Publications


2015
Myers, M.R.** and R.F. Ambrose. 2015. Salt marsh reduces fecal indicator bacteria input to coastal waters in southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 114: 76-88.   Link
Murray, S.N., S.B. Weisberg, P.T. Raimondi, R.F. Ambrose, C.A. Bell, C.A. Blanchette, J.L. Burnaford, M.N. Dethier, J.M. Engle M.S. Foster, C.M. Miner, K.J. Nielsen, J.S. Pearse, D.V. Richards, and J.R. Smith. 2015. Evaluating ecological states of West Coast rocky intertidal communities: A best professional judgment exercise. Ecological Indicators 60: 802-814.   Link
Yap, T.A.*, M.S. Koo, R.F. Ambrose, D.B. Wake and V.T. Vredenburg. 2015. Averting a biodiversity crisis. Science 349: 481-482.   Link
Ambrose, R.F. and B.K. Winfrey. 2015. Comparison of stormwater biofiltration systems in southeast Australia and southern California. WIREs Water 2: 131-146. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1064   Link
Needles, Lisa A., Sarah E. Lester, Richard Ambrose, Anders Andren, Marc Beyeler, Michael S. Connor, James E. Eckman, Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Steven D. Gaines, Kevin D. Lafferty, Hunter S. Lenihan, Julia Parrish, Mark S. Peterson, Amy E. Scaroni, Judith S. Weis, Dean E. Wendt. 2015. Managing bay and estuarine ecosystems for multiple services. Estuaries and Coasts 38 (Suppl. 1): S35-S48. DOI 10.1007/s12237-013-9602-7. (Featured in Coastal and Estuarine Science News.)   Link

2014
Altstatt, J., R. Ambrose, J. Carroll, J. Coyer, J. Wible and J. Engle. 2014. Eelgrass meadows return to Frenchy’s Cove, Anacapa Island: Recovery ten years after successful transplantation. Monographs of the Western North America Naturalist 7: 500-517.   Link
Zimmer-Faust, A.G.*, R.F. Ambrose and M.N. Tamburri. 2014. Evaluation of approaches to quantify total residual oxidants in ballast water management systems employing chlorine for disinfection. Water Science and Technology 70: 1585-1593. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.394.   Link

2012
Peterson, C.H.,S.S. Anderson, G.N. Cherr, R.F. Ambrose, S. Anghera, S. Bay, M. Blum, R. Condon, T.A. Dean, M. Graham, M. Guzy, S. Hampton, S. Joye, J. Lambrinos, B. Mate, D. Meffert, S.P. Powers, P. Somasundaran, R.B. Spies, C.M. Taylor, R. Tjeerdema, and E.E. Adams. 2012. A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model. Bioscience 62: 461-469.   Link
Grant, S.B., J-D Saphores, D.L Feldman, A.J. Hamilton, T.D. Fletcher, P.L.M. Cook, M. Stewardson, B.F. Sanders, L.A. Levin, R.F. Ambrose, A. Deletic, R. Brown, S.C. Jiang, D. Rosso, W.J. Cooper and I. Marusic. 2012. Taking the "waste" out of "wastewater" for human water security and ecosystem sustainability. Science 337: 681-686.   Link
Willette, D.A.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2012. Effects of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea on the native seagrass, Syringodium filiforme, and associated fish and epibiota communities in the eastern Caribbean. Aquatic Botany 103: 74-82.   Link

2011
Coffman, G.C.*, R.F. Ambrose and P.W. Rundel. 2011. Wildfire promotes dominance by the invasive Giant Reed (Arundo donax) in riparian ecosystems. Biological Invasions 12: 2723-2734.   Link

2010
Rothenberg, S.E.*, M.E. Kirby, B.W. Bird, M.B. DeRose, C. Lin, X. Feng, R.F. Ambrose and J.A. Jay. 2010. The impact of over 100 years of wildfires on mercury levels and accumulation rates in two lakes in southern California, USA. Environmental Earth Sciences 60: 993–1005.   Link

2009
Smith, J.R.*, P. Fong and R.F. Ambrose. 2009. Spatial patterns in recruitment and growth of the mussel Mytilus californianus (Conrad) in southern and northern California, USA, two regions with differing oceanographic conditions. Journal of Sea Research 61: 165-173.   Link
Willette, D.A.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2009. The distribution and expansion of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea in Dominica, West Indies, with a preliminary report from St. Lucia. Aquatic Botany 91:137-142.   Link
Myers, M.R.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2009. Differences in benthic cover inside and outside marine protected areas on the Great Barrier Reef: influence of protection or disturbance history? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19: 736-747.   Link

