PUBLICATIONS

Publications

2011

• Grol, M.G.G., Nagelkerken, I., Bosch, N. Meesters, E.H. (2011) Preference of early juveniles of a coral reef fish for distinct lagoonal microhabitats is not related to common measures of structural complexity. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.: 432: 221–233.
• Muller, E., Vermeij, M.J.A. (2011) Day time spawning of a Caribbean coral. Coral Reefs. doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0814-7
• Marhaver KLM (2011) Bleaching corals of two species appear to feed from neighboring algal turfs. Coral Reefs DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0782-y
• Vermeij, M.J.A., Frade, P.R., Bak, R.P.M. (in press) Zooxanthellae presence acts as a settlement cue for aposymbiotic planulae of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Caribbean Journal of Science.
• Kelly LW, Barott KL, Dinsdale L, Friedlander AM, Nosrat B, Obura D, Sala E, Sandin SA, Smith JE, Vermeij MJA, Williams GJ, Willner D, Rohwer F (in press) Iron induced phase-shifts on coral reefs. ISME Journal.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., Bakker, J., van der Hal, N., Bak, R.P.M. (2011) Juvenile coral abundance has decreased by more than 50% in only three decades on a small Caribbean island. Diversity 3(3), 296-307. Open Access, click here for pdf
• Fricke A, Titlyanova TV, Nugues MM, Bischof K (2011) Depth-related variation in epiphytic communities growing on the brown alga Lobophora variegata in a Caribbean coral reef. Coral Reefs. DOI 10.1007/s00338-011-0772-0
• Grol, M.G.G., Nagelkerken, I., Rypel, A.L., and C. A. Layman (2011) Simple ecological trade-offs give rise to emergent cross-ecosystem distributions of a coral reef fish. Oecologia 165:79–88.
• Kimireia, I.A., Nagelkerken, I., Griffioen, B., Wagner, C., and Y.D. Mgaya (2011) Ontogenetic habitat use by mangrove/seagrass-associated coral reef fishes shows flexibility in time and space. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 92: 47-58.
• Petit, S. (in press).  Effects of mixed-species pollen load on fruits, seeds, and seedlings of two sympatric columnar cactus species.  Ecological Research.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., Frade, P.R., Bak, R.P.M. (in press) Zooxanthellae presence acts as a settlement cue for aposymbiotic planulae of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Caribbean Journal of Science.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., M.L. Dailer and C.M. Smith (2011) Crustose coralline algae can suppress macroalgal growth and recruitment on Hawaiian coral reefs. Marine Eology Progress Series 422: 1-7. (Featured Article). Open acces, to see the entire article: click here.

• Petit, S. (in press).  Bataille pour sauver les cactus de Curaçao. Terra Seca.
• Debrot,A.O., van Buurt, G., and M.J.A. Vermeij (2011) Preliminary overview of exotic and invasive marine species in the Dutch Caribbean. IMARES Report number C188/11. 29pp.
• Grimsditch, G. Arnold, S., de Bey, H., Brown, J. Engel, S., de Leon, R., Vermeij, M. (2011)  Coral Reef Resilience Assessment of the Bonaire National Marine Park, Netherlands Antilles. IUCN. For a PDF of this document, click here. This is a large (11Mb) document. 
   

