Santos Corujo, Rolando

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Rolando Santos Corujo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, specializing in ecology.

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Article
- 2026
  
  Isotopic insights into nutrient contributions and transport pathways in north-central Florida Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 333.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2026.109765 Web of Science: 001702384300001
- 2026
  
  Comparison of tagging techniques for tracking freshwater tropical shrimp: assessment of survival and behaviour as a function of tag type. Crustaceana. 1-25.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/15685403-bja10515
- 2026
  
  Tipping the balance: reef community shifts after a regional urchin population collapse. Coral Reefs.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00338-026-02822-1 Web of Science: 001684554000001
- 2026
  
  Variation in food web reliance on green and brown energy pathways across ecosystem gradients. PLoS ONE. 21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336521 Web of Science: 001698196800002
- 2026
  
  Gone but not forgotten: Collaborative telemetry network provides insight into out-of-system movements of Common Snook. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 18.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf050 Web of Science: 001664493800001
- 2025
  
  Hierarchical habitat selection by a predatory fish in a patchy seascape. Scientific Reports. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-27322-0 Web of Science: 001635632500001
- 2025
  
  Seascape heterogeneity and predictability drive movement strategy selection in estuarine predators. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94:2671-2686.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.70164 Web of Science: 001598395400001
- 2025
  
  Linking a seasonal freshwater prey subsidy to the body condition of an estuarine consumer in a subtropical coastal river. Scientific Reports. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-25211-0 Web of Science: 001621175200023
- 2025
  
  A multi-estuary assessment of pharmaceutical exposure and risk of pharmacological effects in a recreational fishery. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 44:2832-2847.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/etojnl/vgaf125 Web of Science: 001554213500001
- 2025
  
  Between a Dry Marsh and a Salty Place: Estuarine Habitat Suitability for a Freshwater Fish (Florida Bass) and Implications for Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Change. Estuaries and Coasts. 48.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-025-01561-w Web of Science: 001503663400001
- 2025
  
  Linking hydrology, temperature, and energetics: Global change implications for the foraging ecology of a generalist predator. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf031 Web of Science: 001582842500001
- 2025
  
  Long-term patterns in the relative abundance of Common Snook as a factor of shifting environmental conditions in the Florida coastal Everglades. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mcfafs/vtaf026 Web of Science: 001574584600001
- 2025
  
  Response of submerged aquatic vegetation seascapes to a large-scale seagrass die-off: A case study in Florida Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 318.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109221 Web of Science: 001443114700001
- 2025
  
  Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in muscle tissue of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) across subtropical estuaries: Comparison to blood plasma and implications for human exposure. Science of the Total Environment. 972.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179106
- 2025
  
  Trophic niche dynamics of two fish mesoconsumers in adjacent coastal habitats with varying nutrient regimes. Oecologia. 207.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-025-05680-w Web of Science: 001434874900002
- 2025
  
  Cause and consequences of Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) space use specialization in a subtropical riverscape. Scientific Reports. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-82158-4 Web of Science: 001398126400019
- 2025
  
  Stakeholder diversity matters: employing the wisdom of crowds for data-poor fisheries assessments. Scientific Reports. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-84970-4 Web of Science: 001390048200035
- 2024
  
  Trophic niche of a nonnative invader and environmental drivers of its increasing populations in the coastal Everglades. Biological Invasions. 26:4245-4263.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-024-03444-w Web of Science: 001324613900002
- 2024
  
  Widespread pharmaceutical exposure at concentrations of concern for a subtropical coastal fishery: Bonefish (Albula vulpes). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 209.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117143 Web of Science: 001345476300001
- 2024
  
  Differential tissue distribution of pharmaceuticals in a wild subtropical marine fish. Aquatic Toxicology. 275.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.107064 Web of Science: 001307210800001
- 2024
  
  Identifying pathways of pharmaceutical exposure in a mesoconsumer marine fish. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 477.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135382 Web of Science: 001285456800001
- 2024
  
  New directions for Indigenous and local knowledge research and application in fisheries science: Lessons from a systematic review. Fish and Fisheries. 25:647-671.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/faf.12831 Web of Science: 001205950300001
- 2024
  
  Widespread habitat loss leads to ecosystem-scale decrease in trophic function. Global Change Biology. 30.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17263 Web of Science: 001193990100001
- 2024
  
