A5026627355- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Geological formations and processes
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
2020-2024
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
2024
Auburn University
2011-2012
In 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) was detected off the coast of Miami, Florida, USA, and continues to persist. Along Florida Reef Tract (FRT), coral reefs have previously succumbed disease outbreaks. However, SCTLD can up a 99% mortality rate has affected 23 species scleractinian corals. addition its high rate, fast spread through FRT led regional near-extinction at least one species, Dendrogya cylindrus. Although persisted for over 5 years, etiology is unknown. As means...
Samples from eight species of corals ( Colpophyllia natans , Dendrogyra cylindrus Diploria labyrinthiformis Meandrina meandrites Montastraea cavernosa Orbicella faveolata, Pseudodiploria strigosa and Siderastrea siderea ) that exhibited gross clinical signs acute, subacute, or chronic tissue loss attributed to stony coral disease (SCTLD) were collected the Florida Reef Tract during 2016–2018 examined histopathologically. The hallmark microscopic lesion seen in all was focal multifocal lytic...
Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has been causing significant whole colony mortality on reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. The cause of SCTLD remains unknown, with limited concurrence SCTLD-associated bacteria among studies. We conducted a meta-analysis 16S ribosomal RNA gene datasets generated by 16 field laboratory studies to find consistent associated across zones (vulnerable, endemic, epidemic), species, compartments (mucus, tissue, skeleton), health states (apparently...
The epizootic disease outbreak known as stony coral tissue loss (SCTLD) is arguably the most devastating in recorded history. SCTLD emerged off coast of South Florida 2014 and has since moved into Caribbean, resulting mortality rates that have changed reef structure function. Currently, cause unknown, but there evidence from 16S rRNA gene sequencing bacterial culture studies microbial community plays a role progression lesions. In this study, we applied shotgun metagenomics to characterize...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 464:1-15 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09964 FEATURE ARTICLE Host preference and habitat segregation among Red Sea anemonefish: effects of sea anemone traits fish life stages Lindsay K. Huebner1,*, Brianna Dailey1, Benjamin M. Titus1, Maroof Khalaf2, Nanette E. Chadwick1 1Department Biological...
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is an emergent and often lethal that was first reported near Miami, FL (USA) in 2014. Our objective to determine if colonies showing signs of SCTLD possess a specific microbial signature across five susceptible species sampled Florida's Coral Reef. Three sample types were collected: lesion apparently unaffected diseased colonies, healthy colonies. Using 16S rRNA high-throughput gene sequencing, our results show that, for every species, the community...
Scleractinian coral populations are in global decline, and successful recruitment is fundamental to community persistence recovery, but may vary by reproductive mode. Using settlement tiles, we assessed over 3 consecutive years across 4 regions (~300 km) of the Florida Reef Tract (FRT) determine whether spatio-temporal variation differs between brooding broadcast spawning corals recruit distributions correlate with adult live tissue area, site temperature, or depth. We deployed 32 tiles each...
Little is known about the cleaning behaviour of shrimps in comparison to that cleaner fish, and only recently have been shown remove parasites effectively from coral reef fish. Here we describe patterns interactions between Pederson shrimp Ancylomenes pedersoni fish clients St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Clients observed here were members at least 16 families, including three previously unreported client families. Most cleans lasted <20 seconds; surgeonfish cleaned most frequently, but...
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated reefs off the coast of Florida and continues to spread throughout Caribbean. Although a number bacterial taxa have consistently been associated with SCTLD, no pathogen definitively implicated in etiology SCTLD. Previous studies predominantly focused on prokaryotic community through 16S rRNA sequencing healthy affected tissues. Here, we provide different analytical approach by applying bioinformatics pipeline publicly available...
Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated reefs off the coast of Florida and continues to spread throughout Caribbean. Although a number bacterial taxa have consistently been associated with SCTLD, no pathogen definitively implicated in etiology SCTLD. Previous studies predominantly focused on prokaryotic community through 16S rRNA sequencing healthy affected tissues. Here, we provide different analytical approach by applying bioinformatics pipeline publicly available...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 631:99-116 (2019) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13160 Crustacean symbiosis with Caribbean sea anemones Bartholomea annulata: occupancy modeling, habitat partitioning, and persistence Lindsay K. Huebner1,2,*, Colin P. Shea2, Paul M. Schueller3, Ashley D. Terrell1, Stephen G. Ratchford4, Nanette E....
Quantifying recruitment of corals is important for evaluating their capacity to recover after disturbances through natural processes, yet measuring rates in situ challenging due the minute size study organism and complexity benthic communities. Settlement tiles are widely used studies coral because they can be viewed under a microscope enhance accuracy, but methodological choices such as rugosity when how scan recruits post-collection may cause inconsistencies measured rates. We deployed...
ABSTRACT Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has been causing significant whole colony mortality on reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. The cause of SCTLD remains unknown, with limited concurrence SCTLD-associated bacteria among studies. We conducted a meta-analysis SSU 16S ribosomal RNA gene datasets generated by 16 field laboratory studies to find consistent associated across zones (vulnerable, endemic, epidemic), species, compartments (mucus, tissue, skeleton), states (apparently...