Robert J. Diaz, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biological Sciences Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States 
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2019 Taylor DI, Oviatt CA, Giblin AE, Tucker J, Diaz RJ, Keay K. Wastewater input reductions reverse historic hypereutrophication of Boston Harbor, USA. Ambio. PMID 31020610 DOI: 10.1007/S13280-019-01174-1  0.393
2017 Altieri AH, Harrison SB, Seemann J, Collin R, Diaz RJ, Knowlton N. Tropical dead zones and mass mortalities on coral reefs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 28320966 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1621517114  0.413
2015 Puente A, Diaz RJ. Response of benthos to ocean outfall discharges: does a general pattern exist? Marine Pollution Bulletin. PMID 26578297 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2015.11.002  0.361
2015 Briggs KB, Hartmann VA, Yeager KM, Shivarudrappa S, Díaz RJ, Osterman LE, Reed AH. Influence of hypoxia on biogenic structure in sediments on the Louisiana continental shelf Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 164: 147-160. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecss.2015.07.019  0.466
2015 Gillett DJ, Weisberg SB, Grayson T, Hamilton A, Hansen V, Leppo EW, Pelletier MC, Borja A, Cadien D, Dauer D, Diaz R, Dutch M, Hyland JL, Kellogg M, Larsen PF, et al. Effect of ecological group classification schemes on performance of the AMBI benthic index in US coastal waters Ecological Indicators. 50: 99-107. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecolind.2014.11.005  0.308
2014 Sturdivant SK, Brush MJ, Diaz RJ. Correction: Modeling the effect of hypoxia on macrobenthos production in the Lower Rappahannock River, Chesapeake Bay, USA (PLoS ONE (2014) 9, 1 DOI:10.1371/annotation/ad489273-be3a-42ca-acdcb6ca5ec1abfb) Plos One. 9. DOI: 10.1371/annotation/ad489273-be3a-42ca-acdc-b6ca5ec1abfb  0.749
2014 Sturdivant SK, Díaz RJ, Llansó R, Dauer DM. Relationship between Hypoxia and Macrobenthic Production in Chesapeake Bay Estuaries and Coasts. 37: 1219-1232. DOI: 10.1007/S12237-013-9763-4  0.78
2013 Sturdivant SK, Brush MJ, Diaz RJ. Modeling the effect of hypoxia on macrobenthos production in the lower Rappahannock River, Chesapeake Bay, USA. Plos One. 8: e84140. PMID 24391904 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0084140  0.787
2013 Sturdivant SK, Seitz RD, Diaz RJ. Effects of seasonal hypoxia on macrobenthic production and function in the Rappahannock River, Virginia, USA Marine Ecology Progress Series. 490: 53-68. DOI: 10.3354/Meps10470  0.79
2012 Sturdivant SK, Díaz RJ, Cutter GR. Bioturbation in a declining oxygen environment, in situ observations from Wormcam. Plos One. 7: e34539. PMID 22493701 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0034539  0.798
2012 Thompson B, Weisberg SB, Melwani A, Lowe S, Ranasinghe JA, Cadien DB, Dauer DM, Diaz RJ, Fields W, Kellogg M, Montagne DE, Ode PR, Reish DJ, Slattery PN. Low levels of agreement among experts using best professional judgment to assess benthic condition in the San Francisco Estuary and Delta Ecological Indicators. 12: 167-173. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecolind.2011.03.020  0.43
2011 Díaz RJ, Rosenberg R. Introduction to environmental and economic consequences of hypoxia International Journal of Water Resources Development. 27: 71-82. DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2010.531379  0.44
2010 Teixeira H, Borja A, Weisberg SB, Ranasinghe JA, Cadien DB, Dauer DM, Dauvin JC, Degraer S, Diaz RJ, Grémare A, Karakassis I, Llansó RJ, Lovell LL, Marques JC, Montagne DE, et al. Assessing coastal benthic macrofauna community condition using best professional judgement--developing consensus across North America and Europe. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60: 589-600. PMID 19969316 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2009.11.005  0.7
