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Jeb Byers, Associate Professor

Research Emphasis:

Marine community and population ecology, Biological invasions, Marine parasites and disease, Ecosystem engineers, Marine reserves, Conservation biology

GCE Committees:

GCE Predator Exclusion Experiment Committee, GCE Disturbance Committee, High Marsh Experiment Committee, SALTEx Experiment Committee

Contact Information:

Primary Organization:  University of Georgia

Mailing Address:

Dr. James Byers
Room 194B, Ecology Bldg.
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602

Office Phone:  (706) 583-0012

FAX Number:  (706) 542-4819

E-Mail:  jebyers@uga.edu

Web Page:  http://www.ecology.uga.edu/directory/james-jeb-byers/

Other Identity Systems:

ORCID:  orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-0287

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GCE Data Sets:

MSH-GCED-2308 (Pred-Ex: Long Term Salt Marsh Predator Exclusion Experiment Conducted at Sapelo Island, GA)

INV-GCED-1406 (Effect of salt water intrusion on the distribution of invertebrates in a GA tidal freshwater marshes from the GCE Seawater Addition Long-Term Experiment (SALTEx) project.)

GEL-GCET-1216 (Effects of Small-scale Armoring and Residential Development on the Salt Marsh/Upland Ecotone in Coastal Georgia, USA)

GCE Publications and Presentations: (custom bibliography)

Journal Articles

Coleman, D.J., Gittman, R.K., Landry, C.E., Byers, J., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Coughlin, P.G. and Woodson, B. 2025. Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity: A case study of coastal Georgia, USA. Conservation Biology. 39(1). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14301)

Coleman, D.J., Gittman, R.K., Landry, C.E., Byers, J., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Coughlin, P.G. and Woodson, B. 2024. Quantifying the impacts of future shoreline modification on biodiversity in a case study of coastal Georgia, United States. Conservation Biology. e14301. (DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14301)

Morton, J.P., Hensel, M.S., de la Mater, D., Angelini, C., Atkins, R., Prince, K., Williams, S.L., Boyd, A.D., Parsons, J., Resetarits, E.J., Smith, C.S., Valdez, S., Monnet, E., Farhan, R., Mobilian, C., Renzi, J.J., Smith, D., Craft, C.B., Byers, J., Alber, M., Pennings, S.C. and Silliman, B.R. 2024. Mesopredator release moderates trophic control of plant biomass in a Georgia salt marsh. Ecology. 105:e4452. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4452)

Morton, J.P., Hensel, M.S., DeLaMater, D.S., Angelini, C., Atkins, R., Prince, K., Williams, S.L., Boyd, A.D., Parsons, J., Resetarits, E.J., Smith, C.S., Valdez, S., Monnet, E., Farhan, R., Mobilian, C., Smith, D., Craft, C.B., Byers, J., Alber, M., Pennings, S.C. and Silliman, B.R. 2024. Mesopredator release moderates trophic control of plant biomass in a Georgia salt marsh. (DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4452)

Smith, R.S., Pennings, S.C., Alber, M., Craft, C.B. and Byers, J. 2024. The resistance of Georgia coastal marshes to hurricanes. Ecosphere. 15(4). (DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4821)

Ziegler, S., James, W.R., Alber, M. and Byers, J. 2024. Marsh-derived resource use by highly abundant estuarine consumers over a small spatial scale. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 751:1-12. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14755)

Li, F., Angelini, C., Byers, J., Craft, C.B. and Pennings, S.C. 2022. Responses of a tidal freshwater marsh plant community to chronic and pulsed saline intrusion. Journal of Ecology. 110:1508-1524. (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13885)

Gehman, A., Mahaffey, M. and Byers, J. 2021. Influences of land use and ecological variables on trematode prevalence and intensity at the salt marsh-upland ecotone. Ecosphere. 12(8). (DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3723)

Kinney, K.A., Pintor, L.M. and Byers, J. 2019. Does predator-driven, biotic resistance limit the northward spread of the non-native green porcelain crab, Petrolisthes armatus? Biological Invasions. 21:245-260. (DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1821-1)

Dugan, J., Emery, K., Alber, M., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Byers, J., Gehman, A., McLenaghan, N.A. and Sojka, S. 2018. Generalizing Ecological Effects of Shoreline Armoring Across Soft Sediment Environments. Estuaries and Coasts. 41(1):180-196. (DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0254-x)

Gehman, A., Hall, R. and Byers, J. 2018. Host and parasite thermal ecology jointly determine the effect of climate warming on epidemic dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(4):744-749. (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705067115)

Gehman, A., McLenaghan, N.A., Byers, J., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Pennings, S.C. and Alber, M. 2018. Effects of small-scale armoring and residential development on the salt marsh-upland ecotone. Estuaries and Coasts. 41(1):54-67. (DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0300-8)

Craft, C.B., Herbert, E., Li, F., Smith, D., Schubauer-Berigan, J.P., Widney, S., Angelini, C., Pennings, S.C., Medeiros, P.M., Byers, J. and Alber, M. 2016. Climate change and the fate of coastal wetlands. Wetland Science and Practice. 33(3):70-73.

Thomsen, M.S., Wernberg, T., Olden, J., Byers, J., Bruno, J.F., Silliman, B.R. and Schiel, D. 2014. Forty years of experiments on invasive species: are biases limiting our understanding of impacts? NeoBiota. 22:1-22. (DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.22.6224)

Conference Posters and Presentations

Smith, D., Herbert, E., Li, F., Widney, S., Desha, J., Schubauer-Berigan, J.P., Pennings, S.C., Angelini, C., Medeiros, P.M., Byers, J., Alber, M. and Craft, C.B. 2016. Poster: Seawater Addition Long Term Experiment (SALTEx). Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division 2016 Climate Conference, November 2-3, 2016, Jekyll Island, GA.

Smith, D., Herbert, E., Li, F., Widney, S., Desha, J., Schubauer-Berigan, J.P., Pennings, S.C., Angelini, C., Medeiros, P.M., Byers, J., Alber, M. and Craft, C.B. 2016. Poster: Seawater Addition Long Term Experiment (SALTEx). SEERS 2016 Spring Meeting, March 10-12, 2016, Bluffton, South Carolina.

Dugan, J., Alber, M., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Byers, J., Emery, K., Gehman, A., Lawson, S. and McLenaghan, N.A. 2015. Poster: A conceptual model for predicting the ecological effects of coastal armoring in soft-sediment environments. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, August 30 - September 2, 2015, Estes Park, CO.

Dugan, J., Alber, M., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Byers, J., Emery, K., Gehman, A., Lawson, S. and McLenaghan, N.A. 2015. Poster: A conceptual model for predicting the ecological effects of coastal armoring in soft-sediment environments. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, November 8-12, 2015, Portland, OR.

Gehman, A., McLenaghan, N.A., Byers, J., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Pennings, S.C. and Alber, M. 2015. Poster: Effects of development and shoreline armoring on the high marsh ecosystem. Benthic Society Ecology Meeting 2015, March 4-7, 2015, Quebec City, CN.