Mark Hay, Professor and Harry and Linda Teasely Chair in Environmental Biology
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine
mark.hay@biology.gatech.edu
Phone: (404) 894-8429
Fax: (404) 385-4440
Office: (ES&T) 2102/2185
Publications
159) AL Hollebone and ME Hay (in press) An invasive crab alters interaction webs in a marine community. Biological Invasions.[PDF]
158) Burkepile DE and ME Hay. 2007. Predator release of the gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum increases predation on gorgonian corals. Oecologia 154:167173 [PDF]
157) Lane AL, Stout EP, Hay ME, Prusak AC, Hardcastle K, Fairchild CR, Aalbersberg W, Kubanek J. 2007. Callophycoic acids and callophycols from the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus. Journal of Organic Chemistry 72: 73-43-7351 [PDF]
156) Long JD, Smalley GW, Barsby T, Anderson JT, and Hay ME. 2007. Chemical cues induce consumer-specific defenses in a bloom-forming marine phytoplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104:10512-10517 [PDF]
155) Wiesemeier T, ME Hay, Pohnert G. 2007. The potential role of wound-activated volatile release in the chemical defence of the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma: blend recognition by marine herbivores. Aquatic Sciences 69:403-412 [PDF]
154) Hollebone, AL and ME Hay 2007. Propagule pressure of an invasive crab overwhelms native biotic resistance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342: 191-196 [PDF]
153) Burkepile DE and ME Hay (In press) Ecosystems: Coral Reefs. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier Press, Oxford, England.
152) Parker, JD, CC Caudill, and ME Hay. 2007. Beaver herbivory on aquatic plants. Oecologia 151:616-625 [PDF]
151) Wilson, Alan E., and Mark E. Hay. 2007. A direct test of cyanobacterial chemical defense: Variable effects of microcystin-treated food on two Daphnia pulicaria clones. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 1467-1479 [PDF]
150) Kicklighter CE and ME Hay. 2007. To avoid or deter: Interactions among defensive and escape strategies in sabellid worms. Oecologia 151:161-173 [PDF]
149) Parker JD, DE Burkepile, DO Collins, J Kubanek, and ME Hay. 2007. Mosses as chemically-defended refugia for freshwater macroinvertebrates. Oikos 116: 302- 312 [PDF]
148) Hollebone, AL and ME Hay. 2007. Population dynamics of the non-native crab Petrolisthes armatus invading the South Atlantic Bight at densities of thousands m-2. Marine Ecology Progress Series 336: 211-223. [PDF]
147) Wilson AE, WA Wilson, ME Hay. 2006. Intraspecific variation in growth and morphology of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa.Applied Environmental Microbiology 72:7386-7389. [PDF]
146) Burkepile, DE and Hay ME. 2006. Herbivore versus nutrient control of marine primary producers: Context-dependent effects. Ecology 87: 3128-3139. [PDF]
145) Burkepile, DE, JD Parker, CB Woodson, HJ Mills, J Kubanek, PA Sobecky, and ME Hay. 2006. Chemically-mediated competition between microbes and animals: microbes as consumers in food webs. Ecology 87:2821-2831. [PDF]
144) Parker, JD, DE Burkepile and ME Hay. 2006. Response to comment on “Opposing effects of native and exotic herbivores on plant invasions.” Science. 313 (5785): 298. [PDF]
143) Kubanek J, AC Prusak, TW Snell, RA Giese, CR Fairchild, W Aalbersberg, and ME Hay (2006) Bromophycolides C-I from the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus. J. Nat. Prod. 69:731-735. [PDF]
142) Parker, JD, Burkepile, DE, and Hay, ME. 2006. Opposing effects of native vs. exotic herbivores on
plant invasions. Science 311: 1459-1461. [PDF]
141) Parker, JD, Collins DO, Kubanek J, Sullards MC, Bostwick D, Hay ME. 2006. Chemical defenses promote persistence of the aquatic plant Micranthemum umbrosum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 815-833. [PDF]
140) Long, JD and ME Hay. 2006 When intraspecific exceeds interspecific variance: effects of phytoplankton morphology and growth phase on copepod feeding and fitness. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 988-996. [PDF]
