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Griffen Lab

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Citations of our work found here
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2024

**Fletcher LS, Griffen BD (2024) Optimal limb regeneration strategies in Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1462916

*Frandsen, EE, Griffen BD (In press) Purpose of waving variation in the fiddler crab Leptuca pugilator. Northeastern Naturalist 23(4):549-561

Griffen BD, *Klimes L, *Fletcher LS, Thometz NM (2024) Data needs for sea otter bioenergetics modeling. Conservation Physiology 12: coae067

*Stancil CK, *Smith N, *Fletcher LS, *Anderson L (2024) Metabolic rates of different demographics in the sand fiddler crab Leptuca pugilator. PLOS one 19(10):e0308617

*Yang NY, Griffen BD, Creighton JC, Belk MC (2024) A dynamic state variable model suggests a stronger effect of age than individual energetic state on reproductive allocation in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 78:1-5

Griffen BD, *Bolander M, **Fletcher LS, *Luckett J, Repetto MF, *Smith, N, *Stancil C, Toscano BJ (2024) Factors influencing variation in reproduction in invasive species: a case study of the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Biological Invasions 26:3243-3255

Griffen BD, *Ashton IB, *Dominguez-Villalobos A, **Fletcher LS, **Marlow BN, *Raj V, *Reese LA, *Reese TC, Richardson HC (2024) Variation in metabolic rate during low tide aerial exposure in the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Marine Biology 171:129

**Fletcher LS, Blakeslee A, Crane L, Repetto MF, Toscano BJ, Griffen BD (2024) Using external morphology as a proxy for stomach size in Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Ecology and Evolution 14:e11344

*Reese TC, Blakeslee A, Crane L, *Fletcher LS, Repetto MF, *Smith N, *Stancil C, Tepolt CK, Tocano BJ, Griffen BD (2024) Shift from income breeding to capital breeding with latitude in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports 14:6654

2023

Griffen BD, *Bolander M, Blakeslee AMH, Repetto MF, Tepolt CK, Toscano BJ (2023) Past energy allocation overwhelms current energy stresses in determining energy allocation trade-offs. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10402

**Cabrera D, Griffen BD (2023) Differences in growth within and across the reproductive forms of non-native northern crayfish Faxonius virilis. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10067

*Quezada-Villa K, Cannizzo Z, *Carver J, Dunn, RP, *Fletcher SL, Kimball ME, *McMullin AL, *Orocu B, Pfirrman BW, *Pinkston E, *Reese TC, *Smith N, *Stancil C, Toscano BJ, Griffen BD (2023) Predicting diet in brachyuran crabs using external morphology. PeerJ: International Association for Biological Oceanography Hub 11:e15224

*Reese TC, *Alder J, *Asay EG, Blakeslee AMH, **Cabrera D, Crane LC, *Fletcher LS, *Pinkston E, Repetto MF, *Smith N, *Stancil C, Tepolt CK, Toscano BJ, Griffen BD (2023) Effects of season and latitude on the diet quality of the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Marine Ecology Progress Sereies 704:67-79

2022

*Smith N, *Anderson L, *Fletcher LS, *Stancil CK, Griffen BD (2022) Metabolic rates in the squareback marsh crab Armases cinereum. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9665

Griffen BD, *Alder J, *Anderson L, *Asay EG, Blakeslee A, *Bolander M, **Cabrera D, *Carver J, Crane L, *DiNuzzo ER, *Fletcher LS, *Lucket J, *meidell M, *Pinkston E, *Reese TC, Repetto M, *Smith N, *Stancil CK, Tepolt CK, Toscano BJ, *Vernier A (2022) Latitudinal and temporal variation in injury and its impacts in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports 12:16557

*Fletcher LS, *Bolander M, *Reese TC, *Asay EG, *Pinkston E, Griffen BD (2022) Metabolic rates of the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus in air as a function of body size, location and injury. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9297

*Potter B, Cannizzo, ZJ, Griffen BD (2022) Morphometric correlations between dietary and reproductive traits of two brachyuran crabs, Hemigrapsus sanguineus and Aratus pisonii. Plos One 17:e0267369

Griffen BD, Whiteman JP, *Pullan S (2022) Significance of autumn and winter food consumption for reproduction by Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears. Polar Biology 45:1351-1362

Toscano BJ, Pulcini D, Costa-Pereira, *Newsome WB, Griffen BD (2022) Polymorphism promotes edge utilization by marsh crabs. Oecologia 198:1031-1042

2021

*Carver J, Meidell M, Cannizzo J, Griffen BD (2021) Evidence for use of both capital and income breeding strategies in the mangrove tree crab, Aratus pisonii. Scientific Reports 11:14576

