Positions:

1987-present	Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
1981-87	Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
1975-81	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

Selected Publications:

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  Habitat-limited recruitment of coral reef damselfish.  Submitted manuscript.

• Holbrook, S.J., Reed, D.C., Hansen, K. and Blanchette, C.A.  Spatial and temporal patterns of predation on seeds of surfgrass, Phyllospadix torreyi.  Submitted manuscript.

• Holbrook, S.J., Forrester, G.E. and R.J. Schmitt.  1999.  Spatial patterns in abundance of a damselfish reflect availability of suitable habitat.  Oecologia, In press.

• Schmitt, R.J., S.J. Holbrook and C.W. Osenberg.  1999.  Quantifying the effects of multiple processes on local abundance: A cohort approach for open populations.  Ecology Letters 2:294-303.

• Blanchette, C.A., Worcester, S., Reed, D. and S.J. Holbrook.  1999.  Algal morphology, flow and spatially variable recruitment of surfgrass, Phyllospadix torreyi.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 184:119-128.

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  1999.  Settlement and recruitment of three damselfish species: larval delivery and competition for shelter space.  Oecologia 118:76-86.

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  1999.  Mortality of juvenile damselfish: implications for assessing processes that determine abundance.  Ecology 80:35-50.

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  1999.  Temporal patterns of settlement of three species of damselfish of the genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) in the coral reefs of French Polynesia.  Pp. 537-551 in Proc. 5^th Indo-Pacific Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997. B Seret and J-Y Sire, eds.  Paris: Soc. Fr. Ichtyol.

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt.  1999.  In Situ Nocturnal Observations of Reef Fishes Using Infrared Video.  Pp. 805-812 in Proc. 5^th Indo-Pacific Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997. B Seret and J-Y Sire, eds.  Paris: Soc. Fr. Ichtyol.

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  1999.  Mortality of juvenile damselfish:  implications for assessing processes that determine abundance.  Ecology 80:35-50.

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  1999.  Temporal patterns of settlement of three species of damselfish of the genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) in the coral reefs of French Polynesia.  In: Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Nouméa, 1997 (Séret B. & J.-Y. Sire, eds), pp. 537-551. Paris: Soc. Fr. Ichtyol. 

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt.  1999.  In situ nocturnal observations of reef fishes using infrared video.  In: Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Nouméa, 1997 (Séret B. & J.-Y. Sire, eds), pp. 805-812. Paris: Soc. Fr. Ichtyol.

• Reed, D.C., S.J. Holbrook, E. Solomon, and M. Anghera.  1998.  Studies on germination and root development in the surfgrass Phyllospadix torreyi:  Implications for habitat restoration.  Aquatic Botany 62:71-80.

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt.  1998.  Have field experiments aided in the understanding of abundance and dynamics of reef fishes?  Pp. 152-169 in:  Issues and Perspectives in Experimental Ecology, W.J. Resetarits and J. Bernado eds.  Oxford University Press.

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt.  1997.  Settlement patterns and process in a coral reef damselfish.  8th International Coral Reef Symposium 2:1143-1148.

• Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt, and J.A. Stephens Jr. 1997.  Changes in an assemblage of temperate reef fishes associated with a climate shift.  Ecological Applications 7:1299-1310.

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt.  1996.  On the dynamics and structure of reef fish communities: are resources tracked?  Pp. 1948 in:  Long-term Studies of Vertebrate Communities, M.L. Cody and J. A. Smallwood eds.  Academic Press, NY.

• Osenberg, C.W., R.J. Schmitt, S.J. Holbrook, K.E. Abu-Saba, and A.R. Flegal.  1996.  Detection of environmental impacts: natural variability, effect size, and power analysis.  Pp. 83-108 in:  Detecting Ecological Impacts:  Concepts and Applications in Coastal Habitats, R.J. Schmitt and C.W. Osenberg, eds. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.  [Republication of Osenberg et al. 1994, Ecological Applications 4:16-30.]

• Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook.  1996.  Fine-scale patterns of larval settlement in a planktivorous damselfish - do they predict recruitment?  Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 47:449-463.

• Steichen, D.J. Jr., S.J. Holbrook, and C.W. Osenberg.  1996.  The response of benthic and demersal macrofauna to organic enrichment at a natural oil seep. Marine Ecology Progress Series 138:71-82.

• Holbrook, S.J., M.J. Kingsford, R.J. Schmitt, and J.S. Stephens, Jr.  1995.  Spatial and temporal patterns in assemblages of temperate reef fish.  Amer. Zoologist 34:463-475.

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt. 1995. Compensation in resource use by foragers released from interspecific competition.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.  185:219-233.

• Osenberg, C.W., R.J. Schmitt, S.J. Holbrook, K.E. Abu-Saba, and A.R. Flegal. 1994. Detection of environmental impacts: power analysis and spatial inference.  Ecological Applications 4:16-30.

• Holbrook, S.J. 1993. The effect of food density and dispersion on patch selection by foraging black surfperch.  Pp. 485-493 in:  Third California Islands Symposium:  Recent Advances in Research on the California Islands, F.G. Hochberg, ed.  Santa  Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA.

• Holbrook, S.J., S.L. Swarbrick, R.J. Schmitt, and R.F. Ambrose. 1993. Reef architecture and reef fish: Correlates of population densities with attributes of subtidal rocky environments.  Pp. 99-106 in:  Proceedings of the Second International Temperate Reef Ecology Symposium, Battershill, C.N., D.R. Schiel, G.P. Jones, R.G. Creese, and A.B. MacDiamid eds.  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute.

• Holbrook, S.J. 1992. Review of "Ecology of Coral Reef Fish" by P.F. Sale.  Ecology 73:1934-1935.

• Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt.  1992.  Causes and consequences of dietary specialization in surfperches:  patch choice and intraspecific competition.  Ecology 73:402-412.

• Osenberg, C.W., S.J. Holbrook, and R.J. Schmitt.  1992.  Implications for the design of environmental assessment studies.  Pp. 75-89 in:  Perspectives in the Marine Environment: Proceedings from a Symposium on the Marine Environment of Southern California, S. Yoder and P.M. Griffman, eds.  USC Sea Grant, Los Angeles, CA.

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