58 publications

2020

• Waterhouse, L., White, J., See, K., Murdoch, A., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). A Bayesian nested patch occupancy model to estimate steelhead movement and abundance. Ecological Applications. doi: 10.1002/eap.2202
• Waterhouse, L., Heppell, S. A., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., McCoy, C., Bush, P., Johnson, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Recovery of critically endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) in the Cayman Islands following targeted conservation actions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(3), 1587-1595. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1917132117
• Wilson, K. C., Semmens, B. X., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., McCoy, C., & Sirovic, A. (2020). Potential for grouper acoustic competition and partitioning at a multispecies spawning site off Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 634, 127-146. doi: 10.3354/meps13181
• Stock, B. C., Ward, E. J., Eguchi, T., Jannot, J., Thorson, J. T., Feist, B. E., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Comparing predictions of fisheries bycatch using multiple spatiotemporal species distribution model frameworks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 77(1), 146-163. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0281

2019

• Gallo, N. D., Drenkard, E., Thompson, A. R., Weber, E. D., Wilson-Vandenberg, D., McClatchie, S., ... Semmens, B. X. (2019). Bridging from monitoring to solutions-based thinking: Lessons from CalCOFI for understanding and adapting to marine climate change impacts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(695). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00695
• Stock, B. C., Ward, E. J., Thorson, J. T., Jannot, J. E., & Semmens, B. X. (2019). The utility of spatial model-based estimators of unobserved bycatch. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 76(1), 255-267. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsy153

2018

• Blake, W. H., Boeckx, P., Stock, B. C., Smith, H. G., Bode, S., Upadhayay, H. R., ... Semmens, B. X. (2018). A deconvolutional Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment. Scientific Reports, 8(13073). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30905-9
• Semmens, D. J., Diffendorfer, J. E., Bagstad, K. J., Wiederholt, R., Oberhauser, K., Ries, L., ... Lopez-Hoffman, L. (2018). Quantifying ecosystem service flows at multiple scales across the range of a long-distance migratory species. Ecosystem Services, 31, 255-264. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.002
• Stock, B. C., Jackson, A. L., Ward, E. J., Parnell, A. C., Phillips, D. L., & Semmens, B. X. (2018). Analyzing mixing systems using a new generation of Bayesian tracer mixing models. Peerj, 6(e5096). doi: 10.7717/peerj.5096

2017

• Bellquist, L., Semmens, B., Stohs, S., & Siddall, A. (2017). Impacts of recently implemented recreational fisheries regulations on the Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel fishery for Paralabrax sp. in California. Marine Policy, 86, 134-143. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.09.017
• Stewart, J. D., Rohner, C. A., Araujo, G., Avila, J., Fernando, D., Forsberg, K., ... Semmens, B. X. (2017). Trophic overlap in mobulid rays: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 580, 131-151. doi: 10.3354/meps12304
• Thogmartin, W. E., Wiederholt, R., Oberhauser, K., Drum, R. G., Diffendorfer, J. E., Altizer, S., ... Lopez-Hoffman, L. (2017). Monarch butterfly population decline in North America: identifying the threatening processes. Royal Society Open Science, 4(9). doi: 10.1098/rsos.170760
• Thogmartin, W. E., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Rohweder, J., Diffendorfer, J., Drum, R., Semmens, D., ... Wiederholt, R. (2017). Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: 'all hands on deck'. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7637
• Upadhayay, H. R., Bode, S., Griepentrog, M., Huygens, D., Bajracharya, R. M., Blake, W. H., ... Boeckx, P. (2017). Methodological perspectives on the application of compound-specific stable isotope fingerprinting for sediment source apportionment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17(6), 1537-1553. doi: 10.1007/s11368-017-1706-4
• Thogmartin, W. E., Diffendorfer, J. E., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Oberhauser, K., Pleasants, J., Semmens, B. X., ... Wiederholt, R. (2017). Density estimates of monarch butterflies overwintering in central Mexico. Peerj, 5(e3221). doi: 10.7717/peerj.3221
• Oberhauser, K., Wiederholt, R., Diffendorfer, J. E., Semmens, D., Ries, L., Thogmartin, W. E., ... Semmens, B. (2017). A trans-national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities. Ecological Entomology, 42(1), 51-60. doi: 10.1111/een.12351
• Egerton, J. P., Johnson, A. F., Le Vay, L., McCoy, C. M., Semmens, B. X., Heppell, S. A., & Turner, J. R. (2017). Hydroacoustics for the discovery and quantification of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregations. Coral Reefs, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00338-017-1542-4

