Publications

Mallon, J. E., Altieri A. H., Cyronak, T., Melendez-Declet, C. V., Paul, V. J., & Johnson, M. D.  (2025). Sublethal changes to coral metabolism in response to deoxygenation. J Exp Biol 15 February 2025; 228 (4): JEB249638. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249638 

Mazurek, H.E., Neely, K.L., & Renegar, D.A. (2025). The impact of stony coral tissue loss disease and amoxicillin treatments on coral gametogenesis. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1445735

Neely K.L., Whitehead R.F., Dobler M.A. (2024). The effects of disease lesions and amoxicillin treatment on the physiology of SCTLD-affected corals. Frontiers in Marine Science 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1460163  

Zamborain-Mason, J., Connolly, S.R., MacNeil, M.A., Barnes, M.L., Bauman, A.G., Feary, DA., Huertas, V., Januchowski-Hartley, F.A., Lau, J. D., Mihalitsis, M., & Cinner, J.E. (2025). Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries. Conservation Biology, n/a(n/a), e14440. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14440

Neely, K. L., Nowicki, R. J., Dobler, M. A., Chaparro, A. A., Miller, S. M., & Toth, K. A. (2024). Too hot to handle? The impact of the 2023 marine heatwave on Florida Keys coral. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1489273

Ladd, M. C., Shantz, A.A., Harrell, C., Hayes, N. K., Gilliam, D.S., Muller, E.M., O’Neil, K.L., Reckenbeil, B., Craig, Z., & Lirman, D. (2024). Acclimation and size influence predation, growth, and survival of sexually produced Diploria labyrinthiformis used in restoration. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 26362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73727-8

Sbragaglia, V., Cecapolli, E., Morroni, L., & Januchowski-Hartley, F.A. (2024). Advancing the understanding of spearfisher-fish behavioural interactions and its management implications. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(11), 2594–2604. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14796

Limer, B. D., Payne, O., Brancato, A., Mitchell, M., Abu-Kubie, C., Figueiredo, J., & Holstein, D. M. (2024). Life history and early ontogeny determine vertical swimming behaviors in the larvae of Caribbean corals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 578, 152035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024.152035

Riegl, B., Bauman, A., Hadj-Hamou, J., & Burt, J. A. (2024). A decade of benthic changes on coral reefs in the Southern Persian/Arabian Gulf (2010–2020). Coral Reefs, 43(6), 1647–1657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02562-0

Laforest, K. V., Petrik, C. G., Hylton, A. A., Ionata, R. L., McDonald, E. M., Short, M. L., & Figueiredo, J. (2024). Induced sexual reproduction ex situ reveals bidirectional sex change of the coral Montastraea cavernosa. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02546-0 

Whitall, D., Woodley, C., May, L., Karazsia, J., Serrano, X., Hayes, N., & Gilliam, D. (2024). Potential Impact of Dredging Activities at Port Everglades (Florida) on Coral Reef Communities: Assessment of the Threat of Sediment Associated Contaminants. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61653

Jones N.P. & Gilliam D.S. (2024). Spatial differences in recruit density, survival, and size structure prevent population growth of stony coral assemblages in southeast Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1369286

Renegar D.A., Noren H.K.G., Turner N.R., Figueiredo J., & Walker B.K. (2024). Southeast Florida large Orbicella faveolata are highly fecund without evident disease intervention effects. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1369222

McGirl, M., Renegar, D. A., & Kerstetter, D. W. (2024). Extensive Microplastic Contamination in Southeastern Florida Forage Fishes. Caribbean Journal of Science, 54(1), 91–102. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v54i1.a12

Jones N.P. & Gilliam D.S. (2024) Temperature and local anthropogenic pressures limit stony coral assemblage viability in southeast Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200:116098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116098 

Grupstra, C.G.B., Gómez-Corrales, M., Fifer, J. E., Aichelman, H. E., Meyer-Kaiser, K. S., Prada, C., & Davies, S. W. (2024). Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(4), 622–636. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02319-y

Liberman R, Voolstra CR, Hume, BCC et al. (2024) Juvenile octocorals acquire similar algal symbiont assemblages across depths. Coral Reefs 43, 489–496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02470-3 

Toth, K. A., Buckley, S. F., Noren, H., Neely, K. L., & Walker, B. K. (2024). Broadscale coral disease interventions elicit efficiencies in endemic disease response. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1302697

Klein, A. M., Sturm, A. B., Eckert, R. J., Walker, B. K., Neely, K. L., & Voss, J. D. (2024). Algal symbiont genera but not coral host genotypes correlate to stony coral tissue loss disease susceptibility among Orbicella faveolata colonies in South Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1287457