139) Kicklighter CE and Hay ME. 2006. Integrating prey defensive traits: Contrasts of marine worms from
temperate and tropical habitats. Ecological Monographs 76 (2): 195-215. [PDF]
138) Long JD and Hay ME. 2006. Fishes learn aversions to a nudibranch’s chemical defense.Marine Ecology Progress Series 307:199-208. [PDF]
137) J Kubanek, AC Prusak, TW Snell, R A Giese, KI Hardcastle, CR Fairchild, W Aalbersberg,
CRaventos-Suarez, and ME Hay. 2005. Antineoplastic Diterpene-Benzoate Macrolides from the Fijian Red Alga Callophycus serratus. Organic Letters 7:5261-5264. [PDF]
136) Parker JD, Hay ME. 2005. Biotic resistance to plant
invasions? Native herbivores prefer non-native plants. Ecology
Letters 8:959-967. [PDF]
135) Wilson, AE, Sarnelle, O, Neilan BA, Salon TP, Gehringer WW, Hay ME. 2005. Genetic variation
of the bloom forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, within and among lakes. Applied Environmental Microbiology 71:6126-6133. [PDF]
134) Kubanek J, S Lester, W Fenical, M Hay. 2004. Ambiguous role of phlorotannins as chemical defenses in the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 277:79-93. [PDF]
133) Hay, ME, JD Parker, DE Burkepile, CC Caudill, AE Wilson, ZP Hallinan, AD Chequer. 2004. Mutualisms and Aquatic Community Structure: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 35:175-197. [PDF]
132) Kicklighter, CE, Fisher CR, Hay ME. 2004. Chemical defense of hydrothermal vent and hydrocarbon
seep organisms: a preliminary assessment using shallow-water consumers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 275: 11-19. [PDF]
131) Kicklighter CE, Kubanek J, and Hay ME. 2004. Do brominated natural products defend marine worms from consumers? Some do, most don't. Limnology and Oceanography. 49: 430-441. [PDF]
130) Kicklighter CE, J Kubanek, T Barsby, ME Hay. 2003. Palatability and chemical defense of tropical marine worms: Alykylpyrrole sulfamates protect Cirriformia tentaculata from fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 263:299-306. [PDF]
129) Barsby T, CE Kicklighter, ME Hay, MC Sullards, J Kubanek. 2003. Defensive 2-Alkylpyrrole Sulfamates from the Marine Annelid Cirriformia tentaculata [Polychaeta: Cirratulidae]. J Natural Products 66:1110-1112. [PDF]
128) Sotka, E.E., J.P. Wares, M.E. Hay. 2003. Geographic and genetic variation in feeding preference for chemically-defended seaweeds. Evolution 57(10): 2262-2276. [PDF]
127) Deal, M.S., M.E. Hay, D. Wilson, and W. Fenical 2003. Glactolipids rather than phlorotannins as herbivore deterrents in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus. Oecologia 136: 107-114. [PDF]
126) Taylor, R.B., N. Lindquist, J. Kubanek, and M.E. Hay 2003. Intraspecific variance in palatability and defensive chemistry of brown seaweeds: effects on herbivore fitness. Oecologia 136:412-423. [PDF]
125) Levin, PS and ME Hay. 2003. Selection of estuarine habitats by a juvenile reef fish (Mycteroperca microlepis), in experimental mesocosms. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:76-83. [PDF]
124) Cruz-Rivera, E. and M.E. Hay 2003. Prey nutritional quality interacts with chemical defenses to affect consumer feeding and fitness. Ecological Monographs 73 (3):483-506. [PDF]
123) Hay, M.E. 2002. The next wave in aquatic chemical ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:1897-1899. [PDF]
122) Hay, M. and J. Kubanek. 2002. Community and ecosystem level consequences of chemical signaling in the plankton. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:2001-2016. [PDF]
121) Taylor R.B., E. Sotka, and M.E. Hay 2002. Tissue-specific induction of herbivore resistance: seaweed response to amphipod grazing. Oecologia 132:68-76. [PDF]
120) Sotka, E.E., R.B. Taylor, and M.E. Hay. 2002. Tissue specific induction of resistance to herbivores in a brown alga: the importance of direct grazing versus waterborne signals from grazed neighbors. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 277:1-12. [PDF]
