Journal Publications
 
2008
Broitman, B.R., N. Mieszkowska, B. Helmuth, and C.A. Blanchette. 2008. Assessing effects of climate on recruitment of rocky shore intertidal invertebrates in the Eastern North Atlantic. Ecology, In Press.
Szathmary, P.L., B. Helmuth, and D. S. Wethey. 2008. Climate change in the rocky intertidal zone: predicting and measuring the body temperature of a keystone predator. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., In press.
Pincebourde, S., E. Sanford and B. Helmuth. 2008. Body temperature during low tide alters the feeding performance of a top intertidal predator. Limnol. Oceanogr., 53(4):1562-1573
2007
Helmuth, B. 2007. Intertidal life as experienced through a powerful lens (Review of M. Koehl, “Wave-swept shore: the rigors of life on a rocky coast.”) Ecology 88(1):264 265.
Helmuth, B. 2007. Forecasting the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems: how do we integrate science and policy? Southeast Environmental Law Journal, in press.
Jost, J. and B. Helmuth. 2007. Morphological and ecological determinants of body temperature of the Atlantic ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, and their effects on mussel mortality. Biol. Bull. 213:141-151.
Finelli, C.M., B.S. Helmuth, N.D. Pentcheff and D.S. Wethey. 2007. Intracolony variability in photosynthesis by corals is affected by water flow: a role for oxygen transport? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 349:103-110.
Schneider, K.R. and B. Helmuth. 2007.  Spatial variability in habitat temperature drives patterns of selection between an invasive and native mussel species. Marine Ecology Progress Series.  339:157-167.
Blanchette, C.A., S.D. Gaines and B. Helmuth. 2007. Environmental determinants and biogeographic patterns of abundance, size and growth of the intertidal dominant, Mytilus californianus, around Point Conception, California. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 340(2): 126-148.
2006
Gilman, S., C.D.G. Harley, D. Strickland, O. Vanderstraeten, M. O’Donnell, and B. Helmuth. 2006. Evaluation of “Effective Shore Level” as a method of characterizing intertidal wave exposure regimes. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 4:448-457.
Gilman, S.E., D.S. Wethey and B. Helmuth 2006. Variation in the sensitivity of organismal body temperature to climate change over local and geographic scales.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 103 (25): 9560-9565.
Helmuth, B., B.R. Broitman, C.A. Blanchette, S. Gilman, P. Halpin, C.D.G. Harley, M.J. O’Donnell, G.E. Hofmann, B. Menge, and D. Strickland. 2006. Mosaic patterns of thermal stress in the rocky intertidal zone: implications for climate change. Ecol. Monogr., 76(4):461-479.


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Helmuth, B., N. Mieszkowska, P. Moore and S.J. Hawkins. 2006. Living on the edge of two changing worlds: forecasting the responses of rocky intertidal ecosystems to climate change. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 37: 373-404.
Leichter, J.J., B. Helmuth, and A. Fischer. 2006. Variation beneath the surface: quantifying complex thermal environments on coral reefs in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida. J. Mar. Res., 64(4): 563-588.
Rotjan, R.D., J.L. Dimond, D.J. Thornhill, J.J. Leichter, B. Helmuth, D.W. Kemp and S.M. Lewis. 2006.  Chronic fish grazing impedes coral recovery after bleaching.  Coral Reefs, 25(3): 361-368.
Finelli, C.M., B.S.T. Helmuth, N.D. Pentcheff, and D.S. Wethey. 2006. Water flow influences oxygen transport and photosynthetic efficiency in corals. Coral Reefs 25(1):47-57.
2005
Castillo, K.D. and B.S.T. Helmuth. 2005. Influence of thermal history on response of Montastraea annularis to short-term temperature exposure. Marine Biology, 148(2): 261-270.
Helmuth, B., J.G. Kingsolver and E. Carrington, 2005. Biophysics, physiological ecology, and climate change: Does mechanism matter? Ann. Rev. Physiol., 67: 177-201.
Schneider, K. R., D. S. Wethey, B. Helmuth, and T. J. Hilbish. 2005. Implications of movement behavior on mussel dislodgement: exogenous selection in a Mytilus spp. hybrid zone. Mar. Biol. 146: 333-343.
2004
Fitzhenry, T., P.M. Halpin and B. Helmuth. 2004. Testing the effects of wave exposure, site, and behavior on intertidal mussel body temperatures: Applications and limits of temperature logger design. Mar. Biol. 145(2):339-349.
