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Scyphers Lab at the University of South Alabama
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Products
2025
2025
80. Alemu, J. B. I, Hughes, A. R., Osland, M. J., Swinea, S. H., Thorne, K. A., Bardou, R., Shepard, C. C., & Scyphers, S. B. (2025). Waterfront property owners' shoreline preferences amid salt marsh to mangrove transitions. People and Nature, 7, 668–683
79. Helen Cheng, Marissa D. McMahan, Steven B. Scyphers, Loren McClenachan, Jonathan H. Grabowski,
Observations, perceptions and concerns of the American lobster industry regarding the range-expansion of Black Sea Bass, Marine Policy, Volume 173, 2025, 106517, ISSN 0308-597X,
78.Moorman, Thomas & Morris, Daniel & Scyphers, Steven & Williamson, Ryan & Dunning, Kelly. (2025). Recreational angler and stakeholder perceptions of policy changes to recreational fishery management: the case of red snapper devolution in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecology and Society. 30. 10.5751/ES-15667-300102.
77. Gibbs, Sarah & Murphy, Robert & Grabowski, Jonathan & Scyphers, Steven. (2025). Threats perceived by five prominent U.S. commercial fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 45. 10.1093/najfmt/vqaf075.
76. Prasky, Evan & Drymon, Marcus & Mitchell, Jonathan & Jackson, Gary & Scyphers, Steven & Gray, Steven & Casselberry, G & Griffin, Lucas & Danylchuk, Andy. (2025). A framework for fuzzy cognitive mapping workshops: Shark depredation as a case study. Fisheries. 10.1093/fshmag/vuaf066.
2024
75. Frapaise, L., Furman, K., Scyphers, S. B., & Kuhl, L. (2024). Mental models for inclusive, socially-just disaster planning: a multi-community study in Saint Martin after Hurricane Irma. Disasters, 48(4), e12627.
74.Drymon, J. M., Jargowsky, A. E., Prasky, E. G., Camp, E. V., Oliphant, A., Powers, S. P., & Scyphers, S. B. (2024). Depredation: An old conflict with the sea. Fish and Fisheries, 25, 806–810.
73.Kelsey M. Schultz, Steven B. Scyphers, A. Randall Hughes, David L. Kimbro, Stephen Kirk, Jonathan H. Grabowski, Addressing constraints to shellfish aquaculture through quantifying public perceptions and attitudes along the Atlantic coast of the US,Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 253,2024,107130,ISSN 0964-5691
72. Barry, Savanna & Reynolds, Laura & Braswell, Anna & Gittman, Rachel & Scyphers, Steven & Smyth, Ashley. (2024). Perceived effectiveness drives shoreline decision-making for Florida's waterfront property owners. Ocean & Coastal Management. 258. 107353. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107353.
71. Swinea, Savannah & Hughes, Anne & Osland, Michael & Shepard, Christine & Thorne, Kalaina & Alemu I, Jahson & Bardou, Rémi & Scyphers, Steven. (2024). Marshes to mangroves: Residential surveys reveal perceived wetland trade-offs for ecosystem services. Landscape and Urban Planning. 253. 105203. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105203.
70.O’Donnell, K. & Tomiczek, Tori & Higgins, A. & Munoz, S. & Scyphers, Steven. (2024). Stakeholder Driven Sensor Deployments to Characterize Chronic Coastal Flooding in Key West Florida. Earth's Future. 12. 10.1029/2023EF003631.
69. Arkema, Katie & Cunningham, Samantha & Delevaux, Jade & Celina, Baldera & Klain, Sarah & Lamb, Joleah & Nelson, Laura & Scyphers, Steven & Stewart, Heidi & Sutton-Grier, Ariana. (2024). Beneficiaries, Equity, and Trade-Offs in Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Services. 10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00106-2.
2024
2023
2023
68. Prasky, Evan & Drymon, Marcus & Karnauskas, Mandy & Anderson, Alena & Gibbs, Sarah & Grabowski, Jonathan & Jargowsky, Amanda & McAree, Danielle & Osowski, Ana & Swinea, Savannah & Scyphers, Steven. (2023). Depredation influences anglers' perceptions on coastal shark management and conservation in the United States Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 4. 1271223. 10.3389/fcosc.2023.1271223.
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67. Gibson Banks, K., Streich, M. K., Drymon, J. M., Scyphers, S. B., Mohan, J. A., Wells, R. J. D., Binstock, A. L., Richards, T. M., White, C. F., Whitney, N. M., & Stunz, G. W. (2023). Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation-based changes in angler behavior. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(9), e13001.
