Selected Peer Reviewed Publications

*Keene State Undergraduate

Barley, JM, Brian S. Cheng, BS, Sasaki, M, Gignoux-Wolfsohn, S, Hays, CG, Putnam, AB, Sheth, S, Villeneuve, AR, and M Kelly. In press. Limited plasticity in thermally tolerant ectotherm populations: evidence for a trade-off. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Hays, CG, Hanley, TC, Hughes, AR, Trusky, SB, Zerebecki, RA, and EE Sotka. 2021. Local adaptation in marine foundation species at microgeographic scales. Biological Bulletin 241:16-29. Link

Hays, CG, Hanley, TC, Graves, RM*, Schenck, FR, and AR Hughes. 2020. Linking spatial patterns of adult and seed diversity across the depth gradient in the seagrass Zostera marina. Estuaries and Coasts. Link

Von Staats, DA, Hanley, TC, Hays, CG, Madden, SR, Sotka, EE, and AR Hughes. 2020. Intra-meadow variation in seagrass flowering phenology across depths. Estuaries and Coasts. Link

Follett, E, Hays, CG, and H Knepf. 2019. Canopy-mediated hydrodynamics contributes to greater allelic richness in seeds produced higher in meadows of the coastal eelgrass Zostera marina. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:8. Link

Novak, AB, Bayley, HK, Hays, CG, and AR Hughes. 2017. Effects of source population identity and diversity on seagrass restoration performance. PeerJ 5:e2972 Link

Hughes AR, Hanley, TC, Schenck, FR, and CG Hays. 2016. Genetic diversity of seagrass seeds influences seedling morphology and biomass. Ecology 97(12):3538-3546. Link

Hays, CG, and CM Fagan*. 2016. Evolution and Conservation Biology: General Principles. In: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology, 1st Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Link

Dawson, MN, Hays, CG, Grosberg, RK, and PT Raimondi. 2014. Dispersal potential and the population genetic structure of synchronously diverging co-distributed taxa in the marine intertidal of the eastern North Pacific. Ecological Monographs 84:435-456. Link

Watson, J, , Siegel, DA, P.T. Raimondi, PT, S. Mitarai, S, Blanchette, CA, C. Dong, C, and JA McWilliams. 2011. Currents connecting communities: a study of nearshore marine species in the Southern California Bight. Ecology 92(6): 1193-1200. Link

Springer, YP, Hays, CG, Carr, MH, and MR Mackey. 2010. Towards ecosystem-based management of marine macroalgae: the bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana. In: Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Eds. R.N. Gibson, R.J.A. Atkinson, and J.D.M. Gordon, CRC Press. Link

Dlugosch, KM, and CG Hays. 2008. Genotypes on the move: some things old and some things new shape the genetics of colonization during species invasions. Molecular Ecology 17(21):4583-4585. Link

Hays, CG. 2007. Adaptive phenotypic differentiation across the intertidal gradient in the alga Silvetia compressa. Ecology. 88(1):149-157. Link

Hays, CG. 2005. The effects of nutrient availability, grazer assemblage and source population on the interaction between Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) and its algal epiphytes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 314(1):53-68. Link

Heck, KL, Hays, CG, and RJ Orth. 2003. A critical evaluation of the nursery role hypothesis for seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series 253:123-136. Link

Sheridan PF, and CG Hays. 2003. Are mangroves nursery habitat for transient fish and decapods? Wetlands 23(2):449-458. Link

Minello TJ, Able KW, Weinstein MP, and CG Hays. 2003. Salt marshes as nurseries for nekton: testing hypotheses on density, growth, and survivorship though meta-analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 246:39-59. Link

Beck, MW, Heck, KL, Able, KW, Childers, DL, Eggleston, DB, Gillanders, BM, Halpern, B, Hays, CG, Hoshino, K, Minello, TJ, Orth, RJ, Sheridan, PF, and MR Weinstein. 2001. The identification, conservation, and management of estuarine and marine nurseries for fish and invertebrates. Bioscience 51(8):633-641. Link