Selected Recent Publications (out of 47 total; click title for PDF):
*grad student author, **undergraduate student author)
White C, Wang YH, Walter RK, Ruttenberg BI, Han D, Newman E, Deyle ER, Gopal S, Kaufman L. Spatial planning offshore wind energy farms in California for mediating fisheries and wildlife conservation impacts. Environmental Development 51:101005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101005
Rempel HS*, Bodwin KN, Burkepile DE, Adam TC, Altieri AH, Barton EM**, Goodman MC**, Francisca RL, Lamore RJ**, Lippert M**, Marroquín M, O'Rourke TC**, VanderBloomer PD**, Ruttenberg BI. 2024. Ecological drivers of parrotfish coral predation vary across spatial scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 740:145-160. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14633
Johnston EM*, Waltz GT, Kosaka R, Brauer EM*, Ziegler SL, Jarvis Mason ET, Glanz HS, Zaragoza L, Kellum AN, Brooks RO, Semmens BX, Honeyman CJ, Caselle JE, Bellquist LF, Small SL, Morgan SG, Mulligan TJ, Coscino CL, Staton JM, Starr RM, Hamilton SL, Ruttenberg BI, Wendt DE. 2024. Participation in Collaborative Fisheries Research Improves the Perceptions of Recreational Anglers towards Marine Protected Areas. Frontiers of Marine Science 11:1330498. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1330498
Wang YH, Ruttenberg BI, Walter RK, Pendleton F, Samhouri J, Liu O, White C. 2024. High resolution assessment of commercial fisheries activity along the US West Coast using Vessel Monitoring System data with a case study using California groundfish fisheries. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0298868. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298868
Ziegler S, Brooks R, Bellquist L, Caselle J, Morgan S, Mulligan T, Ruttenberg BI, Semmens B, Starr R, Tyburczy J, Wendt D, Buchheister A, Marin JJ, Pasparakis C, Jorgensen S, Chiu J, Colby J, Coscino C, Davis L, de Castro F, Elstner J, Honeyman C, Jarvis Mason E, Johnston E*, Small S, Staton J, Waltz G, Basnett B, Satterthwaite E, Killeen H, Dibble C, Hamilton SL. 2024. Reserve size and age determine efficacy across a network of marine protected areas: collaborative fisheries research supports management and conservation. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13000
Marquardt AM*, Park SK**, Clark NM**, Maietta EG**, Waltz G, Needles LA, Ruttenberg BI. 2023. Distribution, abundance, and drivers of population variability of a large sandy intertidal bivalve (Tivela stultorum) across California. Regional Studies in Marine Science 65:103063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103063
Ziegler SL, Johnson JL*, Brooks RO, Johnston EM*, Mohay JL*, Ruttenberg BI, Starr RM, Waltz GT, Wendt DE, Hamilton SL. 2023. Marine protected areas, marine heatwaves, and the resilience of nearshore fish communities. Scientific Reports 13: 1405. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28507-1
Wang YH, Walter RK, White C, Ruttenberg BI. 2022. Spatial and temporal characteristics of California commercial fisheries from 2005 to 2019. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 0:e10215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10215
Marquardt AM*, NM Clark**, EG Maietta**, SK Park**, BI Ruttenberg. 2022. Reproduction, body condition, age, and growth of a large sandy intertidal bivalve, Tivela stultorum, Mawe 1823. Aquatic Biology 31: 19-30. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00749
Ziegler SL, Brooks RO, Hamilton SL, Ruttenberg BI, Chiu J, Fields RT, Waltz GT, Shen C, Wendt DE, Starr RM. 2022. External fishing effort regulates positive effects of no-take marine protected areas. Biological Conservation. 269: 109546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109546
Rempel HS*, Siebert AK** (co lead-authors), Van Wert JC, Bodwin KN, Ruttenberg BI. 2022. Feces consumption by nominally herbivorous fishes in the Caribbean: an underappreciated source of nutrients?. Coral Reefs. 41: 355–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02228-9
