Publications

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2026

Titus, K.R., Castellon, R., Washington, C., Cooper, J., Bloomberg, J., Coy, S.R., Farmer, B., Grupstra, C.G.B., Karrick, C., Meiling, S., Quetel, J., Rossin, A., Veglia, A.J., Watkins, J., Evans, K., Apprill, A., Holstein, D.M., Mydlarz, L.A., Brandt, M.E., Correa, A.M.S. (2026) Caribbean Fish Feces are an Environmental Pool of Viable Symbiodiniaceae. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1715855

Carpenter, G.E., Farmer, B.H., Craft, H.E., Apprill, A., Brandt, M.E., Correa, A.M.S., Mydlarz, L.D., Holstein, D.M. (2026) Mesoscale Circulation and Coral Community Disturbance at Isolated Reefs. Global Change Biology Communications https://doi.org/10.1002/gcb4.70005

Rossin, A., Beavers, K.M., Karrick, C.E., Bloomberg, J., Meiling, S., Carpenter, G.E., Farmer, B.H., Green, B., Van Buren, E., Veglia, A., Apprill, A., Brandt, M., Correa, A.M.S., Enochs, I.C., Midway, S.R., Muller, E.M., Mydlarz, L., Smith, T.B., Studivan, M.S., Holstein, D.M. (2026) Runaway coral-algal dysbiosis may be responsible for rapid coral tissue loss. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-35666-4

2025

Peterson, A., Patton, S., Schmeltzer, E.R., Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Klinges, G., Maher, R.L., Messyasz, A., Seabrook, S., Thurber, A.R., Correa, A.M.S., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2025) Apicomplexan and non-metazoan microeukaryotes in the thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme coral bleaching event. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1626071

Grottoli, A.G., Hulver, A.M., Vega Thurber, R.L., Toonen, R., Schmeltzer, E.R., Kuffner, I.B., Barrott, K., Baums, I., Castillo, K., Chapron, L., Coffroth M.A., Combosh, D., Correa, A.M.S., Crandall, E., Donahue, M., Donovan, M., Eirin-Lopez, J., Felis, T., Ferrier-Pages, C., Hagedorn, M., Harrison, H., Hedouin, L., Heron, S., Huang, D., Humanes, A., Kenkel, C., Kline, D., Krueger, T.,  Madin, J., Manzello, D., Matz, M., McManus, L., Medina, M., Muller, E., Padilla-Gamino, J., Putnam, H., Sewall, Y., Shlesinger, T., Sweet, M., Voolstra, C., Weis, V., Wild, C., Wu, C. (2025) Perspective on the Future Direction of Coral Bleaching Research and the Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network. Bioscience https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf066

Vega Thurber, R.L., Silva, D., Speare, L., Croquer, A., Veglia, A., Alvarez, L., Zaneveld, J., Muller, E., Correa, A.M.S. (2025) Coral Disease: Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience. Annual Reviews of Marine Science https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-011123- 102337

2024

Veglia, A.J., Rivera-Vicéns, R.E., Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Correa, A.M.S. (2024) vAMPirus: A versatile virus amplicon sequence analysis framework to support investigations of non-model viral community ecology. Molecular Ecology Resources, 00, e13978. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13978

2023

Howe-Kerr, L.I., Knochel, A.M., Meyer, M., Karrick, C.E., Sims, J.A., Grupstra, C.G.B., Veglia, A.J., Thurber, A.R., Vega Thurber, R.L., Correa, A.M.S. (2023). Filamentous virus-like particles are present in coral dinoflagellates across genera and ocean basins. The ISME Journal 17:2389–2402 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01526-6

Beavers, K.M., Van Buren, E., Rossin, A., Emery, M., 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., Mydlarz, L.D. (2023) Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Induces Transcriptional Signatures of in situ Degradation of Dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae. Nature Communications 14: 2915 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38612-4

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. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15023 #Corresponding authors 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Johnston, M.A., Studivan, M., Enochs, I.C., Correa, A.M.S., Besemer, N., Eckert, R.J., Edwards, K., Hannum, R., Hu, X., Nuttall, M., O’Connell, K., Palacio, A., Schmahl, G.P., Sturm, A.B., Ushijima, B., Voss, J.D. (2023) Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1111749/full

