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Renae Brodie received supplemental funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for RUI: Exploring range limits in the fiddler crab Uca pugnax using the Dynamic Energy Budget approach. 

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Brodie, R., Chery, M., Habiba, U., Pradhan, A., 2023. Rising surface temperatures lead to more frequent and longer burrow retreats in males of the fiddler crab, Minuca pugnax. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103639


Hews, S., Allen, Z.., Baxter, A., Rich, J.,  Sheikh, Z.  Taylor, K. Wu, J., Zakoul, H. and R. Brodie. (2021). Field based body temperatures reveal the thermoregulatory behaviors of the Atlantic Marsh Crab, Minuca pugnax. PLoS ONE 16(1), e0244458.


Brodie R., *B. Roberts , *J. Espinosa, *K. Heilman , S. Borgianini, J. Welch , K. Reinsel. 2017. Seasonal and latitudinal variations in the energy reserves of the mud fiddler crab Uca pugnax: implications for the response to climate change. Aquatic Biology 26:113-123.
*indicates undergraduate coauthor


Styles, R., S. Borgianini, R. Brodie, J. Jurisa. (2014) Application of a particle transport model in the vicinity of a riverine tidal boundary. Journal of Coastal Sciences 1(2): 1-10.


Staton J.L., Borgianini S.A., Gibson I.B., Brodie R.J., Greig T.W. (2014) Limited gene flow in Uca minax (LeConte 1855) along a linear estuary. Central European Journal of Biology. 9(1):28-36.


Borgianini, S., Styles, R., Brodie, R. 2012. A simple model of megalopal transport in narrow-river dominated estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 452:179-191.