2008
Smith, J.R.*, P. Fong and R.F. Ambrose. 2008. The impacts of human visitation on mussel bed communities along the California coast: Are regulatory marine reserves effective in protecting these communities? Environmental Management 41: 599-612.   Link
Rothenberg, S.E.*, R.F. Ambrose and J.A. Jay. 2008. Evaluating the potential efficacy of mercury Total Maximum Daily Loads on aqueous methylmercury levels in four coastal watersheds. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 5400-5406.   Link
Rothenberg, S.E.*, R.F. Ambrose and J.A. Jay. 2008. Mercury cycling in surface water, pore water and sediments of Mugu Lagoon, CA., USA. Environmental Pollution 154: 32-45.   Link

2007
Sagarin, R.D., Richard F. Ambrose, Bonnie J. Becker, John T. Engle, Janine Kido, Steven F. Lee*, C. Melissa Miner, Steven N. Murray, Peter T. Raimondi, Daniel V. Richards, Christy Roe. 2007. Ecological impacts on the limpet Lottia gigantea populations: human pressure over a broad scale on islands and mainland intertidal zones. Marine Biology 150: 399-415.   Link
Armitage, A.R.*, S.M. Jensen*, J.E. Yoon, and R.F. Ambrose. 2007. Wintering shorebird assemblages and behavior in restored tidal wetlands in southern California. Restoration Ecology 15: 139-148.   Link
Harmon, T.C., R.F. Ambrose, R.M. Gilbert*, J.C. Fisher, M. Stealey, and W.J. Kaiser. 2007. High Resolution River Hydraulic and Water Quality Characterization Using Rapidly Deployable Networked Infomechanical Systems (NIMS RD). Environmental Engineering Science 24: 151-159.   Link
Raimondi, P., R. D. Sagarin, R. Ambrose, C. Bell, M. George, S. Lee*, D. Lohse, C.M. Miner, and S. Murray. 2007. Consistent frequency of color morphs in the sea star Pisaster ochraceus (Echinodermata: Asteriidae) across open-coast habitats in the northeastern Pacific. Pacific Science 61: 197-206.   Link
Pankratz, S.*, T. Young*, H. Cuevas-Arellano, R. Kumar, R.F. Ambrose and I.H Suffet. 2007. The ecological value of constructed wetlands for treating urban run-off. Water Science and Technology 55: 63-69.   Link
Miller, A.W.*, G.M. Ruiz, M.S. Minton and R.F. Ambrose. 2007. Differentiating successful and failed molluscan invaders in marine ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332: 41-51.   Link
Swenson, D.P.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2007. A Spatial Analysis of Cumulative Habitat Loss in Southern California under the Clean Water Act Section 404 Program. Landscape and Urban Planning 82: 41-55.   Link
Tetreault, I.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2007. Temperate marine reserves enhance targeted but not untargeted fishes in multiple no-take MPAs. Ecological Applications 17: 2251-2267.   Link
Ambrose, R.F. 2007. Habitat Restoration. Pages 260-263 in: Denny, M.W. and S.D. Gaines, eds. Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. University of California Press, Berkeley. 735 pp.

2006
Reed, D.C., S.C. Schroeter, D. Huang, T.W. Anderson, and R.F. Ambrose. 2006. Quantitative Assessment of Different Artificial Reef Designs in Mitigating Losses to Kelp Forest Fishes. Bulletin of Marine Science 78: 133-150.   Link
Evanson, M.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2006. Sources and growth dynamics of fecal indicator bacteria in a coastal wetland system and potential impacts to adjacent waters. Water Research 40: 475-486.   Link
Smith, J.R.*, R.F. Ambrose, and P. Fong. 2006. Dramatic declines in mussel bed community diversity: Response to climate change? Ecology 87: 1153-1161.   Link
Smith, J.R.*, R.F. Ambrose, and P. Fong. 2006. Long-term change in mussel (Mytilus californianus Conrad) populations along the wave-exposed coast of California. Marine Biology 149: 537-545.   Link
Armitage, A.R.*, K.E. Boyer, R.R. Vance, and R.F. Ambrose. 2006. Restoring assemblages of salt marsh halophytes in the presence of a rapidly colonizing dominant species. Wetlands 26: 667-676.   Link
Murray, S.N., R.F Ambrose and M.N. Dethier. 2006. Monitoring Rocky Shores. University of California Press. 240 pp.   Link