2010

• Bongaerts P, Ridgway T, Sampayo EM, Hoegh-Guldberg (2010) Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs. Coral Reefs, DOI 10.1007/s00338-009-0581-x. To download this paper, click here.
• Filatov MV, Kaandorp JA, Postma M, van Liere R, Kruszyński KJ , Vermeij MJA, Streekstra GJ, Bak RPM (2010) A comparison between coral colonies of the genus Madracis and simulated forms. Proc Roy Soc B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0957. To download this paper, click here.
• Frade PR, Reyes-Nivia MC, Faria J, et al (2010)  Semi-permeable species boundaries in the coral genus Madracis: Introgression in a brooding coral system. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1072-1090. To read the abstract, click here.
• Gyri C, Felis T, Koelling M, Scheffers SR (in press). Geochemistry and skeletal structure of Diploria strigosa, implications for coral-based climate reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
• Giry C, Felis T, Scheffers SR, Scholtz D (2010). Assessing the potential of Southern Caribbean corals for paleotemperature reconstruction. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environmental Science 9 012021. DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/9/1/012021
• Giry C, Felis T, Scheffers SR, Scholtz D. (in press) Assessing the potential of Southern Caribbean corals for paleotemperature reconstruction. Proceedings of the PAGES 1st YSM, Retrospective views on our planet's future, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.
• Giry C, Felis T, Scheffers SR, Fensterer C (2010). Monthly Holocene temperature variability from Caribbean corals. PAGES news 18: 49
• Kruitwagen G, Nagelkerken I, Lugendo BR, Mgaya YD, Wendelaar Bonga SE (2010) Importance of different carbon sources for macroinvertebrates and fishes of an interlinked mangrove–mudflat ecosystem (Tanzania). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 88: 464-472
• Nagelkerken I, De Schryver AM, Verweij MC, Dahdouh-Guebas F, van der Velde G, Koedam N (2010) Differences in root architecture influence attraction of fishes to mangroves: a field experiment mimicking roots of different length, orientation, and complexity. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 396: 27-34.
• Pignatelli C, Scheffers A, Scheffers SR and Mastronuzzi G (2010). Evaluation of tsunami flooding from geomorphological evidence in Bonaire (Netherland Antilles). Zeitschrift fuer Geomorphologie
• Scheffers SR, van Soest RWM, Nieuwland G, Bak RPM (in press). Coral reef framework cavities: Is functional similarity reflected in composition of the cryptic macrofaunal community? Atoll Research Bulletin.
• Sommer B, Harrison PL, Scheffers SR (2010). Aggressive colonial ascidian impacting upon coral reefs at Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Coral Reefs, 29 (1): 245.
• Toller, W., Debrot, A.O., Vermeij, M.J.A. and P.C. Hoetjes. (2010) Reef fishes of Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles: Assemblage structure across a gradient of habitat types. PLoS ONE 5(5): e9207 download paper
• Vermeij, M.J.A., I. van Moorselaar, S. Engelhard, C. Hörnlein, S. M. Vonk and P. M. Visser (in press) The effects of nutrient enrichment and herbivore abundance on the ability of turf algae to overgrow coral in the Caribbean. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14312. download paper.
• Vermeij, M. J.A. (2010) First observation of a nocturnal nudibranch feeding on Caribbean corals.  Coral Reefs 29: 1047. without abstract.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., K.L. Marhaver, C.M. Huijbers, I. Nagelkerken and S.D. Simpson (2010) Coral larvae move towards reef sounds. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10660 download paper
• Vermeij, M.J.A., Barott, K.L., Johnson, A.E. and K.L. Marhaver (2010) Release of eggs from tentacles in a Caribbean coral. Coral Reefs 29: 411. without abstract.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., A.O. Debrot, N. van der Hal, J. Bakker and R.P.M.  Bak (2010) Increased recruitment rates indicate recovering populations of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum on Curaçao. Bulletin of Marine Science  86: 719-725. To read the abstract, click here.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., M.L. Dailer, S.M. Walsh, M.K. Donovan and C.M. Smith (2010) The effects of trophic interactions and spatial competition on algal community composition on Hawaiian coral reefs. Marine Ecology 31: 291-299. download paper.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., I. van Moorselaar, S. Engelhard, C. Hörnlein, S. M. Vonk and P. M. Visser (2010) The effects of nutrient enrichment and herbivore abundance on the ability of turf algae to overgrow coral in the Caribbean. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14312. download paper