Denny, M.W. B. Helmuth, G.L. Leonard, C,D,G, Harley, L.Hunt and E. Nelson. 2004. Quantifying scale in ecology: lessons from a wave-swept shore. Ecol. Monogr., 74(3):513-532.
2003
Harley, C.D.G. and B.S.T. Helmuth. 2003. Local and regional scale effects of wave exposure, thermal stress, and absolute vs. effective shore level on patterns of intertidal zonation. Limnol. Oceanogr., 48: 1498-1508
Helmuth, B. and M.W. Denny. 2003. Predicting wave exposure in the rocky intertidal zone: do bigger waves always lead to larger forces? Limnol. Oceanogr., 48: 1338-1345.
Denny, M.W., L.P. Miller, M.D. Stokes, L.J.H. Hunt, and B.S.T. Helmuth. 2003. Extreme water velocities: Topographical amplification of wave-induced flow in the surf zone of rocky shores. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1-8.
Sebens, K.P., B. Helmuth, E. Carrington and B. Agius. 2003. Effects of water flow on growth and energetics of the scleractinian coral Agaricia tenuifolia, in Belize. Coral Reefs 22(1): 35-47.
2002
Helmuth, B., C.D.G. Harley, P. Halpin, M. O’Donnell, G.E. Hofmann and C. Blanchette. 2002. Climate change and latitudinal patterns of intertidal thermal stress. Science 298:1015-1017.
Helmuth B. 2002. How do we measure the environment? Linking intertidal thermal physiology and ecology through biophysics. Int. Comp. Biol., 42(4): 837-845.
Tomanek, L. and B. Helmuth. 2002. Physiological ecology of rocky intertidal organisms: a synergy of concepts. Int. Comp. Biol., 42(4): 771-775.
2001
Helmuth B. and GE Hofmann. 2001. Microhabitats, thermal heterogeneity and physiological gradients of stress in the rocky intertidal zone. Biol. Bull., 201:374-384.
1999
Helmuth B. 1999. Thermal biology of rocky intertidal mussels: quantifying body temperatures using climatological data. Ecology 80(1): 15-34.
1998
Denny M.W., B. Gaylord, B. Helmuth and T.L. Daniel. 1998. The menace of momentum: dynamic forces on flexible organisms. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43:955-968.
Helmuth B.S.T. 1998. Intertidal mussel microclimates: Predicting the body temperature of a sessile invertebrate. Ecol. Monogr., 68 (1):29-52.
Sebens K.P., S.P. Grace, B. Helmuth, E.A. Maney, Jr. and J.S. Miles 1998. Water flow and prey capture by three scleractinian corals, Madracis mirabilis, Montastrea cavernosa and Porites porites in a field enclosure. Mar. Biol. 131:347-360.
1997
Daniel TL, BS Helmuth, WB Saunders, and PD Ward. 1997. Septal complexity in ammonoid cephalopods increased mechanical risk and limited depth. Paleobiology, 23:470-481.
Helmuth B.S.T., K.P. Sebens and T.L. Daniel. 1997. Morphological variation in coral aggregations: branch spacing and mass flux to coral tissues. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 209: 233-259.
Helmuth B.S.T., E.F. Stockwell and D.R. Brumbaugh. 1997. Morphological and environmental determinants of mass flux to corals, Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symp., Panama, 2:1103-1108.
Helmuth B.S.T., B.E.H. Timmerman, and K.P. Sebens. 1997. Interplay of host morphology and symbiont microhabitat in coral aggregations. Mar. Biol., 130:1-10.
Sebens K.P., J. Witting, and B. Helmuth, 1997. Effects of water flow and branch spacing on particle capture by the reef coral Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing and Michelotti). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 211:1-28.
1996
Holberton R.L., B. Helmuth and J.C. Wingfield. 1996. The corticosterone stress response in Gentoo and King penguins during the non-fasting period. Condor 98: 850-854.
Padilla D.K., C.D. Harvell, J. Marks and B. Helmuth. 1996. Inducible aggression and intraspecific competition for space in a marine bryozoan, Membranipora membranacea. Limnol. Oceanogr., 41(3): 505-512.
1994
Helmuth B., R.R. Veit and R. Holberton. 1994. Long-distance dispersal of a subantarctic brooding bivalve (Gaimardia trapesina) by kelp rafting. Mar. Biol. 120: 421-426.
Helmuth B., R.R. Veit and R. Holberton. 1994. Dispersal of benthic invertebrates in the Scotia Arc by kelp rafting. Antarctic J. U.S., 29(5): 145-147.
1993
Helmuth B. and K.P. Sebens. 1993. The influence of colony morphology and orientation t flow on particle capture by the scleractinian coral Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 165: 251-278.