{"id":167,"date":"2015-04-14T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/novak\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:58:48","slug":"publications-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/novak\/publications-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications & Links"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Publications<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Lord KS, Fanthorpe G, Walker GH, Novak AB<\/strong>. 2025. Interannual and seasonal trends in abundance, sex ratios, and size of the invasive European green crab, Carcinus maenas<\/em>, (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Portunoidea: Carcinidae) in the Great Marsh, Massachusetts<\/a>.\u00a0 Journal of Crustacean Biology. 45:4. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jcbiol\/ruaf071<\/p>\n

Mittermayr A, Novak AB<\/strong>, Plaisted HK, Gaeckle J, Lefcheck J, Short FT. 2025. SeagrassNet Rapid \u2013 Manual for Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Essential Ocean Variables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lord KS, Bennet-Smith M, Novak AB<\/strong>. 2025. Extensive fouling of eelgrass (Zostera marina<\/em> L.) reproductive shoots by invasive tunicates \u2013 a potential threat to meadow reproductive output?<\/a> Ecology and Evolution. 15:12. e72663<\/p>\n

Foster-Martinez MR,\u00a0 Georgiou IY, FitzGerald DM, Hughes ZJ, Novak AB<\/strong>, Sakib MM. 2025. Understanding Wave Attenuation Across Marshes: Insights from Numerical Modeling<\/a>. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13: 1188. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/jmse13061188<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Schaefer R, Colarusso P, Simpson JC, Novak AB<\/strong>, Nepf H. 2025. Continual migration of patches within a Massachusetts seagrass meadow limits carbon accretion and storage.<\/a> Nature Communications Earth and Environment.6:129.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43247-025-02049-y<\/p>\n

Schaefer R, Colarusso P, Simpson JC, Novak AB<\/strong>, Nepf H. 2024. Proximity to inlet channel drives spatial variation in sediment organic carbon across a lagoonal seagrass meadow<\/a>.\u00a0 Science of the Total Environment. 177022.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2024.177022<\/p>\n

Trevathan-Tackett ST, et al. 2024. Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands<\/a>.\u00a0 Environmental Science and Technology Journal. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.4c02116<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Novak, A.B.,<\/strong> Gerstenbacher, C.M., Lord, K.S., Rotjan R. (2024) Microplastic abundance and accumulation patterns in eelgrass (Zostera marina<\/em>\u00a0L.) meadows throughout coastal Massachusetts, USA.<\/a>\u00a0Environmental Monitoring and\u00a0 Assessment<\/em> 196: 775 . https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10661-024-12943-1<\/p>\n

Novak A.B<\/strong>., Plaisted H.K., Hughes Z.J., Mittermayr A., Molden E. (2023) Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) populations are threatened by high sea-surface temperatures and impaired waters on Nantucket Island, USA.<\/a>\u00a0 Marine Pollution Bulletin. 197: 11568.<\/p>\n

Houttuijn Bloemendaal L.J., FitzGerald D.M., Hughes Z.J., Novak A.B. <\/strong>(2023) Reevaluating the wave power-salt marsh retreat relationship.<\/a>\u00a0 Scientific Reports 13 (1), 2884<\/p>\n

Lei J., Schaefer R., Colarusso P., Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Simpson J.C., Masqu\u00e9 P., Nepf H.\u00a0 (2023) Spatial heterogeneity in sediment and carbon accretion rates within a seagrass meadow correlated with the hydrodynamic intensity<\/a>. Science of The Total Environment. 854: 158685, ISSN 0048-9697.<\/p>\n

Plaisted H.K., Shields E.C., Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Peck C.P., Schenck F., Carr J., Duffy P.A., Evans N.T., Fox S.E., Heck S.M., Hudson R., Mattera T., Moore K.A., Neikirk B., Parrish D.B., Peterson B.J., Short F.T., Tinoco A.I. (2022) Influence of Rising Water Temperature on the Temperate Seagrass Species Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in the Northeast USA<\/a>.
\nFrontiers Marine Science. 9:920699. doi: 10.3389\/fmars.2022.920699.<\/p>\n

Gerstenbacher C.M., Finzi A.C., Rotjan R.D., Novak, A.B.<\/strong> (2022) A review of microplastic impacts on seagrasses, epiphytes, and associated sediment communities<\/a>. Environmental Pollution, 119108.<\/p>\n

Cronin-Golomb O., Harringmeyer J.P., Weiser M.W., Zhu X., Ghosh N., Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Forbrich I., Fichot C.G. (2022) Modeling benthic solar exposure (UV and visible) in dynamic coastal systems to better inform seagrass habitat suitability<\/a>. Science of The Total Environment. 812:151481.<\/p>\n

Houttuijn Bloemendaal L.J., FitzGerald D.M., Hughes Z.J., Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Phippen P. (2021) What controls marsh edge erosion?<\/a> Geomorphology. 386:107745.<\/p>\n

Moore G.E., Burdick D.M., Routhier M.R., Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Payne A.R. (2021) Effects of a large-scale, natural sediment deposition event on plant cover in a Massachusetts salt marsh. PLoS One<\/a>. 16(1) e0245564.<\/p>\n

FitzGerald D.M., Hein C., Connell J.E., Hughes Z.J., Georgiou I.Y., Novak A.B<\/strong>. (2021) Largest marsh in New England near a precipice<\/a>.\u00a0 Geomorphology. 379 (25): 107625<\/p>\n