2009

• Bak RPM, Nieuwland G, Meesters EH. 2009. Coral growth rates revisited after 31 years: what is causing lower extension rates in Acropora palmata? Bulletin of Marine Science 84: 287-294. Abstract .
• Brown A, Collier N, Debrot A, Del Nevo A, Wells J. 2009. Important bird areas. Americas: Dutch Caribbean. In: Devenish, C. (ed.).  Important Bird Areas in the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
• Debrot AO, Boogerd C, van den Broeck D. 2009. Chapter 24. The Netherlands Antilles III: Curaçao and Bonaire. Pp. 207-215. In: Bradley PE & Norton RL (eds.) Breeding seabirds of the Caribbean. Univ. Press, Florida.
• De Goeij JM, De Kluijver A, Van Duyl FC, Vacelet J, Wijffels RH, De Goeij AFPM, Cleutjens JPM, Schutte B. 2009. Cell kinetics of the marine sponge Halisarca caerulea reveal rapid cell turnover and shedding. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 3892-3900. Abstract.
• Dorenbosch M, Grol MGG, de Groene A, et al. 2009. Piscivore assemblages and predation pressure affect relative safety of some back-reef habitats for juvenile fish in a Caribbean bay. Marine Ecology Progress 379: 181-196. Open access.
• Engel M, Bolten A, Brhückner H, Daut G, Kelletat D, Schäbitz F, Scheffers A, Scheffers SR, Vött,A, Wille M, Willershäuser  T. 2009. Reading the chapter of extreme wave  events in nearshore geo-bio-archives of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) - initial results from Lagun and Boka Bartol. Marburger Geographische Schriften 145: 157-178. Abstract.
• Frade PR. 2009. Corals through the light: Phylogenetics, functional diversity and adaptive strategies of coral-symbiont associations over a large depth range. PhD Thesis, University of Amsterdam.
• Nagelkerken I (Ed.). 2009. Ecological connectivity among tropical coastal ecosystems. Springer Science and Business Media, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 615pp. more...

• Nagelkerken I (2009) Evaluation of nursery function of mangroves and seagrass beds for tropical decapods and reef fishes: patterns and underlying mechanisms. In: Nagelkerken I (ed.) Ecological connectivity among tropical coastal ecosystems. Springer Science and Business Media, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 357-399
• Nagelkerken I (2009) Introduction. In: Nagelkerken I (ed.) Ecological connectivity among tropical coastal ecosystems. Springer Science and Business Media, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 1-6
• Nijman V, Booij J, Flikweert M, Allabadian M, de Freitas JA, Vonk R, Prins TG. 2009. Habitat use of raptors in response to anthropogenic land use on Bonaire and Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 45: 25-29. Abstract
• Paddack MJ, Reynolds JD, Aguilar C, et al. 2009. Recent region-wide declines in Caribbean reef fish abundance. Current Biology 19: 590-595. Abstract.
• Petit S, Da Costa Gomez M. 2009.  Mysterious malady of an ecologically important cactus species.  Cactus and Succulent Journal 81: 64-65.
• Petit S. 2009.  Combatting cactus clearance on Curaçao.  Cactus and Succulent Journal 81: 16-19.
• Piggot AM, Fouke BW, Sivaguru M, Sanford R, Gaskins HR. 2009. Change in zooxanthellae and mucocyte tissue density as an adaptive response to environmental stress by the coral Montastraea annularis, Marine Biology 156:2379-2389. Abstract
• Prins TG, Reuter JH, Debrot AO, Wattel J, Nijman V. 2009. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire, South Caribbean. Ardea  97: 137-262.  Abstract.
• Ritson-Williams R, Arnold S, Fogarty N, Steneck R, Vermeij MJA, Paul V. 2009. New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences 38:437-457. Open access, but large document (70Mb).
• Sommer B, Harrison PL, Scheffers SR. 2009. Aggressive colonial ascidian impacting upon coral reefs at Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Coral Reefs 29: 245
• Vermeij MJA, Dailer ML, Walsh SM, Donovan MK, Smith CM. 2009. The effects of trophic interactions and spatial competition on algal community composition on Hawaiian coral reefs. Marine Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00343.x. Abstract.
• Vermeij MJA. 2009. Floating corallites: a new ecophenotype in scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs 28: 987-987. Abstract.
• Vermeij MJA, Smith TB, Dailer ML, Smith CM. 2009. Release from native herbivores facilitates the persistence of invasive marine algae: a biogeographical comparison of the relative contribution of nutrients and herbivory to invasion success. Biological Invasions 11: 1463-1474. Abstract .
• Vermeij MJA, Dailer ML, Smith CM. 2009. Nutrient enrichment promotes survival and dispersal of drifting fragments in an invasive tropical macroalga. Coral Reefs 28: 429-435. Abstract.
• Vermeij MJA,  Smith JE, Smith CM, Thurber RV, Sandin SA. 2009. Survival and settlement success of coral planulae: independent and synergistic effects of macroalgae and microbes. Oecologia 159: 325-336. Abstract.

