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56
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17635
World Ranking
2787
National Ranking
983

Overview

Craig A. Layman is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a concentration on several interrelated subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers key topics in marine and coastal ecosystems, including Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Among their recent academic contributions, Craig A. Layman authored the following papers:

  • An ecosystem ecology perspective on artificial reef production, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Population Viability of Sea Turtles in the Context of Global Warming, 2021, BioScience
  • Individual behavior drives ecosystem function and the impacts of harvest, 2020, Science Advances
  • The Atlantic Sargassum invasion impedes beach access for nesting sea turtles, 2021, Climate Change Ecology
  • The role of multiple stressors in a dwarf red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) dieback, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Craig A. Layman collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jacob E. Allgeier
  • D. Albrey Arrington
  • Rachel J. Harris
  • Stephanie K. Archer
  • Dylan Gomes

The scientist publishes regularly in various academic venues such as:

  • Food Webs
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Biology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Getting to the fat of the matter: models, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotope analyses

    David M Post;Craig A Layman;D Albrey Arrington;Gaku Takimoto

  • Can stable isotope ratios provide for community-wide measures of trophic structure?

    Craig A. Layman;D. Albrey Arrington;Carmen G. Montaña;David M. Post

  • Applying stable isotopes to examine food‐web structure: an overview of analytical tools

    Craig A. Layman;Marcio S. Araujo;Ross Boucek;Caroline M. Hammerschlag-Peyer

  • The ecological causes of individual specialisation

    Márcio S. Araújo;Daniel I. Bolnick;Craig A. Layman

  • Niche width collapse in a resilient top predator following ecosystem fragmentation

    Craig A. Layman;John P. Quattrochi;Caroline M. Peyer;Jacob E. Allgeier

  • Marine nurseries and effective juvenile habitats: concepts and applications

    C.P. Dahlgren;G.T. Kellison;A.J. Adams;B.M. Gillanders

  • Contrasting patterns of individual specialization and trophic coupling in two marine apex predators

    Philip Matich;Michael R. Heithaus;Craig A. Layman

  • PREDATOR‐DRIVEN PHENOTYPIC DIVERSIFICATION IN GAMBUSIA AFFINIS

    R. Brian Langerhans;Craig A. Layman;A. Mona Shokrollahi;Thomas J. DeWitt

  • Habitat‐associated morphological divergence in two Neotropical fish species

    R. Brian Langerhans;Craig A. Layman;Aimee K. Langerhans;Thomas J. Dewitt

  • BODY SIZE AND TROPHIC POSITION IN A DIVERSE TROPICAL FOOD WEB

    Craig A. Layman;Kirk O. Winemiller;D. Albrey Arrington;David B. Jepsen

  • Nursery function of tropical back-reef systems

    Aaron J. Adams;Craig P. Dahlgren;G. Todd Kellison;Matthew S. Kendall

  • Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas

    Craig A. Layman;Jacob E. Allgeier

  • Male genital size reflects a tradeoff between attracting mates and avoiding predators in two live-bearing fish species

    R. Brian Langerhans;Craig A. Layman;Thomas J. DeWitt

  • Fish Assemblage Structure of the Shallow Ocean Surf-Zone on the Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands

    C.A. Layman

  • Native predators do not influence invasion success of pacific lionfish on Caribbean reefs.

    Serena Hackerott;Abel Valdivia;Stephanie J. Green;Isabelle M. Côté

  • Community assembly at the patch scale in a species rich tropical river.

    D. Albrey Arrington;Kirk O. Winemiller;Craig A. Layman;Craig A. Layman

  • Nutrient supply from fishes facilitates macroalgae and suppresses corals in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

    Deron E. Burkepile;Jacob E. Allgeier;Andrew A. Shantz;Catharine E. Pritchard;Catharine E. Pritchard

  • Site fidelity and movement patterns of invasive lionfish, Pterois spp., in a Florida estuary

    Zachary R. Jud;Craig A. Layman

  • Spatiotemporal Variation in Fish Assemblage Structure in Tropical Floodplain Creeks

    David J. Hoeinghaus;Craig A. Layman;D. Albrey Arrington;Kirk O. Winemiller

  • Animal pee in the sea: consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics in the world's changing oceans.

    Jacob E. Allgeier;Deron E. Burkepile;Craig A. Layman

  • A Hypothesis-Testing Framework for Studies Investigating Ontogenetic Niche Shifts Using Stable Isotope Ratios

    Caroline M. Hammerschlag-Peyer;Lauren A. Yeager;Márcio S. S. Araújo;Craig A Layman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirk O. Winemiller
Kirk O. Winemiller Texas A&M University
R. Brian Langerhans
R. Brian Langerhans North Carolina State University
Amy D. Rosemond
Amy D. Rosemond University of Georgia
Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Ivan Nagelkerken
Ivan Nagelkerken University of Adelaide
Michael R. Heithaus
Michael R. Heithaus Florida International University
John F. Bruno
John F. Bruno University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Isabelle M. Côté
Isabelle M. Côté Simon Fraser University
Joseph E. Serafy
Joseph E. Serafy University of Miami
Andrew L. Rypel
Andrew L. Rypel University of California, Davis

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