Okun, K., Desai, A., Parnell, P. E., Masunaga, E., Lucas, A. J., Lerczak, J., & Pawlak, G. (2025). Semidiurnal Inner Shelf Flow in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(5), e2024JC021591. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021591

Skelton, Z. R., McCormick, L. R., Kwan, G. T., Lonthair, J., Neira, C., Clements, S. M., Martz, T. R., Bresnahan, P. J., Send, U., Giddings, S. N., Sevadjian, J. C., Jaeger, S., Feit, A., Frable, B. W., Zerofski, P. J., Torres, M., Crooks, J. A., McCullough, J., Carter, M. L., … Wegner, N. C. (2024). Organismal responses to deteriorating water quality during the historic 2020 red tide off Southern California. Elem Sci Anth, 12(1), 00067. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00067

Leichter, J. J., Ladah, L. B., Parnell, P. E., Stokes, M. D., Costa, M. T., Fumo, J., & Dayton, P. K. (2023). Persistence of southern California giant kelp beds and alongshore variation in nutrient exposure driven by seasonal upwelling and internal waves. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1007789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1007789

Pagniello, C., Butler, J., Rosen, A., Sherwood, A., Roberts, P., Parnell, E., Jaffe, J., & Sirovic, A. (2021). An optical imaging system for capturing images in low-light aquatic habitats using only ambient light. Oceanography, 34(3), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.305

Butler, J., Pagniello, C., Jaffe, J. S., Parnell, P. E., & Sirovic, A. (2021). Diel and seasonal variability in kelp forest soundscapes off the Southern California coast. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.629643

Parnell, P. E., Levin, L. A., & Navarro, M. O. (2020). Gauging oxygen risk and tolerance for the megafauna of the Southern California shelf based on in situ observation, species mobility, and seascape. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 77(5), 1941–1952. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa088

Dayton, P. K., Jarrell, S. C., Kim, S., Parnell, P. E., Thrush, S. F., Hammerstrom, K., & Leichter, J. J. (2019). Benthic responses to an Antarctic regime shift: food particle size and recruitment biology. Ecological Applications, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1823

Navarro, M. O., Parnell, P. E., & Levin, L. A. (2018). Essential market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) embryo habitat: A baseline for anticipated ocean climate change. Journal of Shellfish Research, 37(3), 601–614. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0313

Parnell, P. E., Fumo, J. T., Lennert-Cody, C. E., Schroeter, S. C., & Dayton, P. K. (2017). Sea urchin behavior in a Southern California Kelp Forest: Food, fear, behavioral niches, and scaling up individual behavior. Journal of Shellfish Research, 36(2), 529–543. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0224

Dayton, P., Jarrell, S., Kim, S., Thrush, S., Hammerstrom, K., Slattery, M., & Parnell, E. (2016). Surprising episodic recruitment and growth of Antarctic sponges: Implications for ecological resilience. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 482, 38–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.05.001

Switzer, R. D., Parnell, P. E., Leichter, J. L., & Driscoll, N. W. (2016). The effects of tectonic deformation and sediment allocation on shelf habitats and megabenthic distribution and diversity in southern California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 169, 25–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.11.020

Parnell, P. E. (2015). The effects of seascape pattern on algal patch structure, sea urchin barrens, and ecological processes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 465, 64–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.01.010

Cook, G. S., Parnell, P. E., & Levin, L. A. (2014). Population connectivity shifts at high frequency within an open-coast marine protected area network. PLOS ONE, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103654

Edgar, G. J., Stuart-Smith, R. D., Willis, T. J., Kininmonth, S., Baker, S. C., Banks, S., Barrett, N. S., Becerro, M. A., Bernard, A. T. F., Berkhout, J., Buxton, C. D., Campbell, S. J., Cooper, A. T., Davey, M., Edgar, S. C., Forsterra, G., Galvan, D. E., Irigoyen, A. J., Kushner, D. J., … Thomson, R. J. (2014). Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features. Nature, 506(7487), 216-+. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13022

Konotchick, T., Parnell, P. E., Dayton, P. K., & Leichter, J. J. (2012). Vertical distribution of Macrocystis pyrifera nutrient exposure in southern California. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 106, 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.04.026

Parnell, P. E., Dayton, P. K., Fisher, R. A., Loarie, C. C., & Darrow, R. D. (2010). Spatial patterns of fishing effort off San Diego: implications for zonal management and ecosystem function. Ecological Applications, 20(8), 2203–2222. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1543.1

Parnell, P. E., Miller, E. F., Lennert-Cody, C. E., Dayton, P. K., Carter, M. L., & Stebbins, T. D. (2010). The response of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in southern California to low-frequency climate forcing. Limnology and Oceanography, 55(6), 2686–2702. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2686

Parnell, P. E., Groce, A. K., Stebbins, T. D., & Dayton, P. K. (2008). Discriminating sources of PCB contamination in fish on the coastal shelf off San Diego, California (USA). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56(12), 1992–2002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.023

Parnell, P. E., Dayton, P. K., & Margiotti, F. (2007). Spatial and temporal patterns of lobster trap fishing: a survey of fishing effort and habitat structure. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences, 106(1), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.3160/0038-3872(2007)106[27:SATPOL]2.0.CO;2

Parnell, P. E., Dayton, P. K., Lennert-Cody, C. E., Rasmussen, L. L., & Leichter, J. J. (2006). Marine reserve design: optimal size, habitats, species affinities, diversity, and ocean microclimate. Ecological Applications, 16(3), 945–962. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0945:mrdosh]2.0.co;2

Parnell, P. E., Lennert-Cody, C. E., Geelen, L., Stanley, L. D., & Dayton, P. K. (2005). Effectiveness of a small marine reserve in southern California. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 296, 39–52. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps296039

Tapia, F. J., Pineda, J., Ocampo-Torres, F. J., Fuchs, H. L., Parnell, P. E., Montero, P., & Ramos, S. (2004). High-frequency observations of wind-forced onshore transport at a coastal site in Baja California. Continental Shelf Research, 24(13–14), 1573–1585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2004.03.013

Parnell, P. E. (2003). The effects of sewage discharge on water quality and phytoplankton of Hawai’ian coastal waters. Marine Environmental Research, 55(4), 293–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00275-1

Parnell, P. E. (2002). Larval development, precompetent period, and a natural spawning event of the pectinacean bivalve Spondylus tenebrosus (Reeve, 1856). Veliger, 45(1), 58–64.

Parnell, P. E. (2001). The distribution of estuarine and oceanic water masses on the southern shore of O’ahu, Hawai’i: Ecological and coastal management implications, and novel methodology. Limnology and Oceanography, 46(6), 1468–1485.

Southward, A. J., Burton, R. S., Coles, S. L., Dando, P. R., DeFelice, R., Hoover, J., Parnell, P. E., Yamaguchi, T., & Newman, W. A. (1998). Invasion of Hawaiian shores by an Atlantic barnacle. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 165, 119–126. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps165119

Dayton, P. K., Tegner, M. J., Parnell, P. E., & Edwards, P. B. (1992). Temporal and spatial patterns of disturbance and recovery in a kelp forest community. Ecological Monographs, 62(3), 421–445. https://doi.org/10.2307/2937118

Dayton, P. K., Seymour, R. J., Parnell, P. E., & Tegner, M. J. (1989). Unusual marine erosion in San Diego County from a single storm. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 29(2), 151–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-7714(89)90004-8

Seymour, R. J., Tegner, M. J., Dayton, P. K., & Parnell, P. E. (1989). Storm wave induced mortality of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, in southern California. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 28(3), 277–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-7714(89)90018-8