Peer-Reviewed Publications

(in reverse chronological order)

Bell LE, L Westphal, H Damron, E O’Brien, JA Toy and KJ Kroeker. Season influences interspecific responses of canopy-forming kelps to future warming and acidification at high latitude. Ecosphere. In press

Kennedy EG, M Zulian, SL Hamilton, TM Hill, M Delgado, CR Fish, B Gaylord, KJ Kroeker, HM Palmer, AM Ricart, E Sanford, AK Spalding, M Ward, G Carrasco, M Elliott, GV Grisby, E Harris, J Jahncke, CN. Rocheleau, S Westerink and MI Wilmot (2023). A high-resolution synthesis dataset for multistressor analyses along the U.S. West Coast. Earth System Science Data. In press. DOI: 10.5194/essd-2023-205

Kroeker KJ, EM Donham, J Cheresh, K Vylet, J Warren, J Fiechter, J Freiwald, and Y Takeshita. (2023). Exposures to extremes in multiple global change drivers: characterizing pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature variability in a dynamic, upwelling dominated ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(7): 1611-1623. DOI: 10.1002/lno.12371

Donham EM, I Flores, A Hooper, E O’Brien, K Vylet, Y Takeshita, J Freiwald and KJ Kroeker. (2023). Population-specific vulnerability to ocean change in a multi-stressor environment. Science Advances, 9(3), eade2365. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade2365

Cheresh J, KJ Kroeker, J Fiechter. (2023). Upwelling intensity and source water properties drive high interannual variability of corrosive events in the California Current. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 13013. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39691-5

Sorte C, KJ Kroeker, L Miller, and M Bracken. (2023). Biological modification of coastal pH depends on community composition and time. Ecology, 104(8), e4113. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4113

Hamilton SL, E Kennedy, M Zulian, TM Hill, B Gaylord, E Sanford, AM Ricart, M Ward, AK Spalding and KJ Kroeker. (2023). Variable exposure to multiple climate stressors across the California marine protected area network and policy implications. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(7): 1923-1935. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad120

Bell LE, Kroeker KJ. (2022) Standing crop, turnover, and production dynamics of Macrocystis pyrifera and understory species Hedophyllum nigripes and Neoagarum fimbriatum in high latitude giant kelp forests. Journal of Phycology. DOI: :10.1111/jpy.13291

Toy JA, Kroeker KJ, Logan CA, Takeshita Y, Longo GC, Bernardi G. (2022) Upwelling-level acidification and pH/pCO2 variability moderate effects of ocean acidification on brain gene expression in the temperate surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni. Molecular Ecology, 31(18):4707-4725. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16611

Willis-Norton E, MH Carr, EL Hazen and KJ Kroeker. (2022). Multistressor global change drivers reduce hatch and viability of Lingcod embryos, a benthic egg layer in the California Current Systems. Scientific Reports, 12: 21987. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25553-z

 Halpern BS, C Boettiger, MC Dietze, JA Gephart, P Gonzalez, NB Grimm, PM Groffman, J Gurevitch, SE Hobbie, KJ Komatsu, KJ Kroeker, HJ Lahr, DM Lodge, CJ Lortie, JSS Lowndes, F Micheli, HP Possingham, MH Ruckelshaus, C Scarborough, CL Wood, G Wu and 96 others. (2022). Priorities for synthesis in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere, 14(1): e4342. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4342

Lee J, Gambi MC, Kroeker KJ, Munari M, Peay K, Micheli F. (2022) Resilient consumers accelerate the plant decomposition in a naturally acidified seagrass ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 28(15):4558-4576. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16265

Ricart AM, Ward M, Hill TM, Sanford E, Kroeker KJ, Takeshita Y, Merolla S, Shukla P, Ninokawa AT, Elsmore K, Gaylord B. (2022) Commentary: overstated potential for seagrass meadows to mitigate coastal ocean acidification. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:884857. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.884857

Kindinger TL, JA Toy, KJ Kroeker. (2022) Emergent effects of global change on consumption depend on consumers and their resources in marine systems. PNAS, 119(18):e2108878119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108878119

