Academics

Faculty & Staff

John Ebersole, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Biology -- Effects of Natural Events and Human Activities on Structure of Coral Reef Fishes
  • Telephone: (617) 287-6681

Areas of Expertise

Effects of Natural Events and Human Activities on Structure of Coral Reef Fishes

Degrees

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977
BS, Cornell University, 197l

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Woods, W.A. Jr., C.A.L. Wood, J. Ebersole, and R.D. Stevenson. 2010. Metabolic Rate Variation over Adult Lifetime in the Butterfly Vanessa cardui (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae): Aging, Feeding, and Repeatability. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83(5): 858-868.
  • Beck, G., R. Miller, and J. Ebersole. 2009. “Significance Of Immunological Responses in The Black-Spined Sea Urchin, Diadema antillarum, To Caribbean-Wide Mass Mortality.” Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reefs Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, FL. July 2008.
  • Lawrence, C., J. Ebersole, and R. Kesseli. 2008. Rapid growth and out-crossing promote female development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental Biology of Fishes 81(2):239-246
  • Miller, R.J. A.J. Adams, J.P. Ebersole, and E. Ruiz. 2007. Evidence for positive density-dependent effects in recovering Diadema antillarum populations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 349: 215-222.
  • Forman Orth, J., M. Gammon, F. Abdul-Basir, R. D. Stevenson, D. Tsirelson, J. Ebersole., S. Speak, R. Kesseli. 2006. Natural history, distribution, and management of Lepidium latifolium (Brassicaceae) in New England. Rhodora: 108: 103-118.
  • Goranson, N.C., J.P. Ebersole, and S. Brault. 2005. Resolving an adaptive conundrum: reproduction in Caenorhabditis elegans is NOT sperm-limited when food is scarce. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 325-333.
  • 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.

Additional Information

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.