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Carrington, E., G.M. Moeser, J. Dimond, J.J. Mello and M.L. Boller, 2009. Seasonal disturbance to mussel beds: field test of a mechanistic model predicting wave dislodgment. Limnology and Oceanography 54:978-986

Carrington, E., G.M. Moeser, S.B. Thompson, L.C. Coutts and C.A. Craig. 2008. Mussel attachment on rocky shores: the effect of flow on byssus production. Int. Comp. Biol. 48:801-807
Carrington, E., 2008. Along the silk road, spiders make way for mussels. Trends in Biotechnology 26:55-57.
  • Craig, C., S. Wyllie-Echeverria, E. Carrington, and D. Shafer, 2008. Short-term sediment burial effects on the seagrass Phyllospadix scouleri. EMRRP Technical Notes Collection (ERDC TN-EMRRP-RI-03). Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
  • Dimond, J. and E. Carrington, 2008. Symbiosis regulation in a facultatively symbiotic temperate coral: zooxanthellae division and expulsion. Coral Reefs 27: 601-604.

  • Lachance, A-A., B. Myrand, R. Tremblay, V. Koutitonsky, and E. Carrington, 2008. Biotic and abiotic influences on the attachment strength of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from suspended culture. Aquatic Biology 2:119-129.

  • Schmidt, P.S., E. Serrao, G. Pearson, C. Riginos, P. Rawson, T.J. Hilbish, S. Brawley, G.C. Trussell, E. Carrington, D. Wethey, J.W. Grahame, F. Bonhomme and D.M. Rand, 2008. Ecological genetics in the North Atlantic intertidal: environmental gradients, replicated clines, and adaptation at specific loci. Ecology 89:S91-S107.

  • Selting, K., E. Carrington and S. Wyllie-Echeverria, 2007.  Physiological performance of Zostera marina in response to stress: importance of analysis in assessing declining populations.  Eelgrass Stressor-Response Project, 2005-2007 Report. Washington State Department of Natural Resources.  Pp. 84-93.

  • Dimond, J. and E. Carrington, 2007. Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperature scleractinian coral, Astrangia poculata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 348:161-172.

  • Boller, M.L., and E. Carrington, 2007. Interspecific comparison of hydrodynamic performance and structural properties among intertidal macroalgae. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210:1874-1884.

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  • Brazee, S.L., and E. Carrington, 2006. An interspecific comparison of the mechanical properties of mussel byssus. Biological Bulletin, 211:263-274.

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  • Boller, M.L., and E. Carrington, 2006. In situ measurements of hydrodynamic forces imposed on Chondrus crispus Stackhouse. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 337(2):159-170.

  • Boller, M.L., and E. Carrington, 2006. The hydrodynamic effects of shape and size change during reconfiguration of a flexible macroalga. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209:1894-1903. To see J.Exp. Biol.'s preview of this article click here.

  • Moeser, G.M., and E. Carrington, 2006. Seasonal variation in mussel byssal thread mechanics. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209:1996-2003

  • Moeser, G.M., H. Leba, and E. Carrington, 2006. Seasonal influence of wave action on thread production in Mytilus edulis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209:881-890

  • Helmuth, B., J.G. Kingsolver, and E. Carrington, 2005. Biophysics, physiological ecology, and climate change: does mechanism matter? Annual Review of Physiology, 67:177-201

  • Carrington, E. and J.M. Gosline, 2004. Mechanical design of mussel byssus: load cycle and strain rate dependence. American Malacological Bulletin, 18:135-142.
  • Gosline, J., M. Lillie, E. Carrington, P. Guerette, C. Ortlepp, and K. Savage. 2003. Elastic proteins: biological roles and mechanical properties. pp 15-38 in Shewry, P. R. & Bailey, A.J. (eds.), Elastomeric Proteins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
  • Sebens, K.P., B. Helmuth, E. Carrington, and B. Agius, 2003. Effects of water flow on growth and energetics of the scleractinian coral Agaricia tenuifolia, in Belize. Coral Reefs, 22:35-47.
  • Gosline, J., M. Lillie, E. Carrington, P. Guerette, C. Ortlepp, and K. Savage, 2002. Elastic proteins: biological roles and mechanical properties. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 357:121-132.
  • Carrington, E. 2002b. The ecomechanics of mussel attachment: from molecules to ecosystems. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42:846-852.
  • Carrington, E. 2002a. Seasonal variation in the attachment strength of blue mussels: causes and consequences. Limnology and Oceanography, 47:1723-1733.
  • Carrington, E., S.P. Grace, and T. Chopin, 2001. Life history phases and the biomechanical properties of the red alga Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 37:699-704.
  • Bell, E.C., 1999. Applying flow tank measurements to the surf zone: predicting dislodgment of the Gigartinaceae. Phycological Research 47: 159-166.
  • Bell, E.C., and J.M. Gosline, 1997. Strategies for life in flow: tenacity, morphometry, and probability of dislodgment of two Mytilus species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 159:197-208.
  • Shaughnessy, F., R. DeWreede, and E.C. Bell, 1996. Consequences of morphology and tissue strength to blade survivorship of two closely related Rhodophyta species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 136:257-266.
  • Bell, E.C., and J.M. Gosline, 1996. Mechanical design of mussel byssus: material yield enhances attachment strength. J. Exp. Biol. 199:1005-1017.
  • Bell, E.C., 1995. Environmental and morphological influences on thallus temperature and desiccation of the intertidal alga Mastocarpus papillatus Kützing. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 191:29-55.
  • Bell, E.C., and M.W. Denny, 1994. Quantifying "wave exposure": a simple device for recording maximum water velocity and results of its use at several field sites. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 181:9-29.
  • Bell, E.C., 1993. Photosynthetic response to temperature and desiccation of the intertidal alga Mastocarpus papillatus Kützing. Marine Biology 117:337-346.
  • Carrington, E., 1990. Drag and dislodgment of an intertidal macroalga: consequences of morphological variation in Mastocarpus papillatus Kützing. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 139:185-200.
  • Denny, M.W., V. Brown, E. Carrington, G. Kraemer, and A. Miller, 1989. Fracture mechanics and the survival of wave-swept macroalgae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 127:211-228.

    • Note: I published previously as E.C. Bell