Publications
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
McCain JSP, Cull DJ, Schneider DC, Lotze HK (2016) Long-term shift in coastal fish communities before and after the collapse of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), ICES Journal of Marine Science 73(5):1415-1426. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsv216.
Worm B, Lotze HK (2016) Marine biodiversity and climate change. Chapter 13 in: Letcher T (ed) Climate and global change: observed impacts on Planet Earth. 2nd Edition, Elsevier: 195-212.
2015
Finnegan S, Anderson SC, Harnik PG, Simpson C, Tittensor DP, Byrnes JE, Finkel ZV, Lindberg SR, Hsiang Liow L, Lockwood R, Lotze HK, McClain CM, McGuire JL, O’Dea A, Pandolfi JM (2015) Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the coastal oceans. Science 348 (6234): 567-570. doi:10.1126/science.aaa6635.
Guest H, Lotze HK, Wallace D (2015) Youth and the Sea: Ocean Literacy in Nova Scotia. Marine Policy 58: 98–107. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.04.007.
Lotze HK (2015) What Recovery of Exploited Marine Animals tells us about Management and Conservation. In Kittinger JN, McClenachan LE, Gedan K, Blight LK (eds) Marine Historical Ecology in Conservation: Using the Past to Manage for the Future. University of California Press: 15-37.
McIver R, Milewski I, Lotze HK (2015) Land use and nitrogen loading in seven estuaries along the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Estuaries and Coastal Shelf Science 165: 137–148. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.08.011.
Orzechowski EA, Lockwood R, Byrnes JE, Anderson SC, Finkel ZV, Finnegan S, Harnik PG, Lindberg DR, Hsiang Liow L, Lotze HK, McClain CR, McGuire JL, O’Dea A, Pandolfi JM, Simpson C, Tittensor DP (2015) Determinants of extinction selectivity over the last 500 million years: a meta-analysis of marine bivalves and gastropods. Global Change Biology 21(10): 3595–3607. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12963.
Wilson KL, Kay L, Schmidt AL, Lotze HK (2015) Effects of rising ocean temperatures on survival and growth of ecologically and economically important seaweeds in Atlantic Canada. Marine Biology 162(12): 2431-2444. doi:10.1007/s00227-015-2769-7.
2014
Britten GL, Dowd M, Minto C, Ferretti F, Boero F, Lotze HK (2014) Loss of predators can destabilize marine communities. Lenfest Ocean Program Fact Sheet September 2014.
Britten GL, Dowd M, Minto C, Ferretti F, Boero F, Lotze HK (2014) Predator decline leads to decreased stability in a coastal fish community. Ecology Letters 17: 1518–1525. doi: 10.1111/ele.12354.
Lotze HK, Hoffmann RC, Erlandson JM (2014) Lessons from historical ecology and management. In Fogarty MJ, McCarthy JJ (eds) The Sea Volume 16: Marine Ecosystem-Based Management. Harvard University Press: 17-55.
Lotze HK, McClenachan L (2014) Marine Historical Ecology: informing the future by learning from the past. In Bertness MD, Silliman BR, Bruno JF, Stachowicz JJ (eds) Marine Community Ecology and Conservation. Sinauer: 165-200.
2013
Ferretti F, Osio CG, Jenkins CJ, Rosenberg AA, Lotze HK (2013) Long-term change in a meso-predator community in response to prolonged and heterogeneous human impact. Scientific Reports 3: 1057. doi:10.1038/srep01057.
Magera AM, Flemming JM, Kaschner K, Christensen LB, Lotze HK (2013) Recovery trends in marine mammal populations. PLoS ONE 8(10): e77908. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077908.
2012
Anderson SC, Branch TA, Ricard D, Lotze HK (2012) Assessing global marine fishery status with a revised dynamic catch-based method and stock-assessment reference points. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69(8): 1491-1500. doi:10.1093/icesjms/FSS105.
Harnik PG, Lotze HK, Anderson SC, Finkel ZV, Finnegan S, Lindberg DR, Liow LH, Lockwood R, McClain CR, McGuire JL, O'Dea A, Pandolfi J, Simpson C, Tittensor DP (2012) Extinctions in ancient and modern seas Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27(11): 608-617. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.010.