2010 Rabalais NN, Díaz RJ, Levin LA, Turner RE, Gilbert D, Zhang J. Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia Biogeosciences. 7: 585-619. DOI: 10.5194/Bg-7-585-2010  0.448
2010 Gilbert D, Rabalais NN, Díaz RJ, Zhang J. Evidence for greater oxygen decline rates in the coastal ocean than in the open ocean Biogeosciences. 7: 2283-2296. DOI: 10.5194/Bg-7-2283-2010  0.412
2009 Breitburg DL, Hondorp DW, Davias LA, Diaz RJ. Hypoxia, nitrogen, and fisheries: integrating effects across local and global landscapes. Annual Review of Marine Science. 1: 329-49. PMID 21141040 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Marine.010908.163754  0.468
2009 Rabalais NN, Díaz RJ, Levin LA, Turner RE, Gilbert D, Zhang J. Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused coastal hypoxia Biogeosciences Discussions. 6: 9359-9453. DOI: 10.5194/Bgd-6-9359-2009  0.439
2009 Rabalais NN, Turner RE, Díaz RJ, Justić D. Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters Ices Journal of Marine Science. 66: 1528-1537. DOI: 10.1093/Icesjms/Fsp047  0.396
2009 Boesch DF, Boynton WR, Crowder LB, Diaz RJ, Howarth RW, Mee LD, Nixon SW, Rabalais NN, Rosenberg R, Sanders JG, Scavia D, Turner RE. Nutrient enrichment drives Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Eos. 90: 117-118. DOI: 10.1029/2009Eo140001  0.443
2009 Diaz RJ, Breitburg DL. Chapter 1 The Hypoxic Environment Fish Physiology. 27: 1-23. DOI: 10.1016/S1546-5098(08)00001-0  0.456
2009 Batiuk RA, Breitburg DL, Diaz RJ, Cronin TM, Secor DH, Thursby G. Derivation of habitat-specific dissolved oxygen criteria for Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 381: S204-S215. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2009.07.023  0.455
2009 Breitburg DL, Craig JK, Fulford RS, Rose KA, Boynton WR, Brady DC, Ciotti BJ, Diaz RJ, Friedland KD, Hagy JD, Hart DR, Hines AH, Houde ED, Kolesar SE, Nixon SW, et al. Nutrient enrichment and fisheries exploitation: Interactive effects on estuarine living resources and their management Hydrobiologia. 629: 31-47. DOI: 10.1007/S10750-009-9762-4  0.389
2008 Puente A, Diaz RJ. Is it possible to assess the ecological status of highly stressed natural estuarine environments using macroinvertebrates indices? Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56: 1880-9. PMID 18790507 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2008.07.016  0.401
2008 Diaz RJ, Rosenberg R. Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems. Science (New York, N.Y.). 321: 926-9. PMID 18703733 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1156401  0.474
2008 Glibert PM, Azanza R, Burford M, Furuya K, Abal E, Al-Azri A, Al-Yamani F, Andersen P, Anderson DM, Beardall J, Berg GM, Brand L, Bronk D, Brookes J, Burkholder JM, ... ... Diaz R, et al. Ocean urea fertilization for carbon credits poses high ecological risks. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56: 1049-56. PMID 18439628 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2008.03.010  0.39
2008 Slacum HW, Vølstad JH, Weber ED, Richkus WA, Diaz RJ, Tallent CO. The value of applying commercial fishers' experience to designed surveys for identifying characteristics of essential fish habitat for adult summer flounder North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 28: 710-721. DOI: 10.1577/M06-272.1  0.441
2008 Wilber D, Ray G, Clarke D, Diaz R. Responses of Benthic Infauna to Large-Scale Sediment Disturbance in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 365: 13-22. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2008.07.029  0.41
2008 Borja A, Dauer DM, Díaz R, Llansó RJ, Muxika I, Rodríguez JG, Schaffner L. Assessing estuarine benthic quality conditions in Chesapeake Bay: A comparison of three indices Ecological Indicators. 8: 395-403. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecolind.2007.05.003  0.731
