Kelp Forest Ecologist
Publications
Published/Accepted
Farrell, S. P., D'Angelo, T., Yiu, S. Pakkir Shah, Stincone, P., Countway, D, P., Petras, D., Brady, D.,
Rasher, D, B. (2026). Kelp forest collapse alters the reef microbiome and associated metabolome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(36): e2525548123. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2525548123U (PDF)
Farrell, P. S., Yiu, D., Ryan, S., Stuart, C., Esmaeili Shah, Y., Francolini, R., Rasher, D. B. (2026). From
kelp forests to turf reefs: patterns, drivers, and impacts on functional diversity. Ecology, 107(5): e70408. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70408. (PDF)
Kalinski, J.-C. J., Pakkir Shah, A. K., Brandao da Costa, R. B., Farrell, S. P., Schellenberg, S., Graves,
G. L., Schramm, T., Stincone, P., Koester, I., Stephens, M. B., Torres, R. R., Cancelada, L., Ultermann-Thusing, C., Quinlan, A. Z., Wegley Kelly, L., Nelson, E. C., Carlson, A. C., Castillo-Ilabaca, C., … Petras, D. (2026). Global Detection of Xenobiotics in Marine Dissolved Organic Matter. Nature Geoscience, 19(4): 478–487. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01928-z (PDF)
Yiu, S. D., Elliott Smith, A. E., Farrell, S. P., Rasher, B. D. Kelp forest loss and emergence of turf algae reshapes energy flow to predators in a rapidly warming ecosystem. Science Advances, 11 (23), eadw7396. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7396. (PDF)
Farrell, S. P., Petras, D., Stincone, P., Yiu, S. D., Burns, J., Pakkir Shah, A. K., Hartmann, A., Brady, D.,
Rasher, D, B. (2025). Turf algae redefine the chemical landscape of temperate reefs, limiting kelp forest recovery. Science, 388 (6749), 876-880. DOI: 10.1126/science.adt6788. (PDF)
Media: WBUR, MSN, Inside Climate News, Yahoo
Tan, S. H., Jourdain, E., Farrell, S. P., Price, N. N., Rich, J. J., Emerson. D. (2025). Using eDNA tools to examine the impact of kelp farming on underlying sediments. PLoS One, 20 (9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331416. (PDF)
Media: EurekAlert
Pakkir Shah, A. K., Walter, A., Ottosson, F., Russo, F., Navarro-Diaz, M., Boldt, J., Kalinski, J.-C. J.,
Kontou, E. E., Elofson, J., Polyzois, A., González-Marín, C., Farrell, S. P., Aggerbeck, M. R.,
Pruksatrakul, T., Chan, N., Wang, Y., Pöchhacker, M., Brungs, C., Cámara, B., … Petras, D.
(2024). Statistical analysis of feature-based molecular networking results from non-targeted
metabolomics data. Nature Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-024-01046-3. (PDF)
Media: UCR
Lambidis, P, S., Schramm, T., Steuer-Lodd, K., Farrell, S. P., Stincone, P., Schmid, R., Koester, I.,
Torres, R., Dittmar, T., Aluwihare, L., Simon, C., Petras, D. (2024). Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Tandem-Mass Spectrometry Untangles the Deep Metabolome of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (43), 192890-19304. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07173. (PDF)
Piasecki, B. P., Sasani, T. A., Lessenger, A. T., Huth, N., Farrell, S. P. (2017). MAPK‐15 is a ciliary
protein required for PKD‐2 localization and male mating behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cytoskeleton, 74(10), 390–402. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21387. (PDF)
Under Review
Stincone P, Braun LM, Bağcı C, Navarro-Diaz M, Pérez-Lorente AI, Farrell SP, Gómez-Pérez
D, Bode J, Steuer-Lodd K, Mahmoudi M, Chaudhry V, Romero D, Aron AT, Ziemert N, Molina-
Santiago C, Kemen EM, Petras D. Cooperative siderophore use stabilizes a protective leaf microbiome.
Nature
Shah Esmaeili MY, Farrell SP, Francolini DR, Yiu DS, Grey E, Sleith R, Countway DP, Rasher
DB. Unveiling kelp forest biodiversity in the Gulf of Maine: complementary insights from eDNA and
visual surveys. eDNA