Lotze HK (2012) Marine biodiversity and protected areas. Invited book review. The Quarterly Review of Biology 87(2): 151-152.
Lotze HK (2012) Sea of Plenty? Historical trends, current issues, and future perspectives on our use of seafood. In: Stewart RS, Karol SA (eds) Food For Thought: A Multidisciplinary Discussion. Cape Breton University Press: 151-178.
Schmidt AL, Wysmyk JKC, Craig S, Lotze HK (2012) Regional-scale effects of eutrophication on ecosystem structure and services of seagrass beds. Limnology and Oceanography 57: 1389-1402.
Ward-Paige CA, Keith D, Worm B, Lotze HK (2012) Recovery potential and conservation options for elasmobranchs. Journal of Fish Biology 80: 1844-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03246.x.
2011
Anderson SC, Farmer RG, Ferretti F, Houde AL, Hutchings JA (2011) Correlates of Vertebrate Extinction Risk in Canada. BioScience 61(7): 538-549, doi: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.7.8 .
Anderson SC, Mills Flemming J, Watson R, Lotze HK (2011) Rapid global expansion of invertebrate fisheries: trends, drivers, and ecosystem effects. PLoS ONE 6(3): e14735. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014735.
Coll M, Schmidt AL, Romanuk, T, Lotze (2011) Food-web structure of seagrass communities across different spatial scales and human impacts. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22591. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022591.
Lotze HK, Coll M, Dunne J (2011) Historical Changes in Marine Resources, Food-web Structure and Ecosystem Functioning in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Ecosystems 14(2):198-222, doi: 10.1007/s10021-010-9404-8 .
Lotze HK, Coll M, Magera AM, Ward-Paige CA, Airoldi L (2011) Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26(11): 595-605.
Lotze HK, Erlandson JM, Newman MJ, Norris RD, Roy K, Smith TD, Whitcraft C (2011) Uncovering the ocean’s past. In: Jackson JBC, Alexander KE, Sala E (eds) Shifting Baselines: The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries. Island Press: 137-162.
Lotze HK (2011) Defining a target ecosystem by what it used to be like. Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) 4 (6): 4.
Schmidt AL, Coll M, Romanuk T, Lotze HK (2011) Ecosystem structure and services in eelgrass (Zostera marina) and rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 437:51-68, doi: 10.3354/meps09276.
Ward-Paige C, Pattengill-Semmens C, Myers RA, Lotze HK (2011) Spatial and temporal trends in yellow stingray abundance: evidence from diver surveys. Environmental Biology of Fishes 90:263–276. DOI 10.1007/s10641-010-9739-1 .
Ward-Paige CA, Lotze HK (2011) Assessing the value of recreational divers for censusing elasmobranchs. PLoS ONE 6(10): e25609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025609.
2010
Coll M, Piroddi C, Steenbeek J, Kaschner K, Lasram FBR, Aguzzi1 J, Ballesteros E, Bianchi CN, Corbera J, Dailianis T, Danovaro R, Estrada M, Froglia C, Galil BS, Gaso JM, Gertwagen R, Gil J, Guilhaumon F, Kesner-Reyes K, Kitsos MS, Koukouras A, Lampadariou N, Laxamana E, López-Fé de la Cuadra CM, Lotze HK, Martin D, Mouillot D, Oro D, Raicevich S, Rius-Barile J, Saiz-Salinas JI, San Vicente C, Somot S, Templado J, Turon X, Dimitris V, Villanueva R, Voultsiadou E (2010) Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011842.
Ferretti F, Worm B, Britten GL, Heithaus MR, Lotze HK (2010) Consequences of large shark declines. Lenfest Ocean Program Research Series Report August 2010.
Ferretti F, Worm B, Britten GL, Heithaus MR, Lotze HK (2010) Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean. Ecology Letters 13: 1055-1071.
Lotze HK (2010) Historical Reconstruction of Human-Induced Changes in U.S. Estuaries. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 48: 265-336.
