Bates College | Publications

Current as of August 2006

1978 Jones, D.S., I. Thompson, and W.G. Ambrose. Age and growth determinations for the Atlantic surf clam Spisula solidissima based on internal growth lines in shell cross sections. Marine Biology 47:63-70.

1980 Ambrose, W.G., Jr., D. Jones, and I. Thompson. Distance from shore and growth rate of the suspension feeding bivalve Spisula solidissima. Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association 70:207-215.

1982 Peterson, C.H., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and J.H. Hunt. A field test of the swimming response of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) to changing biological factors. Bulletin of Marine Science 32:939-944.

1984 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Role of predatory infauna in structuring marine soft-bottom communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 17:109-115.

1984 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Influence of residents on the development of a marine soft-bottom community. Journal of Marine Research 42:633-654.

1984 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Influences of predatory polychaetes and epibenthic predators on the structure of a soft-bottom community in a Maine estuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 81:115-145.

1984 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Increased emigration of the amphipod Rhepoxynius abronius (Barnard) and the polychaete Nephtys caeca (Fabricius) in the presence of invertebrate predators. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 81:115-145.

1985 Peterson, C.H. and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Potential habitat dependence in deposition rate of presumptive annual lines in shells of the bivalve Protothaca staminea. Lethaia 18:257-260.

1985 Commito, J.A. and W. G. Ambrose, Jr. Predatory infauna and trophic complexity in soft-bottom communities. In: Proceedings of the Nineteenth European Marine Biological Symposium, edited by P.E. Gibbs, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 323-333.

1985 Gee, J.M., R.M. Warwick, M. Schaanning, J.A. Berge, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Effects of organic enrichment on meiofaunal abundance and community structure in sublittoral soft sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 91:247-262.

1985 Commito, J.A. and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Multiple trophic levels in soft-bottom communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 26:289-293.

1986 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Estimate of removal rate of Nereis virens (Polychaeta: Nereidae) from an intertidal mudflat by Gulls (Larus spp.). Marine Biology 90:243-247.

1986 Warwick, R.M., J.M. Gee, J.A. Berge, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Effects of the feeding activity of the polychaete Streblosoma bairdi (Malmgren) on meiofaunal abundance and community structure. Sarsia 71:11-16.

1986 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Experimental analysis of density dependent emigration of the amphipod Rhepoxynius abronius. Marine Behavior and Physiology 12:209-216.

1986 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Importance of predatory infauna in marine soft-bottom communities: Reply to Wilson. Marine Ecology Progress Series 32:41-45.

1986 Berge, J.A., M. Schaanning, T.K. Bakke, K. Sandöy, G.M. Skeie, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. A soft-bottom sublittoral mesocosm by the Oslofjord: Description performance and examples of application. Ophelia 26:37-54.

1987 Hunt, J.H., W.G. Ambrose, Jr. and C.H. Peterson. Effects of the gastropod Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say) and the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria (Linne) on larval settlement and juvenile recruitment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 108:229-240.

1988 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and H. P. Leinaas. Intertidal soft-bottom communities on the west coast of Spitzbergen. Polar Biology 8:393-395.

1989 Lee, H., II and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Life after competitive exclusion: alternative strategies of a competitive inferior. Oikos 56:424-427.

1990 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and H. P. Leinaas. Size specific distribution and abundance of amphipods (Gammarus setosus) on an Arctic shore: Effects of shorebird Predation? In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth European Marine Biological Symposium, ed. by M. Barnes and R.N. Gibson, Aberdeen University Press, pp.. 239-249.

1991 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Are infaunal predators important in structuring marine soft-bottom communities? American Zoologist 31:849-860

1991 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and J. Lin. Settlement preference of Argopecten irradians larvae for artificial substrates. In: An International Compendium of Scallop biology and Culture, edited by S.E. Shumway, World Aquaculture Society, pp. 16-20.

1992 West, T.L. and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Abiotic and biotic effects on population dynamics of oligohaline benthic invertebrates. In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth European Marine Biological Symposium, edited by V.U. Ceccherilli, R. Rossi, and A. Carrieri. Olsen and Olsen Pub., pp. 189-194.

