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* Mentored Undergraduate Student Co-Authors, § Mentored Graduate Student Co-Author
25.) Pacaro, M.*§, T. Barbasch, M. Rodgers, J. Chavez*, P. Buston, J. Majoris. (2023) Nocturnal parental care and the role of parents in hatching their eggs in the clown anemonefish. Ethology. (https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13384)
24.) Hu, Y., J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, J.F. Webb. (2022) Ear development in selected coral reef fishes: clues for the role of hearing in larval orientation behavior? Ichthyology and Herpetology. 110(4):759-775. (https://doi.org/10.1643/i2022029)
23.) Francis, R.K.§, K. Catalano§, J.E. Majoris, S.M. Bogdanowicz, C.C. D’Aloia, T. Rueger, P.M. Buston. (2022) Characteristics of breeding habitat, genetic mating system, and determinants of mating success in the sponge-dwelling goby Elacatinus lori. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76:57. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03263-w)
22.) Fitzgerald, L.M. §, H.B. Harrison, D.J. Coker, P. Saenz-Agudelo, M. Srinivasan, J.E. Majoris, L. Boström Einarsson; B. Pujol; M. Bennett-Smith§; S.R. Thorrold; S. Planes; G.P. Jones; M.L. Berumen. (2022) Rank change and growth within social hierarchies of the orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula. Marine Biology 169:128. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04117-9)
21.) Majoris, J.E., F.A. Francisco*, C. Burns*, S.J. Brandl, K.M. Warkentin, P.M. Buston. (2022) Paternal care regulates the timing, synchrony, and success of hatching in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1466)
20.) Chahid, A. §, I. N’Doye, J.E. Majoris, M.L. Berumen, T. Laleg-Kirati. (2021) Fish growth trajectory tracking using Q-learning in precision aquaculture. Aquaculture 550: 737838. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737838)
19.) Bennett-Smith, M.F. §, J.E. Majoris, B. Titus, M.L. Berumen. (2021) Clownfish-hosting sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. Marine Biodiversity Records 14(22): 1-15. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6)
18.) Chahid, A. §, I. N’Doye, J.E. Majoris, M.L. Berumen, L. Taous-Meriem. (2021) Model predictive control paradigms for fish growth reference tracking in precision aquaculture. Journal of Process Control 105:160-168. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2021.07.015)
17.) Majoris, J.E., M.A. Foretich, Y. Hu, K.R. Nickles, C.L. Di Persia, R. Chaput, E Schlatter, J.F. Webb, C.B. Paris, P.M. Buston. (2021) An integrative investigation of sensory organ development and orientation behavior in the larvae of a coral reef fish. Scientific Reports 11: 12377. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91640-2)
16.) Gajdzik, L., T.M. DeCarlo, E.A. Aylagas, D.J. Coker, A. Green, J.E. Majoris, V.F. Saderne, S. Carvalho, M.L. Berumen. (2021) Tailoring marine conservation to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation. Global Change Biology 00: 1-13. (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15719)
15.) Nickles, K.R., Y. Hu, J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, J.F. Webb. (2020) Organization and ontogeny of a complex lateral line system in a goby (Elacatinus lori), with a consideration of function and ecology. Copeia 108 (4): 863-885. - Awarded 2020 Best Paper in Ichthyology in Copeia. (https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-19-341)
14.) Majoris, J.E., K.A. Catalano*, D. Scolaro*, J. Atema, P.M. Buston. (2019) Ontogeny of swimming abilities of larval coral reef fishes and a hypothesis for their impact on the spatial scale of dispersal. Marine Biology 166(12): 159. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3605-2)
13.) Majoris, J., Bojko, J., Branconi, R., Scavo, K., Lesneski, K., Jennings, L., Tropical Marine Fisheries Course Students*, Beringer, D., Rotjan, R. (2019) Causes and Consequences of Spiny Lobster Mortality at Fishing Camps on Turneffe Atoll. Technical Report to the Belizean Fisheries Department. (Available upon request)
12.) Chaput, R., J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, C.B. Paris. (2019) Hydrodynamic and biological constraints on group cohesion of larvae through ontogeny. Journal of Theoretical Biology 482: 109987. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.08.018)
11.) Chaput, R., J.E. Majoris, C.M. Guigand, M. Huse, E.K. D’Alessandro. (2019) Environmental conditions and parental care determine hatching synchronicity of coral reef fish larvae. Marine Biology 166(9): 118. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3564-7)
