Publications
Accepted (in press) or Submitted
Reynolds AH, Ho E, Steinitz R, Baldino M, Arroyo MC, Fearon JE, Kouba PV, Sokolov NA, Carlson RR, Chavez SH, Boslough KE, Flores A, Payne A. The Queer & Trans Field Safety Assessment: a tool for protecting minoritized field scientists. Submitted to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Briand JK, Hosler SC, Merchant TK, Vinebrooke RD, Ostertag R, Symmons CC, Cadotte MW, Evenier VT, Bracken MES, Carlson RR, Henn JJ, Garbowski M, Bauer JT, Luong JC, Atkinson J, Hughes AR, Adams CR, Bates AE, Funk JL, Love AE, Zheng L, Galloway E, Green SJ. Trait-based approaches to restoration ecology: synthesizing insights from diverse systems. Accepted in Ecological Applications.
Carlson RR, Foo SA, Gaylord B, Hill TM. Distribution of food subsidies in marine ecosystems under climate stress. Submitted to Limnology and Oceanography.
2025
Asner, GP, Carlson RR, Labo C, Harrison DE, Martin RE. Persistent Geographic Patterns of Coral Recruitment in Hawaiʻi. Oceans, 6(4): 80.
Carlson RR, Lewis MA, Ninokawa AT, Saley A, Hill TM, Gaylord B. Shell dissolution rates differ fourfold between mussel species. Royal Society Open Science, 12(7).
Carlson RR, Klitzke J, Daily GC, Crowder LB, Reguero BG, Asner GP. Coastal business perception of coral value and payment for coral restoration. Scientific Reports, 15(1): 9285.
2024
McDevitt-Irwin JM, Chapuis M, Carlson RR, Meekan M, Palmisciano M, Roche R, Taylor BM, Tietjen KL, Tillman C, Micheli F. Coral reef recovery in a remote and large marine protected area is resilient to cascading trophic interactions. Biological Conservation, 298: 110771.
Carlson RR, Crowder LB, Martin RE, Asner GP. The effect of reef morphology on coral recruitment at multiple spatial scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(4), e2311661121.
Foo SA, Carlson RR, Teague C, Asner GP. Anomalous sea temperatures can impair coral reef fish recruitment. Environmental Research Letters, 19(1), 014074.
2022
Carlson RR, Foo SA, Crowder LB, Burns J, Asner GP. Untapped policy avenues to support coral reef protection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119.49: e2117562119.
Carlson RR, Li J, Crowder LB, Asner GP. Large-scale effects of turbidity on coral bleaching in the Hawaiian islands. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 969472.
Li J, Carlson RR, Knapp DE, Asner GP. Shallow coastal water turbidity monitoring using Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 8 (4): 521-535.
2021
Carlson RR, Evans LJ, Foo SA, Grady BW, Li J, Seeley M, Xu Y, Asner GP. Synergistic benefits of conserving land-sea ecosystems. Global Ecology and Conservation, e01684.
Asner GP, Vaughn N, Grady BW, Foo SA, Anand H, Carlson RR, Shafron E, Teague C, Martin RE. Regional reef fish survey design and scaling using high-resolution mapping and analysis. Frontiers in Marine Science, 894.
Frawley TH, Blondin HE, White TD, Carlson RR, Villalon B, Crowder LB. Fishers as foragers: Individual variation among small-scale fishing vessels as revealed by novel tracking technology. Fisheries Research, 238, 105896.
2020
Carlson RR. How Trump's embattled environment agency prepared me for a PhD. Nature, 579: 7798.
2019
Carlson RR, Foo SA, Asner GP. Land use impacts on coral reef health: A ridge-to-reef perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 562.
Selected policy briefs & applied products
Asner GP, Foo SA, Carlson RR, Martin RE (2021). Analysis of the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Hawaiʻi Island by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council. Submission to the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
Asner GP, Foo SA, Carlson RR, Martin, RE (2020). Analysis of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement Regarding Issuance of Commercial Aquarium Permits and Commercial Marine Licenses for the Island of Oʻahu Submitted by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.
Environmental Protection Agency (2015). Algal Toxin Risk Assessment and Management Strategic Plan for Drinking Water: Strategy Submitted to Congress to Meet the Requirements of P.L. 114-45. Doc. 810R04003. [link].
Holsinger H, Rotert K, Wang L, Carlson RR (2015). Recommendations for Public Water Systems to Manage Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water. EPA Report 815-R-15-010. [link].
Ground Water Protection Council (2014). Opportunities to Protect Drinking Water and Advance Watershed Goals Through the Clean Water Act: A Toolkit for State, Interstate, Tribal and Federal Water Program Managers. [link].
Carlson, RR (2015). Reef Report citizen-science reporting app. [software/smartphone app]
Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water (2015). Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters. [link].
Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water (2015). The Learning Exchange: An Information Sharing Platform for Source Water Protection. [link].
Carlson, RR (2013). Decentralization and Domestic Conflict: Tax Strategies for Confronting the Resource Curse. [Master’s thesis submitted to Trinity College, Dublin]
Carlson, RR, Bedi T (2013). Capital Flight Monitoring and Advocacy. Trocaire issue report.
Carlson, RR (2012). UN FAO Fouta Djallon Highlands Integrated Natural Resources Management Project: 503 GEF Rapport de stage.