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Piazza BP, Piehler MK, Gossman BP, La Peyre MK, and JF La Peyre. 2009. Oyster recruitment and growth on an electrified artificial reef structure in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Bulletin of Marine Science 84: 59-66. PDF
Johnston JB, Cahoon DR, and MK La Peyre. Editors. 2009. Outer continental shelf (OCS)-related pipelines and navigation canals in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico: Relative impacts on wetland habitats and effectiveness of mitigation. S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-048. 200 pp.
La Peyre MK, Gossman B, and JF La Peyre. 2009. Defining optimal freshwater flow for oyster production: Effects of freshet rate and magnitude of change and duration on eastern oysters and Perkinsus marinus infection. Estuaries and Coasts 32(3): 522-534. doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9149-9
La Peyre MK, Gossman B, and BP Piazza. 2009. Short- and long-term response of deteriorating brackish marshes and open-water ponds to sediment enhancement by thin-layer dredge disposal. Estuaries and Coasts 32(2): 390-402.
doi.org/10.1007/s12237-008-9126-
Piazza BP and MK La Peyre. 2009. The effect of Hurricane Katrina on nekton communities in the tidal freshwater marshes of Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 83(1): 97-104. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.016
Nyman JA, La Peyre MK, *Caldwell A, *Piazza S, *Thom C and *C Winslow. 2009. Defining restoration targets for water depth and salinity in wind-dominated Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. coastal marshes. Journal of Hydrology 376: 327-336. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.001
La Peyre MK, Casas SM, Villalba A, and JF La Peyre. 2008. Determination of the effects of temperature on viability, metabolic activity and proliferation of two Perkinsus species, and its significance to understanding seasonal cycles of perkinsosis. Parasitology 135: 505-519. doi.org/10.1017/S0031182008004150
La Peyre MK and *T Birdsong. 2008. Physical variation of non-vegetated marsh edge habitats, and use patterns by nekton in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 356: 51-61. doi.org/10.3354/meps07256
La Peyre MK, Gossman B, and JA Nyman. 2007. Assessing functional equivalency of nekton habitat in enhanced habitats: Comparison of terraced and unterraced marsh ponds. Estuaries and Coasts 30(3): 526-536. PDF
Piazza BP and MK La Peyre. 2007. Restoration of the annual flood pulse in Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA: Habitat change and nekton community response. Aquatic Biology 1: 109-119. doi.org/10.3354/ab00013
La Peyre M, Casas S, and J La Peyre. 2006. Salinity effects on viability, metabolic activity and proliferation of three Perkinsus species. Diseases of aquatic organisms 71: 59-74. doi.org/10.3354/dao071059
*Kanouse S, La Peyre MK, and JA Nyman. 2006. Nekton use of Ruppia maritima and non-vegetated bottom habitat types within brackish marsh ponds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 327: 61-69. PDF
Plunket J and MK La Peyre. 2005. Oyster beds as fish and macroinvertebrate habitat in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Bulletin of Marine Science 77(1): 155-164. PDF
Piazza BP, Banks PD, and MK La Peyre. 2005. The potential for created oyster shell reefs as a sustainable shoreline protection strategy in Louisiana. Restoration Ecology 13(3): 499-506. doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00062.x
La Peyre MKG, Thom CSB, Winslow C, Caldwell A, and JA Nyman. 2005. Comparison of seed bank size and composition in fringing, restored, and impounded marsh in southwest Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist 4(2): 273-286.
doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0273:COSBSA]2.0.CO;2
Thom CSB, La Peyre MKG, and JA Nyman. 2004. Evaluation of nekton use and habitat characteristics of restored Louisiana marsh. Ecological Engineering 23(2): 63-75. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.06.012
La Peyre MK and S Rowe. 2003. Effects of salinity changes on growth of Ruppia maritima L. Aquatic Botany 77: 235-241. doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00109-8
La Peyre MK, *Nickens AD, Tolley G, Volety A and JF La Peyre. 2003. Environmental significance of freshets in reducing Perkinsus marinus infection in eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica): Potential management applications. Marine Ecology Progress Series 248: 165-176. doi:10.3354/meps248165
La Peyre MK, Bush C, and J Plunket. 2002. Coastal restoration: Rebuilding fishery habitat. Louisiana Agriculture 45: 14-15.
Nyman JA and MK La Peyre. 2002. High hopes for marsh terraces as a small scale wetland restoration tool in coastal Louisiana. The Wildlife Society Bulletin.
La Peyre MK, Reams MA, and IA Mendelssohn. 2001. Linking actions to outcomes in wetland management: An overview of U.S. state wetland management. Wetlands 21: 66. PDF
La Peyre MK, Mendelssohn IA, Reams MA, Templet PH, and JB Grace. 2001. Identifying determinants of nations’ wetland management programs using structural equation modeling: An exploratory analysis. Environmental Management 27(6): 859-868. doi.org/10.1007/s002670010194
Greiner La Peyre MK, Grace JB, Hahn E and IA Mendelssohn. 2001. The importance of competition in regulating species abundance along a salinity gradient. Ecology 82(1): 62-69. doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0062:TIOCIR]2.0.CO;2
La Peyre MK, Reams MA, and IA Mendelssohn. 2000. State wetland protection: A matter of context? Coastal Managment 28: 287-302. doi.org/10.1080/08920750050133557
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