2016

• Fontes, J., Semmens, B., Caselle, J. E., Santos, R. S., & Prakya, R. (2016). Ocean productivity may predict recruitment of the rainbow wrasse (coris julis). Plos One, 11(11). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165648
• Stock, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2016). Unifying error structures in commonly used biotracer mixing models. Ecology, 97(10), 2562-2569. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1517
• Stewart, J. D., Beale, C. S., Fernando, D., Sianipar, A. B., Burton, R. S., Semmens, B. X., & Aburto-Oropeza, O. (2016). Spatial ecology and conservation of Manta birostris in the Indo-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 200, 178-183. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.016
• Bellquist, L. F., Graham, J. B., Barker, A., Ho, J., & Semmens, B. X. (2016). Long-term dynamics in "trophy" sizes of pelagic and coastal pelagic fishes among California recreational fisheries (1966-2013). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 145(5), 977-989. doi: 10.1080/00028487.2016.1185035
• Semmens, B. X., Semmens, D. J., Thogmartin, W. E., Wiederholt, R., López-Hoffman, L., Diffendorfer, J. E., ... Taylor, O. R. (2016). Quasi-extinction risk and population targets for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Scientific Reports, 6, 23265. doi: 10.1038/srep23265
• Stanton, J. C., Semmens, B. X., McKann, P. C., Will, T., & Thogmartin, W. E. (2016). Flexible risk metrics for identifying and monitoring conservation-priority species. Ecological Indicators, 61, 683-692. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.020

2015

• Scheuerell, M. D., Buhle, E. R., Semmens, B. X., Ford, M. J., Cooney, T., & Carmichael, R. W. (2015). Analyzing large-scale conservation interventions with Bayesian hierarchical models: a case study of supplementing threatened Pacific salmon. Ecology and Evolution, 5(10), 2115-2125. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1509
• Archer, S. K., Allgeier, J. E., Semmens, B. X., Heppell, S. A., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Rosemond, A. D., ... Layman, C. A. (2015). Hot moments in spawning aggregations: implications for ecosystem-scale nutrient cycling. Coral Reefs, 34(1), 19-23. doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1208-4

2014

• Thorson, J. T., Scheuerell, M. D., Semmens, B. X., & Pattengill-Semmens, C. V. (2014). Demographic modeling of citizen science data informs habitat preferences and population dynamics of recovering fishes. Ecology, 95(12), 3251-3258.
• Phillips, D. L., Inger, R., Bearhop, S., Jackson, A. L., Moore, J. W., Parnell, A. C., ... Ward, E. J. (2014). Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 92(10), 823-835. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2014-0127
• Waterhouse, L., Sampson, D. B., Maunder, M., & Semmens, B. X. (2014). Using areas-as-fleets selectivity to model spatial fishing: Asymptotic curves are unlikely under equilibrium conditions. Fisheries Research, 158, 15-25. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.01.009
• Gruss, A., Robinson, J., Heppell, S. S., Heppell, S. A., & Semmens, B. X. (2014). Conservation and fisheries effects of spawning aggregation marine protected areas: What we know, where we should go, and what we need to get there. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 71(7), 1515-1534. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu038
• Johnson, D. W., Grorud-Colvert, K., Sponaugle, S., & Semmens, B. X. (2014). Phenotypic variation and selective mortality as major drivers of recruitment variability in fishes. Ecology Letters, 17(6), 743-755. doi: 10.1111/ele.12273
• Jackson, A. M., Semmens, B. X., de Mitcheson, Y. S., Nemeth, R. S., Heppell, S. A., Bush, P. G., ... Bernardi, G. (2014). Population structure and phylogeography in Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a mass-aggregating marine fish. Plos One, 9(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097508
• Diffendorfer, J. E., Loomis, J. B., Ries, L., Oberhauser, K., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Semmens, D., ... Thogmartin, W. E. (2014). National valuation of Monarch butterflies indicates an untapped potential for incentive-based conservation. Conservation Letters, 7(3), 253-262. doi: 10.1111/conl.12065
• Nosrati, K., Govers, G., Semmens, B. X., & Ward, E. J. (2014). A mixing model to incorporate uncertainty in sediment fingerprinting. Geoderma, 217, 173-180. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.002

2013

• Parnell, A. C., Phillips, D. L., Bearhop, S., Semmens, B. X., Ward, E. J., Moore, J. W., ... Inger, R. (2013). Bayesian stable isotope mixing models. Environmetrics, 24(6), 387-399.

2012

• Heppell, S. A., Semmens, B. X., Archer, S. K., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Bush, P. G., McCoy, C. M., ... Johnson, B. C. (2012). Documenting recovery of a spawning aggregation through size frequency analysis from underwater laser calipers measurements. Biological Conservation, 155, 119-127.
• McCauley, D. J., Young, H. S., Dunbar, R. B., Estes, J. A., Semmens, B. X., & Michel, F. (2012). Assessing the effects of large mobile predators on ecosystem connectivity. Ecological Applications, 22(6), 1711-1717.
• Abello, P., Ai, W. M., Altmann, C., Bernardi, G., Bonato, O., Burchhardt, K. M., ... Mol Ecology Resources Primer Dev, C. (2012). Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2012-31 May 2012. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12(5), 972-974. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03173.x
• Carlisle, A. B., Kim, S. L., Semmens, B. X., Madigan, D. J., Jorgensen, S. J., Perle, C. R., ... Block, B. A. (2012). Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Understand the Migration and Trophic Ecology of Northeastern Pacific White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Plos One, 7(2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030492
• Archer, S. K., Heppell, S. A., Semmens, B. X., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Bush, P. G., McCoy, C. M., & Johnson, B. C. (2012). Patterns of color phase indicate spawn timing at a Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus spawning aggregation. Current Zoology, 58(1), 73-83.
• Hass, T., Hyman, J., & Semmens, B. X. (2012). Climate change, heightened hurricane activity, and extinction risk for an endangered tropical seabird, the black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 454, 251-261. doi: 10.3354/meps09723

