Full List - Dr. Coelho

Publications

  • Quinn LD, Kolipinski M, COELHO VR, Davis B, Vianney JM*, Batjargal O*, Alas M*, Ghosh S. IN PRESS. Germination of

invasive plant seeds after digestion by horses in California. Natural Areas Journal

  • Jones L, Alcolado PM, Cala Y, Cobian D, COELHO V, Hernandez A, Jones R, Mallela J, Manfrino C. 2008. The effects of coral

bleaching in the northern Caribbean and western Atlantic. In: Wilkinson C, Souter, D (eds). Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs

after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre,

Townsville. PP 73-83

  • COELHO VR, Manfrino C. (in review). Five years of coral community decline at a remote Caribbean island.
  • Brusca RC, COELHO VR, Taiti S. In press. Isopoda. [chapter] In: Carlton, JT (ed). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California and Oregon Coasts. 4th edition. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
  • COELHO VR. 2004. Feeding behavior, morphological adaptations and burrowing in thalassinidean crustaceans. Proceedings of the Symposium on “Ecology of Large Bioturbators in Tidal Flats and Shallow Sublittoral Sediments - From Individual Behavior to their Role as Ecosystem Engineers”. Pages 1-6. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Brusca RC, COELHO VR, Taiti S. 2001. A Guide to the Coastal Isopods of California. Electronic publication. Internet address: http://tolweb.org/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/crustacea/isopoda/accessory/caguide/caguide.html
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 2001. Setal diversity, trophic modes and functional morphology of feeding appendages of two callianassid shrimps, Callichirus major and Sergio mirim (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae). Journal of Natural History 35(10): 1447-1483
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 2001. Trophic behavior, setal types and functional morphology of the feeding appendages of the laomediid shrimp, Axianassa australis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81: 441-454
  • COELHO VR, Cooper RA, Rodrigues SA. 2000. Burrow morphology and behavior of the mud shrimp, Upogebia omissa (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 200: 229-240
  • COELHO VR, Williams AB, Rodrigues SA. 2000. Trophic strategies and functional morphology of feeding appendages, with emphasis on setae, of Upogebia omissa and Pomatogebia operculata (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 567-602
  • Dworschak PC, COELHO VR. 1999. On two alpheids from Araçá (São Paulo, Brazil) with description of a new species of Leptalpheus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 101B: 475-488

 

Conference Abstracts (*student authors)

  • Ballard K*, Kreisel S*, Gilman C*, Batha C*, Sciambi D*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Comparative analysis of coral

communities found in spur and groove reefs in Little Cayman from 2005 to 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef

Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

  • Batha C*, Krames J*, Dunne L*, Handel E*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Status of Little Cayman’s shallow water coral

communities in 2003 and 2005. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). Salisbury,

Maryland.

  • Batha C*, Krames J*, Dunne L*, Handel E*, Ducote R, COELHO V, Manfrino C. 2008. Macroalgal cover and coral recruit

abundance in Little Cayman’s shallow water reefs in 2003 and 2005. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate

Research (Abstracts). Salisbury, Maryland.

  • Huebner L*, Batha C*, Mullen M*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Algal cover and coral recruitment in shallow reefs in Little

Cayman in 2006 - 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

  • Huebner L*, Batha C*, Mullen M*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Status of shallow water coral communities in Little Cayman in

2006 - 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

  • Kreisel S*, Sciambi D*, Rich K*, Dunne L*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Coastal clean-up in Little Cayman in 2007. Eleventh

International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

  • Kreisel S*, Ballard K*, Sciambi D*, Ducote R, COELHO V. 2008. Comparative analysis of algal cover and coral recruitment in

spur and groove reefs in Little Cayman from 2005 to 2007. Eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. Fort Lauderdale,

FL.

  • Loubieh T*, Raffo M*, COELHO V. 2008. Increasing the awareness of the use of re-usable bags for shopping among Dominican

students. Twenty-second National Conference on Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). Salisbury, Maryland.

  • Olguin A*, Rubin A*, Chavez M*, Kolipinski M, COELHO V, Beavers S, Ghosh S. 2008. Protecting threatened natural processes

and cultural sites of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai'i. Twenty-second National Conference on

Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). Salisbury, Maryland.

