Publications

O'Connor, K., B. Fulkerson, J.B. Walker, E.D. Stein, C. Whitcraft, J.S. Huckeba. 2025. Estuary Marine Protected Area - 2023 Data Analysis Report. Technical Report 1430. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Wasson, K., K. Cressman, K. Beheshti, E.C. Herder, C. Endris, C.D.G. Harley, A. Abadia-Cardoso, R. Beas-Luna, J. Carolsfeld, A.L. Chang, J.A. Crooks, M.C. Ferner, E.D. Grosholz, N. Harrington, J. Harris, H. Hayford, A.R. Helms, J. Lorda, J.L. Ruesink, A. Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu, S.S. Rumrill, J. Schmitt, R.S. Smith, J.B. Walker, C.R. Whitcraft, S. Yang, D. Zacherl, C.J. Zabin. 2025. Setting the limit: cold rather than hot temperatures limit intertidal distribution of a coastal foundation species. Marine Environmental Research 208:107149.

Walker, J.B., K. O'Connor, K. Wasson, C. Crain, K.K. Johnston, R.F. Ambrose, C.R. Whitcraft, J. Crooks, K. Beheshti, M. Hall, K. Nichols, M. Clemens, E.D. Stein. 2025. Sentinel site networks as a mechanism to evaluate progress toward meeting restoration goals in altered and unaltered landscapes. Restoration Ecology DOI:10.1111/rec.70062.

Rinehart, S.A., J.M. Dybiec, J.B. Walker, L. Simpson, J.A. Cherry. 2024. Effects of burrowing crabs on coastal sediments and their functions: A systematic meta-analysis. Ecosphere 15:e4927.

Rinehart, S.A., J.M. Dybiec, P. Richardson, J.B. Walker, J.D. Peabody, J.A. Cherry. 2024. Researcher effects on the biological structure and edaphic conditions of field sites and implications for management. Ecosphere DOI:10.1002/ecs2.4750.

Stein, E.D., J.B. Walker, K. O'Connor, C. Toms. 2023. Estuary Marine Protected Area - Monitoring Program Implementation Blueprint. Technical Report 1315.C. California Ocean Protection Council. Sacramento, CA.

O'Connor, K., R. Clark, B. Fulkerson, J.B. Walker, E.D. Stein, C. Whitcraft, S. Garcia. 2023. Estuary Marine Protected Area - 2021 Data Analysis Report. Technical Report 1315.B. California Ocean Protection Council. Sacramento, CA.

Walker, J.B., E.D. Stein, K. O'Connor, R. Clark, C. Whitcraft, S. Garcia, B. Hughes, A. Cooper, D. Jacobs, M. Abrecht, J. Largier, R. Roettger, C. Toms. 2023. Estuary Marine Protected Area - Monitoring Protocol. Technical Report 1315.A. Ocean Protection Council. Sacramento, CA.

Stein, E.D., J.B. Walker, K. O'Connor, R. Clark, C. Whitcraft. 2023. Development of a Statewide Estuary Monitoring Program to Evaluate California's Estuarine Marine Protected Areas - Estuary Marine Protected Area Program Overview. Technical Report 1315. California Ocean Protection Council. Sacramento, CA.

Gillett, D.J., W. Enright, J.B. Walker. 2022. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume III. Benthic Infauna. Technical Report 1289. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Walker, J.B., D.J. Gillett, M. Sutula. 2022. Establishing biologically relevant sediment organic matter thresholds for estuaries and embayments of the Southern California Bight, USA. Ecological Indicators 143:1-12.

Walker, J.B., S. Rinehart, G. Greenberg-Pines, W.K. White, R. DeSantiago, D.A. Lipson, J.D. Long. 2022. Aboveground competition influences density-dependent effects of cordgrass on sediment biogeochemistry. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8722.

Walker, J.B., E.D. Grosholz, J.D. Long. 2021. Predicting burrowing crab impacts on salt marsh plants. Ecosphere 12:e03803.

Walker, J.B., A.L. Bijak, L. Blum. 2021. Genetic Diversity and Clonal Structure of Spartina alterniflora in a Virginia Marsh. Northeastern Naturalist 28:357-370.