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Refereed Publications

Kerr, A. M., A. H. Baird and T. P. Hughes. 2011. Correlated evolution of sex and reproductive mode in corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 278: 75-81.

Feagin, R. A., N. Mukherjee, K. Shanker, A. H. Baird, J. Cinner, A. M. Kerr, N. Koedam, A. Sridhar, R. Arthur, L. P. Jayatissa, D. Lo Seen, M. Menon, S. Rodriguez, M. Shamsuddoha and F. Dahdouh-Guebas. 2010. Shelter from the storm? Use and misuse of coastal vegetation bioshields for managing natural disasters. Conservation Letters 3: 1-11.

Raymundo, L. J., A. R. Halford, A. P. Maypa and A. M. Kerr. 2009. Functionally diverse reef-fish communities ameliorate coral disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 106: 17067-17070.

Kerr, A. M., A. H. Baird, R. S. Bhalla and V. Srinivas. 2009. Reply to ‘Using remote sensing to assess the protective role of coastal woody vegetation against tsunami waves’. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30: 3817-3820.

Konow, N., D. R. Bellwood, P. C. Wainright and A. M. Kerr. 2008. Novel jaw joints promote trophic diversity in coral reef fishes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 545- 555.

Baird, A. H. and A. M. Kerr. 2007. Landscape analysis and tsunami damage in Aceh: Comment on Iverson and Prasad. Landscape Ecology 23: 3-5. Kerr, A. M. and A. H. Baird. 2007. Natural barriers to natural disasters. BioScience 57: 102- 103.

Kerr, A. M., A. H. Baird and S. J. Campbell. 2006. Comments on “Coastal mangrove forests mitigated tsunami” by K. Kathiresan and N. Rajendran. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 67: 539-541.

Kerr, A. M. 2005. Molecular and morphological supertree of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) using matrix representation parsimony. Biological Reviews 80: 543-558. A much clearer Figure 2 with correct support values is HERE.

Kerr, A.M., D. Janies, R. M. Clouse, Y. Samyn, J. Kuszak and J. Kim. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of coral-reef sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) based on 16S mt rDNA sequence. Marine Biotechnology 7: 53-60.

Clouse, R. M., D. A. Janies and A. M. Kerr. 2005. The resurrection of Bohadschia bivittata from B. marmorata (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) based on behavioural, morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence. Zoology 108: 27-39.

Samyn, Y., W. Appeltans and A. M. Kerr. 2005. Monophyly of Labidodemas (Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae) and phylogeny of Holothuriidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 103-120.

Kerr, A. M. 2005. Behavior of web-invading spiders Argyrodes argentatus (Theridiidae) in Argiope appensa (Araneidae) host webs, Guam, Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Journal of Arachnology 33: 1-6.

Connell, J. H., T. J. Hughes, C. C. Wallace, J. E. Tanner, K. E. Harms and A. M. Kerr. 2004. A 35-year study of competition, species composition and diversity of corals. Ecological Monographs 74: 179-210.

Kerr, A. M. and A. S. Quenga. 2004. Population variation of web-invading spiders (Theridiidae: Argyrodes spp.) on host webs in Guam, Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Journal of Natural History 38: 671-680.

Kerr, A. M. 2003. Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers). Pages 417-432 in D. Thoney (ed.), Lower Metazoans and Lesser Deuterostomes. Volume I. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. New York: Gale Group Publishers. Link

Paulay, G. and A.M. Kerr. 2001. Patterns of coral reef development in Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati). Bulletin of Marine Science 69: 1191-1208.

Kerr, A.M. and J. Kim. 2001. Phylogeny of Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) inferred from morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 63-81.

Kerr, A.M. 2001. Phylogeny of apodan holothurians (Echinodermata) inferred from morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 53-62.

Kerr, A.M. 2000. Defoliation of an island (Guam, Mariana Archipelago, Western Pacific Ocean) following a saltspray-laden "dry" typhoon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16: 895-901.

Kerr, A.M. 2000. Discussion of Hsu, S.A. and Yan, Z. 1998 "A note on the radius of maximum wind for hurricanes." Journal of Coastal Research 16: 494-495.

Kerr, A. M. 2000. Holothuroidea. In D.R. Maddison and W. P. Maddison (eds.), The Tree of Life Web Project: A multi-authored, distributed internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. TOL page

Kerr, A.M. 2000. Evolution and Systematics of Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University.

Kerr, A.M. and J. Kim. 1999. Bi-deca-bi-pentaradial symmetry: A review of evolutionary and developmental trends in Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). Journal of Experimental Zoology (Developmental and Molecular Evolution) 285: 93-103.

Kerr, A. M. 1994. Shallow-water holothuroids (Echinodermata) of Kosrae, Eastern Caroline Islands. Pacific Science 48: 161-174.

Kerr, A. M. 1994. Effects of Disturbance to Holothuroid (Echinodermata) Community Structure. M.Sc. Thesis, Marine Laboratory, University of Guam.

Kerr, A. M., R. M. Yoon and E. M. Stoffell. 1993. Abundance distribution of holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) on a windward and leeward fringing reef, Guam, Mariana Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science 52: 780-791.

Kerr, A. M. 1993. Unusually low frequency of stabilimenta in webs of Argiope appensa (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Mariana Islands: an indirect effect of an introduced avian predator? Pacific Science 47: 328-337.

Kerr, A. M., D. R. Norris, P. J. Schupp, K. D. Meyer, T. J. Pitlik, D. R. Hopper, J. A. Chamberlain and L. S. Meyer. 1992. Range extensions of echinoderms (Asteroidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea) to Guam, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 25: 201-216.

Kerr, A. M. 1991. Arachnids of the Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve, Palau. Micronesica 24: 211-215.

Kerr, A. M. 1990. Chamorro Fish Names. Micronesica 23: 93-118.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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