2008 Diaz RJ, Rhoads DC, Blake JA, Kropp RK, Keay KE. Long-term trends of benthic habitats related to reduction in wastewater discharge to Boston Harbor Estuaries and Coasts. 31: 1184-1197. DOI: 10.1007/S12237-008-9094-Z  0.367
2007 Brandt A, Gooday AJ, Brandão SN, Brix S, Brökeland W, Cedhagen T, Choudhury M, Cornelius N, Danis B, De Mesel I, Diaz RJ, Gillan DC, Ebbe B, Howe JA, Janussen D, et al. First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea. Nature. 447: 307-11. PMID 17507981 DOI: 10.1038/Nature05827  0.455
2007 Howe JA, Wilson CR, Shimmield TM, Diaz RJ, Carpenter LW. Recent deep-water sedimentation, trace metal and radioisotope geochemistry across the Southern Ocean and Northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica Deep-Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 54: 1652-1681. DOI: 10.1016/J.Dsr2.2007.07.007  0.458
2006 Lim HS, Diaz RJ, Hong JS, Schaffner LC. Hypoxia and benthic community recovery in Korean coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52: 1517-26. PMID 16860829 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2006.05.013  0.758
2006 Tengberg A, Hovdenes J, Andersson HJ, Brocandel O, Diaz R, Hebert D, Arnerich T, Huber C, Körtzinger A, Khripounoff A, Rey F, Rönning C, Schimanski J, Sommer S, Stangelmayer A. Evaluation of a lifetime-based optode to measure oxygen in aquatic systems Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 4: 7-17. DOI: 10.4319/Lom.2006.4.7  0.326
2006 Diaz RJ, Trefry JH. Comparison of sediment profile image data with profiles of oxygen and Eh from sediment cores Journal of Marine Systems. 62: 164-172. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmarsys.2006.01.009  0.466
2006 Tenore KR, Zajac RN, Terwin J, Andrade F, Blanton J, Boynton W, Carey D, Diaz R, Holland AF, López-Jamar E, Montagna P, Nichols F, Rosenberg R, Queiroga H, Sprung M, et al. Characterizing the role benthos plays in large coastal seas and estuaries: A modular approach Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 330: 392-402. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2005.12.042  0.385
2004 Diaz RJ, Solan M, Valente RM. A review of approaches for classifying benthic habitats and evaluating habitat quality. Journal of Environmental Management. 73: 165-81. PMID 15474734 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jenvman.2004.06.004  0.337
2004 Howe JA, Shimmield TM, Diaz R. Deep-water sedimentary environments of the northwestern Weddell Sea and South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica Deep-Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 51: 1489-1514. DOI: 10.1016/J.Dsr2.2004.07.011  0.443
2004 Diaz RJ. Biological and physical processes structuring deep-sea surface sediments in the Scotia and Weddell Seas, Antarctica Deep-Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 51: 1515-1532. DOI: 10.1016/J.Dsr2.2004.06.022  0.434
2004 Diaz RJ, Cutter GR, Hobbs CH. Potential impacts of sand mining offshore of Maryland and Delaware: Part 2 - Biological considerations Journal of Coastal Research. 20: 61-69.  0.331
2003 Diaz RJ, Cutter GR, Dauer DM. A comparison of two methods for estimating the status of benthic habitat quality in the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 285: 371-381. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00538-5  0.405
2003 Diaz RJ, Cutter GR, Able KW. The importance of physical and biogenic structure to juvenile fishes on the shallow inner continental shelf Estuaries. 26: 12-20. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02691689  0.409
2001 Diaz RJ. Overview of hypoxia around the world Journal of Environmental Quality. 30: 275-281. PMID 11285887 DOI: 10.2134/Jeq2001.302275X  0.492
2001 Rosenberg R, Nilsson HC, Diaz RJ. Response of benthic fauna and changing sediment redox profiles over a hypoxic gradient Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53: 343-350. DOI: 10.1006/Ecss.2001.0810  0.492
