PRE-PRINTS (Bold = lab member, *** = undergraduate researcher)
Seabrook, S.A., Correa, A.M.S., Conetta, D., Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I., McConnell, K., Schmeltzer, E.R., Vega Thurber, R., Thurber, A.R. (in review). Coral Bleaching Induced Mortality Transforms Local and Global Carbon Cycles: A Positive Feedback Loop That May Accelerate Reef Decline. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-779
PUBLICATIONS
(Bold = lab member, *** = undergraduate researcher)
54. Vega Thurber, R.L., Silva, D., Speare, L., Croquer, A., Veglia, A.J., Alvarez-Filip, L., Zaneveld, J.R., Muller, E.M., Correa, A.M.S. (2024) Coral disease: Direct and indirect agents, mechanisms of disease, and innovations for increasing resistance and resilience. Annual Review of Marine Science 17: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-011123-102337
53. Veglia, A.J., Rivera-Vicéns, R.E., Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I. and Correa, A.M.S. (2024). vAMPirus: A versatile amplicon processing and analysis program for studying viruses. Molecular Ecology Resources 24: e13978.
52. Howe-Kerr, L.I., ***Knochel, A.M., Meyer, M., ***Sims, J.A., Karrick, C.E., Grupstra, C.G.B., Veglia, A.J., Thurber, A.R., Vega Thurber, R.L. and Correa, A.M.S. (2024). Filamentous virus-like particles are present in coral dinoflagellates across genera and ocean basins. The ISME Journal 17: 2389-2402.
51. Beavers, K.M., Van Burren, E.W., Rossin, A.M., Emery, M.A., Veglia, A.J., Karrick, C.E., MacKnight, N.J., Dimos, B.A., Meiling, S.S., Smith, T.B., Apprill, A., Muller, E.M., Holstein, D.M., Correa, A.M.S., Brandt, M.E. and Mydlarz, L.D. (2023). Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae. Nature Communications 14: 2915.
50. Coy, S. R., Utama, B., Spurlin, J. W., ***Kim, J. G., Deshmukh, H., Lwigale, P., Nagasaki, K. and Correa, A.M.S. (2023). Visualization of RNA virus infection in a marine protist with a universal biomarker. Scientific Reports 13: 5813.
49. Veglia, A.J., Bistolas, K.S.I., Hume, B., Voolstra, C., The Tara Consortium, Correa, A.M.S., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2023) Endogenous viral elements reveal ancient associations between non-retroviral RNA virus and symbiotic dinoflagellate genomes. Communications Biology 6: 566.
48. Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I., ***van der Meulen, J.A., Veglia, A.J., Coy, S.R., Correa, A.M.S. (2023) Consumer feces impact coral health in guild-specific ways. Frontiers in Marine Science 10.
47. Davies, S.W.#, Gamache, M.H., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Kriefall, N.G., Baker, A.C., Banaszak. A., Bay, L., Bellantuono, A.J., Chan, C.X., Claar, D.C., Coffroth, M.A., Cunning, R., del Campo, J., Frommlet. J.C., Fuess, L.E., Goulet, T.L., Hoadley, K.D., Hume, B.C.C., Kemp, D.W., Kitchen, S.A., LaJeunesse, T.C., McIlroy, S., McMinds, R., Nitschke, M.R., Oakley, C.A., Peixoto, R.S., Prada, C., Putnam, H.M., Quigley, K., Reich, H.G., Reimer, J.D., Rosales, S., Saad, O.S., Santos, S., Stephens, T.G., Strader, M.E., Suggett, D.J., Swain, T.D., Tran, C., Traylor-Knowles, N., Voolstra, C.R., Weis, V., Wright, R., Yamashita, H., Correa, A.M.S.# and Parkinson, J.E.# (2023) Building Consensus Around the Assessment and Interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity. PeerJ 11: e15023. # = corresponding authors.
46. Howe-Kerr, L.I., Grupstra, C.G.B., ***Rabbitt, K.M., Conetta, D., Coy, S.R., Klinges, J.G., Maher, R.L., McConnell, K.M., Meiling, S.S., Messyasz, A., Schmeltzer, E.R., Seabrook, S., ***Sims, J.A., Veglia, A.J., Thurber, A.R., Vega Thurber, R.L., Correa, A.M.S. (2023) Viruses of a key coral symbiont exhibit temperature-driven productivity across a reefscape. ISME Communications 3: 27.
