B.A. Biology, 1980
Wittenberg University

Dr Butler's CV

Current Teaching Responsibilities:

Current Research:

• 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 Behringer,, Dr. Robert Ratzlaff, Dr. Roland Cooper, and Tom Dolan.
  
  
  

• The ecology of shallow, hard-bottom communities with an emphasis on sponges
  - with Dr. Andrew Gordon, Kathryn Kauffman, and Scott Donahue.

• The role of spotted spiny lobster on shallow, coral reef communities
  - with Meredith Kintzing.
• Interactions between the Caribbean Reef octopus and the Caribbean Spiny Lobster
  – with Jennifer Lear.

• Proximate cues and endogenous behaviors regulating settlement of Caribbean spiny lobster postlarvae
  – with Jason Goldstein
• Reproductive ecology of spiny lobsters and the potential for sperm-limited reproductive success in fished populations
  – with Dr. Alison MacDiarmid (NIWA, New Zealand)

• Experimental tests of recruitment limitation in Caribbean spiny lobster
  -with Dr. William Herrnkind (Florida State University) and John Hunt (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission).
  

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.

Li, C., J. D. Shields, R. E. Ratzlaff, and M. J. Butler IV. In press. Pathology and hematology of the Caribbean spiny lobster experimentally infected with Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1). Virus Research

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. <pdf >

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

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 <pdf>.

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

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 <pdf >

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 <pdf >

Pease, M., R.K. Rose, and M.J. Butler IV. 2005. Effects of human disturbance on the behavior of wintering ducks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 103-112 <pdf >

Castañeda-Fernández-de-Lara, V., E. Serviere-Zaragoza, S. Hernández-Vázquez, and M. J. Butler IV. 2005. 2005. Feeding ecology of juvenile spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Submitted to New Zealand Journal Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 425-435 <pdf >

Robles, M.D., C.J. Madden, M.R. Lara, D.L. Jones, and M.J. Butler. 2005. Condition of the Natural Resources of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park. State of the Parks Technical Report, NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, 102p. <pdf >

Robles, M.D., T. Armentano, D. DiResta, M.R. Lara, D.L. Jones, and M.J. Butler. 2005. Condition of the Natural Resources of Biscayne National Park. A State of the Parks Technical Report.. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.

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 <pdf >

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<pdf >

Butler, Mark J. IV. 2001. Lobster biology and management: an introduction. Marine and Freshwater Research 52: 1033 – 1036 <pdf >

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
<pdf >

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 <pdf>

Butler, M.J. IV and W.F. Herrnkind. 2001. Puerulus and juvenile ecology, pp. 276 - 301 in Spiny Lobsters: Fisheries and Culture, 2nd ed., B.F. Phillips and J. Kittaka (eds.). Blackwell Scientific Press, Oxford.

Robertson, D.N., Mark J. Butler, and F.C. Dobbs. 2000. An evaluation of lipid- and morphometric-based indices of nutritional condition for early benthic stage spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus. Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology 33: 161-171

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

Herrnkind, W.F., M.J. Butler IV, and J. H. Hunt. 1999. A case for shelter replacement in a disturbed spiny lobster nursery in Florida: why basic research had to come first. In Fish Habitat: Essential Fish Habitat and Rehabilitation, American Fisheries Society.

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

MacDiaramid, A.B., M.J. Butler, and R. Stewart. 1998. Is big always better? The effect of mate size on female fecundity in spiny lobsters. Seafood New Zealand 6 (6): 53-54

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. 1997. Benthic processes in lobster ecology: report from a workshop. Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 659-662

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 <pdf>

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 argus in 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

Herrnkind, W.F., P. Jernakoff, and M.J. Butler IV. 1994. Puerulus and post-puerulus ecology, pp. 213-229 in Spiny Lobster Management, B. Phillips, S. Cobb, and J. Kittaka (eds.), Blackwell Press, Oxford.

Butler, M.J., IV and W.F. Herrnkind. 1992. Spiny lobster recruitment in south Florida: field experiments and management implications. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 41: 508-515.

Butler, M.J., IV and W.F. Herrnkind. 1992. Are artificial "Witham" surface collectors adequate indicators of Caribbean spiny lobster recruitment? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 42: 135-136.

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.

Butler, M.J., IV. 1988. In situ observations of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) foraging behavior: the effects of habitat complexity, school size, and predators. Copeia 1988: 941-946.