Donham EM, LT Strope, SL Hamilton, KJ Kroeker. (2022) Coupled changes in pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen impact the physiology and ecology of herbivorous kelp forest grazers. Global Change Biology, 28(9):3023-3039. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16125

Ward M, TL Kindinger, HK Hirsh, TM Hill, BM Jellison, S Lummis, EB Rivest, GG Waldbusser, B Gaylord, KJ Kroeker. (2022) Reviews and syntheses: spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass metabolic fluxes. Biogeosciences, 19:689-699. DOI:10.5194/bg-19-689-2022

Lee J, BB Hughes, KJ Kroeker, A Owens, C Wong, F Micheli. (2022) Who wins or loses matters: strongly interacting consumers drive seagrass resistance under ocean acidification. Science of the Total Environment, 808:151594. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151594

Kroeker KJ, E Sanford. (2022) Ecological leverage points: species interactions amplify the physiological effects of global environmental change in the ocean. Annual Review of Marine Science, 14:75-103. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-042021-051211

Gorra TR, SCR Garcia, MR Langhans, U Hoshijima, JA Estes, PT Raimondi, MT Tinker, MC Kenner, KJ Kroeker. (2022) Southeast Alaskan kelp forests: inferences of process from large-scale patterns of variation in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289: 20211697. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1697

Bell LE, JB Gómez, E Donham, DL Steller, PW Gabrielson, KJ Kroeker. (2022). High-latitude calcified coralline algae exhibit seasonal vulnerability to acidification despite physical proximity to a non-calcified alga. Climate Change Ecology, 3:100049. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecochg.2022.100049

Ricart AM, Ward M, Hill TM, Sanford E, Kroeker KJ, Takeshita Y, Merolla S, Shukla P, Ninokawa AT, Elsmore K, Gaylord B. (2021). Coast-wide evidence of low pH amelioration by seagrass ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 27:2580-2591. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15594

Kroeker KJ, Powell C, Donham EM. (2020). Windows of vulnerability: Seasonal mismatches in exposure and resource identity determine ocean acidification’s effect on a primary consumer at high latitude. Global Change Biology, 27(5):1042-1051. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15449

Galloway AWE, G Von Dassow, JB Schram, T Klinger, TM Hill, AT Lowe, F Chan, RM Yoshioka, KJ Kroeker. (2020). Ghost factors of laboratory carbonate chemistry are haunting our experiments. The Biological Bulletin, 239(3):183-188. DOI: 10.1086/711242

Rasher DB, RS Steneck, J Halfar, KJ Kroeker, JB Ries, MT Tinker, PT Chan, J Fietzke, NA Kamenos, BH Konar, JS Lefcheck. (2020). Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem. Science, 369(6509):1351-1354. DOI: 10.1126/science.aav7515

Beas-Luna R, F Micheli, CB Woodson, M Carr, D Malone, J Torre, C Boch, JE Caselle, M Edwards , J Freiwald, SL Hamilton, A Hernandez, B Konar, KJ Kroeker, J Lorda, G Montaño-Moctezuma, G Torres-Moye. (2020). Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes. Global Change Biology, 26(11):6457-6473. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15273

Contolini GM, KJ Kroeker, EP Palkovacs (2020). Predator populations differ in their foraging responses to acute seawater acidification. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 646:69-78. DOI: 10.3354/meps13406

Orr, JA, RF Vinebrooke, MC Jackson, KJ Kroeker, RL Kordas, C Mantyka-Pringle, PJ Van den Brink, F De Laender, R Stoks, M Holmstrup, CD Matthaei, WA Monk, MR Penk, S Leuzinger, RB Schäfer, JJ Piggott (2020). Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287:20200421. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0421

Doney SC, DS Busch, SR Cooley, KJ Kroeker (2020). The impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and reliant human communities. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 45:83-112. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-012320-083019

Kroeker KJ, LE Bell, EM Donham, U Hoshijima, S Lummis, J Toy, E Willis-Norton (2020). Ecological change in dynamic environments: accounting for temporal environmental variability in studies of ocean change biology. Global Change Biology, 26(1):54-67. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14868

Kroeker KJ, MH Carr, PT Raimondi, JE Caselle, L Washburn, SR Palumbi, JA Barth, F Chan, BA Menge, K Milligan, M Novak, and JW White (2019). Planning for change: Assessing the potential role of marine protected areas and fisheries management approaches for resilience management in a changing ocean. Oceanography, 32(3):116–125. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.318.