Wang YH, Walter RK, White C, Kehrli MD**, and Ruttenberg BI. 2022. Scenarios for Offshore Wind Power Production for Central California Call Areas. Wind Energy. 25: 23– 33. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2646
Farr H**, Ruttenberg BI, Walter RK, Wang YH, White C. 2021. Potential environmental effects of deepwater floating offshore wind energy facilities. Ocean and Coastal Management 207: 105611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105611
Rempel H.S.*, K.N. Bodwin, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2020. Impacts of parrotfish predation on a major reef-building coral: quantifying healing rates and thresholds of coral recovery. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01977-9
Burkepile D.E., T.C. Adam, M. Roycroft*, M.C. Ladd*, K.S. Munsterman*, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2019. Species-specific patterns in corallivory and spongivory among Caribbean parrotfishes. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01808-6
Wang Y.H., R.K. Walter, C. White, M.D. Kehrli, S.F. Hamilton, P. Soper, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2019. Spatial and temporal variation of offshore wind power and its value along the Central California Coast. Environ Res Comm 1: 121001
Ruttenberg B.I., T.C. Adam, A. Duran, D.E. Burkepile. 2019. Identity of coral reef herbivores drives variation in ecological processes over multiple spatial scales. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1893
Goodman M.C.**, S.M. Hannah**, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2019. The relationship between geographic range extent, sea surface temperature and adult traits in coastal temperate fishes. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13595
Wang, T. C., R. K. Walter, H. K. Farr**, C. White, B. I. Ruttenberg. 2019. Assessment of surface wind datasets for estimating offshore wind energy along the Central California coast. Renewable Energy 133: 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.008
Ruttenberg, B. I., J. E. Caselle, A. E. Estep, A. E. Johnson, K. L. Marhaver, L. J. Richter, S. A. Sandin, M. J. A. Vermeij, J. E. Smith, D. Grenda, and A. Cannon*. 2018. Ecological assessment of the marine ecosystems of Barbuda, West Indies: Using rapid scientific assessment to inform ocean zoning and fisheries management. PLoS ONE. e0189355. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189355
Adam, T. C., A. Duran, C. E. Fuchs*, M. V. Roycroft*, M. Rojas, B. I. Ruttenberg, D. E. Burkepile. 2018. Comparative analysis of diet, foraging behavior and bite mechanics reveals complex functional diversity among Caribbean parrotfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 597: 207-220.
Glynn, P.W., A. Baker, S. Banks, I. Baums, J. Cole, M. Colgan, P. Fong, P. J. Glynn; I. Keith, D. Manzelo, B. Riegl, B. I. Ruttenberg, T. Smith, M. Vera-Zambrano. 2018. State of corals and coral reefs of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador): past, present and future. Marine Pollution Bulletin 133: 717-733.
Meyers-Cherry, N. L.*, R. Nakamura, B. I. Ruttenberg, and D. E. Wendt. 2016. Spatial and temporal comparisons of gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) life history and condition in south- central California. CalCOFI Reports 57: 1-8
Adam, T. C., M. Kelley, B. I. Ruttenberg, and D. E. Burkepile. 2015. Resource partitioning along multiple niche axes drives functional diversity in parrotfishes on Caribbean coral reefs. Oecologia 179: 1173-1185. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3406-3
Adam, T. C., D. E. Burkepile, B. I. Ruttenberg, and M. J. Paddack. 2015. Herbivory and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs: knowledge gaps and implications for management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 520: 1-20. doi:10.3354/meps11170
Ruttenberg, B. I. and S. E. Lester. 2015. “Patterns and processes in geographic range size in coral reef fishes.” In Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. C. Mora, ed. Academic Press, pp. 97-103.