  • Boonstra RK*, Surface JR*, Schittone J, COELHO V. 2007. Marine debris on Little Cayman coastlines. Thirty-third Scientific

Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (Abstracts). P17. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

  • COELHO V, Boonstra RK*, Schittone J, Surface JR*, Manfrino C. 2007. Status of the reefs in Little Cayman in 2006. Thirty-third

Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (Abstracts). P17. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

  • Hanson R*, Gengler B*, Plaza N*, Alas M*, Martinez A*, COELHO V. 2007. Preliminary data on the comparative abundance of

epifaunal crustaceans inside and outside marine no-take zones on windward spur-and-groove reefs in Little Cayman. Twentyfirst

National Conference on Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). San Rafael, California.

  • Hepworth L*, Savella A*, COELHO V, Kolipinski M. 2007. Protecting coral reefs through education: the Kaloko Honokohau

National Historic Park model. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). San Rafael,

California.

  • Miller V*, Tompkins A*, COELHO V. 2007. Student environmental awareness at the Dominican campus. Twenty-first National

Conference on Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). San Rafael, California.

  • Nakao J*, Jensen J*, COELHO V. 2007. “Scary Sea Stories”: writing and illustrating a children’s book about marine

environmental issues. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). San Rafael, California.

  • Williams D*, COELHO V, Ghosh S. 2007. Algal biomass and photosynthetic pigment concentration in Halimeda tuna and

Dictyota sp according to depth in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Twenty-first National Conference on Undergraduate

Research (Abstracts). San Rafael, California.

