Villaseñor-Derbez, J.C., Lynham, J., Garibay-Toussaint, I., Narchi, N.E., O’Connor, R., Olguín-Jacobson, C., DeLeo, G.A., Torre, J., Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Fulton, S. and Woodson, C.B., 2025. Climate-resilient fisheries are more resilient in general. npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1), p.56.

Lee, M.S., Arrigo, K., Smith, A., Woodson, C.B., Lee, J. and Micheli, F., 2025. Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms in the Southern California Current Using Satellite Ocean Color and In Situ Data. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(11), p.2044.

Olguín‐Jacobson, C., Arafeh‐Dalmau, N., Early‐Capistrán, M.M., Kumagai, J.A., Schoeman, D.S., Espinoza Montes, J.A., Hernández‐Velasco, A., Martínez, R., Romero, A., Torre, J. and Woodson, C.B., 2025. Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance climate resilience of invertebrate species to marine heatwaves. Functional Ecology.

Baci, N.O., Santiago-Collazo, F.L., Woodson, C.B. and Jambeck, J.R., 2025. Advancing numerical models for land-to-ocean litter transport: A review of hydrodynamic processes and inland contributions. Science of The Total Environment, 970, p.179013.

McQuarrie Jr, F., Woodson, C.B. and Edwards, C.R., 2025. A Reef’s High-Frequency Soundscape and the Effect on Telemetry Efforts: A Biotic and Abiotic Balance. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(3), p.517.

Gupta, A., Bilskie, M.V. and Woodson, C.B., 2025. The potential of wetlands and barrier islands as a coastal defense in mitigating the storm surge. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 13, p.1524570.

Woodson, C.B., Litvin, S.Y., Schramski, J.R. and Joye, S.B., 2024. An individual-based model for exploration of population and stock dynamics in marine fishes. Ecological Modelling, 498, p.110842.

Garibay-Toussaint, I., Olguín-Jacobson, C., Woodson, C.B., Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Torre, J., Fulton, S., Micheli, F., O’Connor, R., Précoma-de la Mora, M., Hernández-Velasco, A. and Narchi, N.E., 2024. Combining the uncombinable: corporate memories, ethnobiological observations, oceanographic and ecological data to enhance climatic resilience in small-scale fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, p.1458059.

Monismith, S.G., Maticka, S.A., Rogers, J.S., Hefner, B. and Woodson, C.B., 2024. Vertical structure of flows on a shallow reef flat: A coral reef surf zone. Coastal Engineering, 190, p.104499.

Olguín-Jacobson, C., Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Early-Capistrán, M.M., Montes, J.A.E., Hernández-Velasco, A., Martínez, R., Romero, A., Torre, J., Woodson, C.B. and Micheli, F., 2024. Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance the resilience of kelp species from marine heatwaves. bioRxiv, pp.2024-05.

Dolatowski, E.J., Suedel, B.C., Calabria, J., Bilskie, M.V., Byers, J.E., Broich, K., Mckay, S.K., Tritinger, A.S. and Woodson, C.B., 2024. Embracing Biodiversity on Engineered Coastal Infrastructure through Structured Decision-Making and Engineering with Nature (registered trademark).

Stanley, R.E., Bilskie, M.V., Woodson, C.B. and Byers, J.E., 2024. A model for understanding the effects of flow conditions on oyster reef development and impacts to wave attenuation. Ecological Modelling, 489, p.110627.

Micheli, F., Saenz-Arroyo, A., Aalto, E., Beas-Luna, R., Boch, C.A., Cardenas, J.C., De Leo, G.A., Diaz, E., Espinoza-Montes, A., Finkbeiner, E. and Freiwald, J., 2024. Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, p.1322108.

Fagundes, M., Micheli, F., Monismith, S.G., Valle-Levinson, A. and Woodson, C.B., 2023. Kelp Forest model development in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment-Transport model (COAWST V3. 4). EGUsphere, 2023, pp.1-38.

Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Munguia-Vega, A., Micheli, F., Vilalta-Navas, A., Villasenor-Derbez, J.C., Precoma-de la Mora, M., Schoeman, D.S., Medellín-Ortíz, A., Cavanaugh, K.C., Sosa-Nishizaki, O. and Burnham, T.L., 2023. Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas. One Earth, 6(11), pp.1523-1541.

van Rees, C.B., Hernández-Abrams, D.D., Shudtz, M., Lammers, R., Byers, J., Bledsoe, B.P., Bilskie, M.V., Calabria, J., Chambers, M., Dolatowski, E. and Ferreira, S., 2023. Reimagining infrastructure for a biodiverse future. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(46), p.e2214334120.