Butler, M.J., IV. 1988. An evaluation of reproductively-mediated character displacement in the crayfishes Orconectes rusticus and O. sanborni. Ohio Journal of Science 88: 87-91.

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.

Butler, M.J., IV and R.A. Stein. 1985. Range expansion in crayfish: an analysis of the replacement mechanisms. Oecologia 66: 168-177.

Butler, M.J., IV and H.H. Hobbs III. 1982. Drift and upstream movement of invertebrates in a springbrook community ecosystem. Hydrobiologia 89: 153-159.

Hobbs, H.H., III and M.J. Butler IV. 1981. A sampler for simultaneously measuring drift and upstream movement of aquatic macroinvertebrates in lotic environments. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1: 140-146.

Current Postdocs & Graduate Students:

Dr. Jeremy Weisz (Postdoc), Ph.D. 2006, University of North Carolina

Thomas Dolan (Ph.D. student), Dissertation topic: “The effect of recreational and commercial lobster fisheries on lobster viral disease epidemeology”

Jennifer Lear (Ph.D. student), Dissertation topic: “Ecological interactions between juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster and Caribbean reef octopus”

Meredith Kintzing (Ph.D. student), Dissertation topic: “The ecological role of spotted spiny lobster on coral reefs”

Kathryn Kauffman (M.S.) student, Thesis topic: “Effect of sponge filtration on planktonic microbial communities”

Angela Mojica (M.S.) student, Thesis topic: “Spider crab herbivory and its effects on coral reefs”

Former Postdocs & Graduate Students:

Scott Donahue (M.S. 2008), Thesis topic: “Sponge dynamics in nearshore hard-bottom communities of the Florida Keys”

Jason Goldstein (M.S. 2007), Thesis topic: “Behavioral enhancement of onshore transport by postlarval Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus)”

Roxanne Carter (M.S. 2005), Non-thesis topic: “GIS analysis of Florida Keys hard-bottom communities”

Holly Fernbach (M.S. 2004), Thesis: “Social continuity of migratory bottlenose dolphin off Cape Henry, VA”

Jennifer Lear (M.S. 2004), “Strong interactions between juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) and Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) in the Florida Keys, FL”

Dr. Donald Behringer (Postdoc; 2003 – 2004), Ph.D. Old Dominion University

Gretchen Bath-Martin (Ph.D. 2003), Dissertation: “Experimental investigation of elemental incorporation in the otoliths of larval and juvenile fish: implications for use as environmental recorders”.

Donald Behringer (Ph.D. 2003), Dissertation: “A stable isotope analysis of hard bottom community food webs in the Florida Keys”

Jamie Heisig (M.S. 2003), Thesis: “Biochemical and histological analysis of sperm longevity and spermatophore structure in spiny lobsters”

Denice Robertson (Ph.D. 2001), Dissertation: “The target-area hypothesis: the impact of patch reef size on population structure, mating, and reproductive success of the spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus”

Tom Dolan (M.S., 2000), Non-thesis: “Modeling ontological changes in the social behavior of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus”

Dr. Emmanuel Ricelet (Postdoc; 1999-2000), Ph.D. University of Paris

Jason Schratwieser (M.S. 1999), Thesis: “The impact of resident and transient predators on the population dynamics of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster in Florida”

Dianne Hansen (M.S. 1998), Non-thesis: “The effect of octopus predators on habitat choice by spiny lobsters”

Charles Acosta (Ph.D.,1997), Dissertation: "Ecology of postlarval Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus"

Cheryl Frew (M.S., 1994), Thesis: “The role of colonization, predation, and season in determining macroinvertebrate community structure in a temperate lake”

Georgi Hyde (M.S., 1993), Non-Thesis: “An evaluation of field techniques for use in studies of post-algal phase juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus”

Jennifer Field (M.S., 1993), Thesis: “The influence of temperature, salinity, and postlarval transport on the distribution of juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, in Florida Bay”

Hayden Mattingly (M.S., 1991), Thesis: "A laboratory study of predation on the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata, by two natural piscine predators: effects of predator size, prey size, and habitat complexity"

Personal Interests:

Spending time with my wife (Rita) and son (Quint)
Riding our horses and working on our ranch in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

Fishing

Skiing