Publications

Disentangling mechanisms of species–energy relationships in experimental deep-sea wood falls

Another new paper out from the McClain Lab! McClain, C. R., Bryant, S. R. D., Hanks, G., & Byrnes, J. (2023). Disentangling mechanisms of species–energy relationships in experimental deep‐sea wood falls. Ecosphere, 14(10), e4667. A multitude of hypotheses have been invoked to explain increases in richness with increases in energy availability. Experiments Read more…

By Craig McClain, 12 months ago

Deep Sea Diversity Publications Wood Fall

Researcher’s study sheds light on marine biodiversity, ecological links between land and sea

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette released this statement about our new paper out in Ecology. McClain, C. R., Boolukos, C. M., Bryant, S. R. D., & Hanks, G. (2023). Sunken trees in the deep sea link terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Ecology, e4168. A study led by a University of Louisiana at Read more…

By Craig McClain, 12 monthsNovember 12, 2023 ago

Body Size Deep Sea Diversity Energetics Lab News Publications

Ph.D. Student River Bryant Has Amazing Publication Year

Soon to be Dr. Bryant had an amazing year with three first author publications bases on her Ph.D. thesis research! Bryant, S.R. and McClain, C.R. 2022. Functional space expansion driven by transitions between advantageous traits across a deep-sea energetic gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 289:20221302 Bryant, S.R.. and Read more…

By Craig McClain, 2 yearsApril 4, 2023 ago

Deep Sea Diversity Energetics Lab News Publications

The macrofaunal metropolis in the sediments around the first‐ever deep‐sea alligator fall

A new paper led by Ph.D. student, River Bryant! Bryant, S. R., Nunnally, C., Hanks, G. & McClain, C. R. (2022). The macrofaunal metropolis in the sediments around the first-ever deep-sea alligator fall. Marine Ecology, 43, e12707. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12707 The maintenance of high diversity in deep-sea sediments is often hypothesized to be a result of heterogeneity in disturbance and carbon Read more…

By Craig McClain, 2 yearsAugust 7, 2022 ago

Diversity Energetics Publications

New Paper: Look Mom, I am a Paleobiologist!

Another paper out of the lab from our continued collaborations with the Payne lab at Stanford. McClain, C. R., N. A. Heim, M. L. Knope, and J. L. Payne. 2018. Energy availability and the evolutionary paleoecology of the marine biosphere. Paleobiology online early. The quantity of biomass in an ecosystem Read more…

By Craig McClain, 7 years ago

Body Size Deep Sea Diversity Energetics Publications Wood Fall

Third Wood-Fall Manuscript Now In Press

Very excited to see the third paper from the multi-year, wood-fall research project now in press. The paper focuses on a well-known macroecological pattern, the abundance-occupancy relationship. Simply, we find that species that are on average more abundant at any given location or more likely to be found at more Read more…

By Craig McClain, 8 yearsNovember 24, 2016 ago

Deep Sea Diversity Publications

Toward a Conceptual Understanding of β-Diversity in the Deep-Sea Benthos

I along with my former Ph.D. advisor, Michael Rex, have recently published a comprehensive review of species turnover and diversity in the deep-sea benthos. We review patterns and causes of β-diversity in the deep-sea benthos at different spatial scales and for different body sizes. Changes in species composition occurring with depth are Read more…

By Craig McClain, 9 yearsJanuary 25, 2016 ago

Deep Sea Diversity Energetics Publications

Second wood-fall paper in press

The second paper from the wood-fall experiments is now in press! You can read my public outreach post on the paper and the major finding at Deep-Sea News. McClain, C., Barry, J., Eernisse, D., Horton, T., Judge, J., Kakui, K., Mah, C., & Warén, A. (2015). Multiple Processes Generate Productivity-Diversity Read more…

By Craig McClain, 9 yearsJanuary 25, 2016 ago

Body Size Outreach Publications Social Media

A Great Year for Sizing Ocean Giants

This paper continues to be a social media giant. My coauthors and I cracked the Top 100 Altmetric scores for 2015. Sizing Ocean Giants with a current score of 954 is ranked 72 in the list. I could not be happier about this and true testament to hard work of my Read more…

By Craig McClain, 9 yearsJanuary 25, 2016 ago

Body Size Outreach Publications Social Media

Sizing Ocean Giants

My 70 page, 40 figure, 200+ reference tome on body of all the largest marine megafauna is out. McClain, C.R., M.A. Balk, M.C. Benfield, T.A. Branch, C. Chen, J. Cosgrove, A. Dove, L.C. Gaskins, R.R. Helm, F.G.E. Hochberg,, F.B. Lee, S.E. McMurray, C. Schanche, S.N. Stone, and A.D. Thaler (2015) Read more…

By Craig McClain, 10 yearsJanuary 16, 2015 ago