Quantitative Marine Ecology Lab

Research

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2025

Designing a BirdNET classifier for high wind detection in passive acoustic recordings to support wildlife monitoring
Designing a BirdNET classifier for high wind detection in passive acoustic recordings to support wildlife monitoring
Danielle T. Fradet, Megan A. Cimino, Easton R. White, Laura N. Kloepper
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  ·  01 Jun 2025  ·  10.1121/10.0036887
Minimum Sampling, Maximum Insight: Tracking Environmental Trends in a Tidal Estuary
Minimum Sampling, Maximum Insight: Tracking Environmental Trends in a Tidal Estuary
Barbara Spiecker, Kalle Matso, Christopher Whitney, Easton R. White
[no publisher info]  ·  23 May 2025  ·  doi:10.32942/X2Z056
Refining the trophic diversity, network structure, and bottom up importance of prey groups for temperate reef fishes
Refining the trophic diversity, network structure, and bottom‐up importance of prey groups for temperate reef fishes
S. Zarco‐Perello, S. Bennett, J. Goetze, T. H. Holmes, R. D. Stuart‐Smith, E. R. White
Ecosphere  ·  01 Feb 2025  ·  doi:10.1002/ecs2.70193

2024

Social-ecological models with social hierarchy and spatial structure applied to small-scale fisheries
Social-ecological models with social hierarchy and spatial structure applied to small-scale fisheries
Sophie Wulfing, Easton R. White
Theoretical Ecology  ·  15 Oct 2024  ·  doi:10.1007/s12080-024-00594-4
Multidecadal underwater surveys reveal declines in marine turtles
Multidecadal underwater surveys reveal declines in marine turtles
Julia Saltzman, Alex R. Hearn, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes, Todd Steiner, Randall Arauz, Catherine Macdonald, Maike Heidemeyer, Easton R. White
Conservation Science and Practice  ·  15 Oct 2024  ·  doi:10.1111/csp2.13249
Extreme events and coupled socio-ecological systems
Extreme events and coupled socio-ecological systems
Easton R. White, Sophie Wulfing
Ecological Modelling  ·  01 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110786
Fifty-year population trajectory in a marginal American Pika i Ochotona princeps i population
Fifty-year population trajectory in a marginal American Pika (Ochotona princeps) population
Andrew T Smith, Constance I Millar, Easton R White
Journal of Mammalogy  ·  26 Aug 2024  ·  doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae083
Assessing the need for temporary fishing closures to support sustainability for a small-scale octopus fishery
Assessing the need for temporary fishing closures to support sustainability for a small-scale octopus fishery
Sophie Wulfing, Ahilya Kadba, Mez Baker-Médard, Easton R. White
Fisheries Research  ·  01 Aug 2024  ·  doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107045
The effect of localized disturbance on the acoustic behavior of the common tern i Sterna hirundo i
The effect of localized disturbance on the acoustic behavior of the common tern (Sterna hirundo)
J. E. Brosseau, V. M. Eddington, E. C. Craig, E. R. White, L. N. Kloepper
JASA Express Letters  ·  01 Aug 2024  ·  doi:10.1121/10.0028204
Socialscape Ecology: Integrating Social Features and Processes into Spatially Explicit Marine Conservation Planning
Socialscape Ecology: Integrating Social Features and Processes into Spatially Explicit Marine Conservation Planning
Merrill Baker-Médard, Katherine Concannon, Courtney Gantt, Sierra Moen, Easton R. White
Sustainability  ·  16 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.3390/su16146078

2023

The unintended consequences of inconsistent closure policies and mobility restrictions during epidemics
The unintended consequences of inconsistent closure policies and mobility restrictions during epidemics
Benjamin M. Althouse, Brendan Wallace, B. K. M. Case, Samuel V. Scarpino, Antoine Allard, Andrew M. Berdahl, Easton R. White, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
BMC Global and Public Health  ·  04 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1186/s44263-023-00028-z
Refining the trophic diversity, ecological network structure, and bottom-up importance of prey groups for temperate reef fishes
Refining the trophic diversity, ecological network structure, and bottom-up importance of prey groups for temperate reef fishes
Salvador Zarco-Perello, Scott Bennett, Jordan Goetze, Tom Holmes, Rick Stuart-Smith, Easton White
California Digital Library (CDL)  ·  07 Nov 2023  ·  doi:10.32942/X2CC97
Industrial fishing compliance with a new marine corridor near the Galapagos Islands
Industrial fishing compliance with a new marine corridor near the Galapagos Islands
Easton White, Alex Hearn, Nicolas Moity, Jorge Ramírez-González, Julia Saltzman, César Viteri-Mejía, Sarah Enright, María Barragán-Paladines
California Digital Library (CDL)  ·  30 Oct 2023  ·  doi:10.32942/X2J60N
Challenges and opportunities to build quantitative self-confidence in biologists
Challenges and opportunities to build quantitative self-confidence in biologists
Kim Cuddington, Karen C Abbott, Frederick R Adler, Mehmet Aydeniz, Rene Dale, …, Audrey L McCombs, Widodo Samyono, Shin-Han Shiu, Karen H Watanabe, Easton R White
BioScience  ·  29 Apr 2023  ·  doi:10.1093/biosci/biad015