McQuarrie, F., Woodson, C.B. and Edwards, C.R., 2023, September. Analyzing Tidal, Diurnal, Synoptic, and Seasonal Drivers of Acoustic Telemetry Efficiency on a Coastal Reef. In OCEANS 2023-MTS/IEEE US Gulf Coast (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Hewageegana, V.H., Bilskie, M.V., Woodson, C.B. and Bledsoe, B.P., 2022. The effects of coastal marsh geometry and surge scales on water level attenuation. Ecological Engineering, 185, p.106813.

Suedel, B.C., Calabria, J., Bilskie, M.V., Byers, J.E., Broich, K., McKay, S.K., Tritinger, A.S., Woodson, C.B. and Dolatowski, E., 2022. Engineering coastal structures to centrally embrace biodiversity. Journal of Environmental Management, 323, p.116138.

Monismith, S., Alnajjar, M., Daly, M., Valle-Levinson, A., Juarez, B., Fagundes, M., Bell, T. and Woodson, C.B., 2022. Kelp forest drag coefficients derived from tidal flow data. Estuaries and Coasts, 45(8), pp.2492-2503.

Maticka, S.A., Rogers, J.S., Woodson, C.B., Hefner, B.B. and Monismith, S.G., 2022. Reef flat flow dynamics for a nearly closed fringing reef lagoon: Ofu, American Samoa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(10), p.e2022JC018831.

van Rees, C.B., Naslund, L., Hernandez-Abrams, D.D., McKay, S.K., Woodson, C.B., Rosemond, A., McFall, B., Altman, S. and Wenger, S.J., 2022. A strategic monitoring approach for learning to improve natural infrastructure. Science of the Total Environment, 832, p.155078.

Monismith, S.G., Alnajjar, M.W., Woodson, C.B., Boch, C.A., Hernandez, A., Vazquez‐Vera, L., Bell, T.W. and Micheli, F., 2022. Influence of kelp forest biomass on nearshore currents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(7), p.e2021JC018333.

Valle-Levinson, A., Daly, M.A., Juarez, B., Tenorio-Fernandez, L., Fagundes, M., Woodson, C.B. and Monismith, S.G., 2022. Influence of kelp forests on flow around headlands. Science of the Total Environment, 825, p.153952.

Omidvar, S., Fagundes, M. and Woodson, C.B., 2022. Modification of internal wave generation and energy conversion in the nearshore due to tide‐tide and tide‐wind interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(4), p.e2021JC017986.

Smith, A., Aguilar, J.D., Boch, C., De Leo, G., Hernández‐Velasco, A., Houck, S., Martinez, R., Monismith, S., Torre, J., Woodson, C.B. and Micheli, F., 2022. Rapid recovery of depleted abalone in Isla Natividad, Baja California, Mexico. Ecosphere, 13(3), p.e4002.

McQuarrie, F., Brock Woodson, C. and R. Edwards, C., 2021, November. Modeling acoustic telemetry detection ranges in a shallow coastal environment. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (pp. 1-5).

McManus, M.A., Greer, A.T., Timmerman, A.H., Sevadjian, J.C., Woodson, C.B., Cowen, R., Fong, D.A., Monismith, S. and Cheriton, O.M., 2021. Characterization of the biological, physical, and chemical properties of a toxic thin layer in a temperate marine system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 678, pp.17-35.

Omidvar, S., Davoodi, M. and Woodson, C.B., 2021. Barotropic to baroclinic energy conversion using a time-varying background density. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 918, p.A26.

Low, N.H., Micheli, F., Aguilar, J.D., Arce, D.R., Boch, C.A., Bonilla, J.C., Bracamontes, M.Á., De Leo, G., Diaz, E., Enríquez, E. and Hernandez, A., 2021. Variable coastal hypoxia exposure and drivers across the southern California Current. Scientific reports, 11(1), p.10929.

Lindhart, M., Rogers, J.S., Maticka, S.A., Woodson, C.B. and Monismith, S.G., 2021. Wave modulation of flows on open and closed reefs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(4), p.e2020JC016645.