• Debrot AO. 2009. Cultural ties to the land in an arid plantation setting in Curacao.  Carmabi report, 57 pp.
• Engelhard S. 2009. Herbivorous fish decrease abundance of turf algae that compete for space with Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis. MSc Thesis, University of Amsterdam, 13pp. Abstract
• Fraaije R. 2009. Do mangroves and seagrass beds enhance corqal reef resilience through increased grazing on adjacent reefs? MSc Thesis, Radboud University of Nijmegen, 31pp.
• Hörnlein C. 2009. The effect of herbivorous fish abundance on overgrowth of the Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis by turf algae. MSc Thesis, University of Amsterdam, 11pp. Abstract
• Janssen Steenberg H. 2009. Taking on the eco-tourism challenge: possible improvements to the National Park Shete Boka offerings. BSc  Thesis, SEF-UNA, 106pp.
• De Lannoy  CCT. 2009. Evaluation of spatial management of nature areas of Curaçao; A quick assessment of the current state of nature areas and recommendations for nature policy. MSc Thesis, Utrecht University, 104pp.
• Komanns J, van der Vossen M, Klein Haarhuis M, van der Meij S. 2009. Survey onderzoek Parke Nashonal Shete Boka: Onderzoek naar de bereidwilligheid van de bezoekers van het Shete Boka Nationaal Park om een hoger ‘parkeerbedrag’ te betalen. 55 pp.
• Lossbroek PAC. 2009. Habitat selection of post-settlement stage French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum): auditory, chemical and visual cues.MSc Thesis, Radboud University of Nijmegen, 24pp
• Lundkvist R. 2009. Mollies of the ABC Islands. Aquarium Fish International: 48-49.
• Margarita I. 2009.Duurzaam toerisme, een brug van ontwikkeling: Een haalbaarheidsonderzoek naar duurzame exploitatie van het natuurgebied Daaibooi. BSc  Thesis, SEF-UNA, 85pp.
• Van Moorselaar I. 2009. Effects of nutrient enrichment on turf algal growth and the consequences for the dominant Caribbean reef building species Montastraea annularis. MSc Thesis, University of Amsterdam, 19pp. Abstract
• Vonk SM. 2009. In situ enrichment experiment: the effects on turfalgal growth and the consequences for the scleractinian coral Montastraea annularis. MSc Thesis, University of Amsterdam, 18pp. Abstract
• Siegenthaler A. 2009. Habitat-specific sound and the visual presence of conspecifics as possible cues for habitat selection by post-larval French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) on Curacao. MSc Thesis, Radboud University of Nijmegen, 34pp
  
  

2008

• Frade, P.R., De Jongh, F., Vermeulen F., et al. 2008. Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges. Molecular Ecology 17, 2: 691-703.
• Frias-Lopez, J. Klaus J. S. and B. W. Fouke. in press. Cytotoxic activity of Blackband disease (BBD) extracts against the symbiotic dinoflagellates Symbiodinium sp.
• Goeij J.M. de, van den Berg, H., van Oostveen, M.M., et al. 2008. Major bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal by encrusting coral reef cavity sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series 357: 139-151
• Grol MGG, Dorenbosch M, Kokkelmans EMG, Nagelkerken I (2008) Mangroves and seagrass beds do not enhance growth of early juveniles of a coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 366: 137-146
• Huijbers CM, Mollee EM, Nagelkerken I (2008) Post-larval French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) distinguish between seagrass, mangrove and coral reef water: Implications for recognition of potential nursery habitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 357: 134-139
• Hulsman, H., Vonk, R., Aliabadian, M., et al. 2008. Effect of introduced species and habitat alteration on the occurrence and distribution of euryhaline fishes in fresh- and brackish-water habitats on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao (South Caribbean).  Contributions to Zoology, 77, 1: 45-51.
• Nagelkerken I, Blaber SJM, Bouillon S, Green P, Haywood M, Kirton LG, Meynecke J-O, Pawlik J, Penrose HM, Sasekumar A, Somerfield PJ (2008) The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review. Aquatic Botany 89: 155-185
• Nagelkerken I, Faunce CH (2008) What makes mangroves attractive to fish? Use of artificial units to test the influence of water depth, cross-shelf location, and presence of root structure. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79: 559-565
• Nagelkerken I, Bothwell J, Nemeth RS, Pitt JM, van der Velde G (2008) Interlinkage between Caribbean coral reefs and seagrass beds through feeding migrations by grunts (Haemulidae) depends on habitat accessibility. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368: 155-164
• Nugues MM, Bak RPM (2008) Long-term dynamics of the brown macroalga Lobophora variegata on deep reefs in Curaçao. Coral Reefs 27: 389–393
• Sandin, S. A., E. M. Sampayo and M.J.A. Vermeij (2008). Coral reef fish and benthic community structure of Bonaire and Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 44: 137-144.
• Sandin, S.A., Vermeij, M.J.A. and A.H. Hurlbert (2008). Biogeography of Caribbean reef fish. Journal of Biogeography 17: 770–777.
• Scheffers, A., Scheffers, S.R. and D. Kelletat (in press). Documentation of the impact of Hurricane Ivan on the coastline of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles). Journal of Coastal Research.
• Verweij MC, Nagelkerken I, Hans I, Ruseler SM, Mason PRD (2008) Seagrass nurseries contribute to coral reef fish populations. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 1540-1547

