Publications

  1. 2024b. Gravem, S.A., S. Bachhuber, A. Chiachi, L. Field, S. Bignami, R. Gaddam, P.T. Raimondi, and B.A. Menge. Biogeographic patterns in density, recruitment, body size, and zonation of rocky intertidal predators suggest increased population vulnerability near southern range limits. In press at J of Biogeography.  proof
  2. 2024. SA Hamilton, T Calvanese, SA Gravem, AWE Galloway, E Kochman, D Chabot, E Vidusic and N Webster. Oregon Kelp Forest Status Report: A Report by the Oregon Kelp Forest Alliance. In press proof
  3. 2024a. Gravem, S.A., B.N. Poirson, J.W. Robinson and B.A. Menge. Resistance of rocky intertidal communities to oceanic climate fluctuations. PLoS ONE 19(5): e0297697. link
  4. 2024. Whippo, R., S.A. Gravem, E. Porter-Hughes, A.W.E. Galloway. The sunflower sea star reduces grazing rates of purple sea urchins dependent upon urchin starvation state. Ecosphere. 2024;15:e4948. link
  5. 2024. Arroyo-Esquivel, J., R. Adams, S.A. Gravem, R. Whippo, Z. Randell, J. Kobelt, J. Hodin, A. Galloway, B. Gaylord, and M. L. Baskett. Multiple resiliency metrics reveal complementary drivers of ecosystem persistence: an application to kelp forest systems. In Press at Ecology final draft
  6. 2023. Galloway, A.W.E*., Gravem, S.A.*, J.N. Kobelt, W.N. Heady, DK Okamoto, D.M. Sivitilli, V.R. Saccomanno, R. Whippo. Sunflower sea star predation on urchins can facilitate kelp forest recovery. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290 (1993) link *co-first authors
  7. 2023. Rickborn, A.J, S. A. Gravem and B.A. Menge. Community structure and recovery in cryptic intertidal communities reflects dynamics on open-surface communities. Ecosphere 14(6) e4562 link
  8. 2023b. Menge, B. A., S. A. Gravem, E. Richmond, and M. Noble. A unified meta-ecosystem dynamics model: Integrating herbivore-plant subwebs with the intermittent upwelling hypothesis. Ecosphere. 14 (5) e4531 link
  9. 2023a. Menge, B.A., S. A. Gravem, J.W. Robinson and B.N. Poirson. Quantitative biogeography: Decreasing and more variable dynamics of critical species in an iconic meta-ecosystem. Ecological Monographs. 93 (1) e1556 pdf
  10. 2022. Heady, W.N., R. Beas-Luna, M.N Dawson, N. Eddy, K. Elsmore, F. T. Francis, T. Frierson, A.L. Gehman, T. Gotthardt, S.A. Gravem, J. Grebel, S. L. Hamilton, L. Hannah, C.D. Harvell, J. Hodin, I. Kelmartin, C. Krenz, L. Lee, J. Lorda, D. Lowry, S. Mastrup, E. Meyer, P. T. Raimondi, S. S. Rumrill, V. R. Saccomanno, L. M. Schiebelhut, C. Siddon. Roadmap to recovery for the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) along the west coast of North America. The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, US. 44 pages. pdf
  11. 2022. Glidden, C.K., S. Bachhuber, L.C. Field, R. Cates, L. Cohen, E. Crockett, M. Degnin-Warner, M. Feezell, H. Fulton-Bennett, S. Hennessy, D. Pires, B.N. Poirson, Z.H. Randell, E. White, and S.A. Gravem. Strategies for Managing Marine Disease. Ecological Applications 32(7) e2643.  doi/10.1002/eap.2643 pdf
  12. 2022. Gravem SA, B. Menge, L. Aylesworth. Intertidal Sea Star Report. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Resources Program. Newport, OR. pdf
  13. 2022. Gravem SA, B. Menge, L. Aylesworth. 2022. Intertidal Community Dynamics Report. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Resources Program. Newport, OR. pdf
  14. 2022. Gravem SA, B. Menge, L. Aylesworth. 2022. Mussel Bed Dynamics Report. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Resources Program. Newport, OR. pdf
  15. 2022. Menge, BA, SA Gravem, A Johnson, JW Robinson, and BN Poirson. Increasing Instability of a Rocky Intertidal Meta-Ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (3) e2114257119 doi/10.1073/pnas.2114257119 pdf
