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Joseph Pawlik
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5,720 Points

Contributions by role

Author 235
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 50
Editor 5,400

Contributions by subject area

Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Marine Biology
Ecosystem Science
Biological Oceanography
Biodiversity
Biosphere Interactions
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Contamination and Remediation
Environmental Impacts
Freshwater Biology
Biogeography
Taxonomy
Zoology
Natural Resource Management
Animal Behavior
Microbiology
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Molecular Biology
Population Biology
Food Science and Technology
Genomics
Plant Science
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Genetics
Toxicology
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Joseph R Pawlik

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Joe Pawlik has worked primarily in the area of marine chemical ecology, most recently on the chemical defenses of sponges on Caribbean coral reefs. He received his BS in 1982 from the University of Minnesota, and his PhD in 1988 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. After postdoctoral fellowships at Friday Harbor Labs and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he joined the faculty at UNC Wilmington in 1991, where he teaches Invertebrate Zoology and directs a research program involving undergraduate, MS and PhD students.

Ecology Marine Biology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Work details

Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology

UNCW
January 1991
Department of Biology and Marine Biology

Websites

  • Pawlik Lab
  • Pawlik Lab - Videos
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 44
  • Reviewed 1
January 31, 2018
A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what’s old, what’s new, and future directions
Joseph R. Pawlik, Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4343 PubMed 29404224
April 28, 2015
Indirect effects of overfishing on Caribbean reefs: sponges overgrow reef-building corals
Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray, Timothy P. Henkel, Jan Vicente, Joseph R. Pawlik
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.901 PubMed 25945305
February 14, 2015 - Version: 1
Indirect effects of overfishing on Caribbean reefs: Sponges overgrow reef-building corals
Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E McMurray, Timothy P Henkel, Jan Vicente, Joseph R Pawlik
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.836v1

