James Welch | Nicholas School of the Environment

School Division

Marine Science & Conservation

Education

Ph.D., Duke University (1998)

Recent Grants

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems awarded by National Science Foundation
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems awarded by National Science Foundation

Recent Publications

Waddell, EE; Piniak, WED; Reinsel, KA; Welch, JM
The role of adult fiddler crab environmental acoustic cues and chemical cues in stimulating molting of field-caught megalopae
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 537, (April 1, 2021 ):
Brodie, RJ; Roberts, B; Espinosa, JI; Heilman, K; Borgianini, SA; Welch, JM; Reinsel, KA
Seasonal and latitudinal variations in the energy reserves of the mud fiddler crab Uca pugnax: Implications for the response to climate change
Aquatic Biology 26, (August 28, 2017 ): 113 - 123
Welch, JM; Reinsel, KA; Waddell, EE; Wright, AJ; Forward, RB
Chemical cues from adult fiddler crabs stimulate molting of conspecific megalopae: Evidence from field-caught individuals
Marine Ecology Progress Series 553, (July 14, 2016 ): 147 - 153
Welch, JM; Reinsel, KA; Battles, KA; Romero, AO; Blaine, JM; Sendi, RL; Forward, RB
Settlement of fiddler crab megalopae on a North Carolina (USA) sandflat: Species identification using multiplex PCR provides evidence for selective settlement
Marine Ecology Progress Series 523, (March 16, 2015 ): 115 - 123
Reinsel, KA; Welch, JM; Romero, AO; Parks, EM; McQueen, KM; Smith, MJ; Price, AL; Clark, HR; Zmina, SE; Williams, CA; Forward, RB
Planktonic ingress of fiddler crab megalopae to the Newport River Estuary, NC: Evidence for semilunar periodicity in Uca pugnax and species-specific sampling bias by hog's hair larval collectors
Marine Ecology Progress Series 523, (March 16, 2015 ): 105 - 113