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Jones, D.S., I. Thompson, and W.G. Ambrose. Age and growth determinations for the Atlantic surf clam Spisula solidissima based on internal growth lines in shell cross sections. Marine Biology 47:63-70.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr., D. Jones, and I. Thompson. Distance from shore and growth rate of the suspension feeding bivalve Spisula solidissima. Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association 70:207-215.

Peterson, C.H., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and J.H. Hunt. A field test of the swimming response of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) to changing biological factors. Bulletin of Marine Science 32:939-944.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Role of predatory infauna in structuring marine soft-bottom communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 17:109-115.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Influence of residents on the development of a marine soft-bottom community. Journal of Marine Research 42:633-654.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Influences of predatory polychaetes and epibenthic predators on the structure of a soft-bottom community in a Maine estuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 81:115-145.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Increased emigration of the amphipod Rhepoxynius abronius (Barnard) and the polychaete Nephtys caeca (Fabricius) in the presence of invertebrate predators. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 81:115-145.

Peterson, C.H. and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Potential habitat dependence in deposition rate of presumptive annual lines in shells of the bivalve Protothaca staminea.Lethaia 18:257-260.

Commito, J.A. and W. G. Ambrose, Jr. Predatory infauna and trophic complexity in soft-bottom communities. In: Proceedings of the Nineteenth European Marine Biological Symposium, edited by P.E. Gibbs, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 323-333.

Gee, J.M., R.M. Warwick, M. Schaanning, J.A. Berge, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Effects of organic enrichment on meiofaunal abundance and community structure in sublittoral soft sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 91:247-262.

Commito, J.A. and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Multiple trophic levels in soft-bottom communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 26:289-293.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Estimate of removal rate of Nereis virens (Polychaeta:Nereidae) from an intertidal mudflat by Gulls (Larus spp.). Marine Biology 90:243-247.

Warwick, R.M., J.M. Gee, J.A. Berge, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Effects of the feeding activity of the polychaete Streblosoma bairdi(Malmgren) on meiofaunal abundance and community structure. Sarsia 71:11-16.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Experimental analysis of density dependent emigration of the amphipod Rhepoxynius abronius. Marine Behavior and Physiology 12:209-216.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Importance of predatory infauna in marine soft-bottom communities: Reply to Wilson. Marine Ecology Progress Series 32:41-45.

Berge, J.A., M. Schaanning, T.K. Bakke, K. Sandöy, G.M. Skeie, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. A soft-bottom sublittoral mesocosm by the Oslofjord: Description performance and examples of application. Ophelia 26:37-54.

Hunt, J.H., W.G. Ambrose, Jr. and C.H. Peterson. Effects of the gastropodIlyanassa obsoleta (Say) and the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria (Linne) on larval settlement and juvenile recruitment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 108:229-240.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and Hans Petter Leinaas. Intertidal soft-bottom communities on the west coast of Spitzbergen. Polar Biology 8:393-395.

Lee, H., II and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Life after competitive exclusion: alternative strategies of a competitive inferior. Oikos 56:424-427.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and Hans Petter Leinaas. Size specific distribution and abundance of amphipods (Gammarus setosus) on an Arctic shore: Effects of shorebird Predation? In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth European Marine Biological Symposium, ed. by M. Barnes and R.N. Gibson, Aberdeen University Press, pp.. 239-249.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. Are infaunal predators important in structuring marine soft-bottom communities? American Zoologist 31:849-860

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and Junda Lin. Settlement preference of Argopecten irradians larvae for artificial substrates. In: An International Compendium of Scallop biology and Culture, edited by S.E Shumway, World Aquaculture Society, pp. 16-20.

West, T.L. and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Abiotic and biotic effects on population dynamics of oligohaline benthic invertebrates. In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth European Marine Biological Symposium, edited by V.U. Ceccherilli, R. Rossi, and A. Carrieri. Olsen and Olsen Pub., pp. 189-194.

Ambrose, W.G., Jr., C.H. Peterson, H.C. Summerson, and J. Lin. Experimental tests of factors affecting recruitment of bay scallops (Argopecten irradians) to spat collectors. Aquaculture 108:67-86

Ambrose, W.G., Jr., and B.A. Irlandi. Height of attachment on seagrass leads to trade-off between growth and survival in the bay scallop Argopecten irradians. Marine Ecology Progress Series 90:45-51

Leinaas, H.P., W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Foraging activity of the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima, on a beach at Ny Ålesund, Spitzbergen. Cinclus 15:85-91

Singhas, L.S., T.L. West, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Occurrence of Echeneibothrium (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) in the Calico Scallop, Argopecten gibbus, from North North Carolina. Fishery Bulletin 91:179-181

Ambrose, W.G., Jr., Effects of predation and disturbance by Ophiuroids on soft-bottom community structure in Oslofjord: Results of a mesocosm study. Marine Ecology Progress Series 97:225-236

Deming, J., M. Johnson, W. Smith, W. Ambrose, E. Bauerfeind, B. Booth, K. Cochran, T. Hopkins, R. Kristensen, P. Minnett, J. Niebauer, G. Rowe, S. Smith D. Wallace, I. Walsh. Northeast Water Polynya: Polar Sea Cruise Report. EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union 74:185, 195-196

Olafsson, E.B., C.H. Peterson, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Does recruitment limitation structure populations and communities of macroinvertebrates in marine soft-sediments: The relative significance of pre- and post-settlement processes? Oceanography and Marine Biology An Annual Review 32:65-109

Posey, M.H., and W. G. Ambrose, Jr. Effects of proximity to an offshore hard-bottom reef on infaunal abundances. Marine Biology 118:745-753

Krause, M.K., W.S. Arnold, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Morphological and genetic variation among three populations of calico scallops, Argopecten irradians. Journal of Shellfish Research 13:529-537

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and P.E. Renaud. Benthic response to water column productivity: evidence for benthic-pelagic coupling in the Northeast Water Polynya. Journal of Geophysical Research100:(C3):4411-4421

Irlandi, E.A., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and B.A. Orlando. Landscape Ecology and the marine environment: How spatial configuration of seagrass habitat influences growth and survival of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians. Oikos 72:307-313

Hobson, K.A., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and P.E. Renaud. Sources of primary production, benthic-pelagic coupling, and trophic relationships within the Northeast Water Polynya: Insights from d13C and d15N analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 128: 1-10

Renaud, P.E., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., S.R. Riggs, and D.A. Syster. Multi-level effects of severe storms on an offshore temperate reef system: benthic sediments, macroalgae, and implications for fisheries. Marine Ecology 17:383-398

Ambrose, W.G., Jr. and Paul E. Renaud. Does a pulsed food supply to the benthos affect polychaete recruitment patterns in the Northeast Water Polynya? Journal of Marine Systems. 10:483-495

Piepenburg, D., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., A. Brandt, P. E. Renaud, M.J. Ahrens, and P. Jensen. Benthic community patterns reflect water column process in the Northeast Water Polynya (Greenland) Journal of Marine Systems. 10:467-482

Clough, L.M., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., C. Ashjian, D. Piepenburg, P.E. Renaud, and S. Smith. Meroplankton in the Northeast Water Polynya: does larval distribution mirror benthic abundance patterns? Journal of Marine Systems. 10:343-357

Renaud, P.E., S.R. Riggs, W.G. Ambrose, Jr., K. Schmid, and S. W. Snyder. Biological- Geological interactions: storm effects of macroalgal communities mediated by sediment distribution patterns. Continental Shelf Research. 17:37-56

Riggs, S.R., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., J.W. Cook, S.W. Snyder, and S.W. Snyder. Sediment production model for sediment-starved continental margins: the interrelationship between hardbottoms, sedimentologic and benthic community processes, and storm dynamics. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 68:155-168

Clough, L.M., W.G. Ambrose Jr., K. Cochran, K. Barnes, P. Renaud, and R. Aller. Bioturbation, biomass, and infaunal abundance in the sediments of the Arctic Ocean. Deep Sea Research. 44:1683-1704

Gallagher, M.L., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., and P.E. Renaud. Biochemical composition of several benthic invertebrates from the Northeast Water Polynya: Evidence for spatial variability in particulate organic matter input. Polar Biology.19:167-171.

Riggs, S.R., W.G. Ambrose, Jr., J.W. Cook, S.W. Snyder, and S.W. Snyder. Sediment production model for sediment-starved continental margins: the interrelationship between hardbottoms, sedimentologic and benthic community processes, and storm dynamics. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 68:155-168.

1998

Ambrose, W.G. Jr., M. Dawson, C. Gailey, P. Ledkovsky, S. O'Leary, B. Tassinari, H. Vogel, and C. Wilson. Effects of Baitworm digging on the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria in Maine: shell damage and exposure on the sediment surface. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17: 1043-1050

1999

Irlandi, E.A., B.A. Orlando, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Influence of seagrass habitat and patch size on growth and survival of juvenile bay scallops (Argopecten irradians concentricus Say). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 235:21- 44

1999

Renaud, P.E., D.A. Syster, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Do recruitment patterns determine community structure of continental shelf benthos off North Carolina, U.S.A.? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 237:89-106

1999

1999 Leinaas, H.P., W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Decision between a small and large prey species: sub-maximal energy acquisition by purple sandpipers, Calidris maritima, in a situation prior to long over-sea autumn migration. Polar Biology. 22:264-270

1999

Gray, John S., William Ambrose, and Anna. Szaniawska, (eds.) Biogeochemical Cycling and Sediment Ecology. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Hell, Poland, NATO Advanced Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 236 pp.

1999

West, T.L., L.M. Clough, and W.G. Ambrose, Jr. Assessment of function in created and natural estuarine habitats. Ecological Applications. In press

2000

Vanreusel, A. L.M. Clough, K. Jacobsen, W. Ambrose, J. Jivaluk, V. Ryheul, R. Herman, M. Vincx. Meiobenthos of the Central Arctic Ocean with special emphasis on the nematode community structure. Deep Sea Research. In press