In Preparation / Review
1. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., McFarland, M.N., Jiang, M., Cannizzaro, J.P, and Hu, C. In Preparation. Nutrient availability across the Lake Okeechobee Waterway: relations to Microcystis blooms in the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. Harmful Algae.
2. Brewton, R.A. and Lapointe, B.E. In Review In the absence of seagrass: macroalgae filling the void. Estuaries and Coasts.
2023
22. McGillicuddy, Jr., D.J., Morton, P.L., Brewton, R.A., Hu, C., Kelly, T.B., Solow, A.R., and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. Nutrient and arsenic biogeochemistry of Sargassum in the western Atlantic. Nature Communications, 14(1): 6205. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41904-4
21. Brewton, R.A. and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. The green macroalga Caulerpa prolifera replaces seagrass in a nitrogen enriched, phosphorus limited, urbanized estuary. Ecological Indicators, 156, 111035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111035
20. Brewton, R.A. and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. Eutrophication leads to food web enrichment and a lack of connectivity in a highly impacted urban lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 195, 115411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115441
19. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Wilking L.E., and Herren, L.W. 2023. Fertilizer restrictions are not sufficient to mitigate nutrient pollution and harmful algal blooms in the Indian River Lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 193, 115041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115041
18. Tyre, K.N., Brewton, R.A., Kreiger, L.B., and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. Widespread human waste pollution in surface water observed throughout the urbanized, coastal communities of Lee County, Florida, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 879, 162716.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162716
2022
17. Lapointe, B.E. Brewton, R.A., and Littlejohn, J.M. 2022. Assessment of the performance of a Distributed Wastewater Treatment Unit in central Florida. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.223
16. Brewton, R.A., Kreiger, L., Tyre, K.N., Baladi, D., Wilking, L.E., Herren, L.W., and Lapointe, B.E. 2022. Septic system – groundwater – surface water interactions in aging waterfront communities contribute to harmful algal blooms in Southwest Florida. Science of the Total Environment, 837, 155319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155319
2021
15. Herren, L.W., Wilking, L.E., Tarnowski, M.E., Vogel, M.A., Brewton, R.A., and Lapointe, B.E. 2021. Septic systems contaminate groundwater and surface waters draining into the eutrophic Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172, 112928.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112928
14. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Herren, L.W, Wang, M., Hu, C., McGillicuddy, D.J., Lindell, S., Hernandez, F.J., and Morton, P.L. 2021. Nutrient content and stoichiometry of pelagic Sargassum reflects increasing nitrogen availability in the Atlantic Basin. Nature Communications, 12, 3060.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23135-7
13. Hu, C., Wang, M., Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., and Hernandez, F.J. 2021. On the Atlantic pelagic Sargassum’s role in carbon fixation and sequestration. Science of the Total Environment, 781, 146801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146801
12. Laureano-Rosario, A.E., McFarland, M., Bradshaw, D., Metz, J., Brewton, R.A., Pitts, T., Perricone, C., Schreiber, S., Stockley, N. Wang, G., Guzmán, E.A., Lapointe, B.E., Wright, A., Jacoby, C., and Twardowski, M.S. 2021. Microcystins and saxitoxin dynamics in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Harmful Algae, 103, 102012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102012
2020
11. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Herren, L.W., Porter, J.W., Hu, C., and Cannizzaro, J.P. 2020. Sound science, not politics, must inform restoration of Florida Bay and the coral reefs of the Florida Keys. Marine Biology, 167, 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-3669-z
10. Brewton, R.A., Downey, C.H., Streich, M.K., Ajemian, M.J., and Stunz, G.W. 2020. Trophic ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus on natural and artificial reefs of the western Gulf of Mexico: complex interactions between habitat and fish size. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 635, 105-122. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13210
9. Lapointe, B.E., Herren, L.W, Brewton, R.A., and Alderman, P. 2020. Nutrient over-enrichment and light limitation of seagrass communities in the Indian River Lagoon, an urbanized subtropical estuary. Science of the Total Environment, 134068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134068
