Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research

PUBLICATIONS

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Peer Reviewed Publications

Published, In Press, and Accepted

  1. M.H. Paller, B.A. Prusha, D.E. Fletcher, E. Kosnicki, S.A. Sefick, M.S. Jarrell, S.C. Sterrett, A.M. Grosse, T.D. Tuberville, and J.W. Feminella. Accepted. Factors Influencing Stream Fish Species Composition and Functional Properties at Multiple Spatial Scales in the Sand Hills of the Southeastern United States. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

  2. Balenger, S.L., C. Bonneaud, S.A. Sefick, S.V. Edwards, G.E. Hill. 2015. Plumage color and pathogen-induced gene expression in a wild songbird. Behavioral Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv055.

  3. Sefick, S.A., L. Kalin, E. Kosnicki, B.P. Schneid, M.S. Jarrell, C.J. Anderson, M.H. Paller, and J.W. Feminella. 2015. Empirical Estimation of Stream Discharge Using Channel Geometry in Low-Gradient, Sand-Bed Streams of the Southeastern Plains. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 51:1060-1071.

  4. Kosnicki, E., S.A. Sefick, M.H. Paller, M.S. Jarrell, B.A. Prusha, S.C. Sterrett, T.D. Tuberville, and J.W. Feminella. 2014. Defining the reference condition for wadeable streams in the Sand Hills subdivision of the Southeastern Plains ecoregion, USA. Environmental Management 54:494-504.

  5. Oliver, J. E., S. A. Sefick, J. K. Parker, T. Arnold, P. A. Cobine, and L. De La Fuente. 2014. Ionome changes in Xylella fastidiosa-infected Nicotiana tabacum correlate with the virulence and discriminate between subspecies of bacterial isolates. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 27:1048-1058.

In Review

  1. Stevison, L., S. Sefick, C. Rushton, and R. Graze. Recombination rate plasticity: revealing mechanisms by design. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
  2. Sefick, S.A., E. Kosnicki, M.H. Paller, and J.W. Feminella. Hydrogeomorphic reference condition and its relationship with macroinvertebrate assemblages in Southeastern US Sand Hills streams. Freshwater Science.

In Preparation

  1. Sefick, S.A., E. Kosnicki, M.H. Paller, and J.W. Feminella. In Prep. Direct and indirect effects of landcover on macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in Southeastern Plains, USA, streams. (Target: Ecological Applications).

  2. Sefick, S.A., N.E. Norieka, and J.W. Feminella. In Prep. Deterministic species sorting in response to simulated hydrologic disturbance in Southeastern Plains streams. (Target: Ecology).

  3. Sefick, S.A.. StreamMetabolism: An R package for calculating single station metabolism from diurnal Oxygen curves. (Target: The R Journal).

Non-Refereed Publications

Proceedings Manuscripts (* presenter)

  1. Moak, J.W.*, B.S. Metts, S.A. Sefick, G.W. Eidson, and O.P. Filte. 2010. Results of an intensive water quality study of the middle and lower Savannah River Basin. Proceedings of the 2010 South Carolina Water Resources Conference, held October 13-14, 2010, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (published proceedings manuscript)

  2. Paller, M.*, J.W. Feminella, E. Kosnicki, S.A. Sefick, M. Jarrell, D. Fletcher,T. Tuberville, S. Sterrett, A. Grosse, B. Prusha. 2010. Ecological Reference Models for Blackwater Streams: a Prerequisite for Successful Ecosystem Recovery and Management. Proceedings of the 2010 South Carolina Water Resources Conference, held October 13-14, 2010, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (published proceedings manuscript)

  3. Flite, O.*, G. Eidson, J. Moak, B. Metts, S.A. Sefick. 2008 .Overview of stable Isotopes results from a comprehensive Savannah River study. Proceedings of the 2008 South Carolina Water Resources Conference, held October 14-15, 2008, at the Charleston Area Event Center. (published proceedings manuscript)

  4. Flite, O.*, G. Eidson, J. Moak, B. Metts, and S.A. Sefick. 2007. PRELIMINARY DATA FROM A COMPREHENSIVE SAVANNAH RIVER STUDY: THE FIRST 6 MONTHS. 2007. Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference. (published proceedings manuscript)

Reports

  1. Michael Paller, Jack Feminella, Ely Kosnicki, Stephen Sefick, Miller Jarrell, Tracey Tuberville, Dean Fletcher, Andrew Grosse, Bess Harris, Sean Sterrett, Blair Prusha. 2014. DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL REFERENCE MODELS AND AN ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR STREAMS ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN. SERDP Project RC-1694.