Ault, J. S., S. G. Smith, J. A. Bohnsack, J. Luo, N. Zurcher, D. B. McClellan, T. A. Ziegler, D. E. Hallac, M. Patterson, M. W. Feeley, B. I. Ruttenberg, J. Hunt, D. Kimball, and B. Causey. 2013. Assessing coral reef fish population and community changes in response to marine reserves in the Dry Tortugas, Florida USA. Fisheries Research 144: 28-37. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.10.1007
Ruttenberg, B. I., P. J. Schofield, J. L. Akins, A. Acosta, M. W. Feeley, J. Blondeau, S. G. Smith and J. S. Ault. 2012. Rapid invasion of Indo Pacific lionfishes (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the Florida Keys, USA: evidence from multiple pre- and post-invasion datasets. Bulletin of Marine Science. 88: 1051-1059. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1108
Brandt, M. E., B. I. Ruttenberg, W. J. Miller, R. Waara, B. Witcher, A. J. Estep, and M. E. Patterson. 2012. Dynamics of an acute coral disease outbreak associated with the macroalgae Dictyota spp. in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA. Bulletin of Marine Science 88.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1104
Walsh, S. M., S. L. Hamilton, B. I. Ruttenberg, M. K. Donovan, and S. A. Sandin. 2012. Fishing top predators indirectly affects condition and reproduction in a reef-fish community. Journal of Fish Biology 80: 519-537. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03209.x
Ruttenberg, B. I., S. L. Hamilton, S. M. Walsh, M. K. Donovan, A. Freidlander, E. DeMartini, E. Sala, and S. A. Sandin. 2011. Demographic shifts in coral reef fish communities across a gradient of human disturbance. PLoS One 6(6): e21062. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021062
Ruttenberg, B. I. and E. F. Granek. 2011. Bridging the marine-terrestrial disconnect in coastal zone science and management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 434:203-212.
Lester, S. E., B. S. Halpern, K. Grorud-Colvert, J. Lubchenco, B. I. Ruttenberg, S. D. Gaines, S. Airamé, and R. R. Warner. 2009. Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 384: 33-46.
*grad student author, **undergraduate student author)
White C, Wang YH, Walter RK, Ruttenberg BI, Han D, Newman E, Deyle ER, Gopal S, Kaufman L. Spatial planning offshore wind energy farms in California for mediating fisheries and wildlife conservation impacts. Environmental Development 51:101005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101005
Rempel HS*, Bodwin KN, Burkepile DE, Adam TC, Altieri AH, Barton EM**, Goodman MC**, Francisca RL, Lamore RJ**, Lippert M**, Marroquín M, O'Rourke TC**, VanderBloomer PD**, Ruttenberg BI. 2024. Ecological drivers of parrotfish coral predation vary across spatial scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 740:145-160. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14633
Johnston EM*, Waltz GT, Kosaka R, Brauer EM*, Ziegler SL, Jarvis Mason ET, Glanz HS, Zaragoza L, Kellum AN, Brooks RO, Semmens BX, Honeyman CJ, Caselle JE, Bellquist LF, Small SL, Morgan SG, Mulligan TJ, Coscino CL, Staton JM, Starr RM, Hamilton SL, Ruttenberg BI, Wendt DE. 2024. Participation in Collaborative Fisheries Research Improves the Perceptions of Recreational Anglers towards Marine Protected Areas. Frontiers of Marine Science 11:1330498. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1330498
Wang YH, Ruttenberg BI, Walter RK, Pendleton F, Samhouri J, Liu O, White C. 2024. High resolution assessment of commercial fisheries activity along the US West Coast using Vessel Monitoring System data with a case study using California groundfish fisheries. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0298868. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298868
Ziegler S, Brooks R, Bellquist L, Caselle J, Morgan S, Mulligan T, Ruttenberg BI, Semmens B, Starr R, Tyburczy J, Wendt D, Buchheister A, Marin JJ, Pasparakis C, Jorgensen S, Chiu J, Colby J, Coscino C, Davis L, de Castro F, Elstner J, Honeyman C, Jarvis Mason E, Johnston E*, Small S, Staton J, Waltz G, Basnett B, Satterthwaite E, Killeen H, Dibble C, Hamilton SL. 2024. Reserve size and age determine efficacy across a network of marine protected areas: collaborative fisheries research supports management and conservation. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13000
