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Dr. Hoch is a marine and wetland ecologist and evolutionary biologist. His current work concerns ecological effects of the restoration of the Everglades. In the past he has worked on sex allocation and reproductive dynamics of barnacles, including the functional morphology of their penises. Other projects have included soft-sediment community ecology in salt marshes, the effects of the restoration of Cadmium pollution in Foundry Cove and the dynamics of sex change in slipper snails.

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Dr. Hoch is a marine and wetland ecologist and evolutionary biologist. His current work concerns ecological effects of the restoration of the Everglades. In the past he has worked on sex allocation and reproductive dynamics of barnacles, including the functional morphology of their penises. Other projects have included soft-sediment community ecology in salt marshes, the effects of the restoration of Cadmium pollution in Foundry Cove and the dynamics of sex change in slipper snails.

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Present	Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences
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Life Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, and Other Environmental Sciences

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freshwater ecology, wetlands, aquatic ecology, and freshwater biology

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2021 - Present	Editorial Board Member, Oecologia
2021 - Present	Editorial Board Member, Wetlands Ecology and Management

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2009	Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
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2001	B.S. Biological Science, Florida State University
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Using Ecological Diversity Analyses to Characterize the Availability of Healthy Food and Socio-Economic Food Deserts (Annie Goyanes and J. Matthew Hoch) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021)

“Food deserts” are usually defined as geographic areas without local access to fresh, healthy food. We used community ecology statistics in supermarkets to quantify the availability of healthy food and to potentially identify food deserts ...

Comparison of phosphate uptake by epiphyton, metaphyton, and epipelon in the Everglades (Kiersten Monahan and J. Matthew Hoch) Florida Scientist (2021)

Periphyton is an essential primary producer and is important to phosphorus dynamics in freshwater systems. Anthropogenic phosphorus enrichment disrupts the Everglades ecosystem. To gauge the response of periphyton to phosphorus enrichment, the rates of phosphate ...

The Influence of Personality on Small Fish Migration and Dispersal in the Everglades (J. Matthew Hoch, Alexandra Cabanelas Bermudez, Olivia S. Coury, et al.) Wetlands (2019)

The Everglades is characterized by seasonal hydrologic variation that expands and reduces aquatic habitats. Fish like Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), Bluefin Killifish (Lucania goodei), Golden Topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus) and Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) annually move ...

Metal Contamination Hotspots at Unregulated Firearm Target Shooting Sites in the Everglades (J. Matthew Hoch and Megan Bruce) Journal of Environmental Quality (2019)

Hunters and target shooters can introduce metals into the environment in the form of firearm ammunition, elevating environmental levels of these metals, which may cause plant and animal toxicity. We explored metal accumulation in the ...

Ecology and Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in the Penis and Cirri of Barnacles (J. Matthew Hoch, Daniel T. Schneck and Christopher J. Neufeld) Integrative and Comparative Biology (2016)

Most barnacles are sessile, simultaneous hermaphrodites that reproduce by copulation. This is achieved through the extension of a muscular penis, famous for being the proportionally largest in the animal kingdom. The penis is a long ...

Ecology and Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in the Penis and Cirri of Barnacles (J. Matthew Hoch, Daniel T. Schneck and Christopher J. Neufeld) Integrative and Comparative Biology (2016)

Most barnacles are sessile, simultaneous hermaphrodites that reproduce by copulation. This is achieved through the extension of a muscular penis, famous for being the proportionally largest in the animal kingdom. The penis is a long ...

Effects of Tidal Height and Wave Exposure on Cirrus and Penis Morphology of the Acorn Barnacle Tetraclita stalactifera (J. Matthew Hoch and Kevin V. Reyes) Invertebrate Biology (2015)

Exposure to wave action and other environmental factors can alter the morphology of intertidal barnacles. We tested several hypotheses on the causes of morphological variation in the cirri and penises of the barnacle Tetraclita stalactifera ...

Migration Strategies Vary in Space, Time, and Among Species in the Smallfish Metacommunity of the Everglades (J. Matthew Hoch, Eric R. Sokol, Aaron D. Parker, et al.) Copeia (2015)

Spatial ecology and movement strategies of aquatic organisms may limit their response to human-caused drying of wetland habitats. We characterized the movement strategies of the most abundant species of fish in the wetlands of the ...

