Peer-Reviewed Papers:
Bracken, M.E.S. & S.L. Williams. in press. Realistic changes in seaweed biodiversity affect multiple ecosystem functions on a rocky shore. Ecology. link
Borer, E.T., M.E.S. Bracken, E.W. Seabloom, J.E. Smith, J. Cebrian, E.E. Cleland, J.J. Elser, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, and J.T. Ngai. in press. Global biogeography of autotroph chemistry: is insolation a driving force? Oikos. link
Newton, C., M.E.S. Bracken, M. McConville, K. Rodrigue, and C.S. Thornber. 2013. Invasion of the red seaweed Heterosiphonia japonica spans biogeographic provinces in the western North Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE 8: e62261. link
Williams, S.L., M.E.S. Bracken, and E. Jones. 2013. Additive effects of physical stress and herbivores on intertidal seaweed diversity. Ecology 94: 1089-1101. (ESA Bulletin photo gallery) link
Bracken, M.E.S., B.A. Menge, M.M. Foley, C.J.B. Sorte, J. Lubchenco, and D.R. Schiel. 2012. Mussel selectivity for high-quality food drives carbon inputs into open-coast intertidal ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 459: 53-62. pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. and N.H.N. Low. 2012. Realistic losses of rare species disproportionately impact higher trophic levels. Ecology Letters 15: 461-467. (Nature Climate Change Research Highlight, F1000 Recommended) pdf
Harpole, W.S., J.T. Ngai, E.E. Cleland, E.W. Seabloom, E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, J.J. Elser, D.S. Gruner, H. Hillebrand, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. 2011. Nutrient co-limitation of primary producer communities. Ecology Letters 9: 852-862. (F1000 Must Read) pdf
Bracken, M.E.S., E. Jones, and S.L. Williams. 2011. Herbivores, tidal elevation, and species richness simultaneously mediate nitrate uptake by seaweed assemblages. Ecology 92: 1083-1093. (F1000 Recommended) pdf
Sorte, C.J.B., A. Fuller, and M.E.S. Bracken. 2010. Impacts of a simulated heat wave on composition of a marine community. Oikos 119: 1909-1918. pdf
Hillebrand, H., E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, B.J. Cardinale, J. Cebrian, E.E. Cleland, J.J. Elser, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, J.T. Ngai, S. Sandin, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, J.E. Smith, and M.D. Smith. 2009. Herbivore metabolism and stoichiometry each constrain herbivory at different organizational scales across ecosystems. Ecology Letters 12: 516-527. (cover photo) pdf
Altieri, A.H., G.C. Trussell, P.J. Ewanchuk, G. Bernatchez, and M.E.S. Bracken. 2009. Consumers control diversity and functioning of a natural marine ecosystem. PLoS ONE 4: e5291. (Nature News Feature) pdf
Aquilino, K.M., M.E.S. Bracken, M.N. Faubel, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2009. Local-scale autochthonous nutrient inputs in an upwelling ecosystem facilitate seaweed growth on wave-exposed rocky shores. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 309-317. (Limnology & Oceanography Featured Article) pdf
Stachowicz, J.J., R.J. Best, M.E.S. Bracken, and M.H. Graham. 2008. Complementarity in marine biodiversity manipulations: reconciling divergent evidence from field and mesocosm experiments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:18842-18847. (Nature News Feature) pdf
Stachowicz, J.J., M. Graham, M.E.S. Bracken, and A.I. Szoboszlai. 2008. Diversity enhances cover and stability of seaweed assemblages: the role of heterogeneity and time. Ecology 89: 3008-3019. pdf
Gruner, D.S., J.E. Smith, E.W. Seabloom, S.A. Sandin, J.T. Ngai, H. Hillebrand, W.S. Harpole, J.J. Elser, E.E. Cleland, M.E.S. Bracken, E.T. Borer, and B.M. Bolker. 2008. A cross-system synthesis of consumer and nutrient resource control on producer biomass. Ecology Letters 11: 740-755. (cover photo) pdf
Bracken, M.E.S., S.E. Friberg, C.A. Gonzalez-Dorantes, and S.L. Williams. 2008. Functional consequences of realistic biodiversity changes in a marine ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 924-928. (Science Editors’ Choice, Nature News Feature, Trends in Ecology and Evolution Research Focus) pdf
Bracken, M.E.S., B.E. Bracken, and L. Rogers-Bennett. 2007. Species diversity and foundation species: potential indicators of fisheries yields and marine ecosystem functioning. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports 48: 82-91. pdf