Marquardt AM*, Park SK**, Clark NM**, Maietta EG**, Waltz G, Needles LA, Ruttenberg BI. 2023. Distribution, abundance, and drivers of population variability of a large sandy intertidal bivalve (Tivela stultorum) across California. Regional Studies in Marine Science 65:103063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103063
Ziegler SL, Johnson JL*, Brooks RO, Johnston EM*, Mohay JL*, Ruttenberg BI, Starr RM, Waltz GT, Wendt DE, Hamilton SL. 2023. Marine protected areas, marine heatwaves, and the resilience of nearshore fish communities. Scientific Reports 13: 1405. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28507-1
Wang YH, Walter RK, White C, Ruttenberg BI. 2022. Spatial and temporal characteristics of California commercial fisheries from 2005 to 2019. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 0:e10215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10215
Marquardt AM*, NM Clark**, EG Maietta**, SK Park**, BI Ruttenberg. 2022. Reproduction, body condition, age, and growth of a large sandy intertidal bivalve, Tivela stultorum, Mawe 1823. Aquatic Biology 31: 19-30. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00749
Ziegler SL, Brooks RO, Hamilton SL, Ruttenberg BI, Chiu J, Fields RT, Waltz GT, Shen C, Wendt DE, Starr RM. 2022. External fishing effort regulates positive effects of no-take marine protected areas. Biological Conservation. 269: 109546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109546
Rempel HS*, Siebert AK** (co lead-authors), Van Wert JC, Bodwin KN, Ruttenberg BI. 2022. Feces consumption by nominally herbivorous fishes in the Caribbean: an underappreciated source of nutrients?. Coral Reefs. 41: 355–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02228-9
Wang YH, Walter RK, White C, Kehrli MD**, and Ruttenberg BI. 2022. Scenarios for Offshore Wind Power Production for Central California Call Areas. Wind Energy. 25: 23– 33. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2646
Farr H**, Ruttenberg BI, Walter RK, Wang YH, White C. 2021. Potential environmental effects of deepwater floating offshore wind energy facilities. Ocean and Coastal Management 207: 105611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105611
Rempel H.S.*, K.N. Bodwin, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2020. Impacts of parrotfish predation on a major reef-building coral: quantifying healing rates and thresholds of coral recovery. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01977-9
Burkepile D.E., T.C. Adam, M. Roycroft*, M.C. Ladd*, K.S. Munsterman*, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2019. Species-specific patterns in corallivory and spongivory among Caribbean parrotfishes. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01808-6
Wang Y.H., R.K. Walter, C. White, M.D. Kehrli, S.F. Hamilton, P. Soper, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2019. Spatial and temporal variation of offshore wind power and its value along the Central California Coast. Environ Res Comm 1: 121001
Ruttenberg B.I., T.C. Adam, A. Duran, D.E. Burkepile. 2019. Identity of coral reef herbivores drives variation in ecological processes over multiple spatial scales. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1893
Goodman M.C.**, S.M. Hannah**, B.I. Ruttenberg. 2019. The relationship between geographic range extent, sea surface temperature and adult traits in coastal temperate fishes. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13595
Wang, T. C., R. K. Walter, H. K. Farr**, C. White, B. I. Ruttenberg. 2019. Assessment of surface wind datasets for estimating offshore wind energy along the Central California coast. Renewable Energy 133: 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.008
Ruttenberg, B. I., J. E. Caselle, A. E. Estep, A. E. Johnson, K. L. Marhaver, L. J. Richter, S. A. Sandin, M. J. A. Vermeij, J. E. Smith, D. Grenda, and A. Cannon*. 2018. Ecological assessment of the marine ecosystems of Barbuda, West Indies: Using rapid scientific assessment to inform ocean zoning and fisheries management. PLoS ONE. e0189355. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189355
Adam, T. C., A. Duran, C. E. Fuchs*, M. V. Roycroft*, M. Rojas, B. I. Ruttenberg, D. E. Burkepile. 2018. Comparative analysis of diet, foraging behavior and bite mechanics reveals complex functional diversity among Caribbean parrotfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 597: 207-220.