2022

Sawfish: Social media to assess public perceptions, behaviors, and attitudes towards a critically endangered species
#Sawfish: Social media to assess public perceptions, behaviors, and attitudes towards a critically endangered species
Julia Saltzman, Jasmin Graham, Julia Wester, Easton R. White, Catherine C. Macdonald
Frontiers in Conservation Science  ·  16 Sep 2022  ·  doi:10.3389/fcosc.2022.987909
Spatially explicit models predict coffee rust spread in fragmented landscapes
Spatially explicit models predict coffee rust spread in fragmented landscapes
Emily M. Beasley, Natalia Aristizábal, Erika M. Bueno, Easton R. White
Landscape Ecology  ·  30 Jun 2022  ·  doi:10.1007/s10980-022-01473-1
A framework for mapping and monitoring human-ocean interactions in near real-time during COVID-19 and beyond
A framework for mapping and monitoring human-ocean interactions in near real-time during COVID-19 and beyond
CA Ward-Paige, ER White, EMP Madin, GJ Osgood, LK Bailes, …, B. Sing, MD Tietbohl, A. Twomey, DC Vergara Florez, L. Yamb
Marine Policy  ·  01 Jun 2022  ·  doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105054
The direct and indirect effects of a global pandemic on US fishers and seafood workers
The direct and indirect effects of a global pandemic on US fishers and seafood workers
Easton R. White, Jill Levine, Amanda Moeser, Julie Sorensen
PeerJ  ·  21 Mar 2022  ·  doi:10.7717/peerj.13007
Distant water industrial fishing in developing countries: A case study of Madagascar
Distant water industrial fishing in developing countries: A case study of Madagascar
Easton R. White, Merrill Baker-Médard, Valeriia Vakhitova, Samantha Farquhar, Tendro Tondrasoa Ramaharitra
Ocean & Coastal Management  ·  01 Feb 2022  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105925
Detecting population trends for US marine mammals
Detecting population trends for US marine mammals
Easton R. White, Zachary Schakner, Amber Bellamy, Mridula Srinivasan
Conservation Science and Practice  ·  05 Jan 2022  ·  doi:10.1111/csp2.611

2021

Classed conservation: Socio-economic drivers of participation in marine resource management
Classed conservation: Socio-economic drivers of participation in marine resource management
Merrill Baker-Médard, Courtney Gantt, Easton R. White
Environmental Science & Policy  ·  01 Oct 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.007
The broken window: An algorithm for quantifying and characterizing misleading trajectories in ecological processes
The broken window: An algorithm for quantifying and characterizing misleading trajectories in ecological processes
Christie A. Bahlai, Easton R. White, Julia D. Perrone, Sarah Cusser, Kaitlin Stack Whitney
Ecological Informatics  ·  01 Sep 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101336
Effects of climate change driven gradual and acute temperature changes on shark and ray species
Effects of climate‐change‐driven gradual and acute temperature changes on shark and ray species
Geoffrey J. Osgood, Easton R. White, Julia K. Baum
Journal of Animal Ecology  ·  06 Jul 2021  ·  doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13560
Alternative Seafood Networks During COVID-19: Implications for Resilience and Sustainability
Alternative Seafood Networks During COVID-19: Implications for Resilience and Sustainability
Joshua S. Stoll, Hannah L. Harrison, Emily De Sousa, Debra Callaway, Melissa Collier, …, Brett Tolley, Andrea Tomlinson, Easton R. White, Talia Young, Philip A. Loring
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems  ·  31 Mar 2021  ·  doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.614368
Sampling requirements and approaches to detect ecosystem shifts
Sampling requirements and approaches to detect ecosystem shifts
Rosalie Bruel, Easton R. White
Ecological Indicators  ·  01 Feb 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107096
Securing a sustainable future for US seafood in the wake of a global crisis
Securing a sustainable future for US seafood in the wake of a global crisis
Halley E. Froehlich, Rebecca R. Gentry, Sarah E. Lester, Richard S. Cottrell, Gavin Fay, Trevor A. Branch, Jessica A. Gephart, Easton R. White, Julia K. Baum
Marine Policy  ·  01 Feb 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104328
Experimenting With the Past to Improve Environmental Monitoring
Experimenting With the Past to Improve Environmental Monitoring
Easton R. White, Christie A. Bahlai
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution  ·  20 Jan 2021  ·  doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.572979