119) Sotka, E.E. and M.E. Hay. 2002. Geographic variation among herbivore populations in tolerance for a chemically-rich seaweed. Ecology 83: 2721-2735. [PDF]
118) Levin P.S., J. Ellis, R. Petrik, and M.E. Hay. 2002. Indirect effects of horses on estuarine communities. Conservation Biology 16:1364-1371. [PDF]
117) Bullard, S.G. and M.E. Hay. 2002. Palatability of marine holoplankton: nematocysts, nutritional quality, and chemistry as defenses against consumers. Limnology and Oceanography 47:1456-1467. [PDF]
116) Bullard, S.G. and M.E. Hay 2002. Plankton tethering to assess spatial patterns of predation risk over a coral reef and seagrass bed. Marine Ecology Progress Series 225:17-28. [PDF]
115) Levin, P.S. and M.E. Hay. 2002. Local-scale versus large-scale factors affecting recruitment: Fish-seaweed associations on temperate reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 232:239-246.[PDF]
114) Cronin, G, D.M. Lodge, M.E. Hay, M. Miller, A.M. Hill, T. Horvath, R.C. Bolser, N. Lindquist, and M. Wahl. 2002. Crayfish feeding preferences for freshwater macrophytes: the influence of plant structure and chemistry. Journal of Crustacean Biology: 22: 708-718. [PDF]
113) Cruz-Rivera, E. and M.E. Hay 2001. Macroalgal traits and the feeding and fitness of an herbivorous amphipod: the roles of selectivity, mixing, and compensation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 218: 249-266. [PDF]
112) Schnitzler, I., G. Pohnert, M.E. Hay, and W. Boland. 2001. Chemical defense of the brown algae (Dictyopteris spp.) against the herbivorous amphipod Ampithoe longimana. Oecologia 126:515-521. [PDF]
111) Bertness, M.D., S.D. Gaines, and M.E. Hay. Eds. 2001. Marine
Community Ecology. Sinaur Press. Sunderland, Massachusetts.
110) Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 2001. Ecology and evolution of marine consumer-prey interactions. Pages 131-157, In Bertness, M, M.E. Hay and S.D. Gaines (eds.) Marine Community Ecology, Sinauer Press, Sunderland, Massachusetts. [PDF]
109) Hay, M.E. and C. Kicklighter. 2001. Grazing, effects of. Encyclopedia of Biodoversity, Volume 3, pages 265-276. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
108) Hay, M.E. 2001. Ecología química marina: paralelos y contrastes con
los sistemas terrestres. Pp. 633-714. In: A.L. Anaya, F. Espinosa-García,
and R.Cruz-Ortega, editors. Relaciones Químicas entre Organismos:
Aspectos Básicos y Perspectivas de su Aplicación. Instituto de Ecología,
UNAM y Plaza y Valdés, S.A. de C.V. México.
107) Kubanek J, M.E. Hay, P.J. Brown, N. Lindquist, W. Fenical. 2001. Lignoid chemical defenses in the freshwater macrophyte Saururus cernuus. Chemoecology 11-1-8. [PDF]
106) Cetrulo, G.L. and M.E. Hay. 2000 Activated chemical defenses in tropical versus temperate seaweeds. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 207: 243-253. [PDF]
105) Kubanek, J., W. Fenical, M.E. Hay, P.J. Brown, N. Lindquist. 2000. Two antifeedant lignans from the freshwater macrophyte Saurus cernuus. Phytochemistry 54:281-287. [PDF]
104) Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay 2000. Geographic variation in camouflaging behavior by a decorator crab: southern populations specialize on chemically noxious decorations. American Naturalist 156: 59-71. [PDF]
103) Cruz-Rivera, E. and M.E. Hay. 2000. The effects of diet mixing on consumer fitness: macroalgae, epiphytes, and animal matter as food for marine amphipods. Oecologia 123:252-264. [PDF]
102) Duffy, J.E. and M.E. Hay. 2000. Strong impacts of grazing amphipods on the organization of a benthic community. Ecological Monographs 70:237-263. [PDF]
101) Cruz-Rivera, E, and M.E. Hay. 2000. Can food quantity replace food quality? food choice, compensatory feeding, and the fitness of marine mesograzers. Ecology 81:201-219. [PDF]
100) Jumars, P. and M.E. Hay. 1999. Ocean ecology: Understanding
and vision for research. Proceedings of the OEUVRE workshop, March
1-6, 1998 in Keystone Colorado, under sponsorship of an award to the
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Joint Office for Science
Support from the National Science Foundation, OCE, 66pp.