45. Johnston, M. A., Studivan, M.S., Enochs, I.C., Correa, A.M.S., Besemer, N., Eckert, R.J., Edwards, K., Hannum, R., Hu, X., Nuttall, M., O’Connell, K., Palacio-Castro, A.M., Schmahl, G.P., Sturm, A.B., Ushijima, B. and Voss, J.D. (2023). Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science. Frontiers in Marine Science https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1111749/full
44. Vega Thurber, R., Schmeltzer, E.R., Grottoli, A.G., van Woesik, R., Toonen, R.J., Warner, M., Dobson, K.L., McLachlan, R.H., Barott, K., Barshis, D.J., Baumann, J., Chapron, L., Combosch, D.J., Correa, A.M.S., DeCarlo, T.M., Hagedorn, M., Hédouin, L., Hoadley, K., Felis, T., Ferrier-Pagès, C., Kenkel, C., Kuffner, I.B., Matthews, J., Medina, M., Meyer, C., Oster, C., Price, J., Putnam, H.M., and Sawall, Y. (2022) "Unified methods in collecting, preserving, and archiving coral bleaching and restoration specimens to increase sample utility and interdisciplinary collaboration." PeerJ 10:e14176. https://peerj.com/articles/14176/#
43. Lawman, A.E., Dee, S.G., DeLong, K., Correa, A.M.S. (2022) Rates of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Sea coral reef ecosystem degradation under future climate change scenarios. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 127:e2022JG006999. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JG006999
42. Lewis, D.M., Vardi, T., Maher, R.L., Keble, C., Correa, A.M.S., Cook, G.S. (2022) Predicting shifts in demography of Orbicella franksi following simulated disturbance and restoration. Ecological modelling 472:110104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110104
41. Doyle, S.M., Self, M.J., Hayes, J., Shamberger, K.E.F., Correa, A.M.S., Sylvan, J.B. (2022) Microbial community dynamics provides evidence for hypoxia during a massive coral reef invertebrate mortality event. Applied and Environmental Microbiology e0034722.
40. Huntley, N., Brandt, M.E., Becker, C., Miller, C.A., Meiling, S., Correa, A.M.S., Holstein, D., Muller, E., Mydlarz, A., Smith, T.B., Apprill, A. (2022) Coral mucus and tissue microbiome responses to stony coral tissue loss disease exposure. ISME Communications 21:46.
39. Grupstra, C. G. B., Lemoine, N.P., Cook, C. and Correa, A.M.S. (2022) Thank you for biting: Dispersal of beneficial microbiota through “antagonistic” interactions. Trends in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.006
38. Strader, M.E.†, Howe-Kerr, L.I.†, ***Sims, J.A., Speare, K., Shore, A.N., Burkepile, D.E., Correa, A.M.S. (2022) Nitrate enrichment has lineage specific effects on Pocillopora adults, but no carry over effects in larvae. † These authors contributed equally. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02236-9
37. Veglia, A.J., Beavers, K., Van Buren, E.W., Meiling, S.S., Muller, E.M., Smith, T.B., Holstein, D.M., Apprill, A., Brandt, M.E., Mydlarz, L.D. and Correa, A.M.S. (2022) Alphaflexivirus genomes in stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD)-affected, disease-exposed and unexposed coral colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands." Microbiology Resource Announcements 11:e01199-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01199-21
36. Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Veglia, A.J., ***Bryant, R., Coy, S.R., Blackwelder, P., Correa, A.M.S. (2022) Thermal stress triggers productive viral infection of a key coral reef symbiont. The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01194-y
35. Medina, M., Baker, D.M., Baltrus, D., Bennett, G.M., Cardini, U., Correa, A.M.S., Degnan, S.M., Christa, G., Kim, E., Li, J., Nash, D.R., Marzinelli, E.M., Nishiguchi, M.K., Prada, C., Roth, M.S., Saha, M., Smith, C.I., Theis, K.R., Zaneveld, J.R. (2022) Grand Challenges in Co-Evolution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:916. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.618251
34. Figueroa, R.I., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Correa, A.M.S. (2021) Direct evidence of sex and a hypothesis about meiosis in Symbiodiniaceae. Scientific Reports 11:18838. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98148-9 *NPR’s This Green Earth feature* *Press release*
33. Martindale, R.C.†, Holstein, D.M.†, Knowlton, N., Voss, J.D., Weiss, A.M., Correa, A.M.S.† (2021) Gulf of Mexico Reefs: Past, Present, and Future. Frontiers in Marine Science https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.713058/full † These authors contributed equally.
