Dr. Erik Sotka

Grice Marine Laboratory
College of Charleston
205 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412

Phone: 843-953-9191
Fax: 843-953-9199

sotkae@cofc.edu
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A.J. Ayme-Southgate*, R. J. Southgate, R. D. Philipp, E.E. Sotka and C. Kramp (in press) The myofibrillar protein, projectin, is highly conserved across insect evolution except for its PEVK domain Journal of Molecular Evolution
Sotka, E.E. and H. Giddens (in press) Seawater temperature alters feeding discrimination by cold-temperate but not subtropical individuals of an ectothermic herbivore Biological Bulletin
Geller, J.*, Sotka, E.E.*, R. Kado, S.R. Palumbi, and E. Schmidt (2008) Pathways of invasion of a northeastern Pacific acorn barnacle, Balanus glandula in Japan and Argentina [* equal co-authors] Marine Ecology Progress Series 358: 211-218
Sotka, E.E. (2008) Clines. In Encyclopedia of Ecology, ed: S.V. Jorgensen. Elsevier.
Sotka, E.E. and K.E. Whalen (2008) Herbivore offense in the sea: the detoxification and transport of algal secondary metabolites. Pages 203-228 in Algal Chemical Ecology ed: C. Amsler. Blackwell. 313 pp.
Poore, A.G.B., N.A. Hill, and E.E. Sotka (2008) Phylogenetic and geographic variation in host breadth and composition used by herbivorous amphipods in the family Ampithoidae. Evolution 62: 21-38
Couceiro, L., R. Barreiro, J.M. Ruiz and E.E. Sotka (2007) Genetic isolation-by-distance among populations of the netted dog whelk Nassarius reticulatus (L.) along the European Atlantic coastline. Journal of Heredity 98: 603-610.
Sotka, E.E. (2007) Restricted host use by the herbivorous amphipod Peramphithoe tea is motivated by food quality and abiotic refuge. Marine Biology 151: 1831-1838.
Brunelle, S.A., S. Hazard, E.E. Sotka, F.M. Van Dolah (2007) Characterization of a dinoflagellate cryptochrome blue light receptor with a possible role in circadian control of the cell cycle. Plant Physiology 43: 509-518.
Wares, J.P., P.H. Barber, J. Ross-Ibarra, E.E. Sotka, and R.J. Toonen (2006) Mitochondrial DNA and population size (Letter to Editor). Science 314: 1388-1389.
Sotka, E.E. and S.R. Palumbi (2006) The use of genetic clines to estimate dispersal distances of marine larvae Ecology 87:1094-1103
Sotka, E.E., J.A. Hempelmann and C.H. Biermann (2005) Genetic evidence of postglacial expansion in Puget Sound Rockfish Sebastes emphaeus. Marine Biotechnology
Sotka, E.E. and R.W. Thacker (2005) Do some corals like it hot? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 59-62

Sotka, E.E. (2005) Local adaptation in host use among marine invertebrates. Ecology Letters 8:448-459
Sotka, E.E., J.P. Wares, R.K. Grosberg and S.R. Palumbi. (2004) Strong genetic clines and geographic variation in gene flow in the rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula. Molecular Ecology 13:2143-2156
Sotka, E.E., J.P. Wares, M.E. Hay (2003) Geographic and genetic variation in feeding preferences for chemically-rich seaweeds Evolution 57: 2262-2276
Sotka, E.E. (2003) Genetic control of feeding preference in the amphipod Ampithoe longimana. Marine Ecology Progress Series 256:305-310
Sotka, E.E., M.E. Hay (2002) Geographic variation among herbivore populations in tolerance for a chemically-rich seaweed. Ecology 83: 2721-2735
Sotka, E.E.*, R.B. Taylor*, M.E. Hay (2002) Tissue-specific induction of resistance to herbivores in a brown seaweed: the importance of direct grazing versus waterborne signals from grazed neighbors. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 277: 1-12 [* denotes equal co-authors]
Taylor, R.B.*, E.E. Sotka*, M.E. Hay (2002) Within-plant variation in susceptibility and response to amphipod grazing in the brown seaweed Sargassum filipendula. Oecologia 132:68-76 [* denotes equal co-authors]
Sotka, E.E., M.E. Hay, J.D. Thomas (1999) Host-plant specialization by a non-herbivorous amphipod: advantages for the amphipod and costs for the seaweed. Oecologia 118:471-482
Miller, M.W., M.E. Hay, S.L. Miller, D. Malone, E.E. Sotka, A.M. Szmant (1999) A new method for manipulation of nutrients on coral reefs: effects of nutrients vs. herbivores on reef algae. Limnology and Oceanography 44: 1847-1861
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