2000 Bartholomew A, Diaz RJ, Cicchetti G. New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success Marine Ecology Progress Series. 206: 45-58. DOI: 10.3354/Meps206045  0.588
1999 Pardieck RA, Orth RJ, Diaz RJ, Lipcius RN. Ontogenetic changes in habitat use by postlarvae and young juveniles of the blue crab Marine Ecology Progress Series. 186: 227-238. DOI: 10.3354/Meps186227  0.399
1998 Nestlerode JA, Diaz RJ. Effects of periodic environmental hypoxia on predation of a tethered polychaete, Glycera americana: Implications for trophic dynamics Marine Ecology Progress Series. 172: 185-195. DOI: 10.3354/Meps172185  0.784
1997 Weisberg SB, Ranasinghe JA, Dauer DM, Schaffner LC, Diaz RJ, Frithsen JB. An estuarine benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) for Chesapeake Bay Estuaries. 20: 149-158. DOI: 10.2307/1352728  0.706
1997 Summers JK, Weisberg SB, Holland AF, Kou J, Engle VD, Breitberg DL, Diaz RJ. Characterizing dissolved oxygen conditions in estuarine environments Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 45: 319-328. DOI: 10.1023/A:1005726718951  0.419
1994 Llanso RJ, Diaz RJ. Tolerance to low dissolved oxygen by the tubicolous polychaete Loimia medusa Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 74: 143-148. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400035724  0.406
1994 Cutter GR, Diaz RJ, Lee J. Foraminifera from the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Deep-Sea Research Part Ii. 41: 951-963. DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(94)90056-6  0.463
1994 Diaz RJ, Cutter GR, Rhoads DC. The importance of bioturbation to continental slope sediment structure and benthic processes off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Deep-Sea Research Part Ii. 41: 719-734. DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(94)90044-2  0.437
1994 Blake JA, Diaz RJ. Input, accumulation and cycling of materials on the continental slope off Cape Hatteras: An introduction Deep-Sea Research Part Ii. 41: 707-710. DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(94)90042-6  0.326
1994 Diaz RJ. Response of tidal freshwater macrobenthos to sediment disturbance Hydrobiologia. 278: 201-212. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0842-3_23  0.402
1994 Diaz RJ, Erséus C. Habitat preferences and species associations of shallow-water marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the barrier reef ecosystems off Belize, Central America Hydrobiologia. 278: 93-105. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0842-3_11  0.37
1993 Olsen CR, Larsen IL, Mulholland PJ, Von Damm KL, Grebmeier JM, Schaffner LC, Diaz RJ, Nichols MM. The concept of a equilibrium surface applied to particle sources and contaminant distributions in estuarine sediments Estuaries. 16: 683-696. DOI: 10.2307/1352805  0.713
1993 Diaz RJ, Hansson LJ, Rosenberg R, Gapcynski PC, Unger MA. Rapid sedimentological and biological assessment of hydrocarbon contaminated sediments Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 66: 251-266. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00479849  0.433
1992 Schaffner LC, Jonsson P, Diaz RJ, Rosenberg R, Gapcynski P. Benthic communities and bioturbation history of estuarine and coastal systems: effects of hypoxia and anoxia Science of the Total Environment. 1001-1016. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-89990-3.50087-0  0.761
1992 Pihl L, Baden SP, Diaz RJ, Schaffner LC. Hypoxia-induced structural changes in the diet of bottom-feeding fish and Crustacea Marine Biology. 112: 349-361. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00356279  0.743
1992 Diaz RJ, Neubauer RJ, Schaffner LC, Pihl L, Baden SP. Continuous monitoring of dissolved oxygen in an estuary experiencing periodic hypoxia and the effect of hypoxia on macrobenthos and fish Science of the Total Environment. 1055-1068.  0.718
1991 Pihl L, Baden SP, Diaz RJ. Effects of periodic hypoxia on distribution of demersal fish and crustaceans Marine Biology. 108: 349-360. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01313644  0.489
