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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

PeerJ Contributions

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

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