Griffen BD (2021) Considerations when applying the consumer functional response measured under artificial conditions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:713147

**Cabrera D, #Nilson JR, Griffen BD (2021) The development of animal personality across ontogeny: a cross-species review. Animal Behavior 173:137-144

Griffen BD, *van den Akker D, *DiNuzzo ER, *Anderson L, *Vernier A (2021) Comparing methods for predicting the impacts of invasive species. Biological Invasions 23:491-505

2020

Griffen BD, *Bailey J, *Carver J, *Vernier A, *DiNuzzo ER, *Anderson L, *Meidell M, *Potter B (2020) Mechanisms of possible self-limitation in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports 10:16908

*DiNuzzo ER, Griffen BD (2020) The effects of animal personality on the ideal free distribution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20201095

**Gül MR, Griffen BD (2020) Diet, energy storage, and reproduction in a bioindicator species across beaches with different levels of human disturbance. Ecological Indicators 117:106636

Belgrad BA, Griffen BD (2020) Which mechanisms are responsible for population patterns across different quality habitats? A new approach. Oikos 129:1552-1565

**Gül MR, Griffen BD (2020) Changes in claw morphology of a bioindicator species across habitats that differ in human disturbance. Hydrobiologia 847:3025-3037

*DiNuzzo ER, *Anderson L, *Walker A, *Sasso HK, *Christensen B, Griffen BD (2020) Human influences on male waving behavior in the fiddler crab Lactuca pugilator. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 53:43057

*Saxton NA, *Vernier AD, *Jebe MT, Griffen BD (2020) Startle response of the invasive Asian shore crab under different environmental conditions. Journal of Ethology  38:281-288

Griffen BD, Cannizzo ZJ, *Carver J, *Meidell M (2020) Reproductive and energetic costs of injury in the mangrove tree crab. Marine Ecology Progress Series 640:127-137

**Cannizzo ZJ, Lang SQ, Benitez-Nelson B, Griffen BD (2020) An artificial habitat increases the reproductive fitness of a range-shifting species within a newly colonized ecosystem. Scientific Reports 10:554

2019

**Gül MR, Griffen BD (2019) Burrowing behavior and burrowing energetics of a bioindicator under human disturbance. Ecology and Evolution 9:14205-14216

**Gül MR, Griffen BD (2019) Combined impacts of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on a bioindicator species (Fabricius, 1787). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 519:151185

*Vernier A, Griffen BD (2019) Physiological effect of limb loss on the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Northeastern Naturalist 26:761-771

**Cannizzo ZJ, Griffen BD (2019) An artificial habitat facilitates a climate-mediated range expansion into a suboptimal novel ecosystem. PLOS One 14(2):e0211638

**Cannizzo ZJ, *Nix SK, *Whaling IC, Griffen BD (2019) Individual morphology and habitat structure alter social interactions in a range-shifting species. Diversity 11:6

2018

**Gül MR, Griffen BD (2018) Impacts of human disturbance on ghost crab burrow morphology and distribution on sandy shores. PLOS One e0209977

Griffen BD, **Cannizzo ZJ, **Gül MR (2018) Ecological and evolutionary implications of allometric growth in stomach size of brachyuran crabs. PLOS One 13(11):e0207416

Griffen BD (2018) Reproductive skipping as an optimal life history strategy in the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina. Ecology and Evolution 8:9158-9170:9158-9170

Griffen BD (2018) The timing of energy allocation to reproduction in an important group of marine consumers. PLOS One 13(6):e0199043

**Belgrad BA, Griffen BD (2018) Personality interacts with habitat quality to govern individual mortality and dispersal patterns. Ecology and Evolution 8:7216-7227

Griffen BD (2018) Proposed mechanism of action of tap water iontophoresis for treatment of hyperhidrosis. Cogent Medicine 5:1486783

Griffen BD, *Sipos T (2018) A meta-analysis of the ecological and evolutionary drivers of metabolic rates in brachyuran crabs. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology DOI: : 10.1080/10236244.2018.1474714

**Gul MR, Griffen BD (2018) A reliable bioindicator of anthropogenic impact on South Carolina sandy shores. Southeastern Naturalist 17:357-364

**Cannizzo Z, *Dixon SR, Griffen BD (2018) An anthropogenic habitat within a suboptimal colonized ecosystem provides improved conditions for a range shifting species. Ecology and Evolution 8:1521-1533

**Cannizzo Z, Griffen BD (2018) Habitata specific impacts of Hurricane Matthew on a range expanding species. Hydrobiologia 809:79-89

Griffen BD (2018) Modeling the metabolic cost of swimming in polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Polar Biology 41:491-503