2022

Vega Thurber, R.L., Schmeltzer, E.R., Grottoli, A.G., van Woesik, R., Toonen, R., Warner, M.E., Dobson, K.L., McLachlan, R.H., Barott, K.L., Barshis, D.J., Baumann, J.H., Chapron, L., Combosch, D.J., Correa, A.M.S., DeCarlo, T.M., Hagedorn, M., Hedouin, L., Hoadley, K.D., Felis, T., Ferrier-Pages, C., Kenkel, C.D., Kuffner, I.B., Matthews, J.L., Medina, M., Meyer, C.P., Oster, C., Price, J.T., Putnam, H.M., Sawall, Y. (2022) Unified Methods in Collecting, Preserving, and Archiving Coral Bleaching Specimens to Increase Sample Utility and Increase Interdisciplinary Collaboration. PeerJ 10: e14176.

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 – Biogeosciences127: e2022JG006999.

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

Huntley, N., Brandt., M.E., Becker, C., Miller, C.A., Meiling, S., Correa, A.M.S., Holstein, D., Muller, E., Mydlarz, L., Smith, T.B., Apprill, A. (2022) Coral mucus and tissue microbiome responses to stony coral tissue loss disease exposure. ISME Communications 21:46.

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.

Grupstra, C.G.B., Lemoine, N.P., Cook, C., 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

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

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., 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:e0119921. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01199-21

Grupstra, C.G.B., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Veglia, A.J., Bryant, R., Coy, S.R., Blackwelder, P.L., 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

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

2021 

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.

Martindale, R.C., Holstein, D., Voss, J., Knowlton, N., Weiss, A., Correa, A.M.S. (2021) Editorial: “Gulf of Mexico Reefs: Past, Present and Future”. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:909.

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 8:464.

Shore, A.N., Sims, J.A., Grimes, M., Howe-Kerr, L.I., Grupstra, C.G.B., Doyle, S., Stadler, L., Sylvan, J., Shamberger, K., Davies, S.W., Santiago-Vazquez, L.Z., Correa, A.M.S. (2021) On a reef far, far away: Anthropogenic impacts following extreme storms affect sponge health and microbiomes. Frontiers in Marine Science 166:45.

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 9:88.

Correa, A.M.S., Howard-Varona, C., Coy, S.R., Buchan, A., Sullivan, M.B., Weitz, J.S. (2021) The Virus-Microbe Infection Continuum: Revisiting the Viral Rules of Life. Nature Reviews Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-021-00530-x  

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

2020

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 7:555474

Nguyen, B.N.†, Shen, E.W.†, 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. † These authors contributed equally. Scientific Reports 10:6729

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

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.

2019 

Wright, R.M., Correa, A.M.S., Quigley, L., Shamberger, K., Santiago-Vazquez, L., 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

Weinstein, D.K., Maher, R.L., Correa, A.M.S. (2019). Bioerosion. In: Loya, Y., Puglise, K.A., Bridge, T. (eds). Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the World, Springer-Verlag.

2018 

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

2017 

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

Baker, A.C., Cunning, R., Correa, A.M.S. (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 Pacific. Springer-Verlag, pp. 405-420

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

2016 

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

2015 

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

2014 

Soffer, N., Brandt, M.E., Correa, A.M.S., Smith, T.B., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2014) Potential role of viruses in white plague coral disease. The ISME Journal 8:271-283

2013 

Brandt, M.E., Smith, T.B., Correa, A.M.S., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2013). Disturbance driven colony fragmentation as a driver of a coral disease outbreak. PLoS ONE 8(2), e57164. 

Correa, A.M.S., Welsh, R.M., Vega Thurber, R.L. (2013). Unique nucleocytoplasmic dsDNA and +ssRNA viruses are associated with the dinoflagellate endosymbionts of corals. The ISME Journal 7:13-27

2012 

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

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 bacterial community structure of the scleractinian coral, Porites astreoides. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44246

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

Silverstein, R.N., Correa, A.M.S., and Baker, A.C. (2012). Specificity is rarely absolute in coral-algal symbiosis: implications for response to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 279:2609-2618.

2011 

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

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

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

2009 

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 Biology156:2403-2412

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

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

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 

2007 

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