Publications

Mentees: Undergraduate*, Technician**, Graduate student***, Postdoc****

2025

  1. Smith, C. S., E. DeMattia, E. Albright, A. Bromberger*, O. Hayward*, I. Mackinson***, S. Mantell***, B. McAdoo, D. McAfee, A. McCollum***, A. B. Paxton, A. Roderer***, K. Stevenson, R. Vidra, and Z. Zhao*. 2025. Beyond despair: leveraging ecosystem restoration for psychosocial resilience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(2), e2307082121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2307082121
  2. Smith, C. S., Townsend, S.***, C. Brenner***, and Valdez****. 2025. Facilitating foundation species: A roadmap for incorporating positive species interactions into Spartina alterniflora restoration designs. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-025-10043-6
  3. Paxton, A. B., B. J. Runde, S. Smith, A. B. Bugnot, S. E. Lester, M. L. Vozzo, M. I. Saunders, D. N. Steward, H. R. Lemoine, S. R. Valdez, R. K. Gittman, S. Narayan, J. Allgeier, R. L. Morris, D. P. Nowacek, W. Seaman, P. N. Halpin, C. Angelini, B. R. Silliman. 2025. Leveraging built marine structures to benefit natural habitats. Bioscience, 75(2), pp.172-183. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae135
  4. Paxton, A.B., S. E. Lester, S. Smith, S. Narayan, C. Angelini, B. J. Runde, M. I. Saunders, R. K. Gittman, J. Allgeier, A. B. Bugnot, M. L. Vozzo, D. N. Steward, H. R. Lemoine, S. R. Valdez, R. L. Morris, D. P. Nowacek, W. Seaman, P. N. Halpin, B.R. Silliman. 2025. Recommendations for built marine infrastructure that support natural habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, p.e2840. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2840

2024

  1. Smith, C. S., Y. S. Zhang, M. Hensel, S. Pennings, and B. R. Silliman. 2024. Long-term data reveal that grazer density mediates climatic stress in salt marshes. Ecology, 105(7): e4323. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4323
  2. Smith, C. S., I. Neylan**, D. Kochan**, and R. Gittman. 2024. Living shorelines equal or outperform natural shorelines as fish habitat over time: Updated results from a long-term BACI study at multiple sites. Estuaries and Coasts, 47, 2655-2669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01429-5
  3. Morton, J. P., M. J. S. Hensel, D.S. DeLaMater, C. Angelini, R. L Atkins, K. D. Price, S. L. Williams, A. D. Boyd, J. Parsons, E. J. Resetarits, S. Smith, S. Valdez, E. Monnet, R. Farhan, C. Mobilian, D. Smith, C. Craft, J. E. Byers, M. Alber, S. C. Pennings, and B. R. Silliman. 2024. Mesopredator release moderates trophic control of plant biomass in a Georgia salt marsh. Ecology, e4452. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4452
  4. Silliman, B. R., J. P. Gibert, P. Daleo, M. J. S. Hensel, S. Smith, C. Angelini, A. Paxton, A. Adler, Y. Stacy Zhang, A. H. Altieri, T. M. Palmer, H. Jones, J. N. Griffin, M. I. O’Connor, J. van de Koppel, D. J. Wieczynski, J. Poulsen, M. Rietkerk, Q. He, M. Berness, and S. R. Valdez. 2024. Harnessing ecological theory to enhance ecosystem restoration. Current Biology, 34(9). https:// https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.043
  5. Paxton, A. B., T. N. Riley, C. Steenrod, B. J. Puckett, J. B. Alemu I., S. T. Paliotti, A. M. Adler, L. Exar, J. E. T. McLean, J. Kelley, Y. S. Zhang, S. Smith, R. K. Gittman, and B. R. Silliman. Accepted. Evidence on the performance of nature-based solutions interventions for coastal protection in biogenic, shallow ecosystems: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence, 13(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-024-00350-5
  6. Gittman, R. K., B. DeAngelis, C. J. Ballie, M. McKinney, S. Smith, and J. H. Grabowski. 2024. Recommendations for how restoration can support “30 by 30” conservation goals in coastal ecosystems. Conservation Biology, e14429. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14429