1992 Ambrose, W.G., Jr., C.H. Peterson, H.C. Summerson, and J. Lin. Experimental tests of factors affecting recruitment of bay scallops (Argopecten irradians) to spat collectors. Aquaculture 108:67-86

1992 Ambrose, W.G., Jr., and B.A. Irlandi. Height of attachment on seagrass leads to trade-off between growth and survival in the bay scallop Argopecten irradians. Marine Ecology Progress Series 90:45-51

1992 Leinaas, H.P., W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Foraging activity of the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima, on a beach at Ny Ålesund, Spitzbergen. Cinclus 15:85-91

1993 Singhas, L.S., T.L. West, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Occurrence of Echeneibothrium (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) in the Calico Scallop, Argopecten gibbus, from North North Carolina. Fishery Bulletin 91:179-181

1993 Ambrose, W.G., Jr., Effects of predation and disturbance by Ophiuroids on soft-bottom community structure in Oslofjord: Results of a mesocosm study. Marine Ecology Progress Series 97:225-236

1993 Deming, J., M. Johnson, W. Smith, W. Ambrose, E. Bauerfeind, B. Booth, K. Cochran, T. Hopkins, R. Kristensen, P. Minnett, J. Niebauer, G. Rowe, S. Smith D. Wallace, I. Walsh. Northeast Water Polynya: Polar Sea Cruise Report. EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union 74:185, 195-196

1994 Olafsson, E.B., C.H. Peterson, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Does recruitment limitation structure populations and communities of macroinvertebrates in marine soft-sediments: The relative significance of pre- and post-settlement processes? Oceanography and Marine Biology An Annual Review 32:65-109

1994 Posey, M.H., and W. G. Ambrose, Jr. Effects of proximity to an offshore hard-bottom reef on infaunal abundances. Marine Biology 118:745-753

1994 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. M. Ahrens, A. Brandt, W. Dimmler, G. Graf, J. Gutt, R. Herman, P. Jensen, D. Piepenburg, Q. Queisser, P. Renaud, A. Scheltz, and L. Thomsen. Benthos. Berichte zur Polarforschung 142:106-112

1994 Krause, M.K., W.S. Arnold, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Morphological and genetic variation among three populations of calico scallops, Argopecten irradians. Journal of Shellfish Research 13:529-537

1995 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and P.E. Renaud. Benthic response to water column productivity: evidence for benthic-pelagic coupling in the Northeast Water Polynya. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: (C3):4411-4421

1995 Irlandi, E.A., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and B.A. Orlando. Landscape Ecology and the marine environment: How spatial configuration of seagrass habitat influences growth and survival of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians. Oikos 72:307-313

1995 Hobson, K.A., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and P.E. Renaud. Sources of primary production, benthic-pelagic coupling, and trophic relationships within the Northeast Water Polynya: Insights from d ¹³C and d ¹⁵N analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 128: 1-10

1996 Renaud, P.E., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., S.R. Riggs, and D.A. Syster. Multi-level effects of severe storms on an offshore temperate reef system: benthic sediments, macroalgae, and implications for fisheries. Marine Ecology 17:383-398

1997 Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and Paul E. Renaud. Does a pulsed food supply to the benthos affect polychaete recruitment patterns in the Northeast Water Polynya? Journal of Marine Systems. 10:483-495

1997 Piepenburg, D., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., A. Brandt, P. E. Renaud, M.J. Ahrens, and P. Jensen. Benthic community patterns reflect water column process in the Northeast Water Polynya (Greenland) Journal of Marine Systems. 10:467-482

1997 Clough, L.M., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., C. Ashjian, D. Piepenburg, P.E. Renaud, and S. Smith. Meroplankton in the Northeast Water Polynya: does larval distribution mirror benthic abundance patterns? Journal of Marine Systems. 10:343-357.

1997 Renaud, P.E., S.R. Riggs, W.G. Ambrose, Jr., K. Schmid, and S. W. Snyder. Biological- Geological interactions: storm effects of macroalgal communities mediated by sediment distribution patterns. Continental Shelf Research. 17:37-56.

1997 Clough, L.M., W.G. Ambrose Jr., K. Cochran, K. Barnes, P. Renaud, and R. Aller. Bioturbation, biomass, and infaunal abundance in the sediments of the Arctic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II. 44:1683-1704.

1998 Riggs, S.R., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., J.W. Cook, S.W. Snyder, and S.W. Snyder. Sediment production model for sediment-starved continental margins: the interrelationship between hardbottoms, sedimentologic and benthic community processes, and storm dynamics. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 68:155-168

1998 Gallagher, M.L., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and P.E. Renaud. Biochemical composition of several benthic invertebrates from the Northeast Water Polynya: Evidence for spatial variability in particulate organic matter input. Polar Biology. 19:167-171.