  Understanding pharmaceutical exposure and the potential for effects in marine biota: A survey of bonefish (Albula vulpes) across the Caribbean Basin. Chemosphere. 349.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140949
- 2023
  
  Seines and baited remote underwater video document consistent spatiotemporal patterns in nekton communities of subtropical coastal habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 722:37-64.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps14418 Web of Science: 001116007900003
- 2023
  
  Rapid approach for assessing an unregulated fishery using a series of data-limited tools. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/mcf2.10270 Web of Science: 001095311800004
- 2023
  
  The effects of temperature and flooding duration on the structure and magnitude of a floodplain prey subsidy. Freshwater Biology. 68:1518-1529.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14145 Web of Science: 001020080500001
- 2023
  
  Trophic Niche Metrics Reveal Long-Term Shift in Florida Bay Food Webs. Ecosystems. 26:1183-1194.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-023-00825-5 Web of Science: 000939735300001
- 2023
  
  Residency and fine-scale habitat use of juvenile goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) in a mangrove nursery. Bulletin of Marine Science. 99:111-117.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2022.0061 Web of Science: 000994011700005
- 2023
  
  Bone appetit: DNA metabarcoding as a non-lethal alternative to morphological dietary assessment in Atlantic bonefish (Albula vulpes). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106:337-348.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01328-3 Web of Science: 000848487600001
- 2023
  
  Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106:381-416.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01333-6 Web of Science: 000852941800001
- 2023
  
  Temporal trends of Biscayne Bay pink shrimp fisheries catch, economic indicators, and potential interactions with South Florida recreational flats fisheries. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106:361-379.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01314-9 Web of Science: 000836750700001
- 2023
  
  Using recreational tournament records to construct a 53-year time series of the Florida Keys recreational Bonefish fishery. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106:279-291.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01299-5 Web of Science: 000825194400001
- 2023
  
  Viruses of Atlantic Bonefish (Albula vulpes) in Florida and the Caribbean show geographic patterns consistent with population declines. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106:303-317.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01306-9 Web of Science: 000836521600003
- 2022
  
  Primed and cued: long-term acoustic telemetry links interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. Movement Ecology. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s40462-022-00350-5 Web of Science: 000882734400001
- 2022
  
  Otolith stable isotope micro-sampling to discriminate poorly studied stocks: Crevalle Jack in the eastern gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 278.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108130 Web of Science: 000880000900003
- 2022
  
  Recreational Angler Contributions to Fisheries Management Are Varied and Valuable: Case Studies from South Florida. Fisheries. 47:469-477.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10823 Web of Science: 000883167700005
- 2022
  
  Untangling Flow-Ecology Relationships: Effects of Seasonal Stage Variation on Common Snook Aggregation and Movement Rates in the Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts. 45:2059-2069.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-022-01065-x Web of Science: 000765666700001
- 2022
  
  Widespread seagrass die-off has no legacy effect on basal resource use of seagrass food webs in Florida Bay, USA. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 79:1831-1842.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac112 Web of Science: 000813228100001
- 2022
  
  A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones. Science Advances. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl9155 Web of Science: 000763326600013
- 2022
  
  E-scape: Consumer-specific landscapes of energetic resources derived from stable isotope analysis and remote sensing. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91:381-390.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13637 Web of Science: 000722054200001
- 2022
  
  Influence of seascape spatial pattern on the trophic niche of an omnivorous fish. Ecosphere. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3944 Web of Science: 000760264100034
- 2022
  
  Bottom-up conservation: using translational ecology to inform conservation priorities for a recreational fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 79:47-62.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0024 Web of Science: 000740695100005
- 2021
  
  Seascape Configuration Influences the Community Structure of Marsh Nekton. Estuaries and Coasts. 44:1521-1533.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00853-7 Web of Science: 000583985200002
- 2021
  
  Impact of Extreme Disturbances on Suspended Sediment in Western Florida Bay: Implications for Seagrass Resilience. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.633240 Web of Science: 000680016500001
- 2021
  
  Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 663:1-29.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps13661 Web of Science: 000644439200001
- 2021
  
  Sociability interacts with temporal environmental variation to spatially structure metapopulations: A fish dispersal simulation in an ephemeral landscape. Ecological Modelling. 443.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109458 Web of Science: 000618329100006
- 2020
  
  Individual consumer movement mediates food web coupling across a coastal ecosystem. Ecosphere. 11.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3305 Web of Science: 000603657600011
- 2020
  