2007

• Anker, A. 2007. New species and records of Alpheid shrimps, genera Salmoneus Holthuis and Parabetaeus Coutiere,from the tropical western Atlantic (Decapoda, Caridea). Zootaxa, 1653: 21-39.
• Booth, A., M. Savarese, R.W. Portell, D. S. Jones and I. R. Quitmyer. 2007. Paleoenvironmental and Sclerochronologic reconstruction of Large Oyster-Bearing Pliocene reefsfrom Curaçao. First International Sclerochronology Conference, University of Florida, July 17-21, 2007: 8.
• Dean, H.K., I. Hernandez-Avila and E.B. Cutler. 2007. Sipunculans of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Curaçao. Zootaxa, 1431: 45-54.
• Dorenbosch, M., M.G.G. Grol, I. Nagelkerken, B.R. Lugendo and G.van der Velde. 2007. Different fish composition in seagrass beds adjacent to extensive mangrove areas as opposed to coral reefs. Bulletin of MarineScience, 80, 3: 919.
• Dorenbosch, M., W.C.E.P. Verberk, I. Nagelkerken and G. van der Velde. 2007. Influence of habitat configuration on connectivity between fish assemblages of Caribbean seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 334: 103-116.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 58 : Marine gastropods from the ABC-islands and other localities 14: The family Terebridae with the description of a new species from Aruba Gastopoda: Terebridae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 3:  49-55.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 59 : Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities 15: Pterynotus xenos Harasewych, 1982 (Gastropoda: Muricidae), range extension to Curaçao and a note on its variability. Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 3: 56.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 54 : Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities: A note on “Cyclostremiscus” crassilabris Aguayo & Borro, 1946 and the status of Canimarina Aguayo & Borrro, 1946 (Gastopoda: Vitrinellidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 4: 60.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 60: Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities: A note on the presumed holotype of Buccinum polygonatum Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 4: 61-62.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 61: Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities: The genus Engina Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 4: 73-77.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 62: Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities 19: The genera Cerithiella and Retilaskeya (Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) with the description of a new species of Retilaskeya Marshall, 1978. Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 4: 79-83.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies of West Indian marine molluscs 63: Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities 20: Solariorbis semipunctatus Moore, 1965 (Gastropoda: Vitrinellidae), first records for Florida, U.S.A. and Curaçao. Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 4: 84.
• Faber, M.J. 2007. Studies of West Indian marine molluscs 64: Marine gastropodsfrom the ABC-islands and other localities 21: Cylindrobullidae and Volvatellidae (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa). Miscellanea Malacologica, 2, 4:  85-86.
• Flikweert, M., T.G. Prins, J.A. de Freitas and V. Nijman. 2007. Spatial variation in the diet of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in the Caribbean. - Ardea, 95, 1: 75-82.
• Goeij, J.M. de and F. C. van Duyl. 2007. Coral cavities are sinks of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Limnology and Oceanography, 57, 6: 2608-2617.
• Gorney, D., A. Escalona, P. Mann, M. B. Magnani, and Bolivar Study Group. 2007. Chronology of Cenozoic tectonic events in western Venezuela and the Leeward Antilles based on integration of offshore seismic reflection data and on-land geology. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 91, 5: 653-684. .