2017

**Hancock E, Griffen BD (2017) Energetic consequences of temperature and sequential autotomization for the stone crab, Menippe spp. Marine Ecology Progress Series 582:133-146

 Griffen BD, **Riley ME, **Cannizzo ZJ, Feller IC (2017) Indirect effects of ecosystem engineering combine with consumer behavior to determine the spatial distribution of herbivory. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:1425-1433

**Belgrad BA, Griffen BD (2017) Habitat quality mediates personality through differences in social context. Oecologia 184:431-440

**Riley ME, Griffen BD (2017) Habitat-specific differences alter traditional biogeographic patterns of life history in a climate-change induced range expansion. PLOS One 12(5):e0176263

Griffen BD (2017) Metabolic costs of capital energy storage in a small-bodied ectotherm. Ecology and Evolution 70:639-646

**Belgrad BA, *Karan J, Griffen BD (2017) Individual personality associated with interactions between physiological condition and the environment. Animal Behaviour 123:277-284

2016

Cannizzo ZJ, Griffen BD (2016) Changes in spatial behaviour patterns by mangrove tree crabs following climate-induced range shift into novel habitat. Animal Behaviour 121:79-86

Belgrad BA, Griffen BD (2016) Predator-prey interactions mediated by prey personality and predator hunting mode. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20160408

Knotts ER, Griffen BD (2016) Individual movement rates are sufficient to determine and maintain dynamic spatial positioning within Uca pugilator herds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:639-646

Griffen BD (2016) Scaling impacts of interactions between invaders from the individual to the population level. Ecology and Evolution

**Belgrad BA, Griffen BD (2016) The influence of dietary shifts on the fitness of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. PLOS One11(1):e0145481

Griffen BD, **Belgrad BA, **Cannizzo ZJ, **Knotts ER, *Hancock E (2016) Rethinking our approach to multiple stressor studies in marine environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 543:273-281

2015

Griffin JN, **Toscano BJ, Griffen BD, Silliman BR (2015) Does relative abundance modify multiple predator effects? Basic and Applied Ecology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2015.05.003

Blakeslee AMH, Keogh CL, Fowler AE, Griffen BD (2015) Trematode infection does little to hinder invasive green crabs in eastern North America. PLOS One

Griffen BD, **Riley ME (2015) Potential impacts of invasive crabs on one life history strategy of native rock crabs in the Gulf of Maine Biological Invasions 17:2533-2544

Griffen BD, *Norelli AP (2015) Spatially variable habitat quality contributes to within-population variation in reproductive success Ecology and Evolution 5:1474-1483

Griffen BD, *Vogel M, *Goulding L, *Hartman R (2015) Energetic effects of diet choice by invasive Asian shore crabs: implications for persistence when prey are scarce Marine Ecology Progress Series 522:181-192

**Belgrad BA, Griffen BD (2015) Rhizocephalan infection modifies host food consumption by reducing host activity levels Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 466:70-75

2014

**Riley ME, **Johnston CA, Feller IC, Griffen BD (2014) Range expansion of Aratus pisonii (mangrove tree crab) into novel vegetative habitats. Southeastern Natrualist 13:N43-N48

**Hogan JM, Griffen BD (2014) The dietary and reproductive consequences of fishery-related claw removal for the stone crab Menippe spp. Journal of Shellfish Research 33:795-804

**Toscano BJ, Griffen BD (2014) Trait-mediated functional responses: predator behavioural type mediates prey consumption.Journal of Animal Ecology 83:1469-1477
Editorial highlight of paper by Kalinkat. Journal of Animal Ecology 83:1245-1247 

**Toscano BJ, *Newsome B, Griffen BD (2014) Parasite modification of predator functional response. Oecologia 175:345-352

**Toscano BJ, *Gato J, Griffen BD (2014) Effects of predation threat on repeatability of individual crab behavior revealed by mark recapture. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68:519-527

**Riley ME, *Vogel M, Griffen BD (2014) Fitness-associated consequences of an omnivorous diet for the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii. Aquatic Biology 20:35-43

Griffen BD (2014) Linking individual diet variation and fecundity in an omnivorous marine consumer. Oecologia 174:121-130

2013

Drake JM, Griffen BD (2013) Experimental demonstration of accelerated extinction in source-sink metapopulations. Ecology and Evolution 3:3369-3378

**Toscano BJ, Griffen BD (2013) Predator size interacts with habitat structure to determine the allometric scaling of the functional response. Oikos 122:454-462 

2012

Griffen BD, **Toscano B, *Gatto J (2012) The role of intraspecific trait variation in mediating indirect interactions. Ecology 93:1935-1943