2005
Shuman, C.S.*, G. Hodgson, and R.F. Ambrose. 2005. Population Impacts of Collecting Sea Anemones and Anemone fish for the Marine Aquarium Trade in the Philippines. Coral Reefs 24: 564-573.   Link
Lin, C.J.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2005. Relations between Fish Assemblages and Urbanization in Southern California Coastal Streams. In: Brown, L.R., R.H. Gray, R.M. Hughes and M. Meador, eds. Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems. American Fisheries Society, Maryland. 423 pp. (American Fisheries Society Symposium 47: 229–238.)

2004
Shuman, C.S.*, G. Hodgson, and R.F. Ambrose. 2004. Managing the Marine Aquarium Trade: Is Eco-Certification the Answer? Environmental Conservation 31(4): 339-348.

2003
Moeller, A.*, S.D. MacNeil*, R.F. Ambrose and S.S. Que Hee. 2003. Elements in fish of Malibu Creek and Malibu Lagoon near Los Angeles, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 424-429.
Forrester, G.E., B.I. Fredericks, D. Gerdeman, B. Evans, M.A. Steele, K. Zayed, L.E. Schweitzer, I.H. Suffet, R.R. Vance and R.F. Ambrose. 2003. Correspondence between field-measured growth rates of fish from several California estuaries and the inferred toxicity of multiple sediment contaminants. Marine Environmental Research 56: 423-442.
Vance, R.R., R.F. Ambrose, S.S. Anderson*, S. MacNeil*, T. McPherson*, I. Beers* and T.W. Keeney. 2003. Effects of sewage sludge on the growth of potted salt marsh plants exposed to natural tidal inundation. Restoration Ecology 11: 155-167.
Shuman, C.S.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2003. A comparison of remote sensing and ground-based methods for monitoring wetland restoration success. Restoration Ecology 11: 325-333.
Page, H.M., S. Schroeter, D. Reed, R.F. Ambrose, J. Callaway and J. Dixon. 2003. An inexpensive method to identify the elevation of tidally inundated habitat in coastal wetlands. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 102: 130-142.

2002
Sudol, M.F.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2002. The Clean Water Act and habitat replacement: Evaluation of mitigation sites in Orange County, California. Environmental Management 30: 727-734.   Link
Raimondi P., M. Wilson, R. Ambrose, J. Engle and T. Minchinton. 2002. Continued declines of black abalone along the coast of California: Are mass mortalities related to El Niño events? Marine Ecology Progress Series 242: 143-152.

2001
Moeller, A.*, R.F. Ambrose and S.S.Que Hee. 2001. A comparison of techniques for preparing fish fillet for ICP-AES multielemental analysis and the microwave digestion of whole fish. Food Additives and Contaminants 18: 19-29.
Cohen, T.*, S.S. Que Hee and R.F. Ambrose. 2001. Comparison of trace metal concentrations in fish and invertebrates in three Southern California wetlands. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42: 224-232. Link
Boyer, K.E., P. Fong, R.R. Vance and R.F. Ambrose. 2001. Salicornia virginica in a southern California salt marsh: seasonal patterns and a nutrient enrichment experiment. Wetlands 21 (3): 315-326.
Stein, E.D.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2001. Landscape-scale analysis and management of cumulative impacts to riparian ecosystems: Past, present and future. Journal of American Water Resources Association 37 (6): 1597-1614.
Downs, T.* and R. Ambrose. 2001. Syntropic ecotoxicology: a heuristic model for understanding the vulnerability of ecological systems to stress. Ecosystem Health 7: 266-283.

2000
Miller, A.W.* and R.F. Ambrose. 2000. Optimum sampling of patchy distributions: Comparison of different sampling designs in rocky intertidal habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 196: 1-14.
Stein, E.D.*, F. Tabatabai and R.F. Ambrose. 2000. Wetland mitigation banking: a framework for crediting and debiting. Environmental Management 26: 233-250.
Ambrose, R.F. 2000. Wetland mitigation in the United States: Assessing the success of mitigation policies. Wetlands (Australia) 19: 1-27.