FitzGerald D.M., Ryerson O., <\/span>Hughes Z.J., Black S., Georgiou I.Y., Hein C., Novak A.B<\/strong>.\u00a0 (2020) Long-term Variability in Inorganic Sediment Contributions to the Great Marsh, Massachusetts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Coastal Research. 95 (SI): 490\u2013494. doi:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2112\/SI95-095.1<\/p>\n

FitzGerald D.M., Hughes Z.J., Georgiou I.Y., Black S., Novak A.B<\/strong>. (2020) Enhanced, climate\u2010driven sedimentation on salt marshes<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Geophysical Research Letters.\u00a0<\/span>47<\/span>, e2019GL086737.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL086737<\/p>\n

Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Pelletier M.C., Colarusso P., Simpson J., Gutierrez M.N., Aria-Ortiz A., Charpentier M., Masque P., Vella P. (2020) Factors influencing carbon stocks and accumulation rates in eelgrass meadows across New England<\/a>.\u00a0 Estuaries and Coasts. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-020-00754-9<\/span><\/p>\n

Plaisted H.K., Novak A.B<\/strong>., Weigel S., Klein A.S., Short F.T. (2019) Eelgrass genetic diversity influences resilience to stress associated with eutrophication<\/a>.\u00a0 Estuaries and Coasts. 43,<\/b>1425\u20131438. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-019-00669-0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bendoni M., Georgiou I.Y., Novak, A.B.<\/strong>\u00a0 (2019)\u00a0Marsh Edge Erosion. In Fitzgerald, D.M. & Hughes, Z.J. (eds) Salt Marshes. Marshes: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n

Novak A.B.<\/span><\/strong>, Hays C., Plaisted H.K., Hughes A.R. (2017) Limited effects of source population identity and number on seagrass transplant performance<\/a>. <\/span>PeerJ<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span><\/span><\/span>:e2972<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Short F.T., Short C.A., Novak A.B<\/strong>. (2016) Seagrasses. In: Finlayson, C.M., Crawford, P. & Milton, R.. Encyclopedia of Wetlands (IV). Wetlands of the World. NY: Springer.<\/p>\n

Novak A.B<\/strong>., Short F.T. (2014)\u00a0Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Seagrasses. In: Wang, Y.Q. (ed) Encyclopedia of Natural Resources. NY: Taylor and Francis.<\/p>\n

Novak A.B<\/strong>., Short F.T. (2012) Permanent and transient leaf reddening in the seagrass\u00a0Thalassia testudinum<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0Bulletin of Marine Science -Miami-\u00a088(2):305-315. DOI:10.5343\/bms.2011.1107<\/p>\n

Novak A.B<\/strong>., Short F.T. (2011) Leaf reddening in the seagrass\u00a0Thalassia testudinum<\/em>\u00a0in relation to anthocyanins, seagrass physiology and morphology, and plant protection.<\/a>\u00a0Marine Biology\u00a0158(6):1403-1416. DOI:10.1007\/s00227-011-1658-y<\/p>\n

Novak A.B<\/strong>., F.T. Short. (2011) \u00a0The importance of UV-B light in the induction of leaf reddening and maintenance of photosynthesis in\u00a0Thalassia testudinum<\/em><\/a>. Experimental Marine Biology 409: 136-142.<\/p>\n

Novak A.B<\/strong>., Short F.T. (2010) Leaf reddening in seagrasses<\/a>.\u00a0Botanica Marina\u00a053, 93-97. DOI: 10.1515\/BOT.2010.011DOI:10.1515\/BOT.2010.011<\/p>\n

Novak A.B.<\/strong>, Hines H., Kwan D., Parr L., Tun M.T., Win H., Short F.T. (2009). Revised ranges of seagrass species in the Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar.<\/a>\u00a0Aquatic Botany\u00a091(3):250-252. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.aquabot.2009.07.002<\/p>\n

Novak, A.B.<\/strong> (2004) Effects of Suburban Sprawl on Rhode Island’s Forests: A Landsat View from\u00a01972-1999<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0Northeastern Naturalist\u00a001.\u00a0DOI:\u00a010.1656\/1092-6194(2004)011[0067:EOSSOR]2.0.CO;2<\/p>\n

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Additional Links<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boston University Coastal Lab- Bucoastallab<\/a><\/p>\n

Great Marsh Partnership Research-\u00a0 GreatMarshPartnership<\/a><\/p>\n

Global Seagrass Monitoring Network-\u00a0Seagrass Net<\/a> (2010)<\/p>\n

Women Working for Oceans- W2<\/sub>O<\/a><\/p>\n

New England Aquarium- l<\/em>ive blue<\/i>™<\/span>\u00a0Ambassadors<\/a><\/p>\n

National Wildlife Feder<\/span>ation-\u00a0The Great Marsh: Nature\u2019s Flood Insurance<\/a>\u00a0By Doug Stewart (2015)<\/p>\n

Exploring our ecological world through art- Nedret Andre’s Blog<\/a>\u00a0By Nedret Andre<\/p>\n

Initiatives to develop a consumer market for the invasive green crab- Green Crab R&D Project<\/a>\u00a0led by Roger Warner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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