2019
8. Szedlmayer, S.T., and Brewton, R.A. 2019. DNA barcoding reveals a broader diet and habitat use in Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) than visual stomach content analysis. In: Red Snapper Biology in a Changing World. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
7. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Herren, L.W., Porter, J.W., and Hu, C. 2019. Nitrogen enrichment, altered stoichiometry, and coral reef decline at Looe Key, Florida Keys, USA: a three-decade study. Marine Biology, 166: 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3538-9
2018
6. Wang, M., Hu, C., Cannizzaro, J., English, D., Han, X., Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., and Hernandez, F.J. 2018. Remote sensing of Sargassum biomass, nutrients, and pigments. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12,359 - 12,367. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078858
5. Downey, C.H., Streich, M.K., Brewton, R.A., Ajemian, M.J., Wetz, J.J., and Stunz, G.W. 2018. Habitat‐specific reproductive potential of Red Snapper: A comparison of artificial and natural reefs in the western Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 147(6), 1030-1041. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10104
Pre-2017
4. Gain, I.E., Brewton, R.A., Robillard, M.M., Johnson, K.D., Smee, D.L., and Stunz, G.W. 2017. Intertidal oyster reef supports elevated abundance of diverse macrofauna in the estuarine mosaic. Marine Biology, 164(1):8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-3033-5
3. Brewton, R.A., Ajemian, M.J., Young, P.C., and Stunz, G.W. 2016. Feeding Ecology of Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus in the western Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 145(4), 839-853. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1159614
2. Brown-Peterson, N.J., Brewton, R.A., Griffitt, R.J., and Fulford, R.S. 2014. Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the reproductive biology of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). In: Alford, B.A., Green, C., and Peterson, M.S., eds. Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Fisheries in North America (pp.231-246). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
1. Brewton, R.A., Fulford, R.S., and Griffitt, R.J. 2013. Gene expression and growth as indicators of effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 76: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2013.848394
1. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., McFarland, M.N., Jiang, M., Cannizzaro, J.P, and Hu, C. In Preparation. Nutrient availability across the Lake Okeechobee Waterway: relations to Microcystis blooms in the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. Harmful Algae.
2. Brewton, R.A. and Lapointe, B.E. In Review In the absence of seagrass: macroalgae filling the void. Estuaries and Coasts.
2023
22. McGillicuddy, Jr., D.J., Morton, P.L., Brewton, R.A., Hu, C., Kelly, T.B., Solow, A.R., and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. Nutrient and arsenic biogeochemistry of Sargassum in the western Atlantic. Nature Communications, 14(1): 6205. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41904-4
21. Brewton, R.A. and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. The green macroalga Caulerpa prolifera replaces seagrass in a nitrogen enriched, phosphorus limited, urbanized estuary. Ecological Indicators, 156, 111035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111035
20. Brewton, R.A. and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. Eutrophication leads to food web enrichment and a lack of connectivity in a highly impacted urban lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 195, 115411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115441
19. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Wilking L.E., and Herren, L.W. 2023. Fertilizer restrictions are not sufficient to mitigate nutrient pollution and harmful algal blooms in the Indian River Lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 193, 115041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115041
18. Tyre, K.N., Brewton, R.A., Kreiger, L.B., and Lapointe, B.E. 2023. Widespread human waste pollution in surface water observed throughout the urbanized, coastal communities of Lee County, Florida, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 879, 162716.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162716
2022
17. Lapointe, B.E. Brewton, R.A., and Littlejohn, J.M. 2022. Assessment of the performance of a Distributed Wastewater Treatment Unit in central Florida. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.223
16. Brewton, R.A., Kreiger, L., Tyre, K.N., Baladi, D., Wilking, L.E., Herren, L.W., and Lapointe, B.E. 2022. Septic system – groundwater – surface water interactions in aging waterfront communities contribute to harmful algal blooms in Southwest Florida. Science of the Total Environment, 837, 155319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155319