1999
Ambrose, R.F. and D. Meffert*. 1999. Fish assemblage dynamics in Malibu Lagoon, a small hydrologically altered estuary in southern California. Wetlands 19(2): 327-340.
Lafferty, K.D., C.C. Swift and R.F. Ambrose. 1999. Post flood persistence and recolonization of endangered tidewater goby populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19: 618-622.
Lafferty, K., C. Swift and R.F. Ambrose. 1999. Extirpation and recovery of local populations of the endangered tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi. Conservation Biology 13: 1447-1453.
Murray, S.N., R.F. Ambrose, J.A. Bohnsack, L.W. Botsford, M.H. Carr, G.E. Davis, P.K. Dayton, D. Gotshall, D.R. Gunderson, M.A. Hixon, J. Lubchenco, M. Mangel, A. MacCall, D.A. McArdle, J.C. Ogden, J. Roughgarden, R.M. Starr, M.J. Tegner and M.M. Yoklavich. 1999. No-take reserve networks: Protection for fishery populations and marine ecosystems. Fisheries 24: 11-25.   Link

1998
Stein, E.D.* and R.F. Ambrose. 1998. Cumulative impacts of Section 404 Clean Water Act permitting on the riparian habitat of the Santa Margarita, CA watershed. Wetlands 18: 379-392.
Stein, E.D.* and R.F. Ambrose. 1998. A rapid impact assessment method for use in a regulatory context. Wetlands 18: 393-408.

1997
M.A. Palmer, R.F. Ambrose and N.L. Poff. 1997. Ecological theory and community restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 5: 291-300.   Link
Lang, M.A., F.G. Hochberg, with R.F. Ambrose and J.M. Engle, eds. 1997. The fishery and market potential of Octopus in California. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. 192 pp.
Ambrose, R.F. 1997. Ecological value in restored coastal ecosystems. Pages 67-86 in: L.A. Brooks and S.D. VanDeveer, eds. Saving the Seas: Values, Scientists, and International Governance. Maryland Sea Grant College, College Park, MD. 480 pp.
Ambrose, R.F. 1997. Octopus bimaculatus. Pages 11-22 in: Lang, M.A., F.G. Hochberg, with R.F. Ambrose and J.M. Engle, eds. The fishery and market potential of Octopus in California. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. 192 pp.

1996
Altstatt, J.A., R.F. Ambrose, J.M. Engle, P.L. Haaker, K.D. Lafferty and P.T. Raimondi. 1996. Recent declines of black abalone Haliotis cracherodii on the mainland coast of central California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 142: 185-192.
Ambrose, R.F., R.J. Schmitt and C.W. Osenberg. 1996. Predicted and Observed Environmental Impacts: Can We Foretell Ecological Change? Pages 343-367 in: Schmitt, R.J. and C.W. Osenberg, eds. Detecting Ecological Impacts: Concepts and Applications in Coastal Habitats. Academic Press, San Diego. 401 pp.

1994
Ambrose, R.F. 1994. Mitigating the effects of a coastal power plant on a kelp forest community: Rationale and requirements for an artificial reef. Bulletin of Marine Science 55 (2): 694-708.
Johnson, T.D., A.M. Barnett, E.E. DeMartini, L.L. Craft, R.F. Ambrose and L.J. Purcell. 1994. Fish production and habitat utilization of a southern California artificial reef. Bulletin of Marine Science 55 (2): 709-723.
DeMartini, E.E., A.M. Barnett, T.D. Johnson and R.F. Ambrose. 1994. Growth and production estimates for biomass-dominant fishes on a southern California artificial reef. Bulletin of Marine Science 55 (2): 484-500.
Holbrook, S.J., S.L. Swarbrick, R.J. Schmitt and R.F. Ambrose. 1994. Reef architecture and reef fish: correlates of population densities with attributes of subtidal rocky environments. pp. 99-106 in Battershill, C.M. D.R.Schiel, G.P. Jones, R.G. Creese and A.B. MacDiamid (eds.) Proceedings of the Second International Temperate Reef Symposium. National Institute of Water and atmospheric Research, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington. 252 pp.