2023

  1. Xu, C., B. R. Silliman, J. Chen, X. Li, M. S. Thomsen, Q. Zhang, J. Lee, J. S. Lefcheck, P. Daleo, B. B. Hughes, H. P. Jones, R. Wang, S. Wang, S. Smith, X. Xi, A. H. Altieri, J. van de Koppel, T. M. Palmer, L. Liu, J. Wu, B. Li, and Q. He. 2023. Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally. Science, 382, 589-594. https://https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add2814
  2. Silliman, B. R., C. Angelini, G. Krause, M. I. Saunders, S. Smith, S. R. Valdez, J. E. T. McLean, A. B. Paxton, T. van der Heide, and A. Abelson. 2023. A call for a more inclusive paradigm in marine ecosystem restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1250022. https://doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1250022
  3. Paxton, A.B., T.B. Riley, C.L. Steenrod, S. Smith; Y. S. Zhang, R. K. Gittman; B. R. Silliman, C. A. Buckel, T. S. Viehman, B. J. Puckett, and J. Davis. 2023. What evidence exists on the performance of nature-based solutions interventions for coastal protection in biogenic, shallow ecosystems? Environmental Evidence, 12(11). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-023-00303-4

2022

  1. Correll-Brown, R., E. H. Wellman, D. O. Eulie, S. B. Scyphers, S. Smith, M. A. Polk, and R. K. Gittman. 2022. Shifting baselines may undermine shoreline management efforts in the United States. Frontiers in Climate Change, 4, 719109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.719109

2021

  1. Smith, C. S., A.B. Paxton, S.E. Donaher, R. V. Van Hoeck, D. Kochan**, I. Neylan**, T. Pfiefer**, and J. C. Taylor. 2021. Acoustic camera and net surveys reveal that nursery enhancement at living shorelines may be localized. Ecological Engineering 166, 106232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106232
  2. Feagin, R. A., T. S. Bridges, B. Bledsoe, E. Losos, S. Ferreira, E. Corwin, Q. Lodder, M. W. Beck, B. Roguero, A. Sutton-Grier, J. Figlus, R. Palmer, D. Nelson, S. Smith, L. Olander, B. Silliman, H. Pietersen, R. Costanza, R. K. Gittman, S. Narayan, N. Pontee, M. Donahue, D. McNeill, and T. Guidry. 2021. Build back better for the future: Infrastructure must incorporate nature’s lessons in a rapidly changing world. One Earth, 4(10), 1361-1364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.10.003
  3. Polk, M. A., R. K. Gittman, S. Smith, and D. O. Eulie. 2021. Coastal resilience surges as living shorelines reduce lateral erosion of salt marshes. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 18(1), 82-98.https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4447
  4. Gittman, R., S. B. Scyphers, C. J. Baillie, A. Brodmerkel*, J. H. Grabowski, M. Livernois, A. Poray, S. Smith, and F. J. Fodrie. 2021. Reversing a tyranny of cascading shoreline-protection decisions driving coastal habitat loss. Conservation Science and Practice, 3:e490. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.490
  5. Donaher, S. E., C. J. Baillie, S. Smith, S. Y. Zhang, A. Albright, S. N. Trackenberg, E. H. Wellman, N. Woodard, and R. K. Gittman. Accepted. Facilitation mediates seagrass recovery from physical disturbance in a temperate estuary. Ecosphere, 12(11), e03804. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3804
  6. Kyzar, R., I. Safak, J. Cebrian, M. Clark, N. Dix, K. Dietz, R. K. Gittman, J. Jaeger, K. R. Radabaugh, A. Roddenberry, S. Smith, E. L. Sparks, B. Stone, G. Sundin, M. Taubler, C. Angelini. 2021. Challenges and opportunities for sustaining coastal wetlands and oyster reefs in the Southeastern United States. Journal for Environmental Management, 296, p.113178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113178
  7. Ziegler, S.L., M.D. Miller, S. Smith, and F.J. Fodrie. 2021. Abiotic cycles mediate the strength of cross-boundary consumption within terrestrial-marine food webs. Estuaries and Coasts, 44 (4), 1147-1156. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7-k3ey-ez49