2020

Seasonality in ecology: Progress and prospects in theory
Seasonality in ecology: Progress and prospects in theory
Easton R. White, Alan Hastings
Ecological Complexity  ·  01 Dec 2020  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2020.100867
Early effects of COVID 19 on US fisheries and seafood consumption
Early effects of COVID‐19 on US fisheries and seafood consumption
Easton R. White, Halley E. Froehlich, Jessica A. Gephart, Richard S. Cottrell, Trevor A. Branch, Rahul Agrawal Bejarano, Julia K. Baum
Fish and Fisheries  ·  23 Nov 2020  ·  doi:10.1111/faf.12525
State-level variation of initial COVID-19 dynamics in the United States
State-level variation of initial COVID-19 dynamics in the United States
Easton R. White, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
PLOS ONE  ·  13 Oct 2020  ·  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240648

2019

Success and failure of ecological management is highly variable in an experimental test
Success and failure of ecological management is highly variable in an experimental test
Easton R. White, Kyle Cox, Brett A. Melbourne, Alan Hastings
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  28 Oct 2019  ·  doi:10.1073/pnas.1911440116
A low cost approach to estimate demographic rates using inverse modeling
A low cost approach to estimate demographic rates using inverse modeling
Roberto C. Rodríguez-Caro, Thorsten Wiegand, Easton R. White, Ana Sanz-Aguilar, Andrés Giménez, Eva Graciá, Koen J. van Benthem, José D. Anadón
Biological Conservation  ·  01 Sep 2019  ·  doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.011
Site selection bias and apparent population declines in long term studies
Site‐selection bias and apparent population declines in long‐term studies
Auriel M.V. Fournier, Easton R. White, Stephen B. Heard
Conservation Biology  ·  03 Jul 2019  ·  doi:10.1111/cobi.13371

2018

The role of spatial structure in the collapse of regional metapopulations
The role of spatial structure in the collapse of regional metapopulations
Easton R. White, Andrew T. Smith
Ecology  ·  19 Nov 2018  ·  doi:10.1002/ecy.2546

2015

Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage at Cocos Island an isolated marine protected area
Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage at Cocos Island—an isolated marine protected area
Easton R. White, Mark C. Myers, Joanna Mills Flemming, Julia K. Baum
Conservation Biology  ·  23 Mar 2015  ·  doi:10.1111/cobi.12478

2014

Predictable temperature-regulated residency, movement and migration in a large, highly mobile marine predator Negaprion brevirostris
Predictable temperature-regulated residency, movement and migration in a large, highly mobile marine predator (Negaprion brevirostris)
ST Kessel, DD Chapman, BR Franks, T Gedamke, SH Gruber, JM Newman, ER White, RG Perkins
Marine Ecology Progress Series  ·  06 Nov 2014  ·  doi:10.3354/meps10966
The limitations of diversity metrics in directing global marine conservation
The limitations of diversity metrics in directing global marine conservation
James P.W. Robinson, Easton R. White, Logan D. Wiwchar, Danielle C. Claar, Justin P. Suraci, Julia K. Baum
Marine Policy  ·  01 Sep 2014  ·  doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.012
Modeling the population dynamics of lemon sharks
Modeling the population dynamics of lemon sharks
Easton R White, John D Nagy, Samuel H Gruber
Biology Direct  ·  01 Jan 2014  ·  doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-23

2013

Two sex matrix models in assessing population viability: when do male dynamics matter
Two‐sex matrix models in assessing population viability: when do male dynamics matter?
Leah R. Gerber, Easton R. White
Journal of Applied Ecology  ·  25 Nov 2013  ·  doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12177
Comparing bycatch mitigation strategies for vulnerable marine megafauna
Comparing bycatch mitigation strategies for vulnerable marine megafauna
J. Senko, E. R. White, S. S. Heppell, L. R. Gerber
Animal Conservation  ·  23 May 2013  ·  doi:10.1111/acv.12051