1990 Luckenbach MW, Diaz RJ, Zobrist EC, Hutton CH. Evaluation of the benthic resource value of impounded and non-impounded tidal creeks in Virginia, USA Ocean and Shoreline Management. 14: 35-50. DOI: 10.1016/0951-8312(90)90027-F  0.674
1990 Nichols M, Diaz RJ, Schaffner LC. Effects of hopper dredging and sediment dispersion, chesapeake bay Environmental Geology and Water Sciences. 15: 31-43. DOI: 10.1007/BF01704879  0.714
1989 Diaz RJ. Pollution and tidal benthic communities of the James River estuary, Virginia Aquatic Oligochaete Biology. Proc. 4th Symposium, Baton Rouge, 1988. 195-211. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2393-5_22  0.472
1989 Erseus C, Diaz RJ. Population dynamics of Tubificoides amplivasatus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) in the Oresund, Denmark Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, Proc. 4th Symposium, Baton Rouge, 1988. 167-176;. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2393-5_18  0.328
1988 Schaffner LC, Diaz RJ. Distribution and abundance of overwintering blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, in the lower Chesapeake Bay Estuaries. 11: 68-72. DOI: 10.2307/1351719  0.739
1987 Schaffner LC, Diaz RJ, Olsen CR, Larsen IL. Faunal characteristics and sediment accumulation processes in the James River estuary, Virginia Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 25: 211-226. DOI: 10.1016/0272-7714(87)90123-5  0.74
1987 Diaz RJ, Erséus C, Boesch DF. Distribution and ecology of Middle Atlantic Bight Oligochaeta Hydrobiologia. 155: 215-225. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3091-9_29  0.337
1987 Schaffner LC, Diaz RJ, Byrne RJ. PROCESSES AFFECTING RECENT ESTUARINE STRATIGRAPHY . 1: 584-599.  0.307
1986 Fredette TJ, Diaz RJ. Life history of Gammarus mucronatus Say (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) in warm temperate estuarine habitats, York River, Virginia Journal of Crustacean Biology. 6: 57-78. DOI: 10.1163/193724086X00730  0.384
1986 Fredette TJ, Diaz RJ. Secondary production of Gammarus mucronatus say (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) in warm temperate estuarine habitats, York River, Virginia Journal of Crustacean Biology. 6: 729-741. DOI: 10.1163/193724086X00532  0.37
1984 Diaz RJ. Short term dynamics of the dominant annelids in a polyhaline temperate estuary Hydrobiologia. 115: 153-158. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6563-8_26  0.323
1983 Alongi DM, Boesch DF, Diaz RJ. Colonization of meiobenthos in oil-contaminated subtidal sands in the lower Chesapeake Bay Marine Biology. 72: 325-335. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00396839  0.396
1978 Lunz JD, Zeigler TW, Huffman RT, Diaz RJ, Clairain EJ, Hunt LJ. Habitat development field investigations, Windmill Point marsh development site, James River, Virginia; summary report 0.338
1977 Diaz RJ, Boesch DF. Impact of fluid mud dredged material on benthic communities of the tidal James River, Virginia 0.314
1977 Diaz RJ, Boesch DF. Habitat development field investigations Windmill Point marsh development site James River, Virginia. Appendix C: Environmental impacts of marsh development with dredged material: Acute impacts on the 0.348
1976 Boesch DF, Diaz RJ, Virnstein RW. Effects of Tropical Storm Agnes on soft-bottom macrobenthic communities of the James and York estuaries and the lower Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Science. 17: 246. DOI: 10.2307/1350512  0.439
1974 Diaz RJ. Asiatic clam, Corbicula manilensis (Philippi), in the tidal James River, Virginia Chesapeake Science. 15: 118-120. DOI: 10.2307/1351273  0.435
1974 Boesch DF, Diaz RJ. New records of peracarid crustaceans from oligohaline waters of the Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Science. 15: 56-59. DOI: 10.2307/1350962  0.315
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