• I. do Sul, J. A. and M. F. Costa. 2007. Marine debris review for Latin America and the Wider Caribbean Region: from the 1970s until now, and where do we go from here? Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54, 8: 1087-1104.
• Klaus, J.S., I. Janse, J.M. Heikoop, R.A. Sanford and B.W. Fouke. 2007. Coral microbial communities, zooxanthellae and mucus along gradients of seawater depth and coastal pollution. Environmental Microbiology, 9, 5 : 1291-1305.
• Klaus, J.S., A.F. Budd, J.M. Heikoop, et al. 2007. Environmental controls on corallite morphology in the reef coral Montastraea annularis. Bulletin of Marine Science, 80, 1:  233-260.
• Kruszynski, K.J., J.A. Kaandorp and R. van Liere. 2007. A computational method for quantifying morphological variation in scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs, 26: 831-840.
• Nagelkerken, I. 2007. Are non-estuarine mangroves connected to coral reefs through fish migration? Bulletin of Marine Science, 80, 3: 595-607.
• Nagelkerken, I. and C.H. Faunce. 2007. Colonization of artificial mangroves by reef fishes in a marine seascape. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 75: 417-422.
• Nagelkerken I (2007) Relationship between anthropogenic impacts and bleaching-associated tissue mortality of corals in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles). Revista de Biologia Tropical 54 (Suppl. 3): 31-44
• Nijman, V., M. Aliabadian, A.O. Debrot, J.A. de Freitas, L.G.L. Gomes, T.G. Prins and R. Vonk. 2007. Conservation status of Caribbean coot Fulica caribaea in the Netherlands Antilles and other parts of the Caribbean. Endangered Species Research, 4: 241-246.
• Nugues, M.M. and R.P.M. Bak. 2007. Dark spot syndrome : recent or old? Coral Reefs, 26, 2: 359.
• Nugues MM, Nagelkerken I (2007) Status of aspergillosis and sea fan populations in Curaçao ten years after the 1995 Caribbean epizootic. Revista de Biologia Tropical 54 (Suppl. 3): 153-160
• Olson, J.B., D.K. Harmody, A.K. Bej and P.J. McCarthy. 2007. Tsukamurella spongiae sp nov., a novel actinomycete isolatedfrom a deepwater marine sponge. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57, 7: 1478-1481.
• Pandolfi, John M. and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. 2007. Broad-scale patterns in Pleistocene coral reef communities from the Caribbean : implications for ecology and management. Ecological Studies, 192:  201-236.
• Pandolfi, J.M. 2007. A new, extinct Pleistocene reef coral from the Montastrea “annularis” species complex. Journal of Paleontology, 81, 3: 472-482.
• Pollux, B.J.A. and W.C.E.P. Verberk, M. Dorenbosch, E. Cocheret de la Moriniere, I. Nagelkerken. 2007. Habitat selection during settlement of three Caribbean coral reef fishes : indications for directed settlement to seagrass beds and mangroves. Limnology and Oeanography, 52, 2: 903-907.
• Vermeij, M.J.A., P.R. Frade, R.I.R. Jacinto, A.O. Debrot and R.P.M. Bak. 2007. Effects of reproductive mode on habitat-related differences in the population structure of eight Caribbean coral species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 351: 91-102.
• Vermeij, M. J.A., S. A. Sandin and J. F. Samhouri. 2007. Local habitat distribution determines the relative frequency and interbreeding potential for two Caribbean coral morphospecies. Evolutionary Ecology, 21, 1: 27-47.
• Verweij, M. C., I.Nagelkerken, S. L.J. Wartenbergh, I.R. Pen and G. Van der Velde. 2007. Mangroves and seagrass beds as diurnal feeding habitats for juvenile Haemulon flavolineatum. Bulletin of Marine Science, 80, 3: 934.
• Verweij, M. C. and I. Nagelkerken. 2007. Short and long-term movement and site fidelity of juvenile Haemulidae in back-reef habitats of a Caribbean embayment. Hydrobiologia, 592: 257-270.
• Whiteman, E.A., I.M. Cote and J.D. Reynolds. 2007. Ecological differences between hamlet (Hypoplectrus : Serranidae) colour morphs: between-morph variation in diet. Journal of Fish Biology, 71, 1: 235-244.
• Zabin, C.J., J. Zardus, F.B. Pitombo, V. Fread and M.G. Hadfield. 2007. A tale of three seas: consistency of natural history traits in a Caribbean-Atlantic barnacle introduced to Hawaii. Biological Invasions, 9, 5 :p. 523-544.

