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Van Wert, JC, L Ezzat, KS Munsterman, K Landfield, NMD Schiettekatte, V Parravicini, JM Brandl, DE Burkepile, EJ Eliason. Fish feces reveal diverse nutrient sources for coral reefs. Ecology

Schiettekatte, NMD, SJ Brandl, JM Casey, AJ Graham, DR Barneche, DE Burkepile, JE Allgeier, JE Aria-Gonzalez, GJ Edgar, CEL Ferreira, SR Floeter, AM Friedlander, AL Green, M Kulbicki, Y Letourneur, OJ Luis, A Mercière, F Morat, KS Munsterman, EL Rezende, FA Rodríguez‐Zaragoza, RD Stuart-Smith, L Vigliola, S Villéger, V Parravicini. 2022. Drivers and vulnerability of global coral reef fish functions. Nature Ecology and Evolution

Brines, E, MA Andskog, KS Munsterman, CA Layman, JE Allgeier. 2022. Anthropogenic nutrients mitigate importance of fish-mediated nutrient supply for seagrass beds in Haiti. Marine Biology

Allgeier, JE, BC Weeks, KS Munsterman, N Wale, S Wenger, V Parravicini, NMD Schiettekatte, S Villéger, DE Burkepile. 2022. Phylogenetic conservatism drives nutrient dynamics of coral reef fishes. Nature Communications

Ezzat, L, S Merolle, CS Clements, KS Munsterman, KM Landfield, CR Duran Stensrud, ER Schmeltzer, DE Burkepile. RV Thurber. 2021. Thermal stress interacts with surgeonfish feces to increase coral susceptibility to dysbiosis and reduce tissue regeneration. Frontiers in Microbiology

Munsterman, KS, JE Allgeier, JR Peters, DE Burkepile. 2021. A view from both ends: shifts in herbivore assemblages impacts top-down and bottom-up processes on coral reefs. Ecosystems
**Identified as one of the top ten most influential papers of the 6-year cycle of NSF-funding for the MCR LTER
**Covered in an International Coral Reef Society Reefbites blog post

Schiettekatte, NMD, DR Barneche, S Villéger, DE Burkepile, JE Allgeier, SJ Brandel, JM Casey, A Merciére, KS Munsterman, F Morat, V Parravicini. 2020. Nutrient limitation, bioenergetics and stoichiometry: A new model to
predict elemental fluxes mediated by fishes. Functional Ecology 

Donovan, MK, TC Adam, AA Shantz, KE Speare, KS Munsterman, MM Rice, RJ Schmitt, SJ Holbrook, DE Burkepile. Nitrogen pollution alters coral bleaching across the seascape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ezzat, L, T Lamy, RL Maher, KS Munsterman, KM Landfield, ER Schmeltzer, CS Clements, RV Thurber, DE Burkepile. 2020. Parrotfish predation drives distinct microbial communities in reef-building corals. Animal Microbiome

Ezzat, L, T Lamy, KS Munsterman, K Landfield, DE Burkepile, RV Thurber. 2019. Herbivorous fish feces destabilize coral microbiome. Marine Ecology Progress Series 

Burkepile, DE, AA Shantz, TA Adam, KS Munsterman, KE Speare, MC Ladd, MM Rice, SE McIlroy, AJ Brooks, RJ Schmitt, SJ Holbrook. 2019. Nitrogen source drives differential impacts of nutrients on coral bleaching prevalence, duration, and mortality. Ecosystems 

Burkepile, DE, TC Adam, M Roycroft, MC Ladd, KS Munsterman, BI Ruttenberg. 2019. Size-specific patterns in corallivory and spongivory among Caribbean parrotfishes. Coral Reefs

Rassweiler, A, M Lauer, SE Lester, SJ Holbrook, RJ Schmitt, R Madi Moussa, KS Munsterman, HS Lenihan, AJ Brooks, J Wencélius, J Claudet. 2020. Perceptions and responses of Pacific Island fishers to changing coral reefs. Ambio 
 

manuscripts in prep
 

Landfield, KM, JR Peters, KS Munsterman, AC Stier, JE Allgeier, DE Burkepile. Coral characteristics and the presence of micro-predatory fishes  influence ammonium contributions from associated small-bodied fishes and invertebrates. 
 
Munsterman, KS, MHK Hesselbarth, JE Allgeier. Smaller and bolder fish enhance ecosystem-scale primary production around artificial reefs in seagrass beds.

Munsterman, KS, KJ Fiorella, D Mitchell, JE Allgeier. Internal and external resilience both hinder and help small-scale fishing communities following multiple disturbances in The Bahamas.

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