  Fish predation hinders the success of coral restoration efforts using fragmented massive corals. PeerJ. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9978 Web of Science: 000574775800010
- 2020
  
  Going Downriver: Patterns and Cues in Hurricane-Driven Movements of Common Snook in a Subtropical Coastal River. Estuaries and Coasts. 43:1158-1173.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00617-y Web of Science: 000537511500018
- 2020
  
  Movements of Juvenile Bull Sharks in Response to a Major Hurricane Within a Tropical Estuarine Nursery Area. Estuaries and Coasts. 43:1144-1157.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00600-7 Web of Science: 000537511500017
- 2020
  
  A Research Framework to Integrate Cross-Ecosystem Responses to Tropical Cyclones. BioScience. 70:477-489.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa034 Web of Science: 000542039600010
- 2020
  
  Modelling the resilience of seagrass communities exposed to pulsed freshwater discharges: A seascape approach. PLoS ONE. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229147 Web of Science: 000535227900063
- 2020
  
  Implications of macroalgae blooms to the spatial structure of seagrass seascapes: The case of the Anadyomene spp. (Chlorophyta) bloom in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 150.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110742 Web of Science: 000509611200091
- 2019
  
  Coupling telemetry and stable isotope techniques to unravel movement: Snook habitat use across variable nutrient environments. Fisheries Research. 218:35-47.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.008 Web of Science: 000477786600005
- 2019
  
  Contrasting river migrations of Common Snook between two Florida rivers using acoustic telemetry. Fisheries Research. 213:219-225.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.12.017 Web of Science: 000460824700023
- 2019
  
  Bonefish in South Florida: status, threats and research needs. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102:329-348.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0820-5 Web of Science: 000458239300017
- 2019
  
  Combining data sources to elucidate spatial patterns in recreational catch and effort: fisheries-dependent data and local ecological knowledge applied to the South Florida bonefish fishery. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102:299-317.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0828-x Web of Science: 000458239300015
- 2019
  
  How has the quality of bonefishing changed over the past 40years? Using local ecological knowledge to quantitatively inform population declines in the South Florida flats fishery. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102:285-298.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0831-2 Web of Science: 000458239300014
- 2019
  
  Linking bonefish (Albula vulpes) populations to nearshore estuarine habitats using an otolith microchemistry approach. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102:267-283.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0839-7 Web of Science: 000458239300013
- 2019
  
  Understanding the decline of catch-and-release fishery with angler knowledge: a key informant approach applied to South Florida bonefish. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102:319-328.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-018-0812-5 Web of Science: 000458239300016
- 2018
  
  Spatial patterns of seagrasses and salinity regimes interact to structure marine faunal assemblages in a subtropical bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 594:21-38.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps12499 Web of Science: 000431203900002
- 2017
  
  Can animal habitat use patterns influence their vulnerability to extreme climate events? An estuarine sportfish case study. Global Change Biology. 23:4045-4057.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13761 Web of Science: 000410642100008
- 2017
  
  Quantitative assessment of a data-limited recreational bonefish fishery using a time-series of fishing guides reports. PLoS ONE. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184776 Web of Science: 000410243200022
- 2016
  
  Shift in recreational fishing catches as a function of an extreme cold event. Ecosphere. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1335 Web of Science: 000378523100016
- 2016
  
  Long-term spatial dynamics in vegetated seascapes: fragmentation and habitat loss in a human-impacted subtropical lagoon. Marine Ecology. 37:200-214.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/maec.12259 Web of Science: 000370133500014
- 2014
  
  SAV Communities of Western Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, USA: Human and Natural Drivers of Seagrass and Macroalgae Abundance and Distribution Along a Continuous Shoreline. Estuaries and Coasts. 37:1243-1255.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9769-6 Web of Science: 000340492800014
- 2012
  
  Using habitat suitability models to predict changes in seagrass distribution caused by water management practices. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 69:1380-1388.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/F2012-018 Web of Science: 000307022700014
- 2011
  
  Quantifying freshwater-induced fragmentation of submerged aquatic vegetation communities using a multi-scale landscape ecology approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 427:233-246.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/meps08996 Web of Science: 000289489800018
- 2010
  
  Propagation of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: methods to minimize the impacts of fragment collection and maximize production. Coral Reefs. 29:729-735.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0621-6 Web of Science: 000280225200023
Other Scholarly Work
- 2026
  