Beas‐Luna, R., Micheli, F., Woodson, C.B., Carr, M., Malone, D., Torre, J., Boch, C., Caselle, J.E., Edwards, M., Freiwald, J. and Hamilton, S.L., 2020. Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes. Global Change Biology, 26(11), pp.6457-6473.

Woodson, C.B., Schramski, J.R. and Joye, S.B., 2020. Food web complexity weakens size-based constraints on the pyramids of life. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1934), p.20201500.

Fagundes, M., Litvin, S.Y., Micheli, F., De Leo, G., Boch, C.A., Barry, J.P., Omidvar, S. and Woodson, C.B., 2020. Downscaling global ocean climate models improves estimates of exposure regimes in coastal environments. Scientific Reports, 10(1), p.14227.

Aalto, E.A., Barry, J.P., Boch, C.A., Litvin, S.Y., Micheli, F., Woodson, C.B. and De Leo, G.A., 2020. Abalone populations are most sensitive to environmental stress effects on adult individuals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 643, pp.75-85.

Schramski, J.R., Woodson, C.B. and Brown, J.H., 2020. Energy use and the sustainability of intensifying food production. Nature Sustainability, 3(4), pp.257-259.

Savidge, William B., Kathryn R. Doyle, and Brock Woodson. 2020. Import, export, and recycling of dissolved nutrients in the Ogeechee River estuary (Georgia, USA). Journal of Marine Research 78, (2).

Hefner, B.B., Rogers, J.S., Maticka, S.A., Monismith, S.G. and Woodson, C.B., 2019. Instrumentation for direct measurements of wave‐driven flow over a fringing reef crest. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 17(12), pp.627-638.

Schramski, J.R., Woodson, C.B., Steck, G., Munn, D. and Brown, J.H., 2019. Declining country-level food self-sufficiency suggests future food insecurities. BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality, 4(3), p.12.

White, J.W., Carr, M.H., Caselle, J.E., Washburn, L., Woodson, C.B., Palumbi, S.R., Carlson, P.M., Warner, R.R., Menge, B.A., Barth, J.A. and Blanchette, C.A., 2019. Connectivity, dispersal, and recruitment. Oceanography, 32(3), pp.50-59.

Aalto, E.A., Micheli, F., Boch, C.A., Espinoza Montes, J.A., Woodson, C.B. and De Leo, G.A., 2019. Catastrophic mortality, Allee effects, and marine protected areas. The American Naturalist, 193(3), pp.391-408.

Woodson, C.B., Micheli, F., Boch, C., Al‐Najjar, M., Espinoza, A., Hernandez, A., Vázquez‐Vera, L., Saenz‐Arroyo, A., Monismith, S.G. and Torre, J., 2019. Harnessing marine microclimates for climate change adaptation and marine conservation. Conservation Letters, 12(2), p.e12609.

Gu, W., Christian, J.K. and Woodson, C.B., 2018. A novel coupled fluid-behavior model for simulating dynamic huddle formation. Plos one, 13(8), p.e0203231.

Rogers, J.S., Maticka, S.A., Chirayath, V., Woodson, C.B., Alonso, J.J. and Monismith, S.G., 2018. Connecting flow over complex terrain to hydrodynamic roughness on a coral reef. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(7), pp.1567-1587.

Boch, C.A., Micheli, F., AlNajjar, M., Monismith, S.G., Beers, J.M., Bonilla, J.C., Espinoza, A.M., Vazquez-Vera, L. and Woodson, C.B., 2018. Local oceanographic variability influences the performance of juvenile abalone under climate change. Scientific reports, 8(1), p.5501.

Woodson, C.B., 2018. The fate and impact of internal waves in nearshore ecosystems. Annual review of marine science, 10(1), pp.421-441.

Woodson, C.B., Schramski, J.R. and Joye, S.B., 2018. A unifying theory for top-heavy ecosystem structure in the ocean. Nature communications, 9(1), p.23.

Leary, P.R., Woodson, C.B., Squibb, M.E., Denny, M.W., Monismith, S.G. and Micheli, F., 2017. “Internal tide pools” prolong kelp forest hypoxic events. Limnology and Oceanography, 62(6), pp.2864-2878.

Boch, C.A., Litvin, S.Y., Micheli, F., De Leo, G., Aalto, E.A., Lovera, C., Brock Woodson, C., Monismith, S. and Barry, J.P., 2017. Effects of current and future coastal upwelling conditions on the fertilization success of the red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74(4), pp.1125-1134.