  • Martinez A*, Plaza N*, Alas M*, Gengler B*, O'Dell S*, Trammel R*, Hanson R*, COELHO V. 2006. Preliminary analysis of the algal epifaunal communities in windward park and non-park areas in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Abstracts). OS46N-04. Honolulu, HI
  • Manfrino C, Harvey J*, COELHO V. 2006. Coral reef health and community structure over the past 6 years in Little Cayman. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Abstracts). OS46I-04. Honolulu, HI ?
  • Brown A*, Deo R*, Earp J*, Harvey J*, Johnson K*, May J*, Tang-Smith S*, ?COELHO V, Manfrino C. Status of Coral Reefs in Little Cayman in 2005. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Abstracts). OS46N-06. Honolulu, HI ?
  • Williams D*, Kawabata L*, McClellan A*, COELHO VR, Ghosh S. 2005. Photosynthetic pigments in Halimeda tuna and Dictyota sp collected from various depths in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Nineteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). Lexington, Virginia
  • Vianney JM*, Lucas E*, Williams D*, Bhutia T*, Alas M*, Ghosh S, COELHO VR, Patterson B, Kolipinski M. 2005. Role of large herbivores in spreading non-native invasive plant species into natural areas. Nineteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). Lexington, Virginia
  • COELHO VR, Manfrino C, Ducote R*, Elias KJ*, Tew CG*, Whitney E*. 2005. No-take marine parks are not enough: a case study from Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Thirty-second scientific meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (Abstracts). P61. Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
  • COELHO VR, Manfrino C. 2005. Five years of coral reef decline in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Thirty-second scientific meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (Abstracts). P60. Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
  • Williams D*, COELHO VR. 2004. Relationship between depth and algal abundance in several sites in Little Cayman. Eighteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). P 141. Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Tyminski WP Jr*, Garcia J*, Sosa TA*, Ziegler D*, O’Keefe AJ*, Allshouse ME*, COELHO VR, Manfrino C.  2004. Coral reef diversity and health inside and outside marine protected areas in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (Abstracts). P 319 (P3.6). New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Shepherd A*, COELHO VR. 2004. Comparison between the algal epifaunal communities found on Caulerpa cupressoides and Caulerpa sertularioides at Owen Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (Abstracts). P 320 (P3.7). New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Reed A*, COELHO VR. 2004. Epifaunal community associated with Caulerpa and Laurencia at Owen Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Tenth Coral Reef International Symposium (Abstracts). P 375. Okinawa, Japan
  • Manfrino C, COELHO VR, Soranno A*. 2004. Coral diversity and mortality between 1999 and 2002 at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (Abstracts). P 319 (P3.5). New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Manfrino C, COELHO VR, Soranno A*. 2004. Another apparent shift in the structural diversity of reefs, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Tenth Coral Reef International Symposium (Abstracts). P 259. Okinawa, Japan
  • Hartnett MS*, Wolf A*, Pelto S*, Reed A*, Shepherd A*, COELHO VR. 2004. Invertebrate communities associated with Halimeda and Dictyota inside and outside marine parks in Little Cayman. Eighteenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research (Abstracts). P 334. Indianapolis, Indiana
  • COELHO VR, Vianney JM*, Lucas E*, Kelly E*. 2004. Preliminary results on the potential use of crustaceans as environmental indicators in marine protected areas on the south side of Little Cayman Island. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Abstracts). P 120. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • COELHO VR, Manfrino C, King W, Williams D*. 2004. Algal biomass in relation to depth and proximity to marine parks at leeward and windward sites in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Tenth Coral Reef International Symposium (Abstracts). P 342. Okinawa, Japan
  • COELHO VR. 2003. Feeding behavior, morphological adaptations and burrowing in thalassinidean crustaceans. Symposium on “Ecology of Large Bioturbators in Tidal Flats and Shallow Sublittoral Sediments - From Individual Behavior to their Role as Ecosystem Engineers” (Abstracts). P 5. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
  • Wolf A*, Shepherd A*, Pelto S*, Reed A*, COELHO VR. 2003. The crustacean fauna associated with Caulerpa and Laurencia at Owen Island, Little Cayman. Seventeenth National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Abstracts of Collaborative Research and Creative Work. P 43. Salt Lake City, Utah
  • COELHO VR, Shields JD. 2002. Loss of eye pigmentation in two gammaridean amphipods from the biosphere. Ninety-Fourth Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association (Abstracts). P 69. Mystic, Connecticut
  • Reed SK, COELHO VR, Brusca RC. 2001. Eye pigmentation loss in two species of gammaridean amphipods, Ceradocus rubromaculatus and Leucothoe spinicarpa. Fifth International Congress on Crustacea (Abstracts). P 123-124. Melbourne, Australia
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1999. Comparison between the setal types present on the feeding appendages of two callianassid shrimps. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Abstracts). P 27. Lafayette, Louisiana COELHO VR. 2001. Intraspecific behavior of two pair-bonding thalassinidean shrimp, Axianassa australis and Pomatogebia operculata. Fifth International Congress on Crustacea (Abstracts). P 51. Melbourne, Australia
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA, Williams AB. 1998. Comparison between the setal types present on the appendages involved in feeding of Pomatogebia operculata and Upogebia omissa. Fourth International Congress on Crustacea (Abstracts). P 105. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Galvão R, COELHO VR. 1998. A possible case of sexual reversion in Upogebia omissa (Upogebiidae: Thalassinidea: Decapoda). Fourth International Congress on Crustacea (Abstracts). P 339. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1997. Population structure of Upogebia omissa Gomes-Corrêa, 1968 (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae) located in Baía da Praia do Segredo, São Sebastião, SP. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Abstracts). P 29. Mobile, Alabama
  • Rodrigues SA, Dworschak PC, COELHO VR, Pezzuto PR. 1995. Burrows of Axianassa australis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Laomediidae) from Praia do Araçá, SP, Brazil. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Abstracts). P 26-27. Fort Pierce, Florida
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1995. On the ecology of Upogebia omissa Gomes-Corrêa, 1968 (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Abstracts). P 16. Fort Pierce, Florida
  • Rodrigues SA, Shimizu RM, COELHO VR. 1994. Monitoramento de uma população de Callichirus major (Say, 1818), da Baía de Santos, SP, sujeita à exploração predatória (Crustacea, Decapoda, Thalassinidea). II Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil (Abstracts). P 367. Londrina, Brazil
  • COELHO VR, Rodrigues SA. 1994. Dados preliminares sobre a ecologia de Upogebia omissa Gomes-Corrêa, 1968, no Canal de São Sebastião, SP (Decapoda : Thalassinidea : Upogebiidae). II Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil (Abstracts). P 368. Londrina, Brazil
  • Rosso S, David JC, Yamamoto MM, COELHO VR, Bromberg S. 1993. Análise descritiva da estrutura da comunidade de um costão rochoso intermareal próximo a Ilha Porchat em São Vicente-SP. III Simpósio de Ecossistemas da Costa Brasileira (Abstracts). P 16. Serra Negra, Brazil