McCauley DJ, Micheli F, Young H, Tittensor DP, Brumbaugh D, Madin E, Holmes K, Dunbar R, Smith J, Lotze HK, Arnold, SN, Worm B (2010) Acute effects of removing large fish from a near-pristine coral reef. Marine Biology 157:2739-2750.
Tittensor DP, Mora C, Ricard D, Jetz W, Lotze HK, E. Vanden Berghe, Worm B (2010) Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa. Nature 466: 1098-1101. doi:10.1038/nature09329.
Ward-Paige C, Mills Flemming J, Lotze HK (2010) Overestimating fish counts by non-instantaneous visual censuses: Consequences for population and community descriptions. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11722. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011722.
Ward-Paige C, Mora C, Lotze HK, Pattengill-Semmens C, McClenachan L, Arias-Castro E, Myers RA (2010) Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the greater-Caribbean: a footprint of human pressures. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011968.
Worm B, Lotze HK, Jonsen I, Muir C (2010) The Future of Marine Animal Populations. Chapter 16. In: McIntyre AD (ed) Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Distribution and Abundance. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, pp 315-330.
2009
Lotze HK, Glaser M (2009) Ecosystem services of semi-enclosed marine systems. In: Urban ER Jr, Sundby B, Malanotte-Rizzoli P, Melillo J (eds.) Watersheds, Bays and Bounded Seas. Island Press, Washington, DC, pp 227-249.
Lotze HK, Muir C (2009) Past Lives - Piecing together the ecological history of coastal ecosystems can inform today's marine management. Webb T, Holt A (eds) Marine Ecology: Special issue. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 40: 14-16.
Lotze HK, Worm B (2009) Historical baselines for large marine animals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24(5): 254-262.
Snelgrove P, Flitner M, Ekau W, Glaser M, Lotze HK, Phillipart K, Sompongchaiyakul P, Yuwono E (2009) Governance and management of ecosystem services in semi-enclosed marine systems. In: Urban ER Jr, Sundby B, Malanotte-Rizzoli P, Melillo J (eds.) Watersheds, Bays and Bounded Seas. Island Press, Washington, DC, pp 49-76.
Worm B, Hilborn R, Baum JK, Branch TA, Collie JS, Costello C, Fogarty MJ, Fulton EA, Hutchings JA, Jennings S, Jensen OP, Lotze HK, Mace PA, McClanahan TR, Minto C, Palumbi SR, Parma AM, Ricard D, Rosenberg AA, Watson R, Zeller D (2009) Rebuilding global fisheries. Science 325: 578-585, doi: 10.1126/science.1173146.
Worm B, Lotze HK (2009) Changes in marine biodiversity as an indicator of climate change. In: Letcher T (ed) Climate change: observed impacts on Planet Earth. Elsevier, pp 263-279.
2008
Anderson S, Lotze HK, Shackell N (2008) Evaluating the knowledge base for expanding low-trophic level fisheries in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Journal for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 2553-2571.
Coll M, Lotze HK, Romanuk T (2008) Structural degradation in Mediterranean Sea food webs: testing ecological hypotheses using stochastic and mass-balance modelling. Ecosystems 11: 939-960.
Ferretti F, Myers RA, Serena F, Lotze HK (2008) Shark declines in the Mediterranean Sea. Lenfest Ocean Program Research Series Report April 2008.
Ferretti F, Myers RA, Serena F, Lotze HK (2008) Loss of large predatory sharks from the Mediterranean Sea. Conservation Biology 22(4): 952-964.
Lotze HK, Flitner M, Urban E Jr (2008) Coastal basins on the edge - Cumulative effects of multiple human activities where land and ocean meet. UNESCO-SCOPE-UNEP Policy Briefs No.7, September 2008.
Lotze HK, Worm B (2008) Why we should care about the ocean. In: Flight N (ed) A Passion for This Earth: Reflections Inspired by David Suzuki. Greystone Books, Vancouver, Canada, pp 139-148.
Peterson CH, Barber R, Christian RR, Cottingham K, Lotze HK, Simenstad C, Piehler M, Wilson JW (2008) National Estuaries. In: Julius SH, West JM (eds) Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate-sensitive ecosystems and resources. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, 873 p.