  2. Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy. 2008. Savannah River at Risk Annual Report February 2006 – January 2008. Section 104(b) CP964507-06. Annual Report to the EPA.

PROFESSIONAL ORAL PRESENTATIONS (* presenter)

  1. Sefick, S.A.*, N. Noreika, and J.W. Feminalla. 2016. DISTURBANCE MODIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF DETERMINISTIC AND STOCHASTIC ASSEMBLY MECHANISMS IN STREAM MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES.* *2016 Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences. Sacramento, CA.

  2. Sefick, S.*; Kosnicki, E.; Paller, M.; Feminella, J. 2015. IS THE LANDCOVER CASCADE SYSTEM-SPECIFIC? A CASE STUDY IN SAND-BED STREAMS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US SANDHILLS ECOREGION. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences. Milwaukee, WI.

  3. Helms, B.*; Sefick, S.; Reithel, S.; Kosnicki, E.; Werneke, D.; Schneid, B.; Zink, J.; Feminella, J.; Jennings, G. 2014. GEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENTS AND INSTREAM ECOLOGICAL ENDPOINTS: INTEGRATION FOR RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT . Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 2014.

  4. Oliver, J.E.*, Sefick, S.A., Parker, J.K., Cobine, P.A., and De La Fuente, L. Understanding Xylella fastidiosa’s interactions with plant hosts through the study of its effects on the host ionome. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. 7th-9th November 2013. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.

  5. Sefick, S.A.*, M.S. Jarrell, E. Kosnicki^1^, M.H. Paller^2^, and J.W. Feminella. 2013. CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY-BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE TRAIT RELATIONSHIPS IN SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAINS STREAMS. 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences. Jacksonville, Fl.

  6. Kosnicki, E*.; Sefick, S.; Jarrell, M.; Grosse, A.; Sterrett, S.; Tuberville, T.; Paller, M.; Feminella, J. DEVELOPMENT OF A MACROINVERTEBRATE O/E MODEL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING STREAM BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY IN THE SAND HILLS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAINS USA. * *2013 Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences. Jacksonville, Fl.

  7. Paller, M.*; Prusha, B.; Kosnicki, E.; Sefick, S.; Jarrell, M.; Feminella, J.; Fletcher, D.; Tuberville, T.; Grosse, A.; Sterrett, S. FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE IN MINIMALLY DISTURBED STREAMS ON THE UPPER SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN. 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences. Jacksonville, Fl.

  8. Sefick, S.A.*, W.R. English, J.W. Pike, K.M. Young, and G.D. Jennings.2006. Macroinvertebrate community response to priority II stream restoration.Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society.

  9. Pike, J.W.*, W.R. English, S.A. Sefick, C.R. Smeal, M.A. Goddard, J.D.Riley, and D.M. Rankin. 2006. Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout) restoration in the Southeast United States: The impact of Fintrol (antimycin) on macroinvertebrate drift. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society.

PROFESSIONAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS (* presenter)

  1. Jonathan E. Oliver, Stephen Sefick, Paul A. Cobine* and Leonardo De La Fuente (2013) “Ionomic fingerprinting of plant disease caused by Xylella fastidiosa” GRC: Cell Biology of Metals, Salve Regina University, Rhode Island, July 28-August 2.

  2. Sefick, S. A.*; Jarrell, M. S.; Kosnicki, E.; Schneid, B. P.; Paller, M. H.; Feminella, J. W.; IS THE HYDROGEOMORPHIC REFERENCE CONDITION RELATED TO BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES IN COASTAL PLAINS STREAMS? 2012. Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences.

  3. Sefick, S. A.*; Jarrell, M. S.; Kosnicki, E.; Paller, M. H.; Feminella, J. W.; PRELIMINARY HYDROGEOMORPHIC CLASSIFICATION OF STREAM REFERENCE CONDITION FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN AND SANDHILLS ECOREGIONS. 2011. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society.

  4. Kosnicki, E.*; Prusha, B. A.; Sterrett, S. C.; Grosse, A. M., Sefick; S.A., Jerrell, M. S.; Tuberville, T. D.; Paller, M. H.; Feminella, J. W. 2011. PRELIMINARY FISH OBSERVED TO EXPECTED (O/E) MODELS FOR THE SAND HILLS SUBECOREGION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society.

  5. Jarrell, M. S.*; Kosnicki, E.; Prusha, B. A.; Sefick, S. A.; Feminella, J. A.; Paller, M. H. 2011. RIPARIAN-AQUATIC RESPONSE TO TIMBER HARVEST IN A COASTAL PLAINS STREAM FOOD WEB. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society.