2011

• Yeakel, J. D., Novak, M., Guimaraes, P. R., Dominy, N. J., Koch, P. L., Ward, E. J., ... Semmens, B. X. (2011). Merging Resource Availability with Isotope Mixing Models: The Role of Neutral Interaction Assumptions. Plos One, 6(7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022015
• Francis, T. B., Schindler, D. E., Holtgrieve, G. W., Larson, E. R., Scheuerell, M. D., Semmens, B. X., & Ward, E. J. (2011). Habitat structure determines resource use by zooplankton in temperate lakes. Ecology Letters, 14(4), 364-372. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01597.x
• Ward, E. J., Semmens, B. X., Holmes, E. E., & Balcomb, K. C. (2011). Effects of Multiple Levels of Social Organization on Survival and Abundance. Conservation Biology, 25(2), 350-355. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01600.x

2010

• Ward, E. J., Semmens, B. X., & Schindler, D. E. (2010). Including Source Uncertainty and Prior Information in the Analysis of Stable Isotope Mixing Models. Environmental Science & Technology, 44(12), 4645-4650. doi: 10.1021/es100053v
• Semmens, B. X., Auster, P. J., & Paddack, M. J. (2010). Using Ecological Null Models to Assess the Potential for Marine Protected Area Networks to Protect Biodiversity. Plos One, 5(1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008895

2009

• Semmens, B. X., Ward, E. J., Moore, J. W., & Darimont, C. T. (2009). Quantifying Inter- and Intra-Population Niche Variability Using Hierarchical Bayesian Stable Isotope Mixing Models. Plos One, 4(7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006187
• Semmens, B. X., Moore, J. W., & Ward, E. J. (2009). Improving Bayesian isotope mixing models: a response to Jackson et al. (2009). Ecology Letters, 12(3), E6-E8. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01283.x

2008

• Semmens, B. X. (2008). Acoustically derived fine-scale behaviors of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with intertidal benthic habitats in an estuary. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 65(9), 2053-2062. doi: 10.1139/f08-107
• Moore, J. W., & Semmens, B. X. (2008). Incorporating uncertainty and prior information into stable isotope mixing models. Ecology Letters, 11(5), 470-480. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01163.x

2006

• Semmens, B. X., Luke, K. E., Bush, P. G., McCoy, C. M. R., & Johnson, B. C. (2006). Isopod infestation of postspawning Nassau grouper around little Cayman Island. Journal of Fish Biology, 69(3), 933-937. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01129.x

2005

• Auster, P. J., Semmens, B. X., & Barber, K. (2005). Pattern in the co-occurrence of fishes inhabiting the coral reefs of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 74(2), 187-194. doi: 10.1007/s10641-005-8078-0
• Semmens, B. X., Brumbaugh, D. R., & Drew, J. A. (2005). Interpreting space use and behavior of blue tang, Acanthurus coeruleus, in the context of habitat, density, and intra-specific interactions. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 74(1), 99-107. doi: 10.1007/s10641-005-6467-z

2004

• Whaylen, L., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Semmens, B. X., Bush, P. G., & Boardman, M. R. (2004). Observations of a Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, spawning aggregation site in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, including multi-species spawning information. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 70(3), 305-313. doi: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000033341.57920.a8
• Semmens, B. X., Buhle, E. R., Salomon, A. K., & Pattengill-Semmens, C. V. (2004). A hotspot of non-native marine fishes: evidence for the aquarium trade as an invasion pathway. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 266, 239-244. doi: 10.3354/meps266239
• Holmes, E., & Semmens, B. X. (2004). Viability analysis for endangered metapopulations: a diffusion approximation approach. Ecology, genetics, and evolution of metapopulations. Burlington, MA: Elsevier.

2003

• Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., & Semmens, B. X. (2003). Conservation and management applications of the reef volunteer fish monitoring program. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 81(1-3), 43-50. doi: 10.1023/a:1021300302208

2001

• Salomon, A. K., Ruesink, J. L., Semmens, B. X., & Paine, R. T. (2001). Incorporating human and ecological communities in marine conservation: An alternative to Zacharias and Roff. Conservation Biology, 15(5), 1452-1455. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2001.00555.x

1998

• Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., & Semmens, B. X. (1998). An Analysis of Fish Survey Data Generated by Nonexpert Volunteers in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science, 16(2), 196-207.