2021
15. Herren, L.W., Wilking, L.E., Tarnowski, M.E., Vogel, M.A., Brewton, R.A., and Lapointe, B.E. 2021. Septic systems contaminate groundwater and surface waters draining into the eutrophic Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172, 112928.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112928
14. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Herren, L.W, Wang, M., Hu, C., McGillicuddy, D.J., Lindell, S., Hernandez, F.J., and Morton, P.L. 2021. Nutrient content and stoichiometry of pelagic Sargassum reflects increasing nitrogen availability in the Atlantic Basin. Nature Communications, 12, 3060.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23135-7
13. Hu, C., Wang, M., Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., and Hernandez, F.J. 2021. On the Atlantic pelagic Sargassum’s role in carbon fixation and sequestration. Science of the Total Environment, 781, 146801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146801
12. Laureano-Rosario, A.E., McFarland, M., Bradshaw, D., Metz, J., Brewton, R.A., Pitts, T., Perricone, C., Schreiber, S., Stockley, N. Wang, G., Guzmán, E.A., Lapointe, B.E., Wright, A., Jacoby, C., and Twardowski, M.S. 2021. Microcystins and saxitoxin dynamics in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Harmful Algae, 103, 102012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102012
2020
11. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Herren, L.W., Porter, J.W., Hu, C., and Cannizzaro, J.P. 2020. Sound science, not politics, must inform restoration of Florida Bay and the coral reefs of the Florida Keys. Marine Biology, 167, 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-3669-z
10. Brewton, R.A., Downey, C.H., Streich, M.K., Ajemian, M.J., and Stunz, G.W. 2020. Trophic ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus on natural and artificial reefs of the western Gulf of Mexico: complex interactions between habitat and fish size. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 635, 105-122. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13210
9. Lapointe, B.E., Herren, L.W, Brewton, R.A., and Alderman, P. 2020. Nutrient over-enrichment and light limitation of seagrass communities in the Indian River Lagoon, an urbanized subtropical estuary. Science of the Total Environment, 134068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134068
2019
8. Szedlmayer, S.T., and Brewton, R.A. 2019. DNA barcoding reveals a broader diet and habitat use in Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) than visual stomach content analysis. In: Red Snapper Biology in a Changing World. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
7. Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., Herren, L.W., Porter, J.W., and Hu, C. 2019. Nitrogen enrichment, altered stoichiometry, and coral reef decline at Looe Key, Florida Keys, USA: a three-decade study. Marine Biology, 166: 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3538-9
2018
6. Wang, M., Hu, C., Cannizzaro, J., English, D., Han, X., Lapointe, B.E., Brewton, R.A., and Hernandez, F.J. 2018. Remote sensing of Sargassum biomass, nutrients, and pigments. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12,359 - 12,367. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078858
5. Downey, C.H., Streich, M.K., Brewton, R.A., Ajemian, M.J., Wetz, J.J., and Stunz, G.W. 2018. Habitat‐specific reproductive potential of Red Snapper: A comparison of artificial and natural reefs in the western Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 147(6), 1030-1041. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10104
Pre-2017
4. Gain, I.E., Brewton, R.A., Robillard, M.M., Johnson, K.D., Smee, D.L., and Stunz, G.W. 2017. Intertidal oyster reef supports elevated abundance of diverse macrofauna in the estuarine mosaic. Marine Biology, 164(1):8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-3033-5
3. Brewton, R.A., Ajemian, M.J., Young, P.C., and Stunz, G.W. 2016. Feeding Ecology of Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus in the western Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 145(4), 839-853. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1159614
2. Brown-Peterson, N.J., Brewton, R.A., Griffitt, R.J., and Fulford, R.S. 2014. Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the reproductive biology of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). In: Alford, B.A., Green, C., and Peterson, M.S., eds. Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Fisheries in North America (pp.231-246). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
1. Brewton, R.A., Fulford, R.S., and Griffitt, R.J. 2013. Gene expression and growth as indicators of effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 76: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2013.848394