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66.Bardou, Rémi & Osland, Michael & Scyphers, Steven & Shepard, Christine & Aerni, Karen & Alemu I, Jahson & Crimian, Robert & Day, Richard & Enwright, Nicholas & Feher, Laura & Gibbs, Sarah & O'Donnell, Kiera & Swinea, Savannah & Thorne, Kalaina & Truskey, Sarit & Armitage, Anna & Baker, Ronald & Breithaupt, Joshua & Cavanaugh, Kyle & Hughes, Anne. (2023). Rapidly Changing Range Limits in a Warming World: Critical Data Limitations and Knowledge Gaps for Advancing Understanding of Mangrove Range Dynamics in the Southeastern USA. Estuaries and Coasts. 46. 10.1007/s12237-023-01209-7.
65. Furman, Kelsi & Harlan, Sharon & Barbieri, Luiz & Scyphers, Steven. (2023). Social equity in shore-based fisheries: Identifying and understanding barriers to access. Marine Policy. 148. 105355. 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105355.
64. Marchessaux, Guillaume & Mangano, Maria & Bizzarri, Sergio & M’Rabet, Charaf & Principato, Elena & Lago, Nicola & Veyssiere, Dimitri & Garrido, Marie & Scyphers, Steven & Sarà, Gianluca. (2023). Invasive blue crabs and small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean sea: Local ecological knowledge, impacts and future management. Marine Policy. 148. 105461. 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105461.
2022
2022
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​63.Varade, Marissa & Choi, Francis & Helmuth, Brian & Scyphers, Steven. (2022). Catching versus Counting: Comparing the Pro-Environmental Attitudes, Behaviors, and Climate Concerns of Recreational Fishers and Citizen Scientists. Sustainability. 15. 307. 10.3390/su15010307.
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62.Dean, Micah & Hoffman, William & Buchan, Nicholas & Scyphers, Steven & Grabowski, Jonathan. (2022). Lost in translation: understanding divergent perspectives on a depleted fish stock. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 80. 10.1139/cjfas-2022-0090.
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61. Mitchell, Jonathan & Drymon, Marcus & Vardon, J. & Coulson, Peter & Simpfendorfer, Colin & Scyphers, Steven & Kajiura, Stephen & Hoel, K. & Williams, Samuel & Ryan, Karina & Barnett, Adam & Heupel, Michelle & Navarro, Matthew & Langlois, Tim & Ajemian, Matthew & Gilman, Eric & Prasky, Evan & Jackson, Gary. (2022). Shark depredation: future directions in research and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 33. 10.1007/s11160-022-09732-9.
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60.Aminpour, Payam & Gray, Steven & Beck, Michael & Furman, Kelsi & Tsakiri, Ismini & Gittman, Rachel & Grabowski, Jonathan & Helgeson, Jennifer & Josephs, Lauren & Ruth, Matthias & Scyphers, Steven. (2022). Urbanized knowledge syndrome—erosion of diversity and systems thinking in urbanites’ mental models. npj Urban Sustainability. 2. 11. 10.1038/s42949-022-00054-0.
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59.Tomiczek, Tori & Wargula, Anna & O'Donnell, Kiera & LaVeck, Victoria & Castagno, Katherine & Scyphers, Steven. (2022). Vessel-Generated Wake Attenuation by Rhizophora Mangle in Key West, Florida. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering. 148. 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000704.
58.Heyman, William & Mudrak, Peter & Putman, Nathan & Beyea, Rebekah & Gallaway, Benny & Mccain, Kyle & Scyphers, Steven. (2022). Gulf of Mexico Fishery Ecosystem Plan Version 1.0.
57. O'Donnell, Kiera & Tomiczek, Tori & Scyphers, Steven. (2022). Resident Perceptions and Parcel-Level Performance Outcomes of Mangroves, Beaches, and Hardened Shorelines After Hurricane Irma in the Lower Florida Keys. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. 10.3389/fenvs.2022.734993.
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56. Capizzano, Connor & Jones, Emily & Scyphers, Steven & Zemeckis, Douglas & Danylchuk, Andy & Mandelman, John. (2022). Understanding Recreational Angler Diversity and Its Potential Implications on Promoting Responsible Fishing Practices in a Multispecies Gulf of Maine Fishery. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 14. 10.1002/mcf2.10196.
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55.Osland, Michael & Hughes, Anne & Armitage, Anna & Scyphers, Steven & Cebrian, Just & Swinea, Savannah & Shepard, Christine & Allen, Micheal & Feher, Laura & Nelson, Jimmy & O’Brien, Cherie & Sanspree, Colt R & Smee, Delbert 'Lee & Snyder, Caitlin & Stetter, Andrew & Stevens, Philip & Swanson, Kathleen & Williams, Lauren & Brush, Janell M & Bardou, Rémi. (2022). The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging research needs. Global Change Biology. 28. 3163-3187. 10.1111/gcb.16111.