**Decker RA, Griffen BD (2012) Correlating context-specific boldness and physiological condition of female sand fiddler crabs (Uca pugilator). Journal of Ethology

Griffen BD, Altman I, *Bess BM, *Hurley J, **Penfield A (2012) The role of foraging in the success of invasive species. Biological Invasions 14:2545-2558

**Toscano BJ, Griffen BD (2012) Predatory crab size diversity and bivalve consumption in oyster reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 445:65-74

*Repetto M, Griffen BD (2012) Physiological consequences of parasite infection in the burrowing mud shrimp Upogebia pugettensis, a widespread ecosystem engineer. Marine and Freshwater Research 63:60-67

2011

Griffen BD, Altman I, *Hurley J, *Mosblack H (2011) Reduced fecundity by one invader in the presence of another: a potential mechanism leading to species replacement. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 406:6-13

Delaney DG, Griffen BD, Leung B (2011) Injury as a moderator of impacts of invasive species. Biological Invasions 13:2935-2945

Drake JM, *Shapiro J, Griffen BD (2011) Experimental demonstration of a two-phase population extinction hazard. Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface

Griffen BD, *Mosblack H (2011) Predicting diet and consumption rate differences between and within species using gut ecomorphology. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 854-863

Griffen BD (2011) Ecological impacts of replacing one invasive species with another in rocky intertidal areas. In: In the Wrong Place: Alien Marine Crustaceans - Distribution, Biology and Impacts. (eds.) Galil B, Clark P., Springer., p. 687-701 

2010

Griffen BD, Spooner D, Spivak A, Kramer A, Santoro A, Kelly N (2010) Moving species redundancy towards a more predictive framework. Limnology and Oceanography Methods, Eco-DAS VIII 3:30-46

Drake JM, Griffen BD (2010) Early warning signals of extinction in deteriorating environments. Nature 467:456-459. Editorial highlight of paper by Scheffer. Nature 467:411-412 

2009

Griffen BD (2009) Consumers that are not 'ideal' or 'free' can still approach the ideal free distribution using realistic patch-leaving rules. Journal of Animal Ecology 78:919-927

Griffen BD, Byers JE (2009) Community impacts of two invasive crabs: the roles of density, prey recruitment, and indirect effects. Biological Invasions 11:927-940

Griffen BD (2009) Effects of a newly invasive parasite on the burrowing mud shrimp, a widespread ecosystem engineer. Marine Ecology Progress Series 361:73-83

Griffen BD, Drake JM (2009) Environment, but not migration, influences extinction risk in experimental metapopulations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276:4363-4371. Featured in Nature 461:573 (1 October 2009)

Drake JM, Griffen BD (2009) The speed of expansion and extinction in experimental populations. Ecology Letters 12:772-778

Griffen BD, Drake JM (2009) Scaling rules for the final approach to extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B276:1361-1367

2008

Griffen BD, *Williamson, T (2008) Influence of predator density on nonindependent effects of multiple predator species. Oecologia 155:151-159

Griffen BD, *Guy T, *Julia Buck (2008) Inhibition between invasives: a newly introduced predator moderates the impacts of a previously established invasive predator. Journal of Animal Ecology 77:32-40 (Featured in Science at: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/1016/1)

Griffen BD, Drake JM (2008) Review of extinction in experimental populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 77:1274-1287 (Editor's note highlighting paper. Journal of Animal Ecology 77:1273)

Griffen BD, Drake JM (2008) Effects of habitat quality and size on extinction in experimental populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275:2251-2256 

2007

Griffen BD, Delaney DG (2007) Species invasion shifts the importance of predator dependence. Ecology 88:3012-3021 

2006

Griffen BD (2006) Detecting emergent effects of multiple predator species. Oecologia 148:702-709

Griffen BD, Byers JE (2006) Partitioning mechanisms of predator interference in different habitats. Oecologia 146:608-614

Griffen BD, Byers JE (2006) Intraguild predation reduces redundancy of predator species in multiple predator assemblage. Journal of Animal Ecology 75:959-966 

2004

Griffen BD, DeWitt TH, Langdon C (2004) Particle removal rates by the mud shrimp Upogebia pugettensis, its burrow, and a commensal clam: effects on estuarine phytoplankton abundance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 269:223-236

DeWitt, T.H., A.F. D'Andrea, C.A. Brown, B.D. Griffen, and P.M. Eldridge. 2004. Impact of burrowing shrimp populations on nitrogen cycling and water quality in western North American temperate estuaries. pp. 107-118, In: A. Tamaki (ed.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology of Large Bioturbators in Tidal Flats and Shallow Sublittoral Sediments - from Individual Behavior to Their Role as Ecosystem Engineers. University of Nagasaki, Japan