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  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Don R. Levitan is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular attention to marine ecosystems and coastal biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields most associated with their work are:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics

Key topics covered in their publications are:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Don R. Levitan are:

  • Sea urchin mass mortalities 40 y apart further threaten Caribbean coral reefs, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Brooding and parthenogenesis enhance the success of the coral Porites astreoides relative to Orbicella annularis, 2025, Ecology
  • Inbreeding shapes the evolution of marine invertebrates, 2020, Evolution
  • Linking photoacclimation responses and microbiome shifts between depth-segregated sibling species of reef corals, 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • Lessons from the study of plant mating systems for exploring the causes and consequences of inbreeding in marine invertebrates, 2021, Marine Biology

Don R. Levitan has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Marine Biology
  • Ecology
  • Royal Society Open Science

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Kevin C. Olsen
  • Rachael M. Best
  • Will H. Ryan
  • Alice A. Winn
  • Ellen T. Kosman

Don R. Levitan was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • How Distribution and Abundance Influence Fertilization Success in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentotus Franciscanus

    Don R. Levitan;Mary A. Sewell;Fu-Shiang Chia

  • Sperm limitation in the sea

    Don R. Levitan;Chris Petersen

  • Influence of body size and population density on fertilization success and reproductive output in a free-spawning invertebrate

    D. R. Levitan

  • The Importance of Sperm Limitation to the Evolution of Egg Size in Marine Invertebrates

    Don R. Levitan

  • Sperm velocity and longevity trade off each other and influence fertilization in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus.

    Don R. Levitan

  • MECHANISMS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG SYMPATRIC BROADCAST-SPAWNING CORALS OF THE MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS SPECIES COMPLEX

    Don R. Levitan;Hironobu Fukami;Javier Jara;David Kline

  • GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN SPECIES BOUNDARIES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS COMPLEX BASED ON MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL MARKERS

    Hironobu Fukami;Hironobu Fukami;Ann F. Budd;Don R. Levitan;Javier A. Jara

  • The ecology of fertilization in free-spawning invertebrates

    Don R. Levitan

  • Kinetics of Fertilization in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Interaction of Gamete Dilution, Age, and Contact Time.

    D. R. Levitan;M. A. Sewell;F. S. Chia

  • Large-scale, long-term monitoring of Caribbean coral reefs: Simple, quick, inexpensive techniques

    Richard B. Aronson;P. J. Edmunds;W. F. Precht;D. W. Swanson

  • For adults only? Supply-side ecology and the history of larval biology

    Richard K. Grosberg;Don R. Levitan

  • Optimal Egg Size in Marine Invertebrates: Theory and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Critical Relationship between Egg Size and Development Time in Echinoids.

    Don R. Levitan

  • Density‐Dependent Sexual Selection in External Fertilizers: Variances in Male and Female Fertilization Success along the Continuum from Sperm Limitation to Sexual Conflict in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

    Don R. Levitan

  • Selection on Gamete Recognition Proteins Depends on Sex, Density, and Genotype Frequency

    Don R. Levitan;David L. Ferrell

  • Effects of gamete traits on fertilization in the sea and the evolution of sexual dimorphism

    Don R. Levitan

  • Density-dependent size regulation and negative growth in the sea urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi.

    Don R. Levitan

  • Skeletal changes in the test and jaws of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in response to food limitation

    D. R. Levitan

  • Density-dependent size regulation in Diadema antillarum: effects on fecundity and survivorship

    Don R. Levitan

  • DENSITY-DEPENDENT SELECTION ON GAMETE TRAITS IN THREE CONGENERIC SEA URCHINS

    Don R. Levitan

  • Reproductive success in large populations: empirical measures and theoretical predictions of fertilization in the sea biscuit Clypeaster rosaceus

    Don R. Levitan;Craig M. Young

  • The relationship between egg size and fertilization success in broadcast-spawning marine invertebrates

    Don R. Levitan

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Knowlton
Nancy Knowlton National Museum of Natural History
Peter J. Edmunds
Peter J. Edmunds California State University, Northridge
Richard K. Grosberg
Richard K. Grosberg University of California, Davis
Mary A. Sewell
Mary A. Sewell University of Auckland
Mónica Medina
Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University
Richard B. Aronson
Richard B. Aronson Florida Institute of Technology
William F. Precht
William F. Precht National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto Pennsylvania State University
Harilaos A. Lessios
Harilaos A. Lessios Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Thomas F. Hansen
Thomas F. Hansen University of Oslo

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