Rankin T.L., and S. Sponaugle. (2011). Temperature influences selective mortality during the early life stages of a coral reef fish. PLoS ONE 6(5): e16814. <PDF>

D'Alessandro E.K., and S. Sponaugle. (2011). Comparative predation rates on larval snapper (Lutjanidae) in oceanic, reef, and nearshore waters. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 399:182-187. <PDF>

Huebert, K.B., S. Sponaugle, and R.K. Cowen. (2010). Predicting the vertical distributions of reef fish larvae in the Straits of Florida from environmental factors. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 67:1755–1767. <PDF>

D'Alessandro, E., S. Sponaugle, and J. Serafy. (2010). Larval ecology of a suite of snappers (family: Lutjanidae) in the Straits of Florida. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 410:159-175. <PDF>

Grorud-Colvert, K., and S. Sponaugle. (2010). Variability in temperature affects trait-mediated survival a newly settled coral reef fish. Oecologia 165:675-686. <PDF>

Sponaugle S. (2010). Otolith microstructure reveals ecological and oceanographic processes important to fisheries management. Environ Biol Fish 89:221-238. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., K.D. Walter, K. Denit, J.L. Llopiz, and R.K. Cowen. (2010). Variation in pelagic larval growth of Atlantic billfishes: the role of prey composition and selective mortality. Mar Biol 157:839-849. <PDF>

Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Larval supply and juvenile recruitment of coral reef fishes to marine reserves and non-reserves of the upper Florida Keys, USA. Mar Biol 156:277-288. <PDF>

Huebert K., and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Observed and simulated swimming trajectories of settlement-stage coral reef fish larvae in the Florida Keys. Aquat Biol 7:207-216. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K. and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Larval dispersal and marine population connectivity. Annu Rev Mar Sci 1:443-466. <Article>

Sponaugle, S. (2009). Daily otolith increments in the early stages of tropical fishes. Pages 93-132 In: B. Green, B. Mapstone, G. Carlos, and G. Begg, eds. Gathering information from otoliths of tropical fishes. Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Springer.

Paddack, M.J., S. Sponaugle, and R.K. Cowen. (2009). Small-scale demographic variation in the stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788). J Fish Biol 75:2509-2526. <PDF>

Richardson, D.E., R.K. Cowen, E.D. Prince, and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Importance of Straits of Florida spawning ground to Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans). Fish Oceanogr 18:6, 402-418. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., J.K. Llopiz, L.N. Havel, and T.L. Rankin. (2009). Spatial variation in larval growth and gut fullness in a coral reef fish. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 383:239-249. <PDF>

Luo, J., J.E. Serafy, S. Sponaugle, PB Teare, and D. Kieckbusch. (2009). Movement of gray snapper Lutjanus griseus among subtropical seagrass, mangrove, and coral reef habitats. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 380:255-269. <PDF>

Paddack, M.J. and S. Sponaugle. (2008). Recruitment and habitat selection of newly settled Sparisoma viride to reefs with low coralcover. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 369:205-212. <PDF>

Pineda, J., J.A. Hare, and S. Sponaugle. (2007). Larval dispersal and transport in the coastal ocean and consequences for population connectivity. Oceanography 20:22-39.

D'Alessandro, E., S. Sponaugle, and T.N. Lee. (2007). Patterns and processes of larval fish supply to the coral reefs of the upper Florida Keys. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 331:85-100. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and K. Grorud-Colvert. (2006). Environmental variability, early life history traits, and survival of new recruits of a coral reef fish. Integr Comp Biol 46:623-633. <PDF>

Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle. (2006). Influence of condition on behavior and survival potential of a newly settled coral reef fish. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 327:279-388. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., K. Grorud-Colvert, and D. Pinkard. (2006). Temperature-mediated variation in early life history traits and recruitment success of the coral reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum in the Florida Keys. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:1-15. <PDF>

Paddack, M.J., R.K. Cowen, and S. Sponaugle. (2006). Grazing pressure of herbivorous coral reef fishes on low coral-cover reefs. Coral Reefs 25:461-472. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., T. Lee, V. Kourafalou, and D. Pinkard. (2005a). Florida Current frontal eddies and the settlement of coral reef fishes. Limnol Oceangr 50:1033-1048. <PDF>

