Branson, David

Biologist at Smithsonian Marine Station

Auburn University , Life Sciences 2012 - 2015
M.S. in Biology - Conservation, Central Michigan University , Biology, Feeding behavior of Hemimysis anomala, a recent invader of the Laurentian Great Lakes 1999 - 2013
B.S. in Biology, Northern Michigan University , Biology 1992 - 1997

Article
- Janiak, Dean S., Whalen, Matthew A., Branson, David R., Álvarez, Soledad, Ashton, Gail V., Bartkowiak, Nicholas M., Brandl, Simon J., Canning-Clode, João, Casey, Jordan M., Castorani, Max C. N., César-Ávila, Carolina, Collin, Rachel, Duffy, J. Emmett, Froese, Tyrel, Heck, Kenneth L., Hovel, Kevin A., Johnson, Maggie D., Koehler, Karl, Litle, Jack W., Madin, Joshua S., Miller, Robert J., Murphy, Claire E., Ogburn, Matthew B., Olson, Jack C., Peterson, Bradley J. et al. 2026. "Diversity and functional group composition drive biogeographic patterns in marine biogenic structural complexity." Ecology, 107, (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70412. 2026
- Janiak, Dean S. and Branson, David R. 2024. "A reciprocal transplant approach to predation in fouling communities found in natural and artificial habitats." Marine environmental research, 196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106411. 2024
- Janiak, Dean S. and Branson, David. 2021. "Impacts of habitat and predation on epifaunal communities from seagrass beds and artificial structures." Marine environmental research, 163 Article 105225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105225. 2021