Dr. Mark Joseph Butler IV

Professor of Biological Sciences

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Education:

Ph.D. Biological Science, 1988
Florida State University

M.S. Zoology, 1983
Ohio State University

B.A. Biology, 1980
Wittenberg University

Biol 706/806, Biometry
Biol 415/515, Marine Ecology
Biol 444/544, Experimental Marine Ecology

Research Interests:

• The behavioral, ecological, and fishery effects of a pathogenic, viral disease in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster
  - with Dr. Jeffery Shields (Virginia Institute of Marine Science), Dr. Donald Bhringer(University of Florida), Dr. Robert Ratzlaff, Dr. Roland Cooper,and Tom Dolan (ODU)
  
  
• Larval connectivity of spiny lobster in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
  - with Dr. Robert Cowen and Dr. Claire Paris (University of Miami)
  
  
• Environmental and fishery effects on dinoflagellate parasite dynamics in blue crabs
  - with Drs. Jeffery Shields, Kim Reice, and Harry Wang (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
  
  
• The ecology of shallow, hard-bottom communities with an emphasis on sponges
  
  
• The role of spotted spiny lobster and long-spined sea urchins on coral patch reef communities
  - with Meredith Kintzing (ODU) and Dr. Robert Steneck(University of Maine)
  
  
• Interactions between the Caribbean Reef Octopus and the Caribbean Spiny Lobster
  - with Jennifer Lear (ODU)
  
  
• Reproductive ecology of spiny lobsters and the potential for sperm-limited reproductive success in fished populations
  - with Dr. Alison MacDiarmid (NIWA, New Zealand)

Selected Publications:

Butler, M.J. IV, D.C. Behringer, J.D. Sheilds. In press. Transmission of Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) and its effect on the survival of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.

Behringer, D.B., M.J. Butler IV, and J.D. Shields. In press. Effect of PaV1 infection on Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) movement, condition, and survival. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Lear, J.A. and M.J. Butler IV. In press. Habitat based intraguild predation by Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) on juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus). Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Matsuda, H., J.S. Goldstein, T. Takenouchi, and M.J. Butler IV. In press. A description of the complete development of larval Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (LATREILLE, 1804) in culture. Journal of Crustacean Biology

Dolan, Thomas W. III and M. J. Butler IV. 2006. Modeling ontological changes in the social behavior of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26: 565 - 578.

Behringer, D.C. Jr., M.J. Butler IV, and Jeffery Shields. 2006. Avoidance of disease in social lobsters. Nature 441: 421

Butler, M.J. IV, R.S. Steneck, and W.F. Herrnkind. 2006. Juvenile and adult ecology. Pp. 263 - 309 in Lobsters: Biology and Management, B.F. Phillips (ed.). Blackwell Scientific Press, Oxford.

Behringer, D.C. Jr and M.J. Butler IV. 2006. Trophic structure in a tropical hard-bottom community: a stable-isotope analysis. Oecologia.

Behringer, D.C. Jr, and M. J. Butler IV. 2006. The impact of artificially enhanced density on juvenile spiny lobster condition, residency, and disease in wild populations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334: 84-95

Butler, M.J. IV, T. Dolan, J. H. Hunt, W. F. Herrnkind, and K. Rose. 2005. Recruitment in degraded marine habitats: a spatially-explicit, individual-based model for spiny lobster. Ecological Applications 15: 902-918

Butler, M.J. IV. 2003. Incorporating ecological process and environmental change into spiny lobster population models using a spatially-explicit, individual-based approach. Fisheries Research 65: 63-79

Robertson, D.N. and M. J. Butler IV.2003. Growth and size at maturity of the spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 265-272

Butler, Mark J. IV, Thomas Dolan, William Herrnkind, and John Hunt. 2001. Modeling the effect of spatial variation in postlarval supply and habitat structure on recruitment of Caribbean spiny lobster. Marine and Freshwater Research 52: 1243 - 1253

Berger, Dianne K. and Mark J. Butler IV.2001. Do octopuses influence den selection by juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster? Marine and Freshwater Research 52: 1049- 1054

Reznick, D., M.J. Butler IV, and H. Rodd. 2001. Life history evolution in guppies 7: the comparative ecology of high and low predation environments.American Naturalist 157: 126-140