  16. 2022. Burton, A., SA Gravem, and F Barreto. Evidence for genetic variation associated with susceptibility to sea star wasting syndrome in the keystone species Pisaster ochraceus. Molecular Ecology   31(1):197-205. doi: 10.1111/mec.16212 pdf
  17. 2021. Hamilton, S.L., Beas-Luna, R., Francis, F., Gehman, A., Heady W., Lonhart, S., Rogers-Bennett, L., Saccomanno, V., Salomon, A. and S.A. Gravem. Disease-driven mass mortality event leads to widespread extirpation and variable recovery potential of a marine predator across the eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1957) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1195 pdf
  18. 2021. Gravem, S.A., W.N. Heady, V.R. Saccomanno, K.F. Alvstad, A.L.M. Gehman, T.N. Frierson, and S.L. Hamilton. Pycnopodia helianthoides. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. pdf supplement
  19. 2019. Gravem, S.A. and S.G. Morgan. Trait-mediated indirect effects in a natural tidepool system. Marine Biology 166: 23 pdf
  20. 2019a. Menge, B.A., K. Milligan, J. Caselle, J. Barth, F. Chan, S.A. Gravem, J. Lubchenco, M. Novak, J.W. White, C. Blanchette, L. Washburn, M. Carr, P. Raimondi and M. McManus. Integrating Coastal Oceanic and Benthic Ecological Approaches for Understanding Large-scale Ecosystem Dynamics. Oceanography 32(3): 38-49 pdf
  21. 2019b. Menge, B.A., J. E. Caselle, J. A. Barth, F. Chan, S.A. Gravem, J. Lubchenco, K. Milligan, M. Novak, J. W. White, C.A. Blanchette, L. Washburn, M. Carr, P. Raimondi, M. McManus, T.C. Gouhier. Community Responses to Climate-Related Variability and Disease: The Critical Importance of Long-term Research. Oceanography 32(3): 72-81 pdf
  22. 2018. Gravem, SA, J Burnaford, A Henry, LC Field, E Jackson, N Jaffe, M Loeher, BA Menge, and CM Miner. Research and Management Needs to Address Sea Star Wasting Syndrome: A Collaborative Strategic Action Plan. Published online Nov 2018 pdf
  23. 2017. Gravem, S.A., S. Bachhuber, H. Fulton-Bennet, Z. Randell, A. Rickborn, J. Sullivan, B.A. Menge. Opinion: Transformative research is not easily predicted. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32(11): 825-834.  pdf
  24. 2017. Gravem, S.A. and S.G. Morgan.  Shifts in intertidal zonation and refuge use by prey after mass mortalities of two predators. Ecology 98(4): 1006-1015 pdf  Appendix S1  Appendix S2
  25. 2017. Taylor, A. W., S.G. Morgan and S.A. Gravem. Underwater video reveals decreased activity of rocky intertidal snails during high tides and cooler days.  Marine Ecology 38(2): e12418 pdf  Appendix S1  Appendix S2
  26. 2016. Morgan, S.G., S.A. Gravem, and B.G. Miner. Trait-mediated indirect interactions by residents of rocky shore tidepools. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 552: 31-46.​ pdf  supplement
  27. 2016. Menge, B.A. E.B. Cerny-Chipman, A. Johnson, J. Sullivan, S.A. Gravem, and F.T. Chan. Ecology of the sea star wasting disease epidemic in the keystone predator Pisaster ochraceus: population impact, recovery potential, and predation rate. PLoS One. 11(5) e0153994. pdf  correction
  28. 2016. Gravem, S.A. and S.G. Morgan. Prey state alters trait-mediated indirect interactions in rocky tidepools. Functional Ecology. 30(9): 1574-1582 pdf  Lay summary  Appendix S1  Fig S1 
  29. 2015. Gravem, S.A. Linking Antipredator Behavior of Prey to Community Structure and Intertidal Zonation in Rocky Tidepools. Dissertation. University of California, Davis. pdf
  30. 2012. Gravem, S.A. and N.L. Adams. Sex and microhabitat influence the uptake and allocation of mycosporine-like amino acids to tissues in the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Marine Biology. 159(12): 2839-2852. pdf supplement
  31. 2011. Brander, S., R. Fontana, T. Mata, S.A. Gravem, A. Hettinger, J. Bean, A. Szlobolzlai, C. Keiper and M. Marrero. The ecotoxicology of plastic marine debris. The American Biology Teacher.  73(8): 474-478. pdf