See full list of publications at Google scholar. 

2023

McHenry, J., Rassweiler, A., Hernan, G., Dubel, A.K., Curtin, C., Barzak, J., Varias, N. and Lester, S.E., (2023). Geographic variation in organic carbon storage by seagrass beds. Limnology and Oceanography. 68: 1256-1268

Gentry, R.R., Rassweiler, A., Ruff, E.O. and Lester, S.E., (2023). Global pathways of innovation and spread of marine aquaculture species. One Earth, 6(1), 20-30.

Miller, S.D., Dubel, A.K., Adam, T.C., Cook, D.T., Holbrook, S.J., Schmitt, R.J. and Rassweiler, A., (2023). Using machine learning to achieve simultaneous, georeferenced surveys of fish and benthic communities on shallow coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

2022

Rassweiler A., S. Miller, S.J., Holbrook, M. Lauer, M.A. Strother, S.E. Lester, T.C. Adam, J. Wencélius, R.J. Schmitt. (2022) How do fisher responses to macroalgal overgrowth influence coral reef resilience? Limnology and Oceanography. 67: S365-S377

Hernan G., A.K. Dubel, J.E. Caselle, D.J. Kushner, R.J. Miller, D.C. Reed, J.L. Sprague, A. Rassweiler. (2022) Measuring the Efficiency of Alternative Biodiversity Monitoring Sampling Strategies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 1-10.

Holbrook, S.J., J. Wencélius, A.K. Dubel, T.C. Adam, D.C. Cook, S.E. Lester, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Schmitt. (2022) Spatial co-variation in nutrient enrichment and fishing of herbivores in an oceanic coral reef ecosystem. in press at Ecological Applications.

Lauer, M., T. Atger, S.J. Holbrook, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Schmitt, J. Wencelius. (2022) Who Is Perturbed by Ecological Perturbations? Marine Scientists’ and Polynesian Fishers’ Understandings of a Crown-Of-Thorn Starfish Outbreak. In Cooling Down: Local Response to Global Climate Change, edited by S. Hoffman, T. H. Erickson and P. Mendes. New York: Berghahn.

Gaiser, E.E. and many authors including A. Rassweiler. (2022) Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window

2021

Rassweiler A., D.K. Okamoto, D.C. Reed, D.J., Kushner, D.M. Schroeder, K.D. Lafferty. (2021) Improving the ability of a BACI design to detect impacts within a kelp-forest community. Ecological Applications, e02304.

McHenry, J, A. Rassweiler, G. Hernán, A.K. Dubel, C. Uejio, S. Pau, S.E. Lester. (2021) Modeling the biodiversity enhancement value of seagrass beds. Diversity and Distributions, 27(11): 2036-2049.

Nassiri A., O. Thébaud, J. Claudet, S.J. Holbrook, M. Lauer, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Schmitt. (2021) Hedonic evaluation of coral reef fish prices on a direct sale market. Marine Policy, 129: 104525.

Iwaniec, D. and many authors including A. Rassweiler. (2021) Future trajectories for ecosystems of the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network: The importance of connectivity. Ecosphere, 12 (5), e03432.

Rognstad, R. L., Rassweiler, A., Reed, D. C., Kui, L., Miller, R. J. (2021) Species archetype models of kelp forest communities reveal diverse responses to environmental gradients. Oceanography, 34(2), 92–101.

2020

Rassweiler, A., E. Ojea, C. Costello. (2020) Strategically designed marine reserve networks are robust to climate change driven shifts in population connectivity. Environmental Research Letters, 15(3) 034030.

Lester S.E., A. Rassweiler, S.J. McCoy, A.K. Dubel, M.K. Donovan, K.M. Hill, M.W. Miller, S.D. Miller, B.I. Ruttenberg, J.F. Samhouri, J.L. Wulff, M.E. Hay. (2020) Caribbean reefs of the Anthropocene: variance in ecosystem services and bright spots at coral depauperate reefs. Global change biology 26 (9), 4785-4799.