54. Castagno, Katherine & Ganju, Neil & Beck, Michael & Bowden, Alison & Scyphers, Steven. (2022). How Much Marsh Restoration Is Enough to Deliver Wave Attenuation Coastal Protection Benefits?. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 10.3389/fmars.2021.756670.
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53. Correll-Brown, Riordan & Wellman, Emory & Eulie, Devon & Scyphers, Steven & Smith, Carter & Polk, Mariko & Gittman, Rachel. (2022). Shifting Baselines May Undermine Shoreline Management Efforts in the United States. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 10.3389/fclim.2022.719109.
2021
2021
52. Coley, John & Betz, Nicole & Helmuth, Brian & Ellenbogen, Keith & Scyphers, Steven & Adams, Daniel. (2021). Beliefs about Human-Nature Relationships and Implications for Investment and Stewardship Surrounding Land-Water System Conservation. Land. 10. 1293. 10.3390/land10121293.
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51. Castagno# K, T Tomiczek, CC Shepard, MW Beck, AA Bowden, K O’Donnell†, SB Scyphers. (In Press) Resistance, resilience, and recovery of salt marshes in the Florida Panhandle following Hurricane Michael. Scientific Reports.
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50. Murphy R, SB Scyphers, SA Gray, JH Grabowski. (In Press) Diversity in motivations and behavioral response to regulations in the Striped Bass commercial fishery. Fisheries.
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49. Scyphers SB, JM Drymon, KL Furman†, E Conley, Y Niwa, A Jefferson, GW Stunz. (2021) Understanding and enhancing angler satisfaction with fisheries management: insights from the “Great Red Snapper Count”. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. *Selected as Editor’s Feature Paper.
48. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). 2021. Data and Management Strategies for Recreational Fisheries with Annual Catch Limits. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. ISBN: 0309671574, 9780309671576. 240 pages.
47. Gittman RK, SB Scyphers, CJ Baillie, A Brodmerkel, JH Grabowski, M Livernois, AK Poray, CS Smith, FJ Fodrie. (2021) Reversing a tyranny of cascading shoreline-protection decisions driving coastal habitat loss. Conservation Science and Practice.
46. Castagno# K, A. Bowden, E. Roberts, S. Burns, S.L. Harlan, L. Senier, SB Scyphers. (2021) Conservation practice insights from a comparative case study of two shoreline stabilization projects in Boston Harbor, MA. Conservation Science and Practice.
45. Aminpour P, SA Gray, A Singer, SB Scyphers, AJ Jetter, R Jordan, R Murphy, JH Grabowski. (2021) The diversity bonus in pooling local knowledge about complex problems. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. 118 (5) : e2016887118.
44. Furman K, P Aminpour, SA Gray, SB Scyphers. (2021) Mental models for assessing social-ecological systems following disasters: a case study contextualizing natural and built shorelines after Hurricane Irma. Marine Policy.
2020
43 . Hughes AR, P Edwards, JH Grabowski, SB Scyphers, SL Williams. (2020) Differential incorporation of scientific advances affects coastal habitat restoration practice. Conservation Science and Practice.
42. Scyphers SB, MW Beck, KL Furman, J Haner, A Keeler, C Landry, KL O’Donnell, BM Webb, JH Grabowski. (2020) Designing effective incentives for living shorelines as a habitat conservation strategy along residential coasts. Conservation Letters.
41. Gray SA, P Aminpour, C Reza, SB Scyphers, J Grabowski, R Murphy Jr., A Singer, D Baltaxe, R Jordan, A Jetter, J Introne. (2020) Harnessing the Collective Intelligence of Stakeholders for Conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
40. DeAngelis B, A Sutton-Grier, A Colden, K Arkema, C Baillie, R Bennet, J Benoit, S Blitch, A Chatwin, A Dausman, R Gittman, H Greening, J Henkel, R Houge, R Howard, R Hughes, J Lowe, SB Scyphers, E Sherwood, S Westby, J Grabowski. (2020). Keys to Landscape-Scale Coastal Restoration: Lessons Learned from Three U.S. Case Studies. Sustainability.
39. Tomiczek T, KL O’Donnell, KL Furman, B Webbmartin, SB Scyphers. (2020) Rapid damage assessments of shorelines and structures in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma. Natural Hazards Review.
