PUBLICATIONS
^graduate or *undergraduate students mentored by Rodrigues
Rodrigues LJ, Padilla-Gamino JL (2022) Trophic provisioning and parental trade‑offs lead to successful reproductive performance in corals after a bleaching event. Scientific Reports 12: 18702, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21998-4
Rodrigues LJ, Blemker SR*, Frangos SC*, De Jesus B*, Ramos Soler I, Viqueira Rios R, Goldsmith ST (2022) Bioaccumulation of trace metals in two oyster species form southwest Puerto Rico. Marine Pollution Bulletin, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113581
Axworthy JP, Timmins-Schiffman E, Brown T, Rodrigues LJ, Nunn BL, Padilla-Gamino JL (2022) Shotgun proteomics identifies active metabolic pathways in bleached coral tissue and intraskeletal compartments. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022. 797517
Trumbauer W^, Grace SP, Rodrigues LJ (2022) Seasonal variation in the bioaccumulation of potentially toxic metals in the tissues of Astrangia poculata in the northeastern United States. Marine Pollution Bulletin, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113180
Trumbauer W^, Grace SP, Rodrigues LJ (2021) Physiological seasonality in the symbiont and host of the northern star coral, Astrangia poculata. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02119-5
Papotto J, Rodrigues LJ, Siebert EM, Wagner EJ, Goldsmith ST (2021) Spatial controls on riverbed sediment chemistry in three anthropogenically-modified tropical mountainous watersheds. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, doi: 10.1007/s13762-021-03155-y
Korman LB^, Goldsmith ST, Wagner EJ, Rodrigues LJ (2020) Spatially distributed simulations of dry and wet season sediment yields: A case study in the lower Rio Loco watershed, Puerto Rico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 103: 102717, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.jsames.2020.10271
Padilla-Gamino JL, Roth MS, Rodrigues LJ, Bradley CJ, Bidigare RR, Gates RD, Smith CM, Spalding HL (2019) Ecophysiology of mesophotic reef-building corals in Hawai‘i is influenced by symbiont-host associations, photoacclimatization, trophic plasticity and adaptation. Limnology and Oceanography, http://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11164
Kemp AC, Vane CH, Khan NS, Ellison JC, Engelhart SE, Horton BP, Nikitina D, Smith SR, Rodrigues LJ and Moyer RP (2019) Testing the Utility of Geochemical Proxies to Reconstruct Holocene Coastal Environments and Relative Sea Level: A Case Study from Hungry Bay, Bermuda. Open Quaternary, 5(1) DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/oq.49
Schoepf V, Levas SJ, Rodrigues LJ, McBride MO, Aschaffenburg MD, Matsui Y, Warner ME, Hughes A, Grottoli AG. (2014) Kinetic and metabolic isotopic effects in coral skeletal carbon isotopes: A re-evaluation using experimental coral bleaching as a case study. Geochimica Cosmochimica et Acta 146:164-178.
Padilla-Gamino JL, Bridigare RR, Barshis DJ, Alamaru A, Hedouin L, Hernandez-Pech X, Kandel F, Leon Soon S, Roth MS, Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG, Portocarrero C, Wagenhauser SA, Buttler F, Gates RD (2012) Are all eggs created equal? A case study from the Hawaiian reef building coral Montipora capitata. Coral Reefs. DOI 10.1007/s00338-012-0957-1
Grottoli AG, Rodrigues LJ (2011) Bleached Porites compressa and Monitpora capitata corals catabolize δ13C-enriched lipids. Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0756-0
Fitt WK, Gates RG, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Bythell J, Jatkar A, Grottoli AG, Gomez M, Fisher P, Franklin D, LaJuenesse T, Pantos O, Iglesias-Prieto R, Rodrigues LJ, Torregiani JM, van Woesik R, Lesser MP. (2009) Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of corals to bleaching. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 373: 102-110
Palardy JE, Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG. (2008) The importance of zooplankton to the daily metabolic carbon requirements of healthy and bleached corals at two depths. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 367: 180-188
Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG, Lesser MP (2008) Long-term changes in the chlorophyll fluorescence of bleached and recovering corals from Hawaii. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 2502-2509
Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG, Pease TK. (2008) Lipid class composition of bleached and recovering Porites compressa Dana 1846 and Montipora capitata Dana 1846 corals from Hawaii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 358: 136-143
Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG (2007) Energy reserves and metabolism as indicators of coral recovery from bleaching. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 1874-1882
Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG (2006) Lipids and chlorophyll in bleached and recovering Montipora capitata from Hawaii: An experimental approach. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan. pp. 696-701
Rodrigues LJ, Grottoli AG (2006) Calcification rate and the stable carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen isotopes in the skeleton, host tissue, and zooxanthellae of bleached and recovering Hawaiian corals. Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta 70: 2781-2789
Grottoli AG, Rodrigues LJ, Palardy JE (2006) Heterotrophic plasticity, energy reserves, and resilience in bleached corals. Nature 440:1186-1189. [The following statement appears in this paper: “The authors contributed equally to this work.”]
Grottoli AG, Rodrigues LJ, Matthews KA, Palardy JE, Gibb OT (2005) Pre-treatment effects on coral skeletal δ13C and δ18O. Chemical Geology 221: 225-242
Grottoli AG, Rodrigues LJ, Juarez C (2004) Lipids and stable carbon isotopes in two species of Hawaiian corals, Montipora verrucosa and Porites compressa, following a bleaching event. Marine Biology 145:621-631
Rodrigues LJ, Dunham DW, Johnson C (2002) Effect of size on intraspecific shell competition in the endemic Bermudian hermit crab, Calcinus verrilli. Crustaceana 75(8): 1015-1023
Rodrigues LJ, Dunham DW, Coates KA (2002) The effects of shelter type on uropod symmetry in Calcinus verrilli. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22(2):298-303
Rodrigues LJ, Dunham DW, Coates KA (2002) Gastropod shells or gastropod tubes? Shelter choice in the hermit crab Calcinus verrilli. In: Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea. Eds. Escobar-Briones E, Alvarez F. pp. 131-135
Rodrigues LJ, Dunham DW, Coates KA (2000) Shelter preferences in the endemic Bermudian hermit crab Calcinus verrilli (Rathbun, 1901). Crustaceana 73: 737-750