John J. Stachowicz

This study examines how temperature affects eelgrass growth and disease dynamics, showing that warming increases disease severity but grazing may have a greater impact on productivity.

The paper examines seasonal predation risk variation among seagrass epifauna species and finds that greater species-specific variation stabilizes community-level predation risk over time.

This paper uses EcoFAB 2.0 to study microbiome assembly in Zostera marina seedlings, identifying stage-specific microbial indicators and demonstrating controlled microbiome manipulation.

The study shows low-pH conditions increase shell mass in a pH-resistant oyster strain, alter microbiome composition, and change gene expression related to calcification and immunity.