10.) Reed, C.*, R. Branconi, J.E. Majoris, C. Johnson, P.M. Buston. (2019) Competitive growth in a social fish. Biology Letters 15(2): 20180737. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0737)
9.) Hu, Y., J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, J.F. Webb. (2018) Potential roles of smell and taste in the orientation behavior of coral reef fish larvae: insights from morphology. Journal of Fish Biology 95: 311-323 - Special Issue on the Sensory Ecology of Fishes. (https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13793)
8.) Majoris, J.E., C.C. D’Aloia, R.K. Francis* and P.M. Buston. (2018) Differential persistence favors habitat preferences that determine the distribution of a reef fish. Behavioral Ecology arx189. (https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx189)
7.) Majoris, J.E., F.A. Francisco*, J. Atema, P.M. Buston. (2018) Reproduction, early development, and larval rearing strategies for two sponge-dwelling neon gobies, Elacatinus lori and E. colini. Aquaculture 483: 286-295. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.10.024)
6.) Majoris, J.E. An integrative investigation of larval behavior using a coral reef fish. (2017) Doctoral Dissertation, Boston University. (Proquest.com)
5.) D’Aloia, C.C., S.M. Bogdanowicz, R.K. Francis*, J.E. Majoris, R.G. Harrison, P.M. Buston. (2015) Patterns, causes, and consequences of marine larval dispersal. PNAS 112(45): 13940-13945. (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1513754112)
4.) D’Aloia, C.C., S.M. Bogdanowicz, J.E. Majoris, R.G. Harrison and P.M. Buston. (2013) Self-recruitment in a Caribbean reef fish: a method for approximating dispersal kernels accounting for seascape. Molecular Ecology 22(9): 2563-2572. (https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12274)
3.) D’Aloia, C.C., J.E. Majoris and P.M. Buston. (2011) Predictors of the distribution and abundance of a tube sponge and its resident goby. Coral Reefs 30: 777-786. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0755-1)
2.) Long, W.C., J.N. Grow, J.E. Majoris, A.N. Hines. (2011) Effects of anthropogenic shoreline hardening and invasion by Phragmites australis on habitat quality for juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 409(1-2): 215-222. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.024)
1.) Anto, J., J.E. Majoris, R.G. Turingan. (2009) Prey selection and functional morphology through ontogeny of Amphiprion clarkii with a congeneric comparison. Journal of Fish Biology 75: 575-590. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02308.x)
24.) Hu, Y., J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, J.F. Webb. (2022) Ear development in selected coral reef fishes: clues for the role of hearing in larval orientation behavior? Ichthyology and Herpetology. 110(4):759-775. (https://doi.org/10.1643/i2022029)
23.) Francis, R.K.§, K. Catalano§, J.E. Majoris, S.M. Bogdanowicz, C.C. D’Aloia, T. Rueger, P.M. Buston. (2022) Characteristics of breeding habitat, genetic mating system, and determinants of mating success in the sponge-dwelling goby Elacatinus lori. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76:57. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03263-w)
22.) Fitzgerald, L.M. §, H.B. Harrison, D.J. Coker, P. Saenz-Agudelo, M. Srinivasan, J.E. Majoris, L. Boström Einarsson; B. Pujol; M. Bennett-Smith§; S.R. Thorrold; S. Planes; G.P. Jones; M.L. Berumen. (2022) Rank change and growth within social hierarchies of the orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula. Marine Biology 169:128. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04117-9)
21.) Majoris, J.E., F.A. Francisco*, C. Burns*, S.J. Brandl, K.M. Warkentin, P.M. Buston. (2022) Paternal care regulates the timing, synchrony, and success of hatching in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1466)
20.) Chahid, A. §, I. N’Doye, J.E. Majoris, M.L. Berumen, T. Laleg-Kirati. (2021) Fish growth trajectory tracking using Q-learning in precision aquaculture. Aquaculture 550: 737838. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737838)
19.) Bennett-Smith, M.F. §, J.E. Majoris, B. Titus, M.L. Berumen. (2021) Clownfish-hosting sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. Marine Biodiversity Records 14(22): 1-15. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6)
18.) Chahid, A. §, I. N’Doye, J.E. Majoris, M.L. Berumen, L. Taous-Meriem. (2021) Model predictive control paradigms for fish growth reference tracking in precision aquaculture. Journal of Process Control 105:160-168. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2021.07.015)
