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Selected
Publications
Paddack, M. J., J. D. Reynolds, C. Aguilar, R. S. Appeldoorn, J. Beets, E. W. Burkett, P. M. Chittaro, K. Clarke, R. Esteves, A. C. Fonseca, G. E. Forrester, A. M. Friedlander, J. Garc’a-Sais, G. Gonz‡lez-Sans—n, L. K. B. Jordan, D. McClellan, M. W. Miller, P. P. Molloy, P. J. Mumby, I. Nagelkerken, M. Nemeth, R. Navas-Camacho, J. Pitt, N. V. C. Polunin, M. C. Reyes-Nivia, D. R. Robertson, A. Rodr’guez Ram’rez, E. Salas, S. R. Smith, R. E. Spieler, M. A. Steele, I. D. Williams, C. Wormald, A. R. Watkinson, and I. M. C™tŽ. 2009. Recent region-wide declines in Caribbean reef fish abundance. Current Biology 19:590-595. Samhouri, J. F., M. A. Steele, and G. E. Forrester. 2009. Intercohort competition drives selective mortality and shelter-mediated density dependence in a coral reef fish. Ecology 90:1009Ð1020. Stier, A. C., M. A. Steele, and A. J. Brooks. 2009. Coral reef fishes use the crown-of-thorns seastar as habitat. Coral Reefs 28:227. Forrester, G. E., M. A. Steele, J. F. Samhouri, B. Evans, and R. R. Vance. 2008. Spatial density dependence scales up but does not produce temporal density dependence in a coral reef fish. Ecology 89:2980-2985. Forrester, G. E., M. A. Steele, J. F. Samhouri, and R. R. Vance. 2008. Settling reef fish discriminate among habitats at large, but not small, spatial scales. Limnology and Oceanography 53:1956-1962. Wormald, C. L. and M. A. Steele. 2008. Testing assumptions of mark-recapture theory in the coral reef fish Lutjanus apodus. Journal of Fish Biology 73:1-12. Williams, J. P., L. G. Allen, M. A. Steele, and D. J. Pondella. 2007. El Ni–o periods increase growth of juvenile white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) in the Southern California Bight. Marine Biology 152:193Ð200. Steele, M. A., S. C. Schroeter, and H. M. Page. 2007. Preliminary investigation of the effects of purse seine size on estimates of density and species richness of estuarine fishes. Estuaries and Coasts 30:344Ð347. Steele, M. A., S. C. Schroeter, R.
C. Carpenter, and D. J. Kushner.
2006. Top-down vs.
bottom-up effects in kelp forests.
Science 313:1738. Steele, M. A., S. C. Schroeter,
and H. M. Page. 2006. Experimental evaluation of biases
associated with sampling estuarine fishes with seines. Estuaries and Coasts 29:1172-1184. Steele, M. A., S. C. Schroeter,
and H. M. Page. 2006. Sampling characteristics and biases
of enclosure traps for sampling fishes in estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts 29:630-638. Forrester, G. E., Evans, B., M. A.
Steele, and R. R. Vance.
2006. Assessing the
magnitude of intra- and interspecific competition in two coral-reef fishes
using a response surface experiment.
Oecologia 148:632–640. Steele, M. A. and T. W.
Anderson. 2006. Predation. In: L. G. Allen, M. H. Horn, D. J. Pondella II (eds)
Ecology of California Marine Fishes, U.C. Press, p.
428-448. Steele, M. A. and G. E.
Forrester. 2005. Small-scale field experiments
accurately scale up to predict density dependence in reef fish populations at
large scales. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences 102:13513-13516. Forrester, G. E. and M. A.
Steele. 2004. Predators, prey refuges, and the
spatial scaling of density- dependent prey mortality. Ecology 85:1332-1342. Forrester, G. E., B. I.
Fredericks, D. Gerdeman, B. Evans, M. A. Steele, K. Zayed, L. E. Schweitzer,
I. H. Suffet, R. R. Vance, R.F. Ambrose. 2003. Growth
of estuarine fish is associated with the combined concentration of sediment
contaminants and shows no adaptation of acclimation to past conditions. Marine Environmental Research 56:423-442. Swearer, S. E., G. E. Forrester,
M. A. Steele, A. J. Brooks, and D. W. Lea. 2003.
Spatio-temporal and interspecific variation in otolith trace-elemental
fingerprints in a temperate estuarine fish assemblage. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science 56:1111-1123. Forrester, G. E., R. R. Vance, and
M. A. Steele. 2002. Simulating large scale population
dynamics using small-scale data.
In: P. F. Sale (ed) Coral reef fishes: dynamics and diversity in a
complex ecosystem. Academic Press, San Diego, p
275-301. Steele, M. A. and G. E.
Forrester. 2002. Early post-settlement predation on
three reef fishes: effects on spatial patterns of recruitment. Ecology 83: 1076-1091. Steele, M. A., J. C.
Malone, A. M. Findlay, M. H. Carr, and G. E. Forrester. 2002. A simple method for estimating larval supply in reef fishes and a
preliminary test of limitation of population size by larval supply in the
kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 235:195-203. Steele, M. A. and G. E.
Forrester. 2002. Variation in the relative importance of sublethal effects
of predators and competitors on growth of a temperate reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 237:233-245. Forrester, G. E. and M. A.
Steele. 2000. Variation in the presence and cause
of density-dependent mortality in three species of reef fishes. Ecology 81:2416-2427 Steele, M. A. 1999. Effects of shelter and predators on reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology 233:65-79. Malone, J. C., G. E. Forrester,
and M. A. Steele. 1999. Effects of subcutaneous microtags on
the growth, survival, and vulnerability to predation of small reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology 237:243-253. Steele, M. A. 1998. The relative importance of predation and competition in
two reef fishes. Oecologia 115:222-232. Steele, M. A., G. E. Forrester,
and G. R. Almany. 1998. Influences of predators and
conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 172:115-125. Steele, M. A. 1998. Life and Death of Coral Reefs. The Quarterly Review of Biology 73:367. (Book review) Steele, M. A. 1997. The relative importance of processes
affecting recruitment of two temperate reef fishes. Ecology 78:129-145. Steele, M. A. 1997. Population regulation by post-settlement mortality in two
temperate reef fishes. Oecologia
112:64-74. Steele, M. A. 1996. Effects of predators on reef fishes: separating cage
artifacts from effects of predation.
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