Lubchenco J, BA Menge, JA Barth, MH Carr, JE Caselle, F Chan, HK Fulton-Bennett, SD Gaines, KJ Kroeker, K Milligan, SR Palumbi, and JW White (2019). Connecting science to policymakers, managers, and citizens. Oceanography, 32(3):106–115. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.317.

Chan F, JA Barth, KJ Kroeker, J Lubchenco, and BA Menge (2019). The dynamics and impact of ocean acidification and hypoxia: Insights from sustained investigations in the Northern California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Oceanography, 32(3):62–71. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.312.

Menge BA, K Milligan, JE Caselle, JA Barth, CA Blanchette, MH Carr, F Chan, RK Cowen, M Denny, SD Gaines, GE Hofmann, KJ Kroeker, J Lubchenco, MA McManus, M Novak, SR Palumbi, PT Raimondi, GN Somero, RR Warner, L Washburn, and JW White (2019). PISCO: Advances made through the formation of a large-scale, long-term consortium for integrated understanding of coastal ecosystem dynamics. Oceanography, 32(3):16–25. DOI:10.5670/oceanog.2019.307.

Stephens TA, Hughes BB, Kroeker KJ, Hessing-Lewis M, Monteith Z, Morris M and WW Raymond (2019). Between a rock and a soft place: surfgrass colonizes sediments without attachement to rock. Ecology, 100: e02791. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2791

Fey SB, Vasseur DA, Alujevic K, Kroeker KJ, Logan ML, O’Connor MI, Rudolf VHW, DeLong JP, Peacor S, Selden RL, Sih A and S Clusella-Trullas (2019). Opportunities for behavioral rescue under rapid environmental change. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14712.

Teixido N, Gambi MC, Parravacini V, Kroeker KJ, Micheli F, Villeger S and E Ballesteros (2018). Functional biodiversity loss along natural CO2 gradients. Nature Communications, 9:5149. DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-07592-1

Kroeker KJ, Kordas RA and CDG Harley (2017). Embracing interactions in ocean acidification research: confronting multiple stressor scenarios and context dependence. Biology Letters, 13:20160802. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0802

Hughes BB, Lummis SC, Anderson SC and KJ Kroeker (2017). Unexpected resilience of a seagrass system to global stressors. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13854

Sunday JM, Fabricius KE, Kroeker KJ, Anderson KM, Brown NE, Barry JP, Connell SD, Dupont S, Gaylord B, Hall-Spencer JM, Klinger T, Milazzo M, Munday PL, Russell BD, Sanford E, Thiyagarajan V, Vaughan MLH, Widdicombe S and CDG Harley (2017). Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat. Nature Climate Change, 7: 81-85. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3161

Ellis RP, Davison W, Queiros AM, Kroeker KJ, Calosi P, Dupont S, Spicer JI, Wilson RW, Widdicombe S and MA Urbina. (2017). Does sex really matter? Explaining intraspecies variation in ocean acidification responses. Biology Letters, 13: 20160761. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0761

Myhre SE, Kroeker KJ, Hill TM, Roopnarine P and JP Kennett. (2017). Community benthic paleoecology from high-resolution climate records: Mollusca and foraminifera in post-glacial environments of the California margin. Quaternary Science Reviews, 155, 179-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.009

Kapsenberg L, Bockmon EE, Bresnahan PJ, Kroeker KJ, Gattuso J-P and TR Martz (2017). Advancing ocean acidification biology using Durafet pH electrodes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 321. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00321