Glynn, P.W., A. Baker, S. Banks, I. Baums, J. Cole, M. Colgan, P. Fong, P. J. Glynn; I. Keith, D. Manzelo, B. Riegl, B. I. Ruttenberg, T. Smith, M. Vera-Zambrano. 2018. State of corals and coral reefs of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador): past, present and future. Marine Pollution Bulletin 133: 717-733.
Meyers-Cherry, N. L.*, R. Nakamura, B. I. Ruttenberg, and D. E. Wendt. 2016. Spatial and temporal comparisons of gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) life history and condition in south- central California. CalCOFI Reports 57: 1-8
Adam, T. C., M. Kelley, B. I. Ruttenberg, and D. E. Burkepile. 2015. Resource partitioning along multiple niche axes drives functional diversity in parrotfishes on Caribbean coral reefs. Oecologia 179: 1173-1185. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3406-3
Adam, T. C., D. E. Burkepile, B. I. Ruttenberg, and M. J. Paddack. 2015. Herbivory and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs: knowledge gaps and implications for management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 520: 1-20. doi:10.3354/meps11170
Ruttenberg, B. I. and S. E. Lester. 2015. “Patterns and processes in geographic range size in coral reef fishes.” In Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. C. Mora, ed. Academic Press, pp. 97-103.
Ault, J. S., S. G. Smith, J. A. Bohnsack, J. Luo, N. Zurcher, D. B. McClellan, T. A. Ziegler, D. E. Hallac, M. Patterson, M. W. Feeley, B. I. Ruttenberg, J. Hunt, D. Kimball, and B. Causey. 2013. Assessing coral reef fish population and community changes in response to marine reserves in the Dry Tortugas, Florida USA. Fisheries Research 144: 28-37. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.10.1007
Ruttenberg, B. I., P. J. Schofield, J. L. Akins, A. Acosta, M. W. Feeley, J. Blondeau, S. G. Smith and J. S. Ault. 2012. Rapid invasion of Indo Pacific lionfishes (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the Florida Keys, USA: evidence from multiple pre- and post-invasion datasets. Bulletin of Marine Science. 88: 1051-1059. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1108
Brandt, M. E., B. I. Ruttenberg, W. J. Miller, R. Waara, B. Witcher, A. J. Estep, and M. E. Patterson. 2012. Dynamics of an acute coral disease outbreak associated with the macroalgae Dictyota spp. in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA. Bulletin of Marine Science 88.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1104
Walsh, S. M., S. L. Hamilton, B. I. Ruttenberg, M. K. Donovan, and S. A. Sandin. 2012. Fishing top predators indirectly affects condition and reproduction in a reef-fish community. Journal of Fish Biology 80: 519-537. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03209.x
Ruttenberg, B. I., S. L. Hamilton, S. M. Walsh, M. K. Donovan, A. Freidlander, E. DeMartini, E. Sala, and S. A. Sandin. 2011. Demographic shifts in coral reef fish communities across a gradient of human disturbance. PLoS One 6(6): e21062. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021062
Ruttenberg, B. I. and E. F. Granek. 2011. Bridging the marine-terrestrial disconnect in coastal zone science and management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 434:203-212.
Lester, S. E., B. S. Halpern, K. Grorud-Colvert, J. Lubchenco, B. I. Ruttenberg, S. D. Gaines, S. Airamé, and R. R. Warner. 2009. Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 384: 33-46.