2007
Diaz-Pulido G, McCook LJ, Larkum AWD, Lotze HK, Raven JA, Schaffelke B, Smith JE, Steneck RS (2007) Vulnerability of macroalgae of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. Marshall PA, Johnson J (eds) Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, pp 153-192.
Lotze HK (2007) Rise and fall of fishing and marine resource use in the Wadden Sea, southern North Sea. Fisheries Research 87: 208-218.
Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe K, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R (2007) Response to comments on 'Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services'. Science 316: 1285.
Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe K, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R (2007) Biodiversity loss in the ocean: How bad is it? Response Science 316: 1282-1284.
Worm B, Lotze HK, Myers RA (2007) Ecosystem effects of fishing and whaling in the North Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. In: Estes JA et al. (eds) Whales, whaling and ocean ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkley, CA, USA, pp 333-341.
2006
Lotze HK, Lenihan HS, Bourque BJ, Bradbury RH, Cooke RG, Kay MC, Kidwell SM, Kirby MX, Peterson CH, Jackson JBC (2006) Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas. Science 312: 1806-1809.
Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe KA, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R (2006) Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science 314: 787-760.
Worm B, Lotze HK (2006) Effects of eutrophication, grazing, and algal blooms on rocky shores. Limnology and Oceanography 51:569-579.
2005
Lotze HK, Reise K (eds) (2005) Ecological history of the Wadden Sea. Helgoland Marine Research 59.
Lotze HK, Reise K, Worm B, Van Beusekom J, Busch M, Ehlers A, Heinrich D, Hoffmann RC, Holm P, Jensen C, Knottnerus OS, Langhanki N, Prummel Vollmer M, Wolff WJ (2005) Human transformation of the Wadden Sea ecosystem through time: a synthesis. Helgoland Marine Research 59:71-83.
Lotze HK (2005) Radical changes in the Wadden Sea fauna and flora over the last 2000 years. Helgoland Marine Research 59: 71-83.
2004
Lotze HK, Milewski I (2004) Two centuries of multiple human impacts and successive changes in a North Atlantic food web. Ecological Applications 14: 1428-1447.
Lotze HK, Milewski I, Worm B (2004) Two hundred years of ecosystem change in the outer Bay of Fundy, Part I . Changes in species and the food web. In Wells PG, Daborn GR, Percy JA, Harvey J, Rolston SJ (eds). Health of the Bay of Fundy: assessing key issues. Environment Canada . Atlantic Region, Occasional Report. 21: 320-326.
Lotze HK (2004) Ecological history of the Wadden Sea: 2000 years of human-induced change in a unique coastal ecosystem. Wadden Sea Newsletter 30: 22-23.
Lotze HK (2004) Repetitive history of resource depletion and mismanagement: the need for a shift in perspective. In: Browman HI, Stergiou KI (eds) Perspectives on ecosystem-based approaches to the management of marine resources. Marine Ecology Progress Series 274: 282-285.
Milewski I, Lotze HK (2004) Two hundred years of ecosystem change in the outer Bay of Fundy, Part II . A history of contaminants: sources and potential impacts. In Wells PG, Daborn GR, Percy JA, Harvey J, Rolston SJ (eds). Health of the Bay of Fundy: assessing key issues. Environment Canada . Atlantic Region, Occasional Report 21: 327-333.
Wahl M, Molis M, Davis A, Dobretsov S, Dürr ST, Johansson J, Kinley J, Kirugara D, Langer M, Lotze HK, Thiel M, Thomason JC, Worm B, Zeevi Ben-Yosef D (2004) UV effects that come and go: a global comparison of marine benthic community level impacts. Global Change Biology 10:1962-1972.
Worm B, Lotze HK (2004) Ecosystem impact and management of fisheries in Canadian Marine Protected Areas. World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, Canada.
2003
Worm B, Lotze HK, Myers RA (2003) Predator diversity hotspots in the blue ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 100: 9884-9888.
2002
Lotze HK, Milewski I (2002) A unique marine oasis in the Maritimes: an environmental history of Passamaquoddy Bay, NB. Between the Issues. Ecology Action Centre Publication, Fall 2002, Vol. 20(3): 5-7.