99) Bullard, S.G., N.L. Lindquist, and M.E. Hay. 1999. Susceptibility of invertebrate larvae to predators: how common are post-capture larval defenses? Marine Ecology Progress Series 191:153-161. [PDF]
98) Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1999. Reduced mobility is associated with compensatory feeding and increased diet breadth of marine crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 188:169-178. [PDF]
97) Hay, M.E. and P. Jumars. 1999. Collaborating "ocean
ecologists" assess achievements, prepare for challenges. EOS (in press)
96) Hay, M.E. and P. Jumars. 1999. The future of biological oceanography: challenges and opportunities in ocean ecology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (in press); Bulletin of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 8: 33-35 (The same article was printed by both). [PDF]
95) Miller, M.W., M.E. Hay, S.L. Miller, D. Malone, E.E. Sotka, and A.M. Szmant 1999. Effects of nutrients vs. herbivores on reef algae: A new method for manipulating nutrients on coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography 44:1847-1861 (the Feature Article for this issue) [PDF]
94) Sotka, E.E., M.E. Hay, and J. D. Thomas. 1999. Host-plant specialization by a non-herbivorous amphipod: advantages for the amphipod and costs for the seaweed. Oecologia 118:471-482. [PDF]
93) Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1999. Reducing predation through chemically-mediated camouflage: indirect effects of plant defenses on herbivores. Ecology 80:495-509. [PDF]
92) Stachowicz, J. J. and M. E. Hay. 1999. Mutualism and coral persistence: the role of herbivore resistance to algal chemical defense. Ecology 80:2085-2101. [PDF]
91) Wilson, D, W. Fenical, M.E. Hay, N. Lindquist, and R.C. Bolser. 1999. Habenariol: a freshwater feeding deterrent from the aquatic orchid Habenaria repens (Orchidaceae) Phytochemistry 50:1333-1336. [PDF]
90) Hay, M.E., J. Piel, W. Boland, and I. Schnitzler. 1998. Seaweed sex pheromones and their degredation products frequently suppress amphipod feeding but rarely suppress sea urchin feeding. Chemoecology 8:91-98. [PDF]
89)
Bolser, R.C., M.E. Hay, N. Lindquist, W. Fenical, and D. Wilson. 1998. Chemical defenses of freshwater macrophytes against crayfish herbivory. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: 1639-1658. [PDF]
88)
Schnitzler, I., W. Boland, and M.E. Hay. 1998. Organic sulfur compounds from Dictyopteris spp. (Phaeophyceae) deter feeding by an herbivorous amphipod (Ampithoe longimana) but not by an herbivorous sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata). Journal of Chemical Ecology 24:1715-1732. [PDF]
87) Bolser, R.C. and M.E. Hay. 1998. A field test of inducible resistance to specialist and generalist herbivores using the water lily Nuphar luteum. Oecologia 116:143-153. [PDF]
86)
Miller, M.W. and M.E. Hay 1998. Effects of fish predation and seaweed competition on the survival and growth of corals. Oecologia 113: 231-238. [PDF]
85) Hay, M.E., J.J. Stachowicz, E. Cruz-Rivera, S. Bullard, M.S. Deal, and N. Lindquist. 1998. Bioassays with marine and freshwater macroorganisms. Pages 39-141, In: K.F. Haynes and J.G. Millar (eds.) Methods in Chemical Ecology, Volume 2, Bioassay Methods, Chapman and Hall, New York. [PDF]
84)
Schmitt, T.M., N. Lindquist, and M.E. Hay. 1998. Seaweed secondary metabolites as antifoulants: effects of Dictyota spp. Diterpenes on survivorship, settlement, and development of invertebrate larvae. Chemoecology 8:125-131. [PDF]
83)
Hay, M.E. 1997. Synchronous spawning and nocturnal growth of tropical seaweeds: when timing is everything. Science 275:1080-1081 (invited Perspective article) [PDF]
82)
Wahl, M., M.E. Hay and P. Enderlein 1997. Effects of epibiosis on concumer-prey interactions. Hydrobiologica 355:49-59. [PDF]
81)
Hay, M.E. 1997. The ecology and evolution of seaweed-herbivore interactions on coral reefs. Coral Reefs 16, Supplement: S67-S76. (also published in the Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium Vol. I: 23-32. 1997 (it was a plenary talk for these meetings). [PDF]
80)
Hay, M.E. 1997. Calcified seaweeds on coral reefs: complex defenses, trophic relationships, and value as habitats. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium Vol. 1:713-718. [PDF]
79)
Cronin, G., V.J. Paul, M.E. Hay, and W. Fenical. 1997. Are tropical herbivores more resistant than temperate herbivores to seaweed chemical defenses? Diterpenoid metabolites from Dictyota acutiloba as feeding deterrents for tropical versus temperate fishes and urchins. Journal of Chemical Ecology 23: 289-302. [PDF]