Book Review - Saving Florida: Women's Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century (J. Matthew Hoch) Florida Scientist (2015)

Book Review - Wild Connection: What Animal Courtship and Mating Tell Us About Human Relationships (J. Matthew Hoch) Quarterly Review of Biology (2014)

Book Review - Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids (J. Matthew Hoch) Quarterly Review of Biology (2014)

Metacommunity Structure Along Resource and Disturbance Gradients in Everglades Wetlands (Eric R. Sokol, J. Matthew Hoch, Evelyn Gaiser, et al.) Wetlands (2014)

We evaluated metacommunity hypotheses of landscape arrangement (indicative of dispersal limitation) and environmental gradients (hydroperiod and nutrients) in structuring macroinvertebrate and fish communities in the southern Everglades. We used samples collected at sites from the ...

A Molecular and Stable Isotopic Approach to Investigate Algal and Detrital Energy Pathways in a Freshwater Marsh (Laura L. Belicka, Eric R. Sokol, J. Matthew Hoch, et al.) Wetlands (2012)

The relative importance of algal and detrital energy pathways remains a central question in wetlands ecology. We used bulk stable isotope analysis and fatty acid composition to investigate the relative contributions of periphyton (algae) and ...

Experimental Tests of Sex Allocation Theory with Two Species of Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Acorn Barnacles (J. Matthew Hoch and Jeffrey S. Levinton) Evolution (2012)

Sex allocation theory for simultaneous hermaphrodites predicts increases in relative allocation to male-specific function as competition for fertilizations increases. Theoretical models developed specifically for competing acorn barnacles predict that the proportional allocation to male function ...

Variation in Size at Sex-Change Among Natural Populations of the Protandrous Hermaphrodite, Crepidula fornicata (Gastropoda, Calyptraeidae) (J. Matthew Hoch and Abigail E. Cahill) Marine Biology (2012)

Protandrous hermaphrodites are predicted to change sex from male to female when relative reproductive fitness of females surpasses that of males. How size at sex transition varies with population, mating group and individual parameters was ...

A molecular and stable isotopic approach to investigate the importance of algal and detrital energy pathways in a freshwater marsh (Laura L. Belicka, Eric R. Sokol, J. Matthew Hoch, et al.) Wetlands (2012)

Effects of Crowding and Wave Exposure on Cirrus Morphology of the Acorn Barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides (J. Matthew Hoch) Journal of Crustacean Biology (2011)

Wave action and density dependent effects can strongly affect the ability of sessile barnacles to feed and assimilate energy. Phenotypic plasticity in cirrus form has been demonstrated in several species of acorn barnacles in response ...

Effects of Crowding and Wave Exposure on Penis Morphology of the Acorn Barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides (J. Matthew Hoch) Marine Biology (2010)

Wave action and low population density can strongly reduce the ability of sessile acorn barnacles to find mates and copulate. For Semibalanus balanoides, penis morphology varies with wave exposure and with characteristics of the mating ...

Factors Influencing Mating Success in the Acorn Barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides (Brian Yuen and J. Matthew Hoch) Journal of Crustacean Biology (2010)

The acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides is a sessile, simultaneous hermaphrodite with a large and extensible penis, making it an excellent model system for the study of reproduction in hermaphrodites. Several different factors affecting the likelihood ...

Adaptive Plasticity of the Penis in a Simultaneous Hermaphrodite (J. Matthew Hoch) Evolution (2009)

Acorn barnacles are important model organisms for the study of sex allocation. They are sessile, nonselfing hermaphrodites that copulate with penises that have been suggested to be phenotypically plastic. On wave-exposed shores, Semibalanus balanoides develop ...

An Individual Barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides, with Two Penises (J. Matthew Hoch and Brian Yuen) Journal of Crustacean Biology (2009)

During the late fall and early winter of 2007, we collected intertidal barnacles and observed reproductive activity. Among these, we found an otherwise normal barnacle that had two penises. At least one of these penises ...

Variation in Penis Morphology and Mating Ability in the Acorn Barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides (J. Matthew Hoch) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2008)

I examined variation in penis morphology of the acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides, at different aggregation densities and at different levels of wave exposure. Barnacles in sparse, un-crowded aggregations had significantly longer penises than those from ...

Letters to the Editor - Myths About Evolution (J. Matthew Hoch) Skeptical Inquirer (2005)

Taxonomists and the CBD (R. Geeta, Andre Levy, J. Matthew Hoch, et al.) Science (2004)

Foraging by the Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), Modulates Spatial Variation in Benthic Community Structure (Brendan P. Kelaher, Jeffrey S. Levinton and J. Matthew Hoch) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2003)

We investigated the foraging behavior of the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta, and its consequences for macrobenthic community structure on mud flats on Long Island, NY, USA. Field sampling demonstrated strong spatial heterogeneity in the population ...

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