Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (28; * denotes co-authorship) [Google Scholar; ResearchGate]

• Kustra, MC & TJ Carrier. 2025. Microbes as manipulators of egg size and developmental evolution. mBio 16: e03655-24.

• Carrier, TJ, H Elder, J Macrander, JL Dimond, BL Bingham, & AM Reitzel. 2025. Symbiont-mediated metabolic shift in the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. Molecular Ecology 34: e17722.

• Carrier, TJ, G Schwob, RN Ketchum, HA Lessios, & AM Reitzel. 2024. Divergence between sea urchins and their microbiota following speciation. Marine Biology 171: 128.

• Carrier, TJ, L Schmittmann, S Jung, L Pita, & U Hentschel. 2023. Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10012.

• Wessel, GM, M Kiyomoto, AM Reitzel, & TJ Carrier. 2022. Pigmentation biosynthesis influences the microbiome in sea urchins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20221088.

• Kustra, MC & TJ Carrier. 2022. On the spread of microbes that manipulate reproduction in marine invertebrates. The American Naturalist 200: 1-19.

• Carrier, TJ & TCG Bosch. 2022. Symbiosis: the other cells in development. Development 149: dev200797.

• Carrier, TJ, M Maldonado, L Schmittmann, L Pita, TCG Bosch, & U Hentschel. 2022. Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis. BMC Biology 20: 100.

• Carrier, TJ & JS McAlister. 2022. Microbiota associated with echinoid eggs and the implications for maternal provisioning. Marine Ecology Progress Series 683: 67-79.

• Carrier, TJ, SE Beaulieu  SW Mills, LS Mullineaux, & AM Reitzel. 2021. Larvae of deep-sea marine invertebrates harbor low-diversity bacterial communities. The Biological Bulletin 241: 65–76.

• Carrier, TJ*, BA Leigh*, D Deaker, H Devens, GA Wray, SR Bordenstein, M Byrne, & AM Reitzel. 2021. Microbiome reduction and endosymbiont gain from a switch in sea urchin life history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e2022023118.

• Carrier, TJ, HA Lessios & AM Reitzel. 2020. Eggs of echinoids separated by the Isthmus of Panama harbor divergent microbiota. Marine Ecology Progress Series 648: 169-177.

• Carrier, TJ & AM Reitzel. 2020. Symbiotic life of echinoderm larvae. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 509.

• Schuh, NW, TJ Carrier, CS Schrankel, AM Reitzel, A Heyland, & JP Rast. 2020. Bacterial exposure mediates developmental plasticity and resistance to lethal Vibrio lentus infection in purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) larvae. Frontiers in Immunology 10: 3014.

• Carrier, TJ & AM Reitzel. 2019. Shift in bacterial taxa precedes morphological plasticity in a larval echinoid. Marine Biology 166: 164.

• Leach, WB*, TJ Carrier*, & AM Reitzel. 2019. Diel patterning in the bacterial community associated with Nematostella vectensis. Ecology and Evolution 9: 9935-9947.

• Carrier, TJ, S Dupont & AM Reitzel. 2019. Geographic location and food availability offer differing levels of influence on the bacterial communities associated with larval sea urchins. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95: fiz103.

• Carrier, TJ & AM Reitzel. 2019. Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic and larval development of three confamilial echinoids. Marine Ecology Progress Series 166: 179-188.

• Carrier, TJ, K Wolfe, K Lopez, M Gall, DA Janies, M Byrne, & AM Reitzel. 2018. Diet-induced shifts in the crown-of-thorns (Acanthaster sp.) larval microbiome. Marine Biology 165: 157.

• Ketchum, RN, EG Smith, GO Vaughan, BL Phippen, D McParland, NA Mansouri, TJ Carrier, JA Burt, & AM Reitzel. 2018. DNA extraction method plays a significant role when defining bacterial community composition in the marine invertebrate Echinometra mathaei. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 255.

• Carrier, TJ, J Macrander, & AM Reitzel. 2018. A microbial perspective on the life-history evolution of marine invertebrate larvae: if, where, and when to feed. Marine Ecology 39: e12490.

• Carrier, TJ & AM Reitzel. 2018. Convergent shifts in host-associated microbial communities across environmentally elicited phenotypes. Nature Communications 9: 952.

• Du Clos, KT, IT Jones, TJ Carrier, DC Brady, & PA Jumars. 2017. Model-assisted measurements of suspension-feeding flow velocities. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 2096-2107. 

• Carrier, TJ & AM Reitzel. 2017. The hologenome across environments and the implications of a host-associated microbial repertoire. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 802.

• Carrier, TJ, SD Eddy, & S Redmond. 2017. Solar-dried kelp as potential feed in sea urchin aquaculture. Aquaculture International 25: 355-366.

• Oulhen, N, A Heyland, TJ Carrier, V Zazueta-Novoa, T Fresques, J Laird, T Onorato, DA Janies, & GM Wessel. 2016. Regeneration in bipinnaria larvae of the bat star Patiria miniata induces rapid and broad new gene expression. Mechanisms of Development 142: 10-21.

• Oulhen, N, BJ Schulz, & TJ Carrier. 2016. English translation of Heinrich Anton de Bary’s 1878 speech, ‘Die Erscheinung der Symbiose’ (‘De la symbiose’). Symbiosis 69 (3): 131–139.

• Carrier, TJ, BL King & JA Coffman. 2015. Gene expression changes associated with the developmental plasticity of sea urchin larvae in response to food availability. The Biological Bulletin 228 (3): 171–180.

Submitted & In Review

• Hentschel, U, L Steiner, A Marulanda, L Schmittmann, TJ Carrier, L Pita, D Erpenbeck, G Oatley, E Sinclair, E Aunin, N Gettle, C Santos, M Paulini, H Niu, V McKenna, R O’Brien, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team, & Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership. Genome of the Baltic breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766), and its microbial symbionts.

• Turon, M, C Díez-Vives, TJ Carrier, L de la Cruz, M Conejero, S Jung, L Pita, V Koutsouveli, S Franzenburg, U Hentschel, & A Riesgo. Phagocytosis of an obligate symbiont supports embryonic nutrition in the sponge Halichondria panicea.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters (1):

• Williams, EA & TJ Carrier. (2018) Chapter 19: An -omics perspective on marine invertebrate larvae. In: TJ Carrier, AM Reitzel, & A Heyland (eds.) Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Oxford University Press.

Edited Books and Volumes (1):

• Carrier, TJ, AM Reitzel, & A Heyland (eds.) (2018) Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Oxford University Press.

Theses (2): 

• Carrier, TJ (2020) Symbiosis across diet-induced phenotypes of larval sea urchins. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

• Carrier, TJ (2015) Influence of saxitoxin and Alexandrium fundyense on embryos and late stage larvae of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. University of Maine.