78)
Hay, M.E. 1996. Defensive synergisms?: Reply to Pennings. Ecology 77: 1950-1952. [PDF]
77)
Hardt, I.H., W. Fenical, G. Cronin, and M.E. Hay. 1996. Acutilols, potent herbivore feeding deterrents from the tropical brown alga Dictyota acutiloba. Phytochemistry 43: 71-73. [PDF]
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Cronin, G. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Effects of light and nutrient availability on the growth, secondary chemistry, and resistance to herbivory of two brown seaweeds. Oikos 77:93-106. [PDF]
75)
Cronin, G. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Chemical defenses, protein content, and susceptibility to herbivory of diploid vs. hapliod stages of the isomorphic brown alga Dictyota ciliolata (Phaeophyta). Botanica Marina 39: 395-399. [PDF]
74)
Hay, M.E. 1996. Marine chemical ecology: What is known and what is next? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 200: 103-134 (special review requested in celebration of the 200 th volume of the journal). [PDF]
73)
Hay, M.E. and W. Fenical. 1996. Chemical ecology and marine biodiversity: Insights and products from the sea. Oceanography 9: 10-20. (invited article for a special issue on marine biodiversity) [PDF]
72)
Bolser, R.C. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Are tropical plants better defended? Palatability and defenses of temperate versus tropical seaweeds. Ecology 77: 2269-2286 (Synopsis published in BBC Wildlife Magazine March 1997) [PDF]
71)
Lindquist, N. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Palatability and chemical defenses of marine invertebrate larvae. Ecological Monographs 66: 431-450. [PDF]
70)
Miller, M.W. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Coral-seaweed-grazer-nutrient interactions on temperate reefs. Ecological Monographs 66: 323-344. [PDF]
69)
Cronin, G. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Susceptibility to herbivores depends on recent history of both the plant and animal. Ecology 77: 1531-1543. [PDF]
68)
Cronin, G. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Induction of seaweed chemical defenses by amphipod grazing. Ecology 77: 2287-2301. [PDF]
67) Levin, P.S. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Responses of temperate reef fishes to alterations in seaweed structure and species composition. Marine Ecology Progress Series 134: 37-47. [PDF]
66)
Stachowicz, J.J. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Facultative mutualism between an herbivorous crab and its coralline algal host: advantages of eating noxious seaweeds. Oecologia 105:377-387. [PDF]
65)
Cronin, G. and M.E. Hay. 1996. Within-plant variation in seaweed palatability and chemical defenses: Optimal defense theory versus the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis. Oecologia 105:361-368. [PDF]
64)
Wahl, M. and M.E. Hay. 1995. Associational resistance and shared doom: Effects of epibiosis on herbivory. Oecologia 102: 329-340. [PDF]
63)
Cronin, G., N. Lindquist, M.E. Hay, and W. Fenical. 1995. Effects of storage and extraction procedures on yields of lipophilic metabolites from the brown seaweeds Dictyota ciliolata and Dictyota menstrualis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 119: 265-273. [PDF]
62)
Cronin, G., M.E. Hay, W. Fenical, and N. Lindquist. 1995. Distribution, density, and sequestration of host chemical defenses by the specialist nudibranch Tritonia hamnerorum found at high densities on the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina. Marine Ecology Progress Series 119: 177-189. [PDF]
61)
Lindquist, N. and M.E. Hay. 1995. Can small rare prey be chemically defended? the case for marine larvae. Ecology 76: 1347-1358. [PDF]
60)
Schmitt, T.M., M.E. Hay, and N. Lindquist. 1995. Constraints on chemically-mediated coevolution: multiple functions for seaweed secondary metabolites. Ecology 76: 107-123. [PDF]
59)
Hay, M.E. 1994. Species an "noise" in community ecology: do seaweeds block our view of the kelp forest? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:414-416. [PDF]
58)
Duffy, J. E. and M. E. Hay. 1994. Herbivore resistance to seaweed chemical defense: the roles of herbivore mobility and predation risk. Ecology 75:1304-1319. [PDF]
57)
Hay, M. E., Q. E. Kappel, and W. Fenical. 1994. Synergisms in plant defenses against herbivores: interactions of chemistry, calcification, and plant quality. Ecology 75: 1714-1726. [PDF]
56) Shen, Y., P. I. Tsai, W. Fenical, and M. E. Hay. 1993.