2006

• Adams AJ, Dahlgren CP, Kellison GT, Kendall MS, Layman CA, Ley JA, Nagelkerken I, Serafy JE (2006) Nursery function of tropical back-reef systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318: 287-301
• Dahlgren CP, Kellison GT, Adams AJ, Gillanders BM, Kendall MS, Layman CA, Ley JA, Nagelkerken I, Serafy JE (2006) Marine nurseries and effective juvenile habitats: concepts and applications. Marine Ecology Progress Series 312: 291-295
• Debrot, A.O., van Buurt G., Caballero A. and A.A. Antczak. 2006. A historical review of records of two large in-shore vertebrates in the Dutch Antilles: the West Indian manatee and the American crocodile. Caribbean Journal of Science 42, 2: 272-280.
• Debrot, A. O. and I. Nagelkerken. 2006. Recovery of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) linked to lagoonal and wave-sheltered shallow rocky habitats. Bulletin of Marine Science 79, 2: 415–424.
• Dorenbosch M, Grol MGG, Nagelkerken I, van der Velde G (2006) Seagrass beds and mangroves as potential nurseries for the threatened Indo-Pacific humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus and Caribbean rainbow parrotfish, Scarus guacamaia. Biological Conservation 129: 277-282
• Duyl FC van, Scheffers SR, Thomas FIM, et al. 2006. The effect of water exchange on bacterioplankton depletion and inorganic nutrient dynamics in coral reef cavities. Coral Reefs 25, 1: 23-36.
• Kaandorp, J.A., Bak, R.P.M. and M.J.A. Vermeij. 2006. Modeling of nutrient gradients in threedimensional images - and simulated morphologies of a branching coral. Proc. 10th Int. Coral Reef Symp, Okinawa, Japan
• Layman CA, Dahlgren CP, Kellison GT, Adams AJ, Gillanders BM, Kendall MS, Ley JA, Nagelkerken I, Serafy JE (2006) Marine nurseries and effective juvenile habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318: 307-308
• Nagelkerken I, van der Velde G, Verberk WCEP, et al. 2006. Segregation along multiple resource axes in a tropical seagrass fish community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 308: 79-89.
• Nugues MM, Bak RPM (2006) Differential competitive abilities between Caribbean coral species and a brown alga: a year of experiments and a long term perspective. Marine Ecology Progress Series 315: 75-86
• Nugues MM, Szmant AM (2006) Coral settlement onto Halimeda opuntia: a fatal attraction to an ephemeral substrate? Coral Reefs 25: 585–591.
• Petit, S., A. Rojer, and L. Pors. 2006.  Surveying bats for conservation: the status of cave-dwelling bats on Curaçao over ten years.  Animal Conservation 9: 207-217
• Scheffers SR, Scheffers A, Kelletat D, Radtke U, Staben K, Bak RPM (2006) Tsunamis trigger long-lasting phase-shift in a coral reef ecosystem. Annals of Geomorphology 146: 59-79.
• Vermeij, M.J.A. and S.A. Sandin. Coral species complexes through space and time: an illustration of their dynamics using Madracis in the Caribbean. Proc. 10th Int. Coral Reef Symp, Okinawa, Japan.
• Vermeij,  M.J.A. 2006. Early life-history dynamics of Caribbean coral species on artificial substratum: the importance of competition, growth and variation in life-history strategy. Coral Reefs 25: 59-71.
• Verweij MC, Nagelkerken I, de Graaff D, Peeters M, Bakker EJ, van der Velde G (2006) Structure, food and shade attract juvenile coral reef fish to mangrove and seagrass habitats: a field experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 306: 257-268
• Verweij MC, Nagelkerken I, Wartenbergh SLJ, Pen IR, van der Velde G (2006) Caribbean mangroves and seagrass beds as daytime feeding habitats for juvenile French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum. Marine Biology 149: 1291-1299

