Cowen, R.K. and S. Sponaugle. (in press). Larval dispersal and marine population connectivity. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1:443-466.

Sponaugle, S. (in press). Daily otolith increments in the early stages of tropical fishes. In: B. Green, G. Begg, G. Carlos, and B. Mapstone, eds. Gathering information from otoliths of tropical fishes.

Paddack, M.J. and S. Sponaugle. (2008). Recruitment and habitat selection of newly settled Sparisoma viride to reefs with low coralcover. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 369: 205-212. <PDF>

Pineda, J., J.A. Hare, and S. Sponaugle. (2007). Larval dispersal and transport in the coastal ocean and consequences for population connectivity. Oceanography 20: 22-39.

D'Alessandro, E., S. Sponaugle, and T.N. Lee. (2007). Patterns and processes of larval fish supply to the coral reefs of the upper Florida Keys. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 331: 85-100. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and K. Grorud-Colvert. (2006). Environmental variability, early life history traits, and survival of new recruits of a coral reef fish. Integr. Comp. Biol. 46: 623-633. <PDF>

Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle. (2006). Influence of condition on behavior and survival potential of a newly settled coral reef fish. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 327: 279-388. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., K. Grorud-Colvert, and D. Pinkard. (2006). Temperature-mediated variation in early life history traits and recruitment success of the coral reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum in the Florida Keys. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 308: 1-15. <PDF>

Paddack, M.J., R.K. Cowen, and S. Sponaugle. (2006). Grazing pressure of herbivorous coral reef fishes on low coral-cover reefs. Coral Reefs 25: 461-472. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., T. Lee, V. Kourafalou, and D. Pinkard. (2005). Florida Current frontal eddies and the settlement of coral reef fishes. Limnol. Oceangr. 50: 1033-1048. <PDF>

Luthy, S.A., J.E. Serafy, R.K. Cowen, K.L. Denit, S. Sponaugle. (2005). Age and growth of larval Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus. Mar. Freshw. Res. 56: 1027-1035. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., K.L. Denit, S.A. Luthy, J.E. Serafy, and R.K. Cowen. (2005). Growth variation in larval Makaira nigricans. J. Fish Biol. 66: 822-835. <PDF>

Paris, C.B., S. Sponaugle, R.K. Cowen, and T. Rotunno. (2005). Pomacentridae. Pages 1787-1818 In :W.J. Richards, ed., Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes , CRS Press, Boca Raton.

Denit, K. and S. Sponaugle. (2004). Growth variation, settlement and spawning of the gray snapper Lutjanus griseus across a latitudinal gradient. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 133: 1339-1355. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and D.R. Pinkard. (2004). Lunar cyclic population replenishment of a coral reef fish: shifting patterns following oceanic events. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 267: 267-280. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and D.R. Pinkard. (2004). Impact of variable pelagic environments on natural larval growth and recruitment of the reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum. J. Fish Biol. 64: 34-54. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., J. Fortuna, K. Grorud and T. Lee. (2003). Dynamics of larval fish assemblages over a shallow coral reef in the Florida Keys. Mar. Biol. 143: 175-189. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K., S. Sponaugle, C.B. Paris, K.M.M. Lwiza, J.L. Fortuna and S. Dorsey. (2003). Impact of North Brazil Current rings on local circulation and coral reef fish recruitment to Barbados, West Indies. pp. 443-462. In: G.J. Goni and P.M. Rizzoli, eds., Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean. Elsevier, Amsterdam. <PDF>

Sponaugle S., R.K. Cowen, A. Shanks, S.G. Morgan, J.M. Leis, J. Pineda, G.W. Boehlert, M.J. Kingsford, K. Lindeman, C. Grimes, and J.L. Munro. (2002). Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates and mechanisms. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70S: 341-375. <PDF>

Valles H., S. Sponaugle, and H. Oxenford. (2001). Larval supply to a marine reserve and adjacent fished area in the Soufriere Marine Management Area, St. Lucia, West Indies. J Fish Biol. 59: 152-177. <PDF>

Searcy, S. and S. Sponaugle. (2001). Selective mortality during the larval-juvenile transition in two coral reef fishes. Ecology 82: 2452-2470. <PDF>

Searcy, S. and S. Sponaugle. (2000). Variable larval growth in a coral reef fish. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 206: 213-226. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K., K.M.M Lwiza, S. Sponaugle, C. Paris and D. Olson. (2000). Connectivity of marine populations: Open or closed? Science 287: 857-9. <PDF>

Reyns, N. and S. Sponaugle. (1999). Patterns and processes of brachyuran crab settlement to Caribbean coral reefs. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 185:155-170. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1997). Early life history traits and recruitment patterns of Caribbean wrasses (Labridae). Ecol. Monogr. 67: 177-202. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K. and S. Sponaugle. (1997). Relationships between early life history traits and recruitment in coral reef fishes. pp. 423-449. In : R.C. Chambers and E. Trippel (eds.), Early Life History and Recruitment in Fish Populations. Chapman and Hall.

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1996). Nearshore patterns of larval supply to Barbados, West Indies. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 133: 13-28. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1996). Larval supply and patterns of recruitment for two Caribbean fishes, Stegastes partitus and Acanthurus bahianus. Mar. Freshw. Res. 47: 433-47. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and R.K. Cowen. (1994). Larval durations and recruitment patterns of two Caribbean gobies (Gobiidae): Contrasting early life histories in demersal spawners. Mar. Biol. 120: 133-143. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and M. LaBarbera. (1991). Drag-induced deformation: a functional feeding strategy in two species of gorgonians. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 148: 121-134. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. (1991). Flow patterns and velocities around a suspension-feeding gorgonian polyp: evidence from physical models. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 148: 135-145. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. and P. Lawton. (1990). Portunid crab predation on juvenile hard clams: effects of substrate type and prey density. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 67: 43-53. <PDF>