Secondary metabolite chemistry of the Caribbean marine alga Sporochnus
bolleanus: a basis for herbivore chemical defense. Phytochemistry 32:71-75. [PDF]
55)
Park, M., W. Fenical, and M. E. Hay. 1992. Debromoisocymobarbatol, a new chromanol feeding deterrent from the marine alga Cymopolia barbata. Phytochemistry 31:4115-4118. [PDF]
54) Lindquist, N., M. E. Hay, and W. Fenical. 1992. Defense of ascidians and their conspicuous larvae: Adult vs. larval chemical defenses. Ecological Monographs 62:547-568. [PDF]
53) Littler, D. S., M. M. Littler, and M. E. Hay. 1992. Avrainvillea fenicalii sp. nov., pages 384-387 in Littler, D. S.
and M. M. Littler. Systematics of Avrainvillea (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in the tropical western Atlantic.
Phycologia 31:375-418.
52)
Hay, M. E. and P. D. Steinberg. 1992. The chemical ecology of plant-herbivore interactions in marine versus terrestrial communities. pages 371-413 in J. Rosenthal and M. Berenbaum (eds.), Herbivores: Their Interaction with Secondary Metabolites, Evolutionary and Ecological Processes. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
51)
Hay, M. E. 1992. The role of seaweed chemical defenses in the evolution of feeding specialization and in the mediation of complex interactions. pages 93-118 in V. J. Paul (ed.), Ecological Roles for Marine Natural Products. Comstock Press, Ithaca, NY, USA. [PDF]
50)
Hay, M. E. and W. Fenical. 1992. Chemical mediation of seaweed-herbivore interactions. pages 319-337 in D. M. John, S. S. Hawkins, and J. H. Price (eds.), Plant-Animal Interactions in the Marine Benthos. Systematics Association Special Volume, Clarendon Press, Oxford. [PDF]
49)
Lindquist, N. and M. E. Hay. 1991. A Secret World-Natural Products of Marine Life. Limnology and Oceanography 36:1068 (book review). [PDF]
48)
Hay, M. E. 1991. The natural function of seaweed secondary metabolites. pages 19-22 in M.-F. Thompson, R. Sarojini, and R. Nagabhushanam (eds.), Bioactive Compounds from Marine Organisms. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., P.V.T. Ltd., New Delhi, India. [PDF]
47)
Hay, M. E. 1991. Marine-terrestrial contrasts in the ecology of plant chemical defenses against herbivores. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6:362-365. [PDF]
46)
Hay, M. E. 1991. Fish-seaweed interactions on coral reefs: effects of herbivorous fishes and adaptations of their prey. pages 96-119 in P. F. Sale (ed.), The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs Academic Press, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
45)
Duffy, J. E. and M. E. Hay. 1991. Food and shelter as determinants of food choice by an herbivorous marine amphipod. Ecology 72:1286-1298. [PDF]
44)
Duffy, J. E. and M. E. Hay. 1991. Amphipods are not all created equal: a reply to Bell. Ecology 72:354-358. [PDF]
43)
Hay, M. E., J. E. Duffy, V. J. Paul, P. E. Renaud, and W. Fenical. 1990. Specialist herbivores reduce their susceptibility to predation by feeding on the chemically-defended seaweed Avrainvillea longicaulis. Limnology and Oceanography 35:1734-1743. [PDF]
42)
Duffy, J. E. and M. E. Hay. 1990. Seaweed adaptations to herbivory. BioScience 40:368-375. [PDF]
41)
Hay, M. E., J. E. Duffy, and W. Fenical. 1990. Host-plant specialization decreases predation on a marine amphipod: an herbivore in plant's clothing. Ecology 71:733-743. [PDF]
40)
Holmlund, M. B., C. H. Peterson, and M. E. Hay. 1990. Does algal morphology affect amphipod susceptibility to fish predation? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 139:65-83. [PDF]