2005

• Debrot, A. O., N. Esteban, R. Le Scao, A. Caballero, and P. C. Hoetjes. 2005. New sea turtle nesting records for the Netherlands Antilles provide impetus to conservation action. Caribbean Journal of Science 41: 334-339.
•  Engelen, A. H., P. Aberg, J. L. Olsen, W. T. Stam and A. M. Breeman. 2005. Effects of wave exposure and depth on biomass, density and fertility of the fucoid seaweed Sargassum polyceratium Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae. European Journal of Phycology 40, 2: 149-158.
• Engelen, A. H., A. M. Breeman, J. L. Olsen, W. T. Stam and P. Alberg. 2005. Life history flexibility allows Sargassum polyceratium to persist in different environments subject to stochastic disturbance events. Coral Reefs 24: 670-680.
• Freitas, J. A. de, B. S. J. Nijhof, A. C. Rojer and A. O. Debrot. 2005. Landscape ecological vegetation map of the island of Bonaire (Southern Caribbean). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam. 64 pp.
• Hawn, A.T., G.B. Martin, S.A. Sandin, and J.A. Hare. 2005. Early juvenile mortality in a cohort of Chromis cyanea: the growth-mortality hypothesis revisited. Bulletin of Marine Science 77: 309-318.
• Kaandorp, J.A., Sloot, P.M.A., Bak, R.P.M., Maier C. and M.J.A. Vermeij (2005). Modelling three dimensional growth forms in scleractinian corals. Proc. Roy. Acad. Sc. (UK). 272: 127-133.
• Klaus, J. S., J. Frias-Lopez, G. T. Bonheyo, J. M. Heikoop and B. W. Fouke. 2005. Bacterial communities inhabiting the healthy tissues of two Caribbean reef corals: interspecific and spatial variation. Coral Reefs 24: 129-137.
• Nagelkerken, I., K. Vermonden, O. C. C. Moraes, A. O. Debrot and W. P. Nagelkerken. 2005. Changes in coral reef communities and associated reef fish species, Cephalopholis cruentatus (Lacepede), after 30 years on Curaçao. (Netherlands Antilles) Hydrobiologia 549:145-154.
• Nijman, V., T. G. Prins, J. H. Reuter. 2005. Timing and abundance of migrant raptors on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Journal of Raptor Research 39,1: 94-97.
• Prins, T. G. and V. Nijman. 2005. Historic changes of status of Caribbean coot in the Netherlands Antilles. Oryx 39: 125-126.
• Prins, T. G., C. S. Roselaar and V. Nijman. 2005. Status and breeding of Caribbean coot in the Netherlands Antilles. Waterbirds 28: 146-149.
• Sandin, S.A. and S.W. Pacala. 2005. Demographic theory of coral reef fish populations with stochastic recruitment: comparing sources of population regulation. American Naturalist 165: 107-119.
• Sandin, S.A. and S.W. Pacala. 2005. Fish aggregation results in inversely density dependent predation on continuous coral reefs. Ecology 86: 1520- 1530.
• Scheffers, A., S. Scheffers and D. Kelletat. 2005. Paleo-tsunami relicts on the southern and central Antillean island arc. Journal of Coastal Reearch 21, 2: 263-273.
• Scheffers, S.R. 2005. Benthic-Pelagic Coupling in Coral Reefs: Interaction between Framework Cavities and Reef Water. PhD.- Thesis. University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). 160 pages.
• Scheffers S. R., Bak R. P. M. and F. C. van Duyl. 2005. Why is bacterioplankton growth in coral reef framework cavities enhanced? Marine Ecology Progress Series 299: 89-99.
• Scheffers S. R., Nieuwland, G., Bak R. P. M. and F. C. van Duyl. 2005. Removal of bacteria and nutrient dynamics within the coral reef framework of Curacao (Netherlands Antilles). Coral Reefs 23(3): 413-422.
• Vermeij, M.J.A. 2005. A novel growth strategy allows Tubastrea coccinea to escape small-scale adverse conditions and start over again. Coral Reefs 24: 442-442.
• Van Duyl, F. C., Scheffers S. R., Driscol M., and F. I. M. Thomas. 2005. The effect of water exchange on bacterioplankton depletion and inorganic nutrient dynamics in coral reef cavities. Coral Reefs 25: 23-36.
• Zabin, C. J. 2005. Community Ecology of the Invasive Intertidal Barnacle Chthamalus proteus in Hawai`i. Ph.D. Dissertation University of Hawaii, Manoa.