Google Scholar  |  ORCiD  |  CV (updated: 2023-02-13)

Under Review or Revision
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
  1. Walter, JA, RA Johnson, JW Atkins, DA Ortiz, and GM Wilkinson. (2023) Toward a standardized method of quantifying ecosystem hot spots and hot moments. Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-023-00839-z
  2. Constant, N, AB Bolten, RA Johnson, A Brooks, and KA Bjorndal. (2023) Dynamics and aging of green turtle grazing plots at two Caribbean seagrass meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: 10.3354/meps14226
  3. Gulick, AG, RA Johnson, LA Palma, AM Kusel, CG Pollock, ZM Hillis-Starr, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2022) An underwater Serengeti: Seagrass-mediated effects on cultivation grazing behavior of a marine megaherbivore. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4259
  4. Johnson, RA, KM Hanes, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2022) Simulated green turtle grazing alters effects of environmental drivers on seagrass growth dynamics across seasons. Limnology and Oceanography. DOI: 10.1002/lno.12227 [Data - Environmental Data Initiative]
  5. Gulick, AG, RA Johnson, CG Pollock, Z Hillis-Starr, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2021) Recovery of a cultivation grazer: A mechanism for compensatory growth of Thalassia testudinum in a Caribbean seagrass meadow grazed by green turtles. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13718 [Data - Dryad]
  6. Gulick, AG, RA Johnson, CG Pollock, Z Hillis-Starr, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2020) Recovery of a large herbivore changes regulation of seagrass productivity in a naturally grazed Caribbean ecosystem. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3180
    1. Ecological Society of America press release
  7. Johnson, RA, KL Hanes, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2020) Simulated green turtle grazing affects benthic infauna abundance and community composition but not diversity in a Thalassia testudinum seagrass meadow. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151266 [Data - Mendeley Data]
  8. Johnson, RA, AG Gulick, N Constant, AB Bolten, FOH Smulders, MJA Christianen, MI Nava, K Kolasa, and KA Bjorndal. (2020) Seagrass ecosystem metabolic carbon capture in response to green turtle grazing across Caribbean meadows. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13306 [Data - Environmental Data Initiative]
  9. Johnson, RA, AG Gulick, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2019) Rates of sediment resuspension and erosion following green turtle grazing in a shallow Caribbean Thalassia testudinum meadow. Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00372-y
  10. *Hearne, EL, RA Johnson, AG Gulick, A Candelmo, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2019) Effects of green turtle grazing on seagrass and macroalgae diversity vary spatially among seagrass meadows. Aquatic Botany. 152: 10-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.09.005
  11. Johnson, RA, AG Gulick, AB Bolten, and KA Bjorndal. (2017) Blue carbon stores in tropical seagrass meadows maintained under green turtle grazing. Scientific Reports. 7: 13545. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13142-4
  12. Batt, RD, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RA Johnson, JT Kurtzweil, and GM Wilkinson. (2015) Altered energy flow in the food web of an experimentally darkened lake. Ecosphere. 6(3): 33. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00241.1
  13. Wilkinson, GM, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RA Johnson, and MJ Kleinhans. (2015) Physical and biological contributions to metalimnetic oxygen maxima in lakes. Limnology and Oceanography. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10022
  14. Batt, RD, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, and RA Johnson. (2013) Changes in ecosystem resilience detected in automated measures of ecosystem metabolism during a whole-lake manipulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110: 17398-17403. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316721110
  15. Pace, ML, SR Carpenter, RA Johnson, and JT Kurtzweil. (2013) Zooplankton provide early warnings of a regime shift in a whole lake manipulation. Limnology and Oceanography. 58: 525-532. DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.2.0525
  16. Batt, RD, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, TJ Cline, RA Johnson, and DA Seekell. (2012) Resources supporting the food web of a naturally productive lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 57: 1443-1452. DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1443
  17. Powers, SM, RA Johnson, and EH Stanley. (2012) Nutrient retention and the problem of hydrologic disconnection in streams and wetlands. Ecosystems. 15: 435-449. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9520-8

*Undergraduate student lead author
Book Chapters
  1. Wilkinson, GM, and RA Johnson. (In press) Eutrophication of Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems. In: Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2nd Edition. Springer.