38. McClenachan L, SB Scyphers, JH Grabowski. (2020) Views from the dock: Warming waters, adaptation, and the future of Maine’s lobster fishery. Ambio
37. Kuhl L, K Van Maanen‡, SB Scyphers. (2020) A Global Analysis of Coastal Adaptation Projects: Assessing Patterns of Planning, Implementation, and Contributions to Adaptive Capacity. World Development.
2020
2019
2019
36. Scyphers SB, MW Beck, KL Furman, J Haner, L Josephs, R Lynskey, A Keeler, C Landry, S Powers, B Webb, J Grabowski (2019). A Waterfront View of Coastal Hazards: Exploring Relationships among Exposure, Shoreline Type, and Hazard Concerns. Sustainability.
35. Scyphers SB, JS Picou, JH Grabowski. (2019) Chronic social disruption following a systemic fishery failure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
34. McClenachan L, M Marra, N Record, J Grabowski, B Neal, SB Scyphers. (2019) Shifting perceptions of rapid temperature changes’ effects on marine fisheries, 1945-2017. Fish and Fisheries.
33. Murphy R, SB Scyphers, SA Gray, JH Grabowski. (2019) Angler attitudes explain disparate behavioral reactions to fishery regulations. Fisheries 44(10):475-487.
32. Gittman RK, CJ Baillie, KK Arkema, RO Bennett, J Benoit, S Blitch, J Brun, A Chatwin, A Colden, A Dausman, B DeAngelis, N Herold, J Henkel, R Houge, R Howard, AR Hughes, SB Scyphers, T Shostik, A Sutton-Grier, JH Grabowski. (2019) Voluntary restoration: mitigation’s silent partner in the quest to reverse coastal wetland loss in the USA. Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 511.
31. Smith C, SB Scyphers. (2019) Past hurricane damage and flood zone outweigh shoreline hardening for predicting residential-scale impacts of Hurricane Matthew. Environmental Science and Policy 101: 46-53.
30. Strain, EM, K. Alexander, S. Kienker, R. Morris, R. Jarvis, R. Coleman, B. Bollard. SB Scyphers. (2019) Urban blue: A global analysis of the factors shaping people’s perceptions of the marine environment and ecological engineering in harbours. Science of The Total Environment.
29. Cryan A, B Helmuth,SB Scyphers. Ecological Design for Urban Coastal Resilience. (2019) Handbook on the Resilience of Socio-technical Systems, Edited by M Ruth, Reisemann. Edward Elgar Publishing.
28. Bowen JL, CJ Baillie, JH Grabowski, AR Hughes,SB Scyphers, KR Gilbert, SG Gorney, J Slevin, and KA Geigley. Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Transformation from ‘the harbor of shame’to a vibrant coastal resource. Regional Studies in Marine Science (2019): 100482.
2018
27. Murphy R, JH Grabowski,SB Scyphers. (2018) Perceptions outweigh knowledge in predicting support for management strategies in the recreational Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) fishery. Marine Policy 97:44-50.
26. Hughes AR, JH Grabowski, HM Leslie,SB Scyphers, SL Williams. (2018) Inclusion of biodiversity in habitat restoration policy to facilitate ecosystem recovery. Conservation Letters.
25. Alibage A, Jetter A, Aminpour P, Gray S, Scyphers SB. (2018) Exploratory Participatory Modelling with FCM to Overcome Uncertainty: Improving Safety Culture in Oil and Gas Operations. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software.
24. Sutton-Grier, R Gittman, K Arkema, R Bennett, J Benoit, S Blitch, K Burks-Copes, A Colden, A Dausman, B DeAngelis, R Hughes, S Scyphers, J Grabowski. (2018) Investing in Natural and Nature-Based Infrastructure: Building Better Along Our Coasts.Sustainability 10:523 doi: 10.3390/su10020523.
2018
2017
23. Gittman RK,SB Scyphers. (2017) The Cost of Coastal Protection: A Comparison of Hardened and Living Shorelines. Shore and Beach 85(4):1-6.
22. Powers SP, S Rouhani, MC Baker, H Roman, J Murray, JH Grabowski,SB Scyphers, JM Willis, MW Hester. (2017) Loss of oysters as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill degrades nearshore ecosystems and disrupts facilitation between oysters and marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 576: 189-202.
21. Smith C, RK Gittman, I Neylan,SB Scyphers, J Morton, FJ Fodrie, JH Grabowski, CH Peterson. (2017) Hurricane damage along natural and hardened estuarine shorelines: Addressing homeowner misperceptions to promote nature-based coastal protection. Marine Policy 81: 350-358.
