Thornber Lab

Marine Community Ecology
University of Rhode Island

2010
  • Jones, E. and Thornber, C. 2010. Effects of habitat-modifying invasive macroalgae on epiphytic algal communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 400: 87-100.
2009
  • Lyons, P., Thornber, C., Portnoy, J., and Gwilliam, E. Dynamics of macroalgal blooms along the Cape Cod National Seashore. Northeastern Naturalist. 16(1): 53-66.
  • Lee, D.Y-W., Lin, X., Paskaleva, E.E., Liu, Y., Puttamadappa, S.S., Thornber, C., Drake, J.R., Habulin, M., Shekhtman, A., and Canki, M. 2009. Palmitic acid is a novel CD4 fusion inhibitor that blocks HIV entry and infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 25(12): 1231-1241.
2008
  • Thornber, C.S., Jones, E., and Stachowicz, J.J. 2008. Herbivore preference and algal palatability across a vertical rocky intertidal gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 363: 51-62.
  • Paskaleva, E.E., Lin, X., Duus, K., McSharry, J.J., Veille, J., Thornber, C., Liu, Y., Lee, D., and Canki, M. 2008. Sargassum fusiforme fraction is a potent and specific inhibitor of HIV-1 fusion and reverse transcriptase. Virology Journal. 5(8); 9 pages (no page #s, as journal is online only).
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  • Thornber, C.S., DiMilla, P., Nixon, S., and McKinney, R. 2008. Uptake of nitrogen from natural and anthropogenic sources in bloom-forming macroalgae. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56: 261-269.
  • Oczkowski, A., Nixon, S., Henry, K., DiMilla, P., Pilson, M., Granger, S., Buckley, B., Thornber, C., McKinney, R., and Chaves, J. 2008. On the distribution and trophic importance of anthropogenic nitrogen in Narragansett Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 31: 53-69.

2007
  • Thornber, C.S. 2007. Associational resistance mediates predator-prey interactions in a marine subtidal system. Marine Ecology. 28(4): 480-486.
  • Thornber, C.S. Algal life cycles. 2007, invited book chapter for Encyclopedia of Rocky Shores and Tidepools, edited by Dr. Steven Gaines and Dr. Mark Denny, University of California Press.

2006
  • Thornber, C.S. 2006. Functional properties of the isomorphic biphasic algal life cycle. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46(5): 605-614.
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  • Thornber, C.S., Stachowicz, J., and Gaines, S. 2006. Grazing on different phases of an isomorphic alga: interactive effects life history phase and reproductive status on susceptibility to herbivory. Ecology. 87(9): 2255-2263.
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  • Harley, C., Hughes, A.R., Hultrgren, K., Miner, B.G., Sorte, C.J.B., Thornber, C.S., Rodriguez, L.F., Tomanek, L., and Williams, S.L. 2006. The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems. Ecology Letters. 9: 228-241.
  • Byrnes, J., Stachowicz, J.J., Hultgren, K.M., Hughes, A.R., Olyarnik, S.V., and Thornber, C.S. 2006. Predator diversity strengthens trophic cascades in kelp forests by modifying herbivore behavior. Ecology Letters. 9: 61-71.

2004 and prior
  • Thornber, C.S. and Gaines, S. 2004. Population demographics in species with biphasic life cycles. Ecology. 85:1661-1674.
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  • Thornber, C.S., Kinlan, B., Graham, M., and Stachowicz, J. 2004. Recruitment, survivorship, and thermal tolerances of populations of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in California. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 268: 69-80.
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  • Thornber, C.S. and Gaines, S. 2003. Spatial and temporal variation of haploid-diploid ratios in marine algal populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 258: 65-77.
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  • Blanchette, C., Thornber, C.S., and Gaines, S. 1999. Effects of wave exposure on intertidal fucoid algae. Fifth California Islands Symposium, Channel Islands Press, Santa Barbara CA.
  • Stapleton, A.E., Thornber, C.S., and Walbot, V. 1997. UV-B component of sunlight causes measurable damage in field-grown maize (Zea mays L.): developmental and cellular heterogeneity of damage and repair. Plant, Cell, and Environment. 20: 279-290.
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