Peer-Reviewed Publications

Citations of our work found here

*Indicates undergraduate coauthor; **indicates graduate coauthor
 

 

2020

 

• Griffen BD, *van den Akker D, *DiNuzzo ER, *Anderson L, *Vernier A (2020) Comparing methods for predicting the impacts of invasive species. Biological Invasions

• 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