Luthy, S.A., J.E. Serafy, R.K. Cowen, K.L. Denit, S. Sponaugle. (2005). Age and growth of larval Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus. Mar Freshw Res 56:1027-1035. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., K.L. Denit, S.A. Luthy, J.E. Serafy, and R.K. Cowen. (2005b). Growth variation in larval Makaira nigricans. J Fish Biol 66:822-835. <PDF>

Paris, C.B., S. Sponaugle, R.K. Cowen, and T. Rotunno. (2005). Pomacentridae. pp. 1787-1818. In :W.J. Richards, ed., Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes , CRS Press, Boca Raton.

Denit, K. and S. Sponaugle. (2004). Growth variation, settlement and spawning of the gray snapper Lutjanus griseus across a latitudinal gradient. Trans Amer Fish Soc 133:1339-1355. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and D.R. Pinkard. (2004a). Lunar cyclic population replenishment of a coral reef fish: shifting patterns following oceanic events. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 267:267-280. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and D.R. Pinkard. (2004b). Impact of variable pelagic environments on natural larval growth and recruitment of the reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum. J Fish Biol 64:34-54. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., J. Fortuna, K. Grorud and T. Lee. (2003). Dynamics of larval fish assemblages over a shallow coral reef in the Florida Keys. Mar Biol 143:175-189. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K., S. Sponaugle, C.B. Paris, K.M.M. Lwiza, J.L. Fortuna and S. Dorsey. (2003). Impact of North Brazil Current rings on local circulation and coral reef fish recruitment to Barbados, West Indies. pp. 443-462. In: G.J. Goni and P.M. Rizzoli, eds., Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean. Elsevier, Amsterdam. <PDF>

Sponaugle S., R.K. Cowen, A. Shanks, S.G. Morgan, J.M. Leis, J. Pineda, G.W. Boehlert, M.J. Kingsford, K. Lindeman, C. Grimes, and J.L. Munro. (2002). Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates and mechanisms. Bull Mar Sci 70S:341-375. <PDF>

Valles H., S. Sponaugle, and H. Oxenford. (2001). Larval supply to a marine reserve and adjacent fished area in the Soufriere Marine Management Area, St. Lucia, West Indies. J Fish Biol 59:152-177. <PDF>

Searcy, S. and S. Sponaugle. (2001). Selective mortality during the larval-juvenile transition in two coral reef fishes. Ecology 82:2452-2470. <PDF>

Searcy, S. and S. Sponaugle. (2000). Variable larval growth in a coral reef fish. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 206:213-226. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K., K.M.M Lwiza, S. Sponaugle, C. Paris and D. Olson. (2000). Connectivity of marine populations: Open or closed? Science 287:857-859. <PDF>

Reyns, N. and S. Sponaugle. (1999). Patterns and processes of brachyuran crab settlement to Caribbean coral reefs. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 185:155-170. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1997). Early life history traits and recruitment patterns of Caribbean wrasses (Labridae). Ecol Monogr 67:177-202. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K. and S. Sponaugle. (1997). Relationships between early life history traits and recruitment in coral reef fishes. pp. 423-449. In : R.C. Chambers and E. Trippel (eds.), Early Life History and Recruitment in Fish Populations. Chapman and Hall.

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1996). Nearshore patterns of larval supply to Barbados, West Indies. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 133:13-28. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1996). Larval supply and patterns of recruitment for two Caribbean fishes, Stegastes partitus and Acanthurus bahianus. Mar Freshw Res 47:433-447. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1994). Larval durations and recruitment patterns of two Caribbean gobies (Gobiidae): Contrasting early life histories in demersal spawners. Mar Biol 120:133-143. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and M. LaBarbera. (1991). Drag-induced deformation: a functional feeding strategy in two species of gorgonians. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 148:121-134. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. (1991). Flow patterns and velocities around a suspension-feeding gorgonian polyp: evidence from physical models. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 148:135-145. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and P. Lawton. (1990). Portunid crab predation on juvenile hard clams: effects of substrate type and prey density. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 67:43-53. <PDF>