Elser, J.J., M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. 2007. Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters 10: 1135-1142. (Nature News & Views, F1000 Exceptional, Thompson-Reuters Science Watch Emerging Research Front Paper) pdf
Bracken, M.E.S., C.A. Gonzalez-Dorantes, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2007. Whole-community mutualism: associated invertebrates facilitate a dominant habitat-forming seaweed. Ecology 88: 2211-2219. (F1000 Recommended) pdf
Hillebrand, H., D.S. Gruner, E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, J.J. Elser, W.S. Harpole, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. 2007. Consumer versus resource control of producer diversity depends on ecosystem type and producer community structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 10904-10909. (F1000 Recommended) pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2007. Top-down modification of bottom-up processes: selective grazing reduces macroalgal nitrogen uptake. Marine Ecology Progress Series 330: 75-82. pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. and J.J. Stachowicz. 2006. Seaweed diversity enhances nitrogen uptake via complementary use of nitrate and ammonium. Ecology 87: 2397-2403. (F1000 Recommended) pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. 2004. Invertebrate-mediated nutrient loading increases growth of an intertidal macroalga. Journal of Phycology 40: 1032-1041. pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. and K.J. Nielsen. 2004. Diversity of intertidal macroalgae increases with nitrogen loading by invertebrates. Ecology 85: 2828-2836. pdf
Menge, B.A., J. Lubchenco, M.E.S. Bracken, F. Chan, M.M. Foley, T.L. Freidenburg, S.D. Gaines, G. Hudson, C. Krenz, H. Leslie, D.N.L. Menge, R. Russell, and M.S. Webster. 2003. Coastal oceanography sets the pace of rocky intertidal community dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 100:12229-12234. (PNAS Commentary) pdf
Book Chapters:
Crowe, T.P., M.E.S. Bracken, and N.E. O’Connor. 2012. Reality check: issues of scale and abstraction in biodiversity research, and potential solutions. Pages 185-199 in M. Solan, R.J. Aspden, and D.M. Paterson, editors. Marine Biodiversity Futures and Ecosystem Functioning: Frameworks, Methodologies and Integration. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. link
Gamfeldt, L. and M.E.S. Bracken. 2009. The role of biodiversity for the functioning of rocky reef communities. Pages 361-373 in M. Wahl, editor. Marine Hard Bottom Communities: Patterns, Dynamics, Diversity, and Change. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. pdf
Olyarnik, S.V., M.E.S. Bracken, J.E. Byrnes, A.R. Hughes, K.M. Hultgren, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2009. Ecological factors affecting community invasibility. Pages 215-240 in G. Rilov and J.A. Crooks, editors. Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems: Ecological, Management, and Geographic Perspectives. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. 2008. Monocultures versus polycultures. Pages 2446-2449 in S.E. Jørgensen and B. D. Fath editors. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Oxford, UK. pdf
Bracken, M.E.S. 2007. Excretion. Pages 215-217 in M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines, editors. Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, USA. pdf
Conference Proceedings:
Liu, L., D.S. Smith, M. Bracken, J.B. Neethling, H.D. Stensel, S. Murthy, A. Pramanik, and A.Z. Gu. 2011. Occurrence, implication and bioavailability of dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) in advanced wastewater effluents. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation WEFTEC 2011: 4852-4863. pdf
Liu, L., M. Bracken, D.S. Smith, D. Houweling, J.B. Neethling, H.D. Stensel, S. Murthy, A. Pramani, and A.Z. Gu. 2011. Phosphorus fractionation in various tertiary effluents: insights into and implications for advanced phosphorus removal. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Nutrient Recovery and Management 2011: 1192-1204.
Copyright Notice:
Electronic (pdf) reprints of the articles above are presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author’s copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.