Kroeker KJ, Sanford E, Rose JM, Blanchette CA, Chan F, Chavez FP, Gaylord B, Helmuth B, Hill TM, Hofmann GE, McManus MA, Menge BA, Nielsen KJ, Raimondi PT, Russell AD, and L Washburn. (2016). Interacting environmental mosaics drive geographic variation in mussel performance and predation vulnerability. Ecology Letters, 19(7): 771-779. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12613

Kamenos NA, Perna G, Gambi MC, Micheli F and KJ Kroeker. (2016). Coralline algae in a naturally acidified ecosystem persist by maintaining control of skeletal mineralogy and size. Proc. R. Soc. B 283: 20161159. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1159

Gambi MC, Musco L, Giangrande A, Badalamenti F, Micheli F, and KJ Kroeker. (2016). Distribution and functional traits of polychaetes in a CO2 vent system: winners and losers among closely related species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 550: 121-134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11727

Kwiatkowski L, Gaylord B, Hill TM, Hosfelt J, Kroeker KJ, Nebuchina Y, Ninokawa A, Russell AD, Rivest EB, Sesboue M, and K Caldeira. (2016). Nighttime dissolution in a temperate coastal ocean ecosystem under acidification. Scientific Reports, 6: 22984. DOI: 10.1038/srep22984

Crook ED, Kroeker KJ, Potts DC, Rebolledo-Vieyra M, Hernandez-Terrones LM and A Paytan. (2016). Recruitment and succession in a tropical benthic community in response to in-situ ocean acidification. PLoS ONE, 11(1): e0146707. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146707

Gaylord B, Kroeker KJ, Sunday JM, Anderson KM, Barry JP, Brown NE, Connell SD, Dupont S, Fabricius KE, Hall-Spencer JM, Klinger T, Milazzo M, Munday PL, Russell BD, Sanford E, Schreiber SJ, Thiyagarajan V, Vaughan ML, Widdicombe S and CDG Harley. (2015). Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory. Ecology 96: 3-15. DOI: 10.1890/14-0802.1

Breitburg DL, Salisbury J, Bernhard JM, Cai W-J, Dupont S, Doney SC, Kroeker KJ, Levin LA, Long WC, Milke LM, Miller SH, Phelan B, Passow U, Seibel BA, Todgham AE, Tarrant AM. (2015). And on top of all that...coping with ocean acidification in the midst of many stressors. Oceanography 28: 48-61. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.31

Kroeker KJ, Gaylord B, Hill TM, Hosfelt J, Miller SH, and E Sanford. (2014). The role of temperature in determining species’ vulnerability to ocean acidification: A case study using Mytilus galloprovincialis. PLoS ONE 9(7), e100353. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100353

Kroeker KJ, Gaylord B, Jellison BM and E Sanford. (2014). Predicting the effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey interactions: A conceptual framework based on coastal molluscs. Biological Bulletin 226: 211-222. DOI: 10.1086/BBLv226n3p211

Strong A, Kroeker KJ, Teneva L, Mease LA, and R Kelly. (2014). Ocean Acidification 2.0: Managing our changing coastal ocean chemistry. BioScience, 64: 581-592. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu072

Ricevuto E, Kroeker KJ, Ferrigno F, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2014). Spatio-temporal variability of polychaete colonization at volcanic CO2 vents indicates high tolerance to ocean acidification. Marine Biology, 161: 2909-2919. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2555-y

Tallis H, J Lubchenco, and 238 co-signatories. (2014). Working together: a call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515: 27-28. DOI: 10.1038/515027a

Giangrande A, Gambi MC, Micheli F, and KJ Kroeker. (2014). Fabriciidae (Annelida, Sabellida) from a naturally acidified coastal system (Italy), with a description of two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 7, 1417-1427. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315414000678

Kroeker KJ, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2013). Community dynamics and ecosystem simplification in a high-CO2 ocean. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 110: 12721-12726. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216464110

Kroeker KJ, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2013). Ocean acidification causes ecosystem shifts via altered competitive interactions. Nature Climate Change, 3: 156-159. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1680

Kroeker KJ, Kordas RL, Crim RN, Hendriks IE, Ramajo L, Singh GG, Duarte C and JP Gattuso. (2013). Impacts of ocean acidification on marine biota: Quantifying variation in sensitivity among organisms and life stages and at elevated temperature. Global Change Biology, 19: 1884-1896. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12179