32. Meiling, S., Muller, E., Veglia, A.J., Lasseigne, D., MacKnight, N, Dimos, B., Huntley, N., Correa, A.M.S., Mydlarz, L., Smith, T.B., Holstein, D., Brandt, M. (2021) Variable responses among species exposed to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.670829
31. Drummond, J.A., Larson, E.R., Li, Y., Lodge, D.M., Gantz, C.A., Pfrender, M., Renshaw, M.A., Correa, A.M.S., Egan, S.P. (2021) Diversity metrics are robust to differences in sampling location and depth for environmental DNA of plants in small temperate lakes. Frontiers in Environmental Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.617924
30. Shore, A.N.,***Sims, J.A., Grimes, M., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Grupstra, C.G.B., Doyle, S.M. Stadler, L., Sylvan, J.B., Shamberger, K.E.F., Davies, S.W., Santiago-Vazquez, L.Z., Correa, A.M.S. (2021) Offshore transport of floodwaters following extreme storms impacts sponge health and associated microbial communities. Frontiers in Marine Science DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.608036 with associated Corrigendum: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.693430 *ABC13 News feature*
29. Grupstra, C.G.B., ***Rabbitt, K.M., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Correa, A.M.S. (2021) Fish predation on corals promotes the dispersal of coral symbionts. Animal Microbiome 3:25 https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00086-4 *Press release*
28. Correa, A.M.S., Howard-Varona, C., Coy, S.R., Buchan, A., Sullivan, M.B., Weitz, J.S. (2021) Revisiting the rules of life for viruses of microorganisms. Nature Reviews Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-021-00530-x
27. Messyasz, A., Rosales, S.M., Mueller, R.S., Sawyer, T., Correa, A.M.S., Thurber, A., Vega Thurber, R. (2020) Coral Bleaching Phenotypes Associated with Differential Abundances of Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 7: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/555474
26. ***Shen, E.W.†, Nguyen, B.N.†, Seemann, J., Correa, A.M.S., O’Donnell, J.L., Altieri, A.H., Knowlton, N., Crandall, K.A., Egan, S.P., McMillan, W.O., Leray, M. (2020) Environmental DNA survey captures patterns of fish and invertebrate diversity across a tropical seascape. Scientific Reports 10:6729. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63565-9 † These authors contributed equally.
25. Rice, M.M., Maher, R.L., Correa, A.M.S., Moeller, H.V., Lemoine, N.P., Shantz, A.A., Burkepile, D.E., Silbiger, N.J. (2020) Macroborer presence on corals increases with nutrient input and promotes parrotfish corallivory. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01904-y
24. Howe-Kerr, L.I., Bachelot, B., Wright, R.M., Kenkel, C.D., Bay, L.K., Correa, A.M.S. (2020). Symbiont community diversity is more variable in corals that respond poorly to stress. Global Change Biology 26:2220-2234. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14999 *Press release*
23. Wright, R.M., Correa, A.M.S., Quigley, L.A., Santiago-Vázquez, L.Z., Shamberger, K.E.F. Davies, S.W. (2019) Gene Expression of Endangered Coral (Orbicella spp.) in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary After Hurricane Harvey. Frontiers in Marine Science 6 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00672/full
22. Weinstein, D.K., ***Maher, R.L., Correa, A.M.S. (2019) Bioerosion in Mesophotic Reef Environments. In: Loya, Y., Puglise, K.A., Bridge, T. (eds). Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the World. Springer-Verlag. pp. 829-847.
21. ***Maher, R.L., Johnston, M.A., Brandt, M.E., Smith, T.B., Correa, A.M.S. (2018) Depth and coral cover drive the distribution of a coral macroborer across two reef systems. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0199462. *Press release*
20. Vega Thurber, R.L., Payet, J.P., Thurber, A.R., Correa, A.M.S. (2017) Virus-host interactions and their roles in coral reef health and disease. Nature Reviews Microbiology 15:205-216.
19. Baker, A.C., Correa, A.M.S., Cunning, R. (2017). Diversity, distribution, and stability of Symbiodinium in reef corals of the eastern tropical Pacific. In: Glynn, P.W., Manzello, D, Enochs, I.C. (eds.) Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Coral Reefs of the World 8. Springer. pp. 405-420.
