 165 in Wallace, G. T., and Braasch, E. F. (eds). Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Dynamics Scientific Symposium and Workshop. RARGOM Report, 91 - 1. Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine. Hanover, NH.
  • Steneck, R. S. Crustose corallines, other algal functional groups, herbivores and sediment: complex interactions along reef productivity gradients. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1: 695 - 700.
  • Steneck, R. S. Rocky shores revisited. Science 232: 1652 - 1653 (Book review).
  • Keats, D. W., R. S. Steneck, R. A. Townsend, and M. A. Borowitzka. Lithothamnion prolifer Foslie: a common non-geniculate coralline alga (Rhodophyta: Corallinaceae) from the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. Bot. Mar. 39: 187 - 200.
  • Steneck, R. S. Plant-herbivore coevolution: A reappraisal from the marine realm and its fossil record. pages 477 - 491. In (John, D. M, J. H. Price, S. J. Hawkins and G. A. Williams eds) Plant-animal interactions in the marine benthos. Systematics Association Special Volume. 46. Journ. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. Oxford University Press.
  • Wahle, R. A. and R. S. Steneck. Habitat restrictions in early benthic life: experiments on habitat selection and in situ predation with the American lobster. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 157: 91 - 114.
  • Braga, J. C., D. Bosence, and R. Steneck. Taxonomic implications of microstructural studies on some Cenozoic coralline algae. Proc. 5th Intern. Symposium on Fossil Algae. Capri, Spain.
  • Macintyre, I. G., K. Rützler, J. N. Norris, K. P. Smith, S. D. Cairns, K. E. Bucher, and R. S. Steneck. An early Holocene reef in the western Atlantic: submersible investigations of a deep relict reef off the west coast of Barbados, W. I. Coral Reefs.. 10: 167 - 174.
  • Steneck, R. S., S. D. Hacker and M. N. Dethier. Mechanism determining competitive dominance between crustose coralline algae: an herbivore-mediated reversal. Ecology: 72 (3): 938-950.
  • Wahle, R. A. and R. S. Steneck. Recruitment habitats and nursery grounds of the American lobster (Homarus americanus Milne Edwards): A demographic bottleneck? Marine Ecology Progress Series. 69: 231 - 243.
  • Hacker, S. D. and R. S. Steneck. Habitat architecture and the abundance and body-size-dependent habitat selection of a phytal amphipod. Ecology : 71: 2269-2285.
  • Steneck, R. S. Herbivory and the evolution of nongeniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. in Evolutionary Biogeography of the Marine Algae of the North Atlantic. NATO ASI Series G 22: 107 - 129.
  • Steneck, R. S. Herbivory on coral reefs: a synthesis. Proc. 6th International Coral Reef Symposium, Australia. 1: 37 - 49.
  • Vadas, R. L. and R. S. Steneck. Zonation of deep water benthic algae in the Gulf of Maine. J. Phycol. 24: 338 - 346.
  • Haskell, B. D., J. D. Witman, R. S. Steneck. Complementary use of submersibles and scuba: an example from the Gulf of Maine. Proc. Symp. Amer. Assoc. of Underwater Sciences. Pages 99 - 111. IN M. A. Lang (ed.). Cold Water Diving for Science 1987.
  • Steneck, R. S. The ecology of coralline algal crusts: convergent patterns and adaptive strategies. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 7: 273 - 303.
  • Steneck, R. S. and R. T. Paine. Ecological and taxonomic studies of shallow-water encrusting Corallinaceae of the boreal northeastern Pacific. Phycologia 25: 221-240.
  • Steneck, R. S. Adaptations of crustose coralline algae to herbivory: Patterns in space and time. Pages 352 - 366. In Toomy, D and M. Nitecki (eds). Paleoalgology. Springer - Verlag. Berlin.
  • Adey, W. H. and R. S. Steneck. Highly productive eastern Caribbean reefs: synergistic effects of biological, chemical, physical and geological factors. In Reaka M. L. (ed.).The Ecology of Deep and Shallow Coral Reefs. Symposia Series for Undersea Research, Vol. 2. Office of Undersea Research, NOAA, Rockville, Maryland.
  • Steneck, R. S. Escalating herbivory and resulting adaptive trends in calcareous algae. Paleobiology. 9: 45-63.
  • Stanley, S. M., B. Van Valkenburgh, and R. S. Steneck. Coevolution and the fossil record. Pages 328 - 349 In Futuyma, D. J. and M. S. Slatkin (eds) Coevolution. Sinauer Press.
  • Steneck, R. S. Quantifying herbivory on coral reefs: just scratching the surface and still biting off more than we can chew. Pages 103-112. In Reaka M. L. (ed.).The Ecology of Deep and Shallow Coral Reefs. Symposia Series for Undersea Research, Vol. 1.
  • Steneck, R. S. A limpet-coralline algal association: adaptations and defenses between a selective herbivore and its prey. Ecology 63: 507-522.
  • Steneck, R. S. and L. Watling. Feeding capabilities and limitations of herbivorous molluscs: a functional group approach. Mar. Biol. 68: 299-319.
  • Steneck, R. S. and W. H. Adey. The role of environment in control of morphology in Lithophyllum compressum, a Caribbean algal ridge builder. Bot. Mar. 19: 197 - 215.
  • Steneck, R. S. Juvenile Echinometra. Pg. 102-103. In Spec. Pub. No. 4., West Indies Lab., D. P. Abbott, J. C. Ogden (eds).

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