John P. Ebersole

Department of Biology University of Massachusetts-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617) 287-6681 Fax: (617) 287-6650 E-mail: john.ebersole@umb.edu

Education

B.S. Cornell University, l97l
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, l977

Current Position

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts Boston

Research Interests

Present research is centered in three areas: (1) Experimental and comparative studies of adaptive strategies, particularly territoriality and heterospecific foraging aggregation in coral reef fishes; (2) Theoretical problems in community structure, empirical study of niche relationships and species diversity in coral reef fishes as determined by adult interactions and planktonic events, and the intra- and interspecific interactions of temperate hermit crabs, their predators, and their ectosymbionts; (3) The process of acidification in ponds of Southeastern Massachusetts and its effect on pond biota, especially the age structure of centrarchid fish populations.

Selected Publications

Adams, A.J. and J.P. Ebersole. 2004. Influences on recruitment of coral reef fishes inferred from spatial distributions in back-reef and lagoon habitats. Bulletin of Marine Science 75: IN PRESS.

Adams, A.J. and J.P. Ebersole. 2004. Resistance of coral reef fishes of back-reef and lagoon habitats to a hurricane. Bulletin of Marine Science 75(1): IN PRESS

Adams, A.J., R.J. Miller, J.P. Ebersole. 2004. Tethers make juvenile surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) vulnerable to attacks by benthic invertebrates. Bulletin of Marine Science 74: 207-211.

Miller, R.J., A.J. Adams, N.B. Ogden, J.C. Ogden, and J.P. Ebersole. 2003. Diadema antillarum 17 years after mass mortality: is recovery beginning on St. Croix? Coral Reefs 22: 181-187.

Adams, A.J. and J.P. Ebersole. 2002. Use of lagoon habitats and back-reef by coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series: In PRESS.

Ebersole, J.P. 2001. Recovery of fish assemblages from ship grounding on coral reefs in the Floridal Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Bulletin of Marine Science: In PRESS.

Carlon, D.B., and J.P. Ebersole. 1995. Life-history variation among three temperate hermit crabs: the importance of size in reproductive strategies. Biological Bulletin 188: 329-337.

Buckley, W.J., and J.P. Ebersole. 1994. The presence of a colonial hydroid increases the vulnerability of a hermit crab to predation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 182:49-64.

Aronson, R.B., K.P. Sebens, and J.P. Ebersole. 1994. Hurricane Hugo's impact on Salt River Submarine Canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Pages 189-195 in Robert N. Ginsburg, Compiler, Proceedings ofthe colloquium on global aspects ofcoral reefs: health, hazards, and history, 1993. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami.

Jarrett, J.N., M.B. Cutler, J.P. Ebersole, and W.G. Hagar. 1993. Seasonal variation in pH and alkalinity and recruitment of sunfish populations. Freshwater Biology 30:409-417.

Kaufman, L., J.P. Ebersole, J. Beets, and C.C. McIvor. 1992. Post-settlement transition: a key phase in the recruitment dynamics of coral reef fishes. Env. Biol. Fish. 34: 109-118.

Ebersole, J.P. 1985. Niche separation of two damselfish species by aggression and differential microhabitat utilization. Ecology 66: 14-20.

Kaufman, L.S., and J.P. Ebersole. 1984. Microtopography and the organization of two assemblages of coral reef fishes in the West Indies. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 78:253-268.

Ogden, J.C., and J.P. Ebersole. 1981. Scale and the community structure of coral reef fishes: a long-term study of a large artificial reef. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 4:97-103.