Lotze HK, Milewski I (2002) Environmental history of a unique marine oasis in the Maritimes. Elements. New Brunswick Environmental Network.
Lotze HK, Milewski I (2002) Two hundred years of ecosystem and food web changes in the Quoddy region, outer Bay of Fundy. Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 188 p.
Lotze HK, Worm B, Molis M, Wahl M (2002) Effects of UV radiation and consumers on recruitment and succession of a marine macrobenthic community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 243: 57-66.
Lotze HK, Worm B (2002) Complex interaction of ecological and climatic controls on macroalgal recruitment. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 1734–1741.
Worm B, Lotze HK, Hillebrand H, Sommer U (2002) Consumer versus resource control of species diversity and ecosystem functioning. Nature 417: 848-851.
2001
Lotze HK, Worm B, Sommer U (2001) Strong bottom-up and top-down control of early life stages of macroalgae. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 749-757.
Worm B, Lotze HK, Sommer U (2001) Algal propagule banks modify competition, consumer and resource control on Baltic rocky shores. Oecologia 128:281-293.
2000
Hillebrand H, Worm B, Lotze HK (2000) Marine microbenthic community structure regulated by nitrogen loading and herbivore pressure. Marine Ecology Progress Series 204: 27-38.
Lotze HK, Schramm W (2000) Can ecophysiological traits explain species dominance patterns in macroalgal blooms? Journal of Phycology 36: 287-295.
Lotze HK, Worm B, Sommer U (2000) Propagule banks, herbivory and nutrient supply control population development and dominance patterns in macroalgal blooms. Oikos 85: 46-58.
Lotze HK, Worm B (2000) Variable and complementary effects of herbivores on different life stages of bloom-forming macroalgae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 200: 167-175.
Worm B, Lotze HK, Sommer U (2000) Coastal food-web structure, carbon storage and nitrogen retention regulated by consumer pressure and nutrient loading. Limnology and Oceanography 45: 339-349.
Worm B, Lotze HK (2000) Nutrient pollution, low-trophic level harvesting and cumulative human impacts on coastal ecosystems. In: Rockweed: Science and Management. Huntsman Marine Science Center, St. Andrews, NB, Canada, pp. 40-41.
Worm B, Reusch TBH, Lotze HK (2000) In situ nutrient enrichment: methods for marine benthic ecology. International Reviews in Hydrobioloy 85: 359-375.
1999
Lotze HK, Schramm W, Schories D, Worm B (1999) Control of macroalgal blooms at early developmental stages: Pilayella littoralis versus Enteromorpha spp. Oecologia 119: 46-54.
Worm B, Lotze HK, Boström C, Engkvist R, Labanauskas V, Sommer U (1999) Marine diversity shift linked to interactions among grazers, nutrients and dormant propagules. Marine Ecology Progress Series 185: 309-314.
1998
Lotze HK (1998) Population dynamics and species interactions in macroalgal blooms: abiotic versus biotic control at different life-cycle stages. Dissertation, Berichte aus dem Institut für Meereskunde 303: 134 p.
1997
Schories D, Albrecht A, Lotze HK (1997) Historical changes and inventory of macroalgae from Königshafen Bay in the northern Wadden Sea. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 51: 321-341.
1996
Schramm W, Lotze HK, Schories D (1996) Eutrophication and macroalgal blooms in inshore waters of the German Baltic coast: The Schlei Fjord, a case study. In: Rijstenbil JW, Kamermans P, Nienhuis PH (eds) EUMAC Synthesis report. NIOO, Yerseke, The Netherlands, pp. 17-73.
1994
Lotze HK (1994) Phänologische und ökophysiologische Untersuchungen an Grünalgen im Wattenmeer. Diplom thesis, University of Kiel, Germany, 78 p.
Lotze HK (1994) Phenology of mass-occurring green algae: which factors control mass developments? In: Kamermans P, Nienhuis PH (eds) Eutrophication and Macrophytes. Proceedings of the first EUMAC Workshop. NIOO, Yerseke, The Netherlands, pp. 25-35.