Koseff, J.R., Walter, R.K., Dunckley, J.F., Squibb, M.E., Woodson, C.B., Pawlak, G., Monismith, S.G., 2016. Direct measurements of flux Richardson number in the nearshore coastal ocean. International Symposium on Stratified Flows, 2016.

Greer, A.T., Woodson, C.B., Smith, C.E., Guigand, C.M. and Cowen, R.K., 2016. Examining mesozooplankton patch structure and its implications for trophic interactions in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Plankton Research, 38(4), pp.1115-1134.

Greer, A.T., Woodson, C.B., Guigand, C.M. and Cowen, R.K., 2016. Larval fishes utilize Batesian mimicry as a survival strategy in the plankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 551, pp.1-12.

Walter, R.K., Stastna, M., Woodson, C.B. and Monismith, S.G., 2016. Observations of nonlinear internal waves at a persistent coastal upwelling front. Continental Shelf Research, 117, pp.100-117.

Greer, A.T. and Woodson, C.B., 2016. Application of a predator–prey overlap metric to determine the impact of sub-grid scale feeding dynamics on ecosystem productivity. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73(4), pp.1051-1061.

Koweek, D.A., Dunbar, R.B., Monismith, S.G., Mucciarone, D.A., Woodson, C.B. and Samuel, L., 2015. High-resolution physical and biogeochemical variability from a shallow back reef on Ofu, American Samoa: an end-member perspective. Coral Reefs, 34(3), pp.979-991.

Woodson, C.B. and Litvin, S.Y., 2015. Ocean fronts drive marine fishery production and biogeochemical cycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(6), pp.1710-1715.

Alber, M., Frischer, M., Greenfield, D.I., Hagy, J.D., Sheldon, J.E., Smith, E., Van Dolah, R.F. and Woodson, C.B., 2015. An Approach to Develop Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Georgia and South Carolina Estuaries Technical report to the EPA. GA EPD, and SC DHEC.

Walter, R.K., Squibb, M.E., Woodson, C.B., Koseff, J.R. and Monismith, S.G., 2014. Stratified turbulence in the nearshore coastal ocean: Dynamics and evolution in the presence of internal bores. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(12), pp.8709-8730.

Ryan, J.P., Harvey, J.B.J., Zhang, Y. and Woodson, C.B., 2014. Distributions of invertebrate larvae and phytoplankton in a coastal upwelling system retention zone and peripheral front. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 459, pp.51-60.

Booth, J.A.T., Woodson, C.B., Sutula, M., Micheli, F., Weisberg, S.B., Bograd, S.J., Steele, A., Schoen, J. and Crowder, L.B., 2014. Patterns and potential drivers of declining oxygen content along the southern California coast. Limnology and Oceanography, 59(4), pp.1127-1138.

Walter, R.K., Woodson, C.B., Leary, P.R. and Monismith, S.G., 2014. Connecting wind‐driven upwelling and offshore stratification to nearshore internal bores and oxygen variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(6), pp.3517-3534.

Moniz, R.J., Fong, D.A., Woodson, C.B., Willis, S.K., Stacey, M.T. and Monismith, S.G., 2014. Scale-dependent dispersion within the stratified interior on the shelf of northern Monterey Bay. Journal of physical oceanography, 44(4), pp.1049-1064.

Woodson, C.B., Webster, D.R., True, A.C. and Seuront, L., 2014. Copepod behavior: oceanographic cues, distributions and trophic interactions. Copepods: Diversity, Habitat and Behavior, pp.215-253.

Sevadjian, J.C., McManus, M.A., Ryan, J., Greer, A.T., Cowen, R.K. and Woodson, C.B., 2014. Across-shore variability in plankton layering and abundance associated with physical forcing in Monterey Bay, California. Continental shelf research, 72, pp.138-151.

Woodson, C.B., 2013. Spatiotemporal variation in cross-shelf exchange across the inner shelf of Monterey Bay, California. Journal of physical oceanography, 43(8), pp.1648-1665.

Caldwell, M.R., Hartge, E.H., Ewing, L.C., Griggs, G., Kelly, R.P., Moser, S.C., Newkirk, S.G., Smyth, R.A., Woodson, C.B. and Lunde, R., 2013. Coastal issues. In Assessment of climate change in the Southwest United States: A report prepared for the National Climate Assessment (pp. 168-196). Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics.