1993
Coyer, J.A., R.F. Ambrose, J.M. Engle and J.C. Carroll. 1993. Interactions between corals and algae on a temperate zone rocky reef: mediation by sea urchins. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 167: 21-37.
Ambrose, R.F., J.A. Coyer, J.M. Engle and B.V. Nelson. 1993. Changes in urchin and kelp densities at Anacapa Island, California. In: F.G. Hochberg, ed. Third California Islands Symposium: Recent Advances in Research on the California Islands. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA. pp. 199-209.

1991
Bohnsack, J.A., D.L. Johnson and R.F. Ambrose. 1991. Ecology of artificial reef habitats and fishes. Pages 61-107 in: W. Seaman, Jr., and L.M. Sprague, eds. Artificial Habitats for Marine and Freshwater Fisheries. Academic Press, San Diego. 285 pp. Link

1990
Ambrose, R.F. and T.W. Anderson. 1990. The influence of an artificial reef on the surrounding infaunal community. Marine Biology 107: 41-52. Link
Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt and R.F. Ambrose. 1990. Biogenic habitat structure and characteristics of temperate reef fish assemblages. Australian Journal of Ecology 15: 489-503. (Also published in: Ecology of Temperate Reefs, ed. by M.J. Keough, G. Quinn and A. King. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Melbourne.)

1989
Ambrose, R.F. and S.L. Swarbrick. 1989. Comparison of fish assemblages on artificial and natural reefs off the coast of Southern California. Bulletin of Marine Science 44: 718-733.   Link

1988
Ambrose, R.F., B.J. Leighton and E.B. Hartwick. 1988. Characterization of boreholes by Octopus dofleini (Wulker) in the bivalve Saxidomus giganteus (Deshayes). Journal of Zoology (London) 214: 491-503.
Hartwick, E.B., S.M.C. Robinson, R.F. Ambrose, D. Trotter and M. Walsh. 1988. Inshore-offshore comparison of Octopus dofleini with special reference to abundance, growth and condition during winter. Malacologia 29: 57-68.
Ambrose, R.F. 1988. Population dynamics of Octopus bimaculatus: influence of life history patterns, synchronous reproduction, and recruitment. Malacologia 29: 23-39.

1987
Coyer, J.A., J.M. Engle, R.F. Ambrose and B.V. Nelson. 1987. Utilization of purple and red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Stimpson and S. franciscanus Agassiz) as food by the white sea urchin (Lytechinus anamesus Clark) in the field and laboratory. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 105: 21-38.

1986
Ambrose, R.F. 1986. Effects of octopus predation on motile invertebrates in a rocky subtidal community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 30: 261-273.

1984
Hartwick, E.B., R.F. Ambrose and S.M.C. Robinson. 1984. Den utilization and movements of tagged Octopus dofleini. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 11: 95-110.
Hartwick, E.B., R.F. Ambrose and S.M.C. Robinson. 1984. Dynamics of shallow-water populations of Octopus dofleini. Marine Biology 82: 65-72.
Ambrose, R.F. 1984. Food preferences, prey availability and the diet of Octopus bimaculatus Verrill. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 77: 29-44.

1983
Ambrose, R.F. and B.V. Nelson. 1983. Predation by Octopus vulgaris in the Mediterranean. P.S.Z.N. I: Marine Ecology 4: 251-261.
Ambrose, R.F. 1983. Midden formation by octopuses: the role of biotic and abiotic factors. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 10: 137-144.

1982
Ambrose, R.F. and B.V. Nelson. 1982. Inhibition of giant kelp recruitment by an introduced brown alga. Botanica Marina 25: 265-267.
Ambrose, R.F. 1982. Shelter utilization by the molluscan cephalopod Octopus bimaculatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 7: 67-73.

1981
Ambrose, R.F. 1981. Observations on the embryonic development and early post-embryonic behavior of Octopus bimaculatus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Veliger 24: 139-146.

1977
Ambrose, R.F. and T.E. Meehan. 1977. Aggressive behavior of Perognathus parvus and Peromyscus maniculatus. Journal of Mammalogy 58: 665-668.
Meehan, T.E., P.W. Rundel, R. Ambrose, G. Baker and A. Rappoport. 1977. The influence of intensive selective browsing by pocket mice (Perognathus) on the spatial distribution of Polygala deserticum in Baja California. American Midland Naturalist 97: 489-495.