39)
Renaud, P. E., M. E. Hay, and T. M. Schmitt. 1990. Interactions of plant stress and herbivory: intraspecific variation in the susceptibility of a palatable versus an unpalatable seaweed to sea urchin grazing. Oecologia 82:217-226. [PDF]
38)
Roussis, V., J. R. Pawlik, M. E. Hay, and W. Fenical. 1990. Secondary metabolites of the chemically-rich ascoglossan Cyerce nigricans. Experientia 46:327-329. [PDF]
37)
Hay, M. E., J. R. Pawlik, J. E. Duffy, and W. Fenical. 1989. Seaweed-herbivore-predator interactions: host-plant specialization reduces predation on small herbivores. Oecologia 81:418-427. [PDF]
36)
Gil-Turnes, M. S., M. E. Hay, and W. Fenical. 1989. Symbiotic marine bacteria chemically defend crustacean embryos from a pathogenic fungus. Science 246:116-118. [PDF]
35)
Hay, M. E., J. E. Duffy, W. Fenical. 1988. Seaweed chemical defenses: among-compound and among-herbivore variance. Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Congress. Townsville, Australia, Vol. 3:43-48. [PDF]
34)
Hay, M. E., J. E. Duffy, W. Fenical, and K. Gustafson. 1988. Chemical defense in the seaweed Dictyopteris delicatula: differential effects against reef fishes and amphipods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 48:185-192. [PDF]
33)
Hay, M. E. and W. Fenical. 1988. Marine plant-herbivore interactions: the ecology of chemical defense. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 19:111-145. [PDF]
32)
Pfister, C. A. and M. E. Hay. 1988. Associational plant refuges: convergent patterns in marine and terrestrial communities result from differing mechanisms. Oecologia 77:118-129. [PDF]
31) Hay, M. E. and J. P. Sutherland. 1988. The ecology of rubble
structures of the South Atlantic Bight: a community profile.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 85 (7.10).
67 pp.
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Hay, M. E., V. J. Paul, S. M. Lewis, K. Gustafson, J. Tucker, and R. Trindell. 1988. Can tropical seaweeds reduce herbivory by growing at night?: diel patterns of growth, nitrogen content, herbivory, and chemical versus morphological defenses. Oecologia 75:233-245. (Synopsis of this published in BBC magazine and Insight magazine) [PDF]
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Hay, M. E., P. E. Renaud, and W. Fenical. 1988. Large mobile versus small sedentary herbivores and their resistance to seaweed chemical defenses. Oecologia 75:246-252. (Synopsis of this published in BBC magazine) [PDF]
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Paul, V. J., M. E. Hay, J. E. Duffy, W. Fenical, and K. Gustafson. 1987. Chemical defense in the seaweed Ochtodes secundiramea (Montague) Howe (Rhodophyta): effects of its monoterpenoid components upon diverse coral-reef herbivores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 114:249-260. [PDF]
27)
Hay, M. E. 1987. The physiological ecology of seaweeds. Limnology and Oceanography 32:1178-1179 (book review). [PDF]
26)
Hay, M. E., J. E. Duffy, C. Pfister, and W. Fenical. 1987. Chemical defense against different marine herbivores: are amphipods insect equivalents? Ecology 68:1567-1580. [PDF]
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Hay, M. E., W. Fenical, and K. Gustafson. 1987. Chemical defense against diverse coral reef herbivores. Ecology 68:1581-1591. [PDF]
24)
Hay, M. E. and W. Fenical. 1987. Integrating marine chemical ecology and biotechnology. Workshop Report for the Ocean Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation. 13 pp.