1998 Ambrose, W.G. Jr., M. Dawson, C. Gailey, P. Ledkovsky, S. O’Leary, B. Tassinari, H. Vogel, and C. Wilson. Effects of Baitworm digging on the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria in Maine: shell damage and exposure on the sediment surface. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17: 1043-1050

1999 Irlandi, E.A., B.A. Orlando, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Influence of seagrass habitat and patch size on growth and survival of juvenile bay scallops (Argopecten irradians concentricus Say).Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 235:21- 44

1999 Renaud, P.E., D.A. Syster, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Do recruitment patterns determine community structure of continental shelf benthos off North Carolina, U.S.A.? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 237:89-106

1999 Leinaas, H.P., W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Decision between a small and large prey species: reduced energy acquisition by pre-migratory purple sandpipers, Calidris maritima, on Svalbard. Polar Biology 22:264-270.

1999 Gray, J. S., W. Ambrose, and A. Szaniawska, (eds.) Biogeochemical Cycling and Sediment Ecology. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Hell, Poland, NATO Advanced Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 236 pp.

2000 West, T.L., L.M. Clough, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Assessment of function in an oligohaline environment: Lessons learned by comparing created and natural habitats. Ecological Engineering 15: 303-321)

2000 Vanreusel, A. L.M. Clough, K. Jacobsen, W. Ambrose, J. Jivaluk, V. Ryheul, R. Herman, M. Vincx. Meiobenthos of the Central Arctic Ocean with special emphasis on the nematode community structure. Deep Sea Research. 47:1855-1879.

2001 Ambrose, W.G., Jr., L.M. Clough, P.R. Tilney, L. Beer. Role of echinoderms in benthic remineralization in the Chukchi Sea. Marine Biology. 139:937-949.

2003 Quillfeldt, Cecilie H., William G. Ambrose, Jr. and Lisa M. Clough. High numbers of diatom species in first year ice from the Chukchi Sea. Polar Biology. 26:806-818.

2005 Bishop, Melanie J., Jose A. Rivera, Elizabeth A. Irlandi, William G. Ambrose Jr., Charles H. Peterson. Spatio-temporal patterns in the mortality of juvenile bay scallops in North Carolina: ecological detective work to explain reproductive life-history anomalies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 315:127-146.

2005 Clough, L.M., P. E. Renaud and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Impacts of water depth, sediment pigment concentration, and benthic macrofaunal biomass on sediment oxygen demand in the western Arctic. Ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 62:1756-1765.

2005 Ambrose, W.G., C. H. von Quillfeldt, L.M. Clough, P.R. Tilney, and W. Tucker. The Sub-ice algal community in the Chukchi Sea: large and small scale patters of abundance based on images from a remotely operated vehicle. Polar Biology 28:784-795

2005 McMahon, K., B.J. Johnson, W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Diet and movement of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, in a Maine salt marsh assessed using gut contents and stable isotope analyses. Estuaries 28:966-973

2006 Tamelander T., P.E. Renaud , H. Hop., M.L. Carroll, W.G. Ambrose Jr., and K.A. Hobson. Trophic relationships and pelagic-benthic coupling during summer in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 310:33-46

2006 McMahon, K.W., Ambrose, W.G. Jr., Johnson, B.J., Sun, Ming-Yi, Lopez, G.R., Clough, L.M. and Carroll, M.L. Benthic community response to ice algae and phytoplankton in Ny Ålesund, Svalbard. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310:1-14 [Feature Article]

2006 Renaud, P.E., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., A. Vanreusel, and L.M. Clough. Meiofaunal and macrofaunal diversity in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 300 297-306

2006 Ambrose, W.G. Jr., M. L. Carroll, M. Greenacre, S. R. Thorrold, and K. McMahon. Variation in bivalve growth in a Norwegian high-Arctic fjord: Evidence for local- and large-scale climatic forcing. Global Change Biology 12:1-13

In Review Adler, D.C., R.L. Vadas, W.A. Wright, Ambrose, W.G. Jr., and P.E. Renaud. Effect of naturally occurring rocky type on initial attachment of Fucus spiralis zygotes.

In Review Sun, Ming-Yi, M. L. Carroll, W. G. Ambrose Jr., L.M. Clough, L. Zou, G. R. Lopez. Consumption of phytoplankton and ice algae by Arctic soft-sediment benthic communities: evidence using natural and ¹³C-labeled food materials

In Review Olsen, Gro Harlaug, M. L. Carroll, P. E. Renaud, W. G. Ambrose, Jr., R. Ølsen, and J. Carroll. The benthic community response to petroleum-associated components in Arctic versus temperature marine sediments.