Sponaugle, S., K.D. Walter, K.L. Denit, J.K. Llopiz, and R.K. Cowen. (In review). Variation in pelagic larval growth of Atlantic billfishes: the role of prey composition and selective mortality.

Paddack, M.J., S. Sponaugle, and R.K. Cowen. (In press). Small-scale demographic variation in the stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788). Journal of Fish Biology

Huebert K., and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Observed and simulated swimming trajectories of settlement-stage coral reef fish larvae in the Florida Keys. Aquat. Biol. 7: 207-216. <PDF>

Richardson, D.E., R.K. Cowen, E.D. Prince, and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Importance of Straits of Florida spawning ground to Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans). Fish. Oceanogr. 18: 6, 402-418. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S. (2009). Daily otolith increments in the early stages of tropical fishes. Pages 93-132 In: B. Green, B. Mapstone, G. Carlos, and G. Begg, eds. Gathering information from otoliths of tropical fishes. Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Springer

Luo, J., J.E. Serafy, S. Sponaugle, PB Teare, and D. Kieckbusch. (2009). Movement of gray snapper Lutjanus griseus among subtropical seagrass, mangrove, and coral reef habitats. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 380: 255-269. <PDF>

Sponaugle, S., J.K. Llopiz, L.N. Havel, and T.L. Rankin. (2009). Spatial variation in larval growth and gut fullness in a coral reef fish. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 383: 239-249. <PDF>

Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Larval supply and juvenile recruitment of coral reef fishes to marine reserves and non-reserves of the upper Florida Keys, USA. Mar. Biol. 156: 277-288. <PDF>

Cowen, R.K. and S. Sponaugle. (2009). Larval dispersal and marine population connectivity. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1: 443-466. <Article>

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. (2005a). 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. (2005b). 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. (2004a). 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. (2004b). 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>