Sharp, W.C., W.A. Lellis, M.J. Butler, W.F. Herrnkind, J.H. Hunt, M. Pardee-Woodring, and T.R. Matthews. 2000. The use of coded microwire tags for mark-recapture studies of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20: 510-521

Butler, M.J. IV, A.B. MacDiarmid, and J.D. Booth. 1999. Ontogenetic changes in social aggregation and its adaptive value for spiny lobsters in New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series 188: 179-191

MacDiarmid, A.B. and M. J. Butler IV. 1999. Sperm economy and limitation in spiny lobsters. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 46: 14-24

Acosta, C.A. and M.J. Butler IV. 1999. Adaptive strategies that reduce
predation on spiny lobster postlarvae during onshore transport. Limnology
and Oceanography 44:494-501

Acosta, C.A. and M. J. Butler IV. 1997. The role of mangrove habitat as
nursery for juvenile spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, in Belize.
Marine and Freshwater Research 48:721-728

Herrnkind, W.H., M.J. Butler IV, J.H. Hunt, and M. Childress. 1997. The
role of physical refugia: implications from a mass sponge die-off in a
lobster nursery. Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 759-770

Butler, M.J. IV, W.F Herrnkind, and J. H. Hunt. 1997. Factors affecting the recruitment of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters dwelling in macroalgae. Bulletin of Marine Science 61: 3-19

Acosta, C.A., T.R. Matthews, and M. J. Butler IV. 1997. Temporal patterns and transport processes in recruitment of spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, postlarvae to south Florida. Marine Biology 129: 79-85

Butler, M.J. IV and W.F. Herrnkind. 1997. A test of recruitment limitation and the potential or artificial enhancement of spiny lobster populations in Florida. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 452-463

Herrnkind, W.F., M.J. Butler IV, and J.H. Hunt. 1997.Can artificial habitats that mimic natural structures enhance recruitment of Caribbean spiny lobster?Fisheries 22: 24-27

Heffner, R.A., M.J. Butler IV, and C.K. Reilly. 1996. Pseudoreplication revisited. Ecology 77: 2558-2562

Reznick, D.A., M.J. Butler IV, H. Rodd, and P. Ross. 1996. Life history evolution in guppies (Poecillia reticulata) 6. differential mortality as a mechanism for natural selection. Evolution 50: 1651-1660

Butler, M.J. IV, J.H. Hunt, W.F. Herrnkind, T. Matthews, M. Childress, R.Bertelsen, W. Sharp, J.M. Field, and H. Marshall. 1995. Cascading disturbances in Florida Bay, USA: cyanobacteria blooms, sponge mortality, and implications for juvenile spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 129: 119-125

Field, J.M. and M.J. Butler IV. 1994. The influence of temperature, salinity, and larval transport on the distribution of juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, in Florida Bay. Crustaceana 67: 26-45

Herrnkind, W.F. and M.J. Butler IV.1994. Settlement of spiny lobsters, Panulirus argusin Florida: pattern without predictability. Crustaceana 67: 46-64

Forcucci, D.M., M.J. Butler IV, and J.H. Hunt. 1994. Growth and population dynamics of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, in Florida Bay, FL (USA). Bulletin of Marine Science 54: 805-818

Mattingly, H.T. and M.J. Butler IV.1994. Laboratory predation on the Trinidadian guppy: implications for the size-selective predation hypothesis and guppy life history evolution. Oikos 69: 54-64

Butler, M.J., IV and W.F. Herrnkind. 1991. Effect of benthic microhabitat cues on the metamorphosis of postlarvae of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 11:23-28.

Butler, M.J., IV. 1989. Community responses to variable predation: field experiments with sunfish and freshwater macroinvertebrates. Ecological Monographs 59: 311-328.

Herrnkind, W.F., M.J. Butler IV, and R.A. Tankersley. 1988. The effects of siltation on the recruitment of spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) in south Florida. Fisheries Bulletin 86: 331-338.

Herrnkind, W.F. and M.J. Butler IV. 1986. Factors regulating settlement and microhabitat use by juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 34: 23-30.

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