18. Zaneveld, J.R., Burkepile, D.E., Shantz, A.A., Pritchard, C.E., McMinds, R., Payet, J.P., Welsh, R., Correa, A.M.S., Lemoine, N., Rosales, S., Fuchs, C., Maynard, J.A., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2016) Overfishing, nutrient pollution, and thermal stress interact to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales. Nature Communications 7:11833. *NPR’s Morning Edition feature* *Press release*
17. Correa, A.M.S., Ainsworth, T.D., Rosales, S., Thurber, A., Butler, C.R., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2016) Cryptic outbreak in corals driven by an in situ bleaching event: atypical herpes-like viruses and a new Megavirus infecting Symbiodinium. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:127 *Press release*
16. Bryson, S., Thurber, A., Correa, A.M.S., Orphan, V., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2015) A novel sister clade to the enterobacteria microviruses (Family Microviridae) identified in methane seep sediments. Environmental Microbiology 17:3708-3721.
15. Soffer, N., Brandt, M.E., Correa, A.M.S., Smith, T.B., and Vega Thurber, R.L. (2014) Potential role of viruses in white plague coral disease. The ISME Journal 8:271-283. *NBC News Science feature*
14. Brandt, M.E., Smith, T.B., Correa A.M.S., and Vega Thurber R.L. (2013) Disturbance Driven Colony Fragmentation as a Driver of a Coral Disease Outbreak. PLoS ONE 8(2):e57164. Recommended by Faculty of 1000.
13. Correa, A.M.S., Welsh, R.M., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2013) Metagenomic evidence of unique nucleocytoplasmic dsDNA and +ssRNA viruses associated with the dinoflagellate endosymbionts of corals. The ISME Journal 7:13-27.
12. Vega Thurber, R.L., Burkepile, D.E., Correa, A.M.S., Thurber, A., Shantz, A.A., Welsh, R., Pritchard, C., Rosales, S. (2012) Macroalgae decrease growth and alter microbial community structure of the reef-building coral, Porites astreoides. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44246.
11. Stat, M., Baker, A.C., Bourne, D.G., Correa, A.M.S., Forsman, Z., Huggett, M., Pochon, X., Skillings, D., Toonen, R., van Oppen, M.J.H., Gates, R.D. (2012) Molecular delineation of species in the coral holobiont. Advances in Marine Biology 63:1-65.
10. Correa, T.B.S., Eberli, G.P., Grasmueck, M., Reed, J.K., Correa, A.M.S. (2012) Genesis and morphology of cold-water coral ridges in a unidirectional current regime. Marine Geology 326:14-27.
9. Silverstein, R.N., Correa, A.M.S., and Baker, A.C. (2012) Specificity is rarely absolute in coral–algal symbiosis: implications for coral response to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 279:2609-2618. Recommended by Faculty of 1000.
8. Vega Thurber, R.L. and Correa, A.M.S. (2011) Viruses of reef-building scleractinian corals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 408:102-113.
7. ***Silverstein, R.N., Correa, A.M.S., LaJeunesse, T.C., Baker, A.C. (2011) Novel algal symbiont (Symbiodinium spp.) diversity in reef corals of Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 422:63-75.
6. Correa, A.M.S. and Baker, A.C. (2011) Disaster taxa in microbially-mediated metazoans: how endosymbionts and environmental catastrophes influence the adaptive capacity of reef corals. Global Change Biology 17:68-75.
5. Correa, A.M.S., McDonald, M.D., and Baker, A.C. (2009) Development of clade-specific Symbiodinium primers for quantitative PCR (qPCR) and their application to detecting clade D symbionts in Caribbean corals. Marine Biology 156:2403-2412.
4. Glynn, P.W., Riegl, B., Correa, A.M.S., and Baums, I.B. (2009) Rapid recovery of a coral reef at Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands. Journal of Galápagos Research 66:6-13.
3. Correa, A.M.S., Brandt, M.E., Smith, T.B., Thornhill, D.J., and Baker, A.C. (2009) Symbiodinium associations with diseased and healthy scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs 28:437-448.
2. Correa, A.M.S. and Baker, A.C. (2009) Understanding diversity in coral-algal symbiosis: A cluster-based approach to interpreting fine-scale genetic variation in the genus Symbiodinium. Coral Reefs 28:81-93.
1. Baker, A.C., Romanski (Correa), A.M. (2007) Multiple symbiotic partnerships are common in scleractinian corals, but not in octocorals: Comment on Goulet (2006). Marine Ecology Progress Series 335:237-242.
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