Billé R, Kelly R, Biastoch A, Harrould-Kolieb E, Herr D, Joos F, Kroeker KJ, Laffoley D, Oschlies A and JP Gattuso. (2013). Taking action against ocean acidification: A review of management and policy options. Environmental Management, 52: 761-779. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0132-7

Connell S, Kroeker KJ, Fabricius K, Kline D, and B Russell. (2013). The other ocean acidification problem: CO2 as a resource among competitors for ecosystem dominance. Phil Trans. Roy. Soc B. 368: 20120442. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0442

McLeod E, Anthony KRN, Andersson AJ, Bedeen R, Kleypas J, Kroeker KJ, Manzello D, Salm R, Schuttenberg H, Smith JE. (2013). Preparing to manage coral reefs for ocean acidification: Lessons from coral bleaching. Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment 11: 20-27. DOI: 10.1890/110240

*Kroeker KJ, Micheli F, Gambi MC and TR Martz. (2011). Divergent ecosystem responses within a benthic marine community to ocean acidification. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108 (35): 14515–14520. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107789108   *Recommended by Faculty of 1000: Reef R, Pandolfi J: 2011. F1000.com/13200055

Hofmann GE, Smith JE, Johnson KS, Send U, Levin LA, Micheli F, Paytan A, Price NN, Peterson B, Takeshita Y, Matson PG, Derse Crook E, Kroeker KJ, Gambi MC, Rivest EB, Frieder CA, Yu PC & TR Martz. (2011). High-frequency dynamics in ocean pH: A multi-ecosystem comparison. PLoS ONE, 6(12): e28983. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0028983

Kroeker KJ, Kordas RL, Crim RN and GG Singh. (2011). Response to Technical comment on Meta-analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms. Ecology Letters 14: E1-E2. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01665.x

*Kroeker KJ, Kordas RL, Crim RN and GG Singh. (2010). Meta-analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms. Ecology Letters 13: 1419–1434. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01518.x   * Recommended by Faculty of 1000: Yap H: 2010. F1000.com/6734959

Crain CM, Kroeker K and BS Halpern. (2008). Interactions and cumulative impacts of multiple stressors in marine ecosystems. Ecology Letters 11: 1304-1315. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01253.x

Book Chapters and Articles

Kroeker, KJ (2023). Community engaged research in the natural sciences: centering listening in the classroom. In “Environmental Politics and Justice: Lessons from the Science of Teaching and Learning,” edited by S Jinnah, J Dubreuil, J Greene and S Foster. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Cheltenham, UK.

Kroeker KJ (2016) Conservation: Fishing for lessons on coral reefs. Nature, 535: 361-362. http://rdcu.be/yYRT

Kroeker KJ, Reguero BG, Rittelmeyer P and MW Beck. (2016) Ecosystem service and coastal engineering tools for coastal protections and risk reduction. In “Guidelines for Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Accounting: Incorporating the Protective Service Values of Coral Reefs and Mangroves in National Wealth Accounts”, edited by MW Beck. The Nature Conservancy, USA. http://bit.ly/2AhJ9TU

Micheli F, G De Leo, F Ferretti, AM Hines, K Honey, KJ Kroeker, RG Martone, D McCauley, J O’Leary, D Rosim, S Sokolow, A Stock, C Wood. (2014) Ocean Health. In “Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management”, edited by T Agardy, H Smith, and JL Suarez de Vivero. Earthscan, UK. http://bit.ly/2iCCDNk

Pinsky ML, Kroeker KJ, Logan CA and DJ Barshis. (2013) Marine conservation in a changing climate. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (S. Levin, editor), Vol 5, Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 32-44. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00336-1

Billé R, Kelly R, Biastoch A, Harrould-Kolieb E, Herr D, Joos F, Kroeker KJ, Laffoley D, Oschlies A and JP Gattuso. (2013) Ocean Acidification – What can we do? IDDRI Policy Brief. http://bit.ly/2hGk5un