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May 31, 2022
Population genetics and demography of the coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge, Terpios hoshinota, in the Indo-West Pacific
Savanna Wenhua Chow, Shashank Keshavmurthy, James Davis Reimer, Nicole de Voogd, Hui Huang, Jih-Terng Wang, Sen-Lin Tang, Peter J. Schupp, Chun Hong Tan, Hock-Chark Liew, Keryea Soong, Beginer Subhan, Hawis Madduppa, Chaolun Allen Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13451 PubMed 35669953
December 7, 2021
The determination of thiocyanate in the blood plasma and holding water of Amphiprion clarkii after exposure to cyanide
J. Alexander Bonanno, Nancy E. Breen, Michael F. Tlusty, Lawrence Andrade, Andrew L. Rhyne
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12409 PubMed 34963821
October 19, 2021
Marine amphipods (Parhyale hawaiensis) as an alternative feed for the lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus, Perri 1810): nutritional value and feeding trial
Jorge Arturo Vargas-Abúndez, Gemma Leticia Martínez-Moreno, Nuno Simões, Elsa Noreña-Barroso, Maite Mascaró
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12288 PubMed 34721977
September 3, 2021
Spatial distribution of parrotfishes and groupers in an Okinawan coral reef: size-related associations in relation to habitat characteristics
Atsushi Nanami
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12134 PubMed 34557361
July 8, 2021
Plastics in Porifera: The occurrence of potential microplastics in marine sponges and seawater from Bocas del Toro, Panamá
Bailey R. Fallon, Christopher J. Freeman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11638 PubMed 34285830
March 12, 2021
­­Effect of multimodal cues from a predatory fish on refuge use and foraging on an amphidromous shrimp
Maria E. Ocasio-Torres, Todd A. Crowl, Alberto M. Sabat
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11011 PubMed 33763304
March 5, 2021
Photosynthetic responses of Halimeda scabra (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) to interactive effects of temperature, pH, and nutrients and its carbon pathways
Daily Zuñiga-Rios, Román Manuel Vásquez-Elizondo, Edgar Caamal, Daniel Robledo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10958 PubMed 33717694
December 17, 2020
Genome survey sequencing of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus: Genome size, nuclear rRNA operon, repetitive elements, and microsatellite discovery
J. Antonio Baeza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10554 PubMed 33362980
October 15, 2020
Colonization of novel algal habitats by juveniles of a marine tube-dwelling amphipod
Marilia Bueno, Glauco B.O. Machado, Fosca P.P. Leite
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10188 PubMed 33088631
August 24, 2020
Epibiont hydroids on beachcast Sargassum in the Mexican Caribbean
María A. Mendoza-Becerril, Elisa Serviere-Zaragoza, Alejandra Mazariegos-Villarreal, Crisalejandra Rivera-Perez, Dale R. Calder, Erika F. Vázquez-Delfín, Yolanda Freile-Pelegrín, José Agüero, Daniel Robledo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9795 PubMed 32903993
August 17, 2020
Microbiome dynamics in the tissue and mucus of acroporid corals differ in relation to host and environmental parameters
Giulia M. Marchioro, Bettina Glasl, Aschwin H. Engelen, Ester A. Serrão, David G. Bourne, Nicole S. Webster, Pedro R. Frade
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9644 PubMed 32874778
July 9, 2020
A collection of hexactinellids (Porifera) from the deep South Atlantic and North Pacific: new genus, new species and new records
Cristiana Castello-Branco, Allen G. Collins, Eduardo Hajdu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9431 PubMed 32714660
June 25, 2020
A high proportion of red snapper sold in North Carolina is mislabeled
Erin T. Spencer, Emilie Richards, Blaire Steinwand, Juliette Clemons, Jessica Dahringer, Priya Desai, Morgan Fisher, Sloane Fussell, Olivia Gorman, Diamond Jones, Amanda Le, Kayla Long, Cammie McMahan, Caitlin Moscarito, Catherine Pelay, Erica Price, Anna Smith, Allison VanSant, John F. Bruno
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9218 PubMed 32617188
June 2, 2020
Limpet disturbance effects on barnacle recruitment are related to recruitment intensity but not recruit size
Julius A. Ellrich, Takefumi Yorisue, Kyosuke Momota
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9190 PubMed 32547863
April 22, 2020
Population structure and microbial community diversity of two common tetillid sponges in a tropical reef lagoon
Jake Ivan P. Baquiran, Michael Angelou L. Nada, Niño Posadas, Dana P. Manogan, Patrick C. Cabaitan, Cecilia Conaco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9017 PubMed 32351788
April 7, 2020
Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species
Francisca C. Carvalho, Paco Cárdenas, Pilar Ríos, Javier Cristobo, Hans Tore Rapp, Joana R. Xavier
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8703 PubMed 32292645
January 23, 2020
Life history traits and reproductive performance of the caridean shrimp Lysmata boggessi, a heavily traded invertebrate in the marine aquarium industry
Michael D. Dickson, Donald C. Behringer, J. Antonio Baeza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8231 PubMed 32002320
January 22, 2020
Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris actively consume the sponge Chondrilla caribensis
William Fitt
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8443 PubMed 32002336
May 23, 2019
Boat anchoring contributes substantially to coral reef degradation in the British Virgin Islands
Rebecca L. Flynn, Graham E. Forrester
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7010 PubMed 31198640
April 2, 2019
Spatial variation in allometric growth of invasive lionfish has management implications
Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez, Sean Fitzgerald
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6667 PubMed 30972253
February 8, 2019
Positive association between epiphytes and competitiveness of the brown algal genus Lobophora against corals
Andreas Eich, Amanda K. Ford, Maggy M. Nugues, Ryan S. McAndrews, Christian Wild, Sebastian C.A. Ferse
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6380 PubMed 30775176
February 5, 2019
Molecular and morphological congruence of three new cryptic Neopetrosia spp. in the Caribbean
Jan Vicente, Jaime Andrés Ríos, Sven Zea, Robert J. Toonen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6371 PubMed 30746308
January 4, 2019