Walter, R.K., Woodson, C.B., Arthur, R.S., Fringer, O.B. and Monismith, S.G., 2012. Nearshore internal bores and turbulent mixing in southern Monterey Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117(C7).

McManus, M.A. and Woodson, C.B., 2012. Plankton distribution and ocean dispersal. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(6), pp.1008-1016.

Woodson, C.B., McManus, M.A., Tyburczy, J.A., Barth, J.A., Washburn, L., Caselle, J.E., Carr, M.H., Malone, D.P., Raimondi, P.T., Menge, B.A. and Palumbi, S.R., 2012. Coastal fronts set recruitment and connectivity patterns across multiple taxa. Limnology and Oceanography, 57(2), pp.582-596.

Suanda, S.H., Barth, J.A. and Woodson, C.B., 2011. Diurnal heat balance for the northern Monterey Bay inner shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 116(C9).

Carr, M.H., Woodson, C.B., Cheriton, O.M., Malone, D., McManus, M.A. and Raimondi, P.T., 2011. Knowledge through partnerships: integrating marine protected area monitoring and ocean observing systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9(6), pp.342-350.

Woodson, C.B., Barth, J.A., Cheriton, O.M., McManus, M.A., Ryan, J.P., Washburn, L., Carden, K.N., Cheng, B.S., Fernandes, J., Garske, L.E. and Gouhier, T.C., 2011. Observations of internal wave packets propagating along‐shelf in northern Monterey Bay. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(1).

Ryan, J.P., Fischer, A.M., Kudela, R.M., McManus, M.A., Myers, J.S., Paduan, J.D., Ruhsam, C.M., Woodson, C.B. and Zhang, Y., 2010. Recurrent frontal slicks of a coastal ocean upwelling shadow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 115(C12).

Woodson, C.B., Washburn, L., Barth, J.A., Hoover, D.J., Kirincich, A.R., McManus, M.A., Ryan, J.P. and Tyburczy, J., 2009. Northern Monterey Bay upwelling shadow front: Observations of a coastally and surface‐trapped buoyant plume. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 114(C12).

McManus, M.A., Benoit-Bird, K.J. and Woodson, C.B., 2008. Behavior exceeds physical forcing in the diel horizontal migration of the midwater sound-scattering layer in Hawaiian waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 365, pp.91-101.

Woodson, C.B., Webster, D.R., Weissburg, M.J. and Yen, J., 2007. The prevalence and implications of copepod behavioral responses to oceanographic gradients and biological patchiness. Integrative and Comparative biology, 47(6), pp.831-846.

Woodson, C.B., Eerkes-Medrano, D.I., Flores-Morales, A., Foley, M.M., Henkel, S.K., Hessing-Lewis, M., Jacinto, D., Needles, L., Nishizaki, M.T., O’Leary, J. and Ostrander, C.E., 2007. Local diurnal upwelling driven by sea breezes in northern Monterey Bay. Continental Shelf Research, 27(18), pp.2289-2302.

Woodson, C.B. and McManus, M.A., 2007. Foraging behavior can influence dispersal of marine organisms. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(6), pp.2701-2709.

Woodson, C.B., Webster, D.R., Weissburg, M.J. and Yen, J., 2007. Cue hierarchy and foraging in calanoid copepods: ecological implications of oceanographic structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 330, pp.163-177.

Webster, D.R., Woodson, C.B., Weissburg, M.J. and Yen, J., 2006. Behavioral Response of Zooplankton to Environmental Cues Associated with Structure in the Ocean. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

Burkepile, D.E., Parker, J.D., Woodson, C.B., Mills, H.J., Kubanek, J., Sobecky, P.A. and Hay, M.E., 2006. Chemically mediated competition between microbes and animals: microbes as consumers in food webs. Ecology, 87(11), pp.2821-2831.

Webster, D.R., Woodson, C.B., Weissburg, M.J. and Yen, J., 2006. A Survey of the Behavioral Responses to Fine-scale Oceanographic Structure by Calanoid Copepods. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87(36).

Woodson, C.B., Webster, D.R., Weissburg, M.J. and Yen, J., 2005. Response of copepods to physical gradients associated with structure in the ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 50(5), pp.1552-1564.