Publications

Toth, L., Johnson, S., Lyons, E., Spadaro, J., Stathakopoulos, A., Bloomer, S., Mallon, J., Jenkins, C., Williams, S., Combs, I., Craig, Z., & Muller, E. (2025). Coral restoration can drive rapid increases in reef accretion potential. Scientific Reports, 15, 28353. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04818-3

Allyson DeMerlis, Michael S. Studivan, Kevin Wong, Nash Soderberg, David Ehrens, Lys M. Isma, Katrina Rosing, Katrina Sophia Cocson, Rowan Thomas, Danielle Dvorkin, Patrick M. Kiel, Joseph D. Unsworth, Martine D'Alessandro, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, Diego Lirman, Andrew Baker, Erinn M Muller, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Ian Enochs (2025). Differences in Molecular Responses to a Thermally Variable Preconditioning Treatment for Two Caribbean Coral Species. Ecology and Evolution, 15(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72108

Hampton, C. M.; DeGroot, B. C.; Brewster, L. R.; Bassos-Hull, K.; Metzger, B. A.; Mooney, T. A.; Ajemian, M. J. (2025). Sticking with it: a multi-sensor tag to reveal the foraging ecology and fine-scale behavior of elusive durophagous stingrays. Animal Biotelemetry, 13, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-025-00416-2

Chapman, D. D., Cardeñosa, D., Shea, K. H., Babcock, E. A., Jabado, R. W., Zhang, H., Gale, S. W., Feldheim, K. A. (2025). Ongoing trade of finds from critically endangered rays (wedgefish and giant guitarfish) despite international regulations and a novel PCR test to detect rays among shark fins. Conservation Genetics, 26, 971-981. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-025-01716-z

Kathleen S. Rein, Ricardo Colon, Carlos R. Romagosa, Nicholas R. Ohnikian, Kirstie T. Francis, and Samuel R. Rein (2025). Comparative Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of High and Low Toxin-Producing Karenia brevis Strains Reveals Differences in Polyketide Synthase Abundance and Redox Status of the Proteome. Marine Drugs, 23(7), 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/md23070291

Andrea G Grottoli, Ann Marie Hulver, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Robert J Toonen, Emily R Schmeltzer, Ilsa B Kuffner, Katie L Barott, Iliana B Baums, Karl D Castillo, Leila Chapron, Marie Alice Coffroth, David J Combosch, Adrienne M S Correa, Eric D Crandall, Megan Donahue, Jose M Eirin-Lopez, Thomas Felis, Christina Ferrier-Pages, Hugo B Harrison, Scott F Heron, Danwei Huang, Adriana Humanes, Carly D Kenkel, Thomas Krueger, Joshua Madin, Mikhail V Matz, Lisa C McManus, Monica Medina, Erinn M Muller, Jacqueline L Padilla-Gamino, Hollie M Putnam, Yvonne Sawal, Tom Shlesinger, Michael J Sweete, Christina R Voolstra, Virginia M Weis, Christian Wild, Henry C Wu (2025). Future of coral bleaching research. BioScience, 75(7), 585–598. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf066

Andrew Baker, Iliana Baums, Sarah Davies, Andrea Grottoli, Carly Kenkel, Sheila Kitchen, Ilsa Kuffner, Mikhail Matz, Margaret Miller, Erinn Muller, John Parkinson, Carlos Prada, Andrew Shantz, Ruben van Hooidonk, Scott Winters (2025). Proactive assisted gene flow for Caribbean corals in an era of rapid coral reef decline. Science, 389(6758), 344-347. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx5842

Chapman, D. D., Cardeñosa, D., Shea, K. H., Babcock, E. A., Jabado, R. W., Zhang, H., Gale, S. W., & Feldheim, K. A. (2025). Ongoing trade of fins from critically endangered rays (wedgefish and giant guitarfish) despite international regulations and a novel PCR test to detect rays among ‘shark’ fins. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-025-01716-z

Sequeira, A., Rodriguez, J., et al (2025). Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science, 388(6751), 1086-1097. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0239

Brady, Beth A.; Ramos, Eric A.; Lasala, Jake A.; Ferrell, Zoe Nadine R.; Kaney, Nicholas A.; Martinez, E.; Illescas, Maria Renee Areolla; Arena, Joe (2025). Captive Male and Female West Indian Manatees Display Variable Vocal and Behavioral Responses to Playbacks of Conspecifics. Marine Mammal Science, e70038. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70038

Alexi S. Pearson-Lund, Sara D. Williams, Katherine R. Eaton, Abigail S. Clark, Nathanial Hanna Holloway, Kristen A. Ewen, Erinn M. Muller (2025). Evaluating the effect of amoxicillin treatment on the microbiome of Orbicella faveolata with Caribbean yellow band disease. Applied and environmental microbiology, e02407-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02407-24

Erin T. Spencer, Lisa A. Hoopes, Jack J. Morris, Demian D. Chapman, Valerie Hagan, Mark Johnson, Nicholas L. Payne, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Ruth E. Dunn & Yannis P. Papastamatiou (2025). Energetic benefit of prey choice for a shark-eating shark. Oecologia, 207(113). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05758-5

Scott Kraus (2025). Til death do us part? The critical value of long-term marine mammal studies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://10.3389/fmars.2025.1605709

Fields, C. Y. A., Cardeñosa, D., Bernard, A., Feldheim, K. A., Gale, S. W., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Shea, K. H., Shivji, M. S., Zhang, H., & Chapman, D. D. (2025). Mixed stock analysis of major markets and trade records reveals illegal trade of oceanic whitetip shark fins from the Atlantic ocean. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-025-01714-1

Fields, C. Y. A., Cardeñosa, D., Bernard, A., Feldheim, K. A., Gale, S. W., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Shea, K. H., Shivji, M. S., Zhang, H., Chapman, D. D. (2025). Mixed stock analysis of major markets and trade records reveals illegal trade of oceanic whitetip shark fins from the Atlantic ocean. Conservation Genetics, 26, 943-952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-025-01714-1

Sunni Patton, Denise P. Silva, Eddie Fuques, Grace Klinges, Erinn M. Muller, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber (2025). Antibiotic type and dose variably affect microbiomes of a disease-resistant Acropora cervicornis genotype. Environmental Microbiome, 20, 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00709-2

Erin T. Spencer a, * , Lisa A. Hoopes b, Jack J. Morris c , Demian D. Chapman c, Valerie Hagan c, Yannis P. Papastamatiou a (2025). Searching day and night: diel hierarchical search patterns in a large marine predator that never stops swimming. Animal Behaviour, 223, 123152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123152

Spencer, E. T., Hoopes, L. A., Morris, J. J., Chapman, D. D., Hagan, V., & Papastamatiou, Y. P. (2025). Searching day and night: diel hierarchical search patterns in a large marine predator that never stops swimming. Animal Behaviour, 223, 123152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123152

Dziobak, M. K., Curtian, T., Wells, R. S., Takeshita, R., Smith, C. R., Zolman, E., Toms, C. N., Allen, R. F., Hart, L. B. (2025). Comparing phthalate exposure between bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) residing in urban and rural environments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1554075

Wilkinson, K. A., Langan, J. N., Meegan, J. M., Toms, C. N., Faulkner Allen, R., Sweeney, J. C., Fauquier, D. A., Kiszka, J. J., Hostnik, E. T., Barratclough, A., Walsh, M. T., Wells, R. S. (2025). Case Report: Shark bite resulting in a urethral obstruction and urinary tract-body wall fistula in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1551129