Spiculous skeleton formation in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis under hypergravity conditions
Martijn C. Bart, Sebastiaan J. de Vet, Didier M. de Bakker, Brittany E. Alexander, Dick van Oevelen, E. Emiel van Loon, Jack J.W.A. van Loon, Jasper M. de Goeij
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6055 PubMed 30631642
August 14, 2018
Spatio–temporal variation in stable isotope signatures (δ13C and δ15N) of sponges on the Saba Bank
Fleur C. Van Duyl, Benjamin Mueller, Erik H. Meesters
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5460 PubMed 30128208
June 13, 2018
Long-term experimental in situ farming of Crambe crambe (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)
Andrea Padiglia, Fabio D. Ledda, Bachisio M. Padedda, Roberto Pronzato, Renata Manconi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4964 PubMed 29915695
June 8, 2018
Archaeal and bacterial diversity and community composition from 18 phylogenetically divergent sponge species in Vietnam
Ton That Huu Dat, Georg Steinert, Nguyen Thi Kim Cuc, Hauke Smidt, Detmer Sipkema
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4970 PubMed 29900079
June 7, 2018
High similarity in the microbiota of cold-water sponges of the Genus Mycale from two different geographical areas
César A. Cárdenas, Marcelo González-Aravena, Alejandro Font, Jon T. Hestetun, Eduardo Hajdu, Nicole Trefault, Maja Malmberg, Erik Bongcam-Rudloff
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4935 PubMed 29892508
May 8, 2018
Sponge community of the western Black Sea shallow water caves: diversity and spatial distribution
Alexander Ereskovsky, Oleg A. Kovtun, Konstantin K. Pronin, Apostol Apostolov, Dirk Erpenbeck, Viatcheslav Ivanenko
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4596 PubMed 29761036
November 16, 2017
Sediment tolerance mechanisms identified in sponges using advanced imaging techniques
Brian W. Strehlow, Mari-Carmen Pineda, Alan Duckworth, Gary A. Kendrick, Michael Renton, Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab, Nicole S. Webster, Peta L. Clode
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3904 PubMed 29158962
August 25, 2017
Comparison of chemical compounds associated with sclerites from healthy and diseased sea fan corals (Gorgonia ventalina)
Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz, Liz M. Díaz-Vázquez, Vanessa Santiago-Cárdenas, Derick N. Rosario-Berrios, Derek M. García-Almedina, Loretta M. Roberson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3677 PubMed 28852592
August 15, 2017
Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms
Kevin Walsh, J. Matthew Haggerty, Michael P. Doane, John J. Hansen, Megan M. Morris, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Louisi de Oliveira, Luciana Leomil, Gizele D. Garcia, Fabiano Thompson, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3666 PubMed 28828261
June 12, 2017
DOC concentrations across a depth-dependent light gradient on a Caribbean coral reef
Benjamin Mueller, Erik H. Meesters, Fleur C. van Duyl
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3456 PubMed 28626617
May 25, 2017
Invasive lionfish had no measurable effect on prey fish community structure across the Belizean Barrier Reef
Serena Hackerott, Abel Valdivia, Courtney E. Cox, Nyssa J. Silbiger, John F. Bruno
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3270 PubMed 28560093
February 28, 2017
Predatory blue crabs induce stronger nonconsumptive effects in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica than scavenging blue crabs
Avery E. Scherer, Miranda M. Garcia, Delbert L. Smee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3042 PubMed 28265512
January 11, 2017
Sponge exhalent seawater contains a unique chemical profile of dissolved organic matter
Cara L. Fiore, Christopher J. Freeman, Elizabeth B. Kujawinski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2870 PubMed 28097070
December 13, 2016
Using a thermistor flowmeter with attached video camera for monitoring sponge excurrent speed and oscular behaviour
Brian W. Strehlow, Damien Jorgensen, Nicole S. Webster, Mari-Carmen Pineda, Alan Duckworth
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2761 PubMed 27994973
December 6, 2016
The unique deep sea—land connection: interactive 3D visualization and molecular phylogeny of Bathyhedyle boucheti n. sp. (Bathyhedylidae n. fam.)—the first panpulmonate slug from bathyal zones
Timea P. Neusser, Katharina M. Jörger, Eva Lodde-Bensch, Ellen E. Strong, Michael Schrödl
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2738 PubMed 27957391
July 28, 2016
Larval settlement and metamorphosis in a marine gastropod in response to multiple conspecific cues
Abigail E. Cahill, Spencer A. Koury
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2295 PubMed 27547586
May 31, 2016
Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs
Adam Suchley, Melanie D. McField, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2084 PubMed 27280075
April 25, 2016
GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science
Vincent Raoult, Peter A. David, Sally F. Dupont, Ciaran P. Mathewson, Samuel J. O’Neill, Nicholas N. Powell, Jane E. Williamson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 PubMed 27168973
April 18, 2016
In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity
Georg Steinert, Michael W. Taylor, Peter Deines, Rachel L. Simister, Nicole J. de Voogd, Michael Hoggard, Peter J. Schupp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1936 PubMed 27114882
March 17, 2016
Sponge distribution and the presence of photosymbionts in Moorea, French Polynesia
Christopher J. Freeman, Cole G. Easson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1816 PubMed 27014516
February 25, 2016
Metamorphosis of the invasive ascidian Ciona savignyi: environmental variables and chemical exposure
Patrick L. Cahill, Javier Atalah, Andrew I. Selwood, Jeanne M. Kuhajek
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1739 PubMed 26966668
February 15, 2016
Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China
Zhi-Tao Wang, Whitlow W.L. Au, Luke Rendell, Ke-Xiong Wang, Hai-Ping Wu, Yu-Ping Wu, Jian-Chang Liu, Guo-Qin Duan, Han-Jiang Cao, Ding Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1695 PubMed 26893973

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April 15, 2014
Re-examining the relationship between invasive lionfish and native grouper in the Caribbean
Abel Valdivia, John F. Bruno, Courtney E. Cox, Serena Hackerott, Stephanie J. Green
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.348 PubMed 24765582