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Overview

Erik E. Sotka is affiliated with the College of Charleston in the United States. Their research intersects several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a primary focus on oceanographic and ecological processes.

The scientist's work is concentrated in the fields of Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their main topics of research include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds

Frequent publication venues where Erik E. Sotka has contributed include:

  • Ecology
  • Journal of Phycology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biological Invasions

Erik E. Sotka has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • A. Randall Hughes
  • Torrance C. Hanley
  • Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield
  • Allan E. Strand
  • Jonathan H. Grabowski

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Erik E. Sotka include:

  • What global biogeochemical consequences will marine animal-sediment interactions have during climate change?, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Founder effects shape linkage disequilibrium and genomic diversity of a partially clonal invader, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • A Pleistocene legacy structures variation in modern seagrass ecosystems, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Local Adaptation in Marine Foundation Species at Microgeographic Scales, 2021, Biological Bulletin
  • Intra-Meadow Variation in Seagrass Flowering Phenology Across Depths, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts

Best Publications

  • Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers.

    Alistair G. B. Poore;Alexandra H. Campbell;Ross A. Coleman;Graham J. Edgar

  • Strong genetic clines and geographical variation in gene flow in the rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula

    Erik E. Sotka;John P. Wares;John A. Barth;Richard K. Grosberg

  • Biodiversity mediates top–down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative‐experimental approach

    J Emmett Duffy;J Emmett Duffy;Pamela L Reynolds;Christoffer Boström;James A Coyer

  • Effects of Nutrients versus Herbivores on Reef Algae: A New Method for Manipulating Nutrients on Coral Reefs

    M. W. Miller;M. E. Hay;Steven Miller;D. Malone

  • Tissue-specific induction of herbivore resistance: seaweed response to amphipod grazing.

    Richard B. Taylor;Erik Sotka;Mark E. Hay

  • Local adaptation in host use among marine invertebrates

    Erik E. Sotka

  • Impacts of an abundant introduced ecosystem engineer within mudflats of the southeastern US coast

    James E. Byers;Paul E. Gribben;Caitlin Yeager;Erik E. Sotka

  • Invasion of novel habitats uncouples haplo‐diplontic life cycles

    Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield;Nicole M. Kollars;James E. Byers;Thomas W. Greig

  • Geographic variation among herbivore populations in tolerance for a chemically rich seaweed

    Erik E. Sotka;Mark E. Hay

  • Persistence and Change in Community Composition of Reef Corals through Present, Past, and Future Climates

    Peter J. Edmunds;Mehdi Adjeroud;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Iliana B. Baums

  • Effects of herbivores, nutrient enrichment, and their interactions on macroalgal proliferation and coral growth

    E. E. Sotka;M. E. Hay

  • Phylogenetic and geographic variation in host breadth and composition by herbivorous amphipods in the family Ampithoidae.

    Alistair G. B. Poore;Nicole A. Hill;Erik E. Sotka

  • Engineering or food? mechanisms of facilitation by a habitat-forming invasive seaweed

    Jeffrey T. Wright;James E. Byers;Jayna L. DeVore;Erik E. Sotka

  • Latitude, temperature, and habitat complexity predict predation pressure in eelgrass beds across the Northern Hemisphere.

    Pamela L. Reynolds;Pamela L. Reynolds;John J. Stachowicz;Kevin Hovel;Christoffer Boström

  • The use of genetic clines to estimate dispersal distances of marine larvae.

    Erik E. Sotka;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Genetic identification of source and likely vector of a widespread marine invader.

    Stacy A. Krueger‐Hadfield;Stacy A. Krueger‐Hadfield;Nicole M. Kollars;Allan E. Strand;James E. Byers

  • Geographic and genetic variation in feeding preference for chemically defended seaweeds.

    Erik E. Sotka;John P. Wares;Mark E. Hay

  • Combining niche shift and population genetic analyses predicts rapid phenotypic evolution during invasion.

    Erik E. Sotka;Aaron W. Baumgardner;Paige M. Bippus;Christophe Destombe

  • The emerging role of pharmacology in understanding consumer–prey interactions in marine and freshwater systems

    Erik E. Sotka;Jennifer Forbey;Michael Horn;Alistair G. B. Poore

  • Tissue-specific induction of resistance to herbivores in a brown seaweed: the importance of direct grazing versus waterborne signals from grazed neighbors

    Erik E Sotka;Richard B Taylor;Richard B Taylor;Mark E Hay

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF A DINOFLAGELLATE CRYPTOCHROME BLUE‐LIGHT RECEPTOR WITH A POSSIBLE ROLE IN CIRCADIAN CONTROL OF THE CELL CYCLE1

    Stephanie A. Brunelle;E. Starr Hazard;Erik E. Sotka;Frances M. Van Dolah

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. Byers
James E. Byers University of Georgia
Florian Weinberger
Florian Weinberger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mark E. Hay
Mark E. Hay Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Emmett Duffy
J. Emmett Duffy Smithsonian Institution
Alistair G. B. Poore
Alistair G. B. Poore University of New South Wales
Masahiro Nakaoka
Masahiro Nakaoka Hokkaido University
John J. Stachowicz
John J. Stachowicz University of California, Davis
Stephen R. Palumbi
Stephen R. Palumbi Stanford University
A. Randall Hughes
A. Randall Hughes Northeastern University
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego

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