20. Grabowski JH, Scyphers SB, SP Powers. (2017) Marine Fisheries Management. Oxford Annotated Bibliographies. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0178.
19. Gray SA, SB Scyphers. (2017). Innovations in Collaborative Science: Advancing citizen science, crowdsourcing and participatory modeling to understand and manage marine social-ecological systems. in Conservation for the Anthropocene Ocean. Edited by P Levin, M Poe. Elsevier Academic Press.
18. Arkema K, C Shepard, S Scyphers. (2017). Living Shorelines for Nature and People. in Shorelines: Living, enhanced, restored in the modern era. Edited by D Bilkovic, M Mitchell, J Toft, M La Peyre. Taylor & Francis Group and CRC Press: Marine Science Series.
17. Drymon JM,SB Scyphers. (2017) Attitudes and perceptions influence recreational angler support for shark conservation and fisheries sustainability Marine Policy 81: 153-159.
2017
2016
16. Gittman RK,SB Scyphers, CS Smith, I Neylan, JH Grabowski. (2016) Ecological consequences of shoreline hardening: a meta-analysis. BioScience 66 (9): 763-773.
15. Helmuth BH, TC Gouhier,SB Scyphers, J Mocarski. (2016) Trust, tribalism and tweets: has political polarization made science a “wedge issue”? Climate Change Responses 3(1):1.
Press: The Economist. The Senate’s Scientific Divide. (6/10/2016). http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/06/daily-chart-8?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/thesenatesscientificdivide
14. Martin CW, JF Valentine, SB Scyphers, TC Kauffman, JJ Dindo. (2016) Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of the Macondo Oil Spill on Coastal Diving Ducks in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 8:3:1-9
2016
2015
13. Scyphers SB, SP Powers, JL Akins, JM Drymon, CW Martin, ZH Schobernd, P Schofield, RL Shipp, T Switzer. (2015) The role of citizens in detecting and responding to a rapid marine invasion.Conservation Letters 8(4): 242-250.
12. Murphy RD,SB Scyphers, JH Grabowski. (2015) Angler perceptions of striped bass management in southern New England. PLOS ONE 10(8) e0136412.
11. Scyphers SB, JS Picou, SP Powers. (2015) Participatory conservation of coastal habitats: the importance of understanding homeowner decision making to mitigate cascading shoreline degradation. Conservation Letters 8(1), 41-49.
10. Scyphers SB, TC Gouhier, JH Grabowski, MW Beck, J Mareska, SP Powers. (2015) Natural coastal habitats promote the stability of fish communities in an urbanized coastal ecosystem.PLOS ONE 10(6) e0118580.
9. Scyphers SB, SP Powers, KL Heck. (2015) Ecological value of submerged breakwaters as habitat enhancement at a residential scale.Environmental Management 55(2): 383-391.
2015
2014
8. An X, Ganguly AR, Hunter AM, Fang Yi,Scyphers SB, Hunter A, Dy JG. (2014) Tracking climate change opinions from mining Twitter data. Proceedings of Data Science for Social Good Workshop at ACM KDD.
7. Scyphers SB, JS Picou, RD Brumbaugh, SP Powers. (2014) Integrating societal perspectives and values for improved stewardship of a coastal ecosystem engineer.Ecology and Society 19(3): art. 38.
6. Scyphers SB& SB Lerman. (2014) Residential Landscapes, Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change. in Research in Urban Sociology, Volume 15: Sustainable Cities: Global Concerns / Urban Efforts. Editor: WG Holt. ISBN: 978-1-78441-058-2.
2014
2013
5. Scyphers SB, SP Powers, FJ Hernandez, FJ Fodrie, RL Shipp. (2013) Venting and the survival of reef fishes: perceptions and participation rates among recreational anglers in the northern Gulf of Mexico.North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33(6): 1071-1078.
4. Scyphers SB & SP Powers. (2013) Context-dependent effects of oyster reefs on predator-prey interactions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 491: 395-401.
3. Powers SP, FJ Fodrie,SB Scyphers, JM Drymon, RL Shipp RL, GW Stunz. (2013) Gulf wide decrease of large sharks documented by generations of fishermen. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 5(1): 93-102. *Awarded: Best Paper of 2013 in Marine and Coastal Fisheries
2013
2012
2. Scheinin M,SB Scyphers, L Kauppi, KL Heck, J Mattila. (2012) The relationship between vegetation density and its protective value depends on the densities and traits of prey and predators. Oikos 121: 1093-1102.
2012
2011
1. Scyphers SB, SP Powers, KL Heck, D Byron. (2011) Oyster reefs as natural breakwaters mitigate shoreline loss and facilitate fisheries.PLOS ONE.
2011
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