17.) Majoris, J.E., M.A. Foretich, Y. Hu, K.R. Nickles, C.L. Di Persia, R. Chaput, E Schlatter, J.F. Webb, C.B. Paris, P.M. Buston. (2021) An integrative investigation of sensory organ development and orientation behavior in the larvae of a coral reef fish. Scientific Reports 11: 12377. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91640-2)
16.) Gajdzik, L., T.M. DeCarlo, E.A. Aylagas, D.J. Coker, A. Green, J.E. Majoris, V.F. Saderne, S. Carvalho, M.L. Berumen. (2021) Tailoring marine conservation to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation. Global Change Biology 00: 1-13. (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15719)
15.) Nickles, K.R., Y. Hu, J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, J.F. Webb. (2020) Organization and ontogeny of a complex lateral line system in a goby (Elacatinus lori), with a consideration of function and ecology. Copeia 108 (4): 863-885. - Awarded 2020 Best Paper in Ichthyology in Copeia. (https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-19-341)
14.) Majoris, J.E., K.A. Catalano*, D. Scolaro*, J. Atema, P.M. Buston. (2019) Ontogeny of swimming abilities of larval coral reef fishes and a hypothesis for their impact on the spatial scale of dispersal. Marine Biology 166(12): 159. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3605-2)
13.) Majoris, J., Bojko, J., Branconi, R., Scavo, K., Lesneski, K., Jennings, L., Tropical Marine Fisheries Course Students*, Beringer, D., Rotjan, R. (2019) Causes and Consequences of Spiny Lobster Mortality at Fishing Camps on Turneffe Atoll. Technical Report to the Belizean Fisheries Department. (Available upon request)
12.) Chaput, R., J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, C.B. Paris. (2019) Hydrodynamic and biological constraints on group cohesion of larvae through ontogeny. Journal of Theoretical Biology 482: 109987. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.08.018)
11.) Chaput, R., J.E. Majoris, C.M. Guigand, M. Huse, E.K. D’Alessandro. (2019) Environmental conditions and parental care determine hatching synchronicity of coral reef fish larvae. Marine Biology 166(9): 118. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3564-7)
10.) Reed, C.*, R. Branconi, J.E. Majoris, C. Johnson, P.M. Buston. (2019) Competitive growth in a social fish. Biology Letters 15(2): 20180737. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0737)
9.) Hu, Y., J.E. Majoris, P.M. Buston, J.F. Webb. (2018) Potential roles of smell and taste in the orientation behavior of coral reef fish larvae: insights from morphology. Journal of Fish Biology 95: 311-323 - Special Issue on the Sensory Ecology of Fishes. (https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13793)
8.) Majoris, J.E., C.C. D’Aloia, R.K. Francis* and P.M. Buston. (2018) Differential persistence favors habitat preferences that determine the distribution of a reef fish. Behavioral Ecology arx189. (https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx189)
7.) Majoris, J.E., F.A. Francisco*, J. Atema, P.M. Buston. (2018) Reproduction, early development, and larval rearing strategies for two sponge-dwelling neon gobies, Elacatinus lori and E. colini. Aquaculture 483: 286-295. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.10.024)
6.) Majoris, J.E. An integrative investigation of larval behavior using a coral reef fish. (2017) Doctoral Dissertation, Boston University. (Proquest.com)
5.) D’Aloia, C.C., S.M. Bogdanowicz, R.K. Francis*, J.E. Majoris, R.G. Harrison, P.M. Buston. (2015) Patterns, causes, and consequences of marine larval dispersal. PNAS 112(45): 13940-13945. (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1513754112)
4.) D’Aloia, C.C., S.M. Bogdanowicz, J.E. Majoris, R.G. Harrison and P.M. Buston. (2013) Self-recruitment in a Caribbean reef fish: a method for approximating dispersal kernels accounting for seascape. Molecular Ecology 22(9): 2563-2572. (https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12274)
3.) D’Aloia, C.C., J.E. Majoris and P.M. Buston. (2011) Predictors of the distribution and abundance of a tube sponge and its resident goby. Coral Reefs 30: 777-786. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0755-1)
2.) Long, W.C., J.N. Grow, J.E. Majoris, A.N. Hines. (2011) Effects of anthropogenic shoreline hardening and invasion by Phragmites australis on habitat quality for juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 409(1-2): 215-222. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.024)
1.) Anto, J., J.E. Majoris, R.G. Turingan. (2009) Prey selection and functional morphology through ontogeny of Amphiprion clarkii with a congeneric comparison. Journal of Fish Biology 75: 575-590. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02308.x)