23)
Hay, M. E. and J. E. Duffy. 1987. Marine natural products as ecologically sound agrochemicals and cancer drugs. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 77:205. [PDF]
22)
Hay, M. E. 1986. Associational plant defenses and the maintenance of species diversity: turning competitors into accomplices. American Naturalist 128: 617-641. [PDF]
21)
Paul, V. J. and M. E. Hay. 1986. Seaweed susceptibility to herbivory: chemical and morphological correlates. Marine Ecology Progress Series 33:255-264. [PDF]
20)
Hay, M. E. 1986. An introduction to coastal ecology. Ecology 67:1437 (book review). [PDF]
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Hay, M. E., R. R. Lee, R. A. Guieb, and M. M. Bennett. 1986. Food preference and chemotaxis in the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 96:147-153. [PDF]
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Hay, M. E. 1986. Functional geometry of seaweeds: ecological consequences of thallus layering and shape in contrasting light environments. pages 635-666 in T. J. Givnish (ed.), On the Economy of Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press, New York, New York, USA. [PDF]
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Hay, M. E. 1985. Spatial patterns of herbivore impact and their importance in maintaining algal species richness. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress 4:29-34. [PDF]
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Hay, M. E. and P. R. Taylor. 1985. Competition between herbivorous fish and urchins on Caribbean reefs. Oecologia 65:591-598. [PDF]
15) Hay, M. E. 1984. Spatial escapes from herbivory and the
evolution of herbivore resistance in seaweeds on coral reefs. pages
52-53 in Advances in Reef Sciences, Atlantic Reef Committee and the
International Society for Reef Studies. Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami,
Florida.
14) Taylor, P. R. and M. E. Hay. 1984. Functional morphology of intertidal seaweeds: adaptive significance of aggregate vs. solitary forms. Marine Ecology Progress Series 18:295-302. [PDF]
13) Hay, M. E. 1984. Predictable spatial escapes from herbivory: how do these affect the evolution of herbivore resistance in tropical marine communities? Oecologia 64:396-407. [PDF]
12) Hay, M. E. and S. D. Gaines. 1984. Geographic differences in herbivore impact: do Pacific herbivores prevent Caribbean seaweeds from colonizing via the Panama Canal? Biotropica 16:24-30. [PDF]
11) Hay, M. E. 1984. Coral reef ecology: have we been putting all of our herbivores in one basket? BioScience 34:323-324. [PDF]
10) Hay, M. E. 1984. Patterns of fish and urchin grazing on Caribbean coral reefs: are previous results typical? Ecology 65(2):446-454. [PDF]
9) Hay, M. E. and J. N. Norris. 1984. Seasonal reproduction and abundance of six sympatric species of Gracilaria Grev. (Gracilariaceae; Rhodophyta) on a Caribbean subtidal sand plain. Hydrobiologia 116/117:63-74. [PDF]
8) Hay, M. E., T. Colburn, and D. Downing. 1983. Spatial and temporal patterns in herbivory on a Caribbean fringing reef: the effect on plant distribution. Oecologia 58:299-308. [PDF]
7) Hay, M. E. and T. Goertemiller. 1983. Between-habitat differences in herbivore impact on Caribbean coral reefs. pages 97-102 in M. L. Reaka (ed.), The Ecology of Deep and Shallow Coral Reefs. Symposia Series for Undersea Research, Vol. 1. Office of Undersea Research, NOAA, Rockville, Maryland, USA. [PDF]
6) Fuller, P. J. and M. E. Hay. 1983. Is glue production by seeds of Salvia columbariae a deterrent to desert granivores? Ecology 64:960-963. [PDF]
5) Hay, M. E. 1981. Herbivory, algal distribution, and the maintenance of between-habitat diversity on a tropical fringing reef. The American Naturalist 118:520-540. (Republished in Nybakken, J. W. 1986. Readings in Marine Ecology. Harper & Row Publishers, New York.) [PDF]
4) Hay, M. E. 1981. The functional morphology of turf forming seaweeds: persistence in stressful marine habitats. Ecology 62:739-750. [PDF]
3) Hay, M. E. 1981. Spatial patterns of grazing intensity on a Caribbean barrier reef: herbivory and algal distribution. Aquatic Botany 11:97-109. [PDF]
2) Hay, M. E. and P. J. Fuller. 1981. Seed escape from heteromyid rodents: the importance of microhabitat and seed preference. Ecology 62:1395-1399. [PDF]
1) O'Dowd, D. J. and M. E. Hay. 1980. Mutualism between harvester ants and a desert ephemeral: seed escape from desert rodents. Ecology 61:531-540. [PDF]