  Tipping the balance: reef community shifts after a regional urchin population collapse (feb, 10.1007/s00338-026-02822-1, 2026). Coral Reefs.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00338-026-02837-8 Web of Science: 001706576100001
- 2023
  
  Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries (Sept, 10.1007/s10641-022-01333-6, 2022). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 417-417.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01349-y Web of Science: 000866291500001
- 2023
  
  Viruses of Atlantic Bonefsh (Albula vulpes) in Florida and the Caribbean show geographic patterns consistent with population declines (Aug, 10.1007/s10641-022-01306-9, 2022). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 319-320.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01342-5 Web of Science: 000852941800002
Preprint
- 2023
  
  Isotopic Tracing of Nutrient Sources and Inputs to North-Central Florida Bay
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3228073/v1
- 2020
  
  E-scape: consumer specific landscapes of energetic resources derived from stable isotope analysis and remote sensing
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.03.234781
- Tipping the balance: Reef community shifts after a regional urchin population collapse
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7303485/v1
Review
- 2023
  
  A review of the potential impacts of commercial inshore pink shrimp fisheries on the recreational flats fishery in Biscayne Bay, FL, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 349-360.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01319-4 Web of Science: 000843243400002

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Grant
- LTER V: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems awarded by National Science Foundation 2025 - 2031
- Collecting training data for remote sensing algorithms and time series analysis for fine-scale mapping of chlorophyll concentrations in the Coastal Lakes in Everglades National Park awarded by National Park Service 2025 - 2027
- Holistic assessment of the Florida Keys flats food webs awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2025 - 2027
- Monitoring Support for Coastal Riverine Fish Dynamics and Marsh-Mangrove Habitat Use in Shark River Slough awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2025 - 2027
- Assessing the resilience of coastal fisheries to press and pulse disturbances in Everglades National Park through a comprehensive analysis of fisheries-dependent records awarded by National Park Service 2024 - 2027
- Are Your Jacks Our Jacks? awarded by American Saltwater Guides Association 2025 - 2027
- Integrating reef-seagrass functional connectivity into MPA management and design awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2021 - 2026
- Detection and monitoring of the invasive seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, in Biscayne Bay Florida awarded by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2025 - 2026
- Enhancing our understanding of seagrass health: identifying critical thresholds and effects of land-based pollution from nutrients & emergent contaminants in Biscayne Bay awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2024 - 2026
- Identifying Nutrient Sources Driving Algal Blooms in Florida Bay: A Causal Analysis Approach awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2023 - 2026
- Seagrass seascape state, stability, and function in relation to water quality in Biscayne Bay awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2022 - 2025
- Identifying Nutrient Sources Driving Algal Blooms in Florida Bay: A Causal Analysis Approach awarded by National Park Service 2023 - 2025
- Understanding seascapes, susceptibility, and food web impacts of the fish spinning phenomenon in the Florida Keys awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2024 - 2025
- A nationwide survey of pharmaceutical exposure in national parks awarded by National Park Service 2023 - 2025
- SAV Mapping of Biscayne Bay, Florida for SIMM awarded by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2024 - 2025
- Developing a Standardized Assessment Protocol for Flats Fisheries awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2023 - 2025
- Redesign of the Everglades fishing guide reporting system awarded by National Park Service 2022 - 2025
- Pharmaceuticals in South Florida recreational fisheries: an examination of the extent and pathways of exposure and potential impacts in bonefish awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2022 - 2024
- A Statewide survey of pharmaceutical exposure: Red Drum in Florida estuaries awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2022 - 2023
- Role of Coastal Lakes as Habitat for Recereational Fisheries: continuation of nutrient sources research awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2022
- Florida Bay Coastal Lakes as Fish Habitat: Nutrient Sources and Trophic Dynamics awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2020 - 2021
- Examining the threat of contaminants to South Florida bonefish: a spatial approach awarded by Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited 2018 - 2021
- Role of coastal lakes as fish habitat for recreational fisheries awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2019 - 2020
- Role of coastal lakes as fish habitat for recreational fisheries awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2017 - 2018

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Paths of Change: A multivariate framework for quantifying Everglades stability and resilience awarded by Everglades Foundation 2024 - 2025

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Effects of freshwater inflows and seagrass die-off on recreational fisheries: A trophic & movement ecology approach awarded by National Park Service 2018 - 2024

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