Steven N. Murray

Major fields: effectiveness of marine life refuges, human impacts on coastal ecosystems, marine biology, marine ecology, marine herbivory, marine sciences, ocean affairs, physiological ecology and reproductive biology of seaweeds

1. Murray, S.N. 2007. Habitat Alteration. M. Denny and S. Gaines, eds. Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. University of California Press, Berkeley pp: 256-260. (article)

2. Murray, S.N. and S.F. Zaleski. 2006. Taxonomic diversity and geographic distributions of aquarium-traded species of Caulerpa (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in southern California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 314: 97-108. (article)

3. Murray, S.N., W.T. Stam, J.L. Olsen, S.F. Zaleski, K.R. Brown, and L.J. Walters. 2006. A forensic and phylogenetic survey of Caulerpa species (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) from around the Florida coast, local aquarium shops and e-commerce: establishing a proactive baseline for early detection. Journal of Phycology 42: 1113-1124. (article)

4. Murray, S.N., R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier. 2006. Monitoring Rocky Shores. University of California Press, Berkeley. pp: 220. (article)

5. Murray, S.N., R.D. Sagarin, R.F. Ambrose, B.J. Becker, J.M. Engle, J. Kido, S.F. Lee, C.M. Miner, P.T. Raimondi, D.V. Richards, and C. Roe. 2006. Ecological Impacts on the limpet Lottia gigantea populations: human pressure over a broad scale on islands and mainland intertidal zones. Marine Biology 150: 399-413. (article)

6. Murray, S.N. and J.R. Smith. 2005. The effects of experimental bait collection and trampling on a southern California Mytilus californianus Conrad bed. Marine Biology 147: 699-706. (article)

7. Murray, S.N. and T.E. Cox. 2005. Feeding preferences and the relationships between food choice and assimilation efficiency in the herbivorous marine snail Lithopoma undosum (Turbinidae). Marine Biology 148: 1295-1306. (article)

8. Murray, S.N. and E.H. Yee. 2004. Effects of temperature on activity, food consumption rates, and gut passage times of three seaweed-eating species of Tegula (Trochidae) from central and southern California. Marine Biology 145: 895-903. (article)

9. Murray, S.N. and J.S. Kido. 2003. Variation in owl limpet Lottia gigantea population structures, growth rates, and gonadal production on southern California rocky shores. Marine Ecology Progress Series 257: 111-124. (article)

10. Murray, S.N., R.F. Ambrose, J.A. Bohnsack, L.W. Botsford, M.H. Carr, G.E. Davis, P.K. Dayton, D. Gotshall, D. Gunderson, M.A. Hixon, J. Lubchenco, M.C. Mangel, A. McCall, D.A. McArdle, J.C. Ogden, J. Roughgarden, R.M. Starr, M.J. Tegner, and M.M. Yoklavich. 1999. No-take marine reserves: sustaining fishery populations and marine ecosystems. Fisheries 24: 11-25. (article)

I am a member of:

• Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology