Ph.D. (University of British Columbia, Canada, 1997) Lic. (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987) Canada Research Chair (2004-2014)

Ecology of marine rocky shores, with an emphasis on intertidal seaweeds and invertebrates.

Scrosati, R.A. 2017. Community-level facilitation by macroalgal foundation species peaks at an intermediate level of environmental stress. Algae 32, in press (preprint in bioRxiv 091777 - Link) Scrosati, R.A. & J.A. Ellrich 2016. A 12-year record of intertidal barnacle recruitment in Atlantic Canada (2005-2016): relationships with sea surface temperature and phytoplankton abundance. PeerJ 4: article e2623. PDF Ellrich, J.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2016. Water motion modulates predator nonconsumptive limitation of prey recruitment. Ecosphere 7: article e01402. PDF Ellrich, J.A., R.A. Scrosati, C. Bertolini & M. Molis 2016. A predator has nonconsumptive effects on different life-history stages of a prey. Marine Biology 163: article 5. PDF Ellrich, J.A., R.A. Scrosati, K. Romoth & M. Molis 2016. Adult prey neutralizes predator nonconsumptive limitation of prey recruitment. PLoS ONE 11 (4): article e0154572. PDF Scrosati, R.A. 2016. The clonal seaweed Chondrus crispus as a foundation species. Algae 31: 41-48. PDF - Highlighted in the March cover Vieira, V.M.N.C.S., J. Creed, R.A. Scrosati, A. Santos, G. Dutschke, F. Leitão, A.H. Engelen, O.R. Huanel, M.L. Guillemin, M. Mateus & R. Neves 2016. On the choice of linear regression algorithms for biological and ecological applications. Annual Research and Review in Biology 10 (3): 1-9. PDF See the cover picture of volume 94 (2016) of the Canadian Journal of Zoology, showing northern gannets from Helgoland Island, Germany (photo by R.A. Scrosati) Ellrich, J.A., R.A. Scrosati & M. Molis 2015. Predator nonconsumptive effects on prey recruitment weaken with recruit density. Ecology 96: 611-616. PDF - Highlighted in the March cover Molis, M., R.A. Scrosati, E.F. El-Belely, T. Lesniowski & M. Wahl 2015. Wave-induced changes in seaweed toughness entail plastic modifications in snail traits maintaining consumption efficacy. Journal of Ecology 103: 851-859. PDF - Highlighted in the July issue Musetta-Lambert, J.L., R.A. Scrosati, E.A. Keppel, M.A. Barbeau, M.A. Skinner & S.C. Courtenay 2015. Intertidal communities differ between breakwaters and natural rocky areas on ice-scoured Northwest Atlantic coasts. Marine Ecology Progress Series 539: 19-31. PDF Keppel, E.A., R.A. Scrosati & S.C. Courtenay 2015. Interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming on subtidal mussels and sea stars from Atlantic Canada. Marine Biology Research 11: 337-348. PDF Ellrich, J.A., R.A. Scrosati & W. Petzold 2015. Predator density affects nonconsumptive predator limitation of prey recruitment: field experimental evidence. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 472: 72-76. PDF Ellrich, J.A., R.A. Scrosati & M. Molis 2015. Predator nonconsumptive effects on prey recruitment. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 96: 478-480. PDF Watt, C.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Experimental and mensurative data on the abundance of primary producers and consumers from intertidal habitats in Canada. Ecology 95: 1429. PDF Arribas, L.P., L. Donnarumma, M.G. Palomo & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: their associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures. Marine Biodiversity 44: 203-211. PDF Tam, J.C. & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Distribution of cryptic mussel species (Mytilus edulis and M. trossulus) along wave exposure gradients on northwest Atlantic rocky shores. Marine Biology Research 10: 51-60. PDF Petzold, W. & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Differential recolonization of Atlantic intertidal habitats after disturbance reveals potential bottom-up community regulation. F1000Research 3: article 247. Link Garbary, D.J., A.G. Miller & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Ascophyllum nodosum and its symbionts: XI. The epiphyte Vertebrata lanosa performs better photosynthetically when attached to Ascophyllum than when alone. Algae 29: 321-331. PDF Petzold, W., M.T. Willers & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Visual record of intertidal disturbance caused by sea ice in the spring on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. F1000Research 3: article 112. Link Watt, C.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2014. Seaweeds as ecosystem engineers. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 95: 250-251. PDF Watt, C.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2013. Regional consistency of intertidal elevation as a mediator of seaweed canopy effects on benthic species richness, diversity, and composition. Marine Ecology Progress Series 491: 91-99. PDF Beermann, A.J., J.A. Ellrich, M. Molis & R.A. Scrosati 2013. Effects of seaweed canopies and adult barnacles on barnacle recruitment: the interplay of positive and negative influences. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 448: 162-170. PDF Watt, C.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2013. Bioengineer effects on understory species richness, diversity, and composition change along an environmental stress gradient: experimental and mensurative evidence. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 123: 10-18. PDF Zwerschke, N., M. Bollen, M. Molis & R.A. Scrosati 2013. An environmental stress model correctly predicts unimodal trends in overall species richness and diversity along intertidal elevation gradients. Helgoland Marine Research 67: 663-674. PDF