2020

  1. Smith, C. S., M. Rudd**, R. Gittman, E. Melvin***, V. Patterson***, J. Renzi, E. Wellman, and B. Silliman. 2020. Coming to terms with living shorelines: A scoping review of novel restoration strategies for shoreline protection. Frontiers in Marine Science 7(434). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00434
  2. Abelson, A. D. Reed, G. Edgar, S. Smith, G. A. Kendrick, R. J. Orth, L. Airoldi, B. Silliman, M. Beck, G. Krause, N. Shashar, N. Stambler, and P. Nelson. 2020. Challenges for restoration of coastal marine ecosystems in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Marine Science 7(544). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.544105
  3. Bayraktarov, E., S. Brisbane, V. Hagger, S. Smith, K. E. Wilson, C. E. Lovelock, C. Gillies, A. D. Steven, and M. I. Saunders. 2020. Priorities and motivations of marine coastal restoration research. Frontiers in Marine Science 7(484). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00484
  4. Namba, M., M. Hashimoto, M. Ito, K. Momota, S. Smith, T. Yorisue, and M. Nakaoka. 2020. The effect of environmental gradient on biodiversity and similarity of invertebrate communities in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds. Ecological Research35, 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12086

2019

  1. Smith, C. S., and S.B. Scyphers. 2019. Past hurricane damage and flood zone outweigh shoreline hardening for predicting residential-scale impacts of Hurricane Matthew. Environmental Science and Policy 101, 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.07.009
  2. Silliman, B.R., Q. He, C. Angelini, S. Smith, M. L. Kirwan, P. Daleo, J. Renzi, J. Butler, J. C. Nifong, and J. van de Koppel. 2019. Field experiments and meta-analysis reveal wetland vegetation as a crucial element in the coastal protection paradigm. Current Biology 29(11), 1800-1806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.017
  3. Neylan, I. P.**, S. Smith, E.A. Swann, S. R. Fegley, and R.K. Gittman. 2019. Interspecific and intraspecific interactions between fiddler crabs Uca pugnax and Uca Pugilator influence species’ burrowing behavior. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 517, 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.05.010

2018

  1. Smith, C. S., B. Puckett, R. K. Gittman, C.H. Peterson. 2018. Living shorelines enhanced the resilience of saltmarshes to Hurricane Matthew (2016). Ecological Applications 28(4), 871-877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.07.009
  2. Smith, C. S., M. Ito, M. Namba, M. Nakaoka. 2018. Oyster aquaculture impacts Zostera marina epibiont community composition in Akkeshi-ko estuary, Japan. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197753. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197753
  3. Zhang, Y. Stacy, W. Cioffi, R. Cope, P. Daleo, E. Heywood, C. Hoyt, S. Smith, and B. R. Silliman. 2018. A global synthesis reveals gaps in coastal habitat restoration research. Sustainability 10(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041040

2017

  1. Smith, C. S., R. K. Gittman, I. P. Neylan**, S. B. Scyphers, J. Morton, F.J. Fodrie, J. H. Grabowski, C.H. Peterson. 2017. Hurricane damage along natural and hardened estuarine shorelines: using homeowner perspectives to promote nature-based coastal protection. Marine Policy 81, 350-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.04.013

2016

  1. Gittman, R.K., S.B. Scyphers, S. Smith, I.P. Neylan, J.H. Grabowski. 2016. The ecological consequences of shoreline hardening: a meta-analysis. Bioscience 66, 763-773. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw091

2015

  1. Hobbs, N., E. Lazo-Wasem, M. Faasse, J.R. Cordell, J.W. Chapman, S. Smith, R. Prezant, R. Shell, and J.T. Carlton. 2015. Going global: the introduction of the Asian isopod Ianiropsis serricaudis Gurjanova to North America and Europe. Aquatic Invasions 10(2), 177-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2015.10.2.06

 

Book Chapters

  1. Van Wesenbeech, B. K., J. N. Griffin, S. Smith, S. Valdez, M. van Koningsveld, K. B. Gedan, M. W. McCoy, and B. R. Silliman. 2022. Nature-based coastal defenses: Can biodiversity help? Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd Edition.