Rassweiler A., A. K. Dubel, G. Hernan, D.J. Kushner, J.E. Caselle, J.L. Sprague, L. Kui, T. Lamy, S.E. Lester, R.J. Miller. (2020) Roving divers surveying fish in fixed areas capture similar patterns in biogeography but different estimates of density when compared with belt transects. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00272

Lester, S.E., A.K. Dubel, G. Hernan, J. McHenry, A. Rassweiler. (2020) Spatial Planning Principles for Marine Ecosystem Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00328

Rassweiler, A., M. Lauer, S.E. Lester, S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt, R. Madi Moussa, K.S. Munsterman, H.S. Lenihan, A.J. Brooks, J. Wencélius, J. Claudet. Perceptions and Responses of Pacific Island Fishers to Changing Coral Reefs. Accepted at Ambio.

2019

Miller, S., A. Rassweiler, L. Dee, K. Kleisner, T. Mangin, R. Oliveros-Ramos, J. Tam, F.P. Chavez, M. Ñiquen, S.E. Lester, M. Burden, S. Gaines, C. Costello. Optimal harvest responses to environmental forecasts depend on resource knowledge and how it can be used. Accepted at Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

2018

Miller. R.J., K.D. Lafferty, T. Lamy, L. Kui, A. Rassweiler, R.L. Rognstad, D.C. Reed. Giant kelp increases faunal diversity through physical engineering. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285 (1874), 20172571.

Rassweiler, A., D. C. Reed, S.L. Harrer, J. C. Nelson, (2018). Improved estimates of net primary production, growth, and standing crop of Macrocystis pyrifera in Southern California. Ecology, 99(9), 2132-2132. (link to pdf)

Hunter, C. E., M. Lauer, A. Levine, A., S.J. Holbrook, A. Rassweiler (2018). Maneuvering towards adaptive co-management in a coral reef fishery. Marine Policy, 98, 77-84.

2017

Lamy, T., D.C. Reed, A. Rassweiler, D.A. Siegel, L. Kui, T.W. Bell, R. Simons, R.J. Miller. (2017) Scale-specific drivers of kelp forest communities. Oecologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3994-1

2016

Krumhansl, K.A., D.K. Okamoto, A. Rassweiler, M. Novak, et al. (2016). Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201606102.

Reed, D.C., L. Washburn, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Miller, T. Bell, S.L. Harrer (2016). Extreme warming challenges sentinel status of kelp forests as indicators of climate change. Nature Communications, 7.

Leenhardt P., Lauer M., Madi Moussa R., Holbrook S.J., Rassweiler A., Schmitt R.J. and Claudet J. (2016) Complexities and Uncertainties in Transitioning Small-Scale Coral Reef Fisheries. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:70. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00070

2015

Caselle, J., Rassweiler, A., Hamilton, S., & Warner, R. (2015). Recovery trajectories of kelp forest animals are rapid yet spatially variable across a network of temperate marine protected areas. Scientific Reports, 5, 14.

Reed, D., Carlson, C., Halewood, E., Nelson, J., Harrer, S., Rassweiler, A., & Miller, R. (2015). Patterns and controls of reef-scale production of dissolved organic carbon by giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(6), 1996-2008.

Berriman, J.S., M.C. Kay, D.C. Reed, A. Rassweiler, D.A. Goldstein, W.G. Wright. Shifts in attack behavior of an important kelp forest predator within marine reserves Marine Ecology Progress Series, 522, 193-201.

Reed, D.C., A. Rassweiler, R. Miller, H. Page, S.J. Holbrook. The value of a broad temporal and spatial perspective in understanding dynamics of kelp forest ecosystems. Marine & Freshwater Research, 67(1) 14-24.

Ling S.D., R.E. Scheibling, A. Rassweiler, C.R. Johnson, N. Shears, et al. (2015) Global phase-shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. 370(1659), 10.

2014

Rassweiler A, C. Costello, R. Hilborn, D.A. Siegel. (2014) Integrating scientific guidance into marine spatial planning. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281 (1781): 20132252

White, J.W., A. Rassweiler, J.F. Samhouri, A.C. Stier, and C. White. (2014) Ecologists should not use statistical significance tests to interpret simulation model results. Oikos. 123: 385–388.

