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Present	Research Associate, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences
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Life Sciences and Marine Biology

Articles (11)

Evaluating the use of marine protected areas by endangered species ...

Ecological Solutions and Evidence (2021)

Kelsey E Roberts, Brian J Smith, Derek Burkholder and Kristen M Hart

1. Optimizing the design of marine protected area (MPA) networks for the conservation of migratory marine species and their habitats ...

Too Hot to Handle: Unprecedented Seagrass Death Driven by Marine ...

Global Change Biology (2020)

Simone Strydom, Kathy Murray, Shaun Wilson, Bart Huntley, et al.

The increased occurrence of extreme climate events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs), has resulted in substantial ecological impacts worldwide. To ...

Indirect Legacy Effects of an Extreme Climatic Event on a ...

Ecological Monographs (2019)

Robert Nowicki, Michael Heithaus, Jordan Thompson, Derek Burkholder, et al.

While extreme climatic events (ECEs) are predicted to become more frequent, reliably predicting their impacts on consumers remains challenging, particularly ...

Extreme Temperatures, Foundation Species, and Abrupt Ecosystem Change: An Example ...

Global Change Biology (2015)

Jordan A. Thomson, Derek A. Burkholder, Michael Heithaus, James W. Fourqurean, et al.

Extreme climatic events can trigger abrupt and often lasting change in ecosystems via the reduction or elimination of foundation (i.e., ...

Seagrasses in the Age of Sea Turtle Conservation and Shark ...

Frontiers in Marine Science (2014)

Michael Heithaus, Teresa Alcoverro, Rohan Arthur, Derek A. Burkholder, et al.

Efforts to conserve globally declining herbivorous green sea turtles have resulted in promising growth of some populations. These trends could ...

Correcting for Heterogeneous Availability Bias in Surveys of Long-Diving Marine ...

Biological Conservation (2013)

Jordan A. Thomson, Andrew B. Cooper, Derek A. Burkholder, Michael Heithaus, et al.

Effective conservation requires reliable data on the abundance and distribution of animals in space and time. During ship-based or aerial ...

Patterns of Top-Down Control in a Seagrass Ecosystem: Could a ...

Journal of Animal Ecology (2013)

Derek A. Burkholder, Michael Heithaus, James W. Fourqurean, Aaron Wirsing, et al.

The loss of large-bodied herbivores and/or top predators has been associated with large-scale changes in ecosystems around the world, but ...

Apparent Resource Partitioning and Trophic Structure of Large-Bodied Marine Predators ...

Marine Ecology Progress Series (2013)

Michael Heithaus, Jeremy Vaudo, Sina Kreicker, Craig A. Layman, et al.

Large predators often play important roles in structuring marine communities. To understand the role that these predators play in ecosystems, ...

Spatial Pattern in Seagrass Stoichiometry Indicates Both N-Limited and P-Limited ...

Marine Ecology Progress Series (2013)

Derek A. Burkholder, James W. Fourqurean and Michael Heithaus

We investigated seagrass species distribution and nutrient content in the iconic phosphorus-limited Shark Bay, Western Australia. We found the slower-growing, ...

Spatial pattern in seagrass stoichiometry indicates both N-limited and P-limited ...

Marine Ecology Progress Series (2013)

Derek A. Burkholder, James W. Fourqurean and Michael R. Heithaus

Site Specialists, Diet Generalists? Isotopic Variation, Site Fidelity, and Foraging ...

Marine Ecology Progress Series (2012)

Jordan A. Thomson, Michael Heithaus, Derek A. Burkholder, Jeremy Vaudo, et al.

Stable isotope data are useful for inferring foraging and niche variation in marine taxa but can be difficult to interpret, ...

Top Down Control in a Relatively Pristine Seagrass Ecosystem

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2012)

Derek A Burkholder

The loss of large-bodied herbivores and/or top predators has been associated with large-scale changes in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems ...

Using satellite telemetry to identify internesting areas of adult female ...

HCAS Ocean Science Research Symposium (2020)

Glenn Goodwin, Kristen M Hart and Derek Burkholder

Hosting 90% of nesting for the North Atlantic loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and a substantial portion of the green (Chelonia mydas) ...