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Pelagic barnacles at Padre Island National Seashore, TX

Publications

Publications: Publications

Nonconsumptive predator effects

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Kimbro DL, Scherer AE, Byers J, Grabowski JH, Hughes AR, Piehler MF, Smee DL. Environmental gradients influence biogeographic patterns of nonconsumptive predator effects on oysters. Ecosphere. In press.

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Scherer AE, Bird CE, McCutcheon MR, Hu X, Smee DL. 2018. Two-tiered defense strategy may compensate for predator avoidance cost of an ecosystem engineer. Marine Biology, 165:131. DOI 10.1007/s00227-018-3391-2. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-018-3391-2

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Scherer AE, Smee DL. Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica produce plastic morphological defenses in response to crab predators despite resource limitation. The Biological Bulletin, 233(2):144:150. DOI 10.1086/695470. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/695470?mobileUi=0&


Scherer, A.E., M. Garcia, and D.L. Smee. 2017. Predatory blue crabs induce stronger nonconsumptive effects in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica than scavenging blue crabs. PeerJ, 5:e3042. DOI 10.7717/peerj.3042. https://peerj.com/articles/3042/


Scherer, A.E., J. Lunt, A.M. Draper, and D.L. Smee. 2016. Phenotypic plasticity in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) mediated by chemical signals from predators and injured prey. Journal of Invertebrate Biology, 135(2):97-107. DOI 10.1111/ivb.12120. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-016-0208-y

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Scherer, A.E. and D.L. Smee. 2016. A review of predator diet effects on prey defensive responses. Chemoecology, 26:83-100. DOI 10.1007/s00049-016-0208-y. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-016-0208-y

Reproductive habitat characterization

Scherer, A.E. and N. Santangelo. 2013. Assessment of reproductive requirements in habitat conservation efforts: a case study on blackside dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis), a federally listed threatened species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 71:408-415. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0404#.WS20j8a1vIU

Non-peer reviewed works

Doerr A, Emery N, Ficken C, Scherer A, Fullman T. 2020. Human dimensions: Professional development for the everyday early-career ecologist. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. DOI 10.1002/bes2.1695.

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Scherer, A.E. 2017. Mangrove expansion changing Texas coastlines. ECO Magazine, April:58-59. https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=393210#{%22issue_id%22:393210,%22page%22:58}

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