2013

Lester, S.E., C. Costello, A. Rassweiler, S. D. Gaines, R. Deacon. (2013) Encourage sustainability by giving credit for MPAs in seafood certification. PLoS Biology DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001730

Kushner, D.J., A. Rassweiler, J. McLaughlin, K. Lafferty. (2013) A multi-decade time series of kelp forest community structure at the California Channel Islands. Ecology 94: 2655-2655. (link to pdf)

Kenner, M.C.,  J.A. Estes, M. T Tinker, J.L. Bodkin,  R.K. Cowen, C. Harrold, B.B. Hatfield, M. Novak, A. Rassweiler, D.C. Reed. (2013) A multi-decade time series of kelp forest community structure at San Nicolas Island, California. Ecology 94: 2654-2654. (link to pdf)

Brzezinski, M.A.,  D.C. Reed, S. Harrer, A. Rassweiler, J.M. Melack, B. Goodridge, J.E. Dugan. (2013) Multiple sources and forms of nitrogen sustain year-round kelp growth on the inner continental shelf of the Santa Barbara Channel. Oceanography 26:114–123.

Rodriguez, G.E., A. Rassweiler, D.C. Reed, S.J. Holbrook. (2013) The importance of progressive senescence in the biomass dynamics of giant kelp. Ecology 94:1848–1858.

2012

Rassweiler, A, C. Costello, D.A. Siegel. (2012) Marine protected areas and the value of spatially optimized fishery management. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:11884-11889.

White, J.W., A.J. Scholz, A. Rassweiler, C. Steinback, L.W. Botsford, S. Kruse, C. Costello, S. Mitarai, D.A. Siegel, P.T. Drake, C.A. Edwards. (2012) A comparison of approaches used for economic analysis in marine protected area network planning in California. Ocean & Coastal Management 74: 77-89.

2011

Bestelmeyer, B.T., A.M. Ellison, W.R. Fraser, K.B. Gorman, S.J. Holbrook, C.M. Laney, M.D. Ohman, D.P.C. Peters, F.C. Pillsbury, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Schmitt, and S.Sharma (2011) Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems. Ecosphere 2:129.

Watson, J.R., D.A. Siegel, B.E. Kendall, S. Mitarai, A. Rassweiler and S.D. Gaines (2011) Identifying critical regions in small-world marine metapopulations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, E907–E913.

Rassweiler, A., T. Rassweiler (2011) Does rapid scavenging hide non-predation mortality in coral-reef communities? Marine and Freshwater Research, 62:510-515.

Reed, D.C., A. Rassweiler, M.H. Carr, K.C. Cavanaugh, D.P. Malone and D.A. Siegel (2011) Wave disturbance overwhelms top-down and bottom-up control of primary production in California kelp forests.  Ecology, 92:2108-2116.

2010

Costello, C., A. Rassweiler, D. Siegel, G. De Leo, F. Micheli and A. Rosenberg (2010) The value of spatial information in MPA network design, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107: 18294-18299.

Rassweiler, A., R.J. Schmitt, S.J. Holbrook (2010) Triggers and maintenance of multiple shifts in the state of a natural community. Oecologia 164:489–498.

2009

Reed, D.C., A. Rassweiler, K.K. Arkema (2009) Density derived estimates of standing crop and net primary production in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Marine Biology, 156: 2077-2083.

2008

Rassweiler, A., K.K. Arkema, D.C. Reed, R.C. Zimmerman, M.A. Brzezinski (2008) Net primary production, growth and standing crop of Macrocystis pyrifera  in Southern California. Ecology. 89: 2068-2068. (link to pdf)

Reed, D.C., A. Rassweiler, K.K. Arkema (2008) Biomass rather than growth rate determines variation in net primary production by giant kelp. Ecology 89: 2493-2505.

2007

Buenau, K.E., A. Rassweiler, R.M. Nisbet (2007) Space competition and regime shifts on structured landscapes. Ecology 88: 3022-3031.

Harmon, M.E, D.L. Phillips, J.J. Battles, A. Rassweiler, R.O. Hall, W.K. Lauenroth (2007) Quantifying uncertainty in net primary production measurements. In: Fahey T.J and Alan K. Knapp, A.K. (editors).  Principles and standards for measuring net primary production in long-term ecological studies.

2006

White, E.P., P.B. Adler, W.K. Lauenroth, R.A. Gill, D. Greenberg, D.M. Kaufman, A. Rassweiler, J.A. Rusak, M.D. Smith, J.R. Steinbeck, R.B. Waide, and J. Yao (2006) A comparison of the species-time relationship across ecosystems and taxonomic groups. Oikos 112: 185-195.

2005

Adler, P.B., E.P. White, W.K. Lauenroth,  D.M. Kaufman, A. Rassweiler, J.A. Rusak (2005) Evidence for a general species-time-area relationship. Ecology 86: 2032-2039.