Mark J. A. Vermeij

The paper assesses chemical pollution and ecotoxicological risks in Caribbean coastal bays and coral reefs using chemical analysis and bioassays, finding that bays act as pollution sources while reefs show mixture toxicity.

The paper characterizes the microbiome of pillar coral Dendrogyra cylindrus in Belize and Curacao, revealing regional differences and novel bacterial taxa.

This study shows that the choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa forms multicellular sheets through clonal or aggregative mechanisms, adapting to environmental changes in splash pools.

The paper reveals diel transcriptional rhythms in coral, photosymbiont, and microbial communities, showing time-specific gene regulation drives holobiont function and homeostasis.

This study presents the first global survey of coral-associated microbial eukaryotes, revealing greater diversity than the coral bacterial microbiome and identifying new lineages and potential pathogens.

This study develops methods for coral metabolomics, evaluating sample fixation and storage effects, and introduces tools for metabolite annotation and multi-omics analysis.

This study identifies microbial traits, including enriched bacterial and viral communities, associated with the success of Madracis mirabilis in Curacao coral reefs.

The paper presents the first chromosome-level genome assembly of Flaccisagitta enflata, providing a resource for comparative genomic studies in Chaetognatha and Gnathifera.

The paper identifies fireworms as a potential vector for coral-infecting apicomplexans by showing they host distinct corallicolid sequences.

This study investigates intra- and interspecific genome size variation in Agaricia corals from Curacao, finding significant intraspecific variation and a correlation between genome size variance and nucleotide polymorphism.

This study demonstrates that cryopreserved coral sperm can enable successful assisted gene flow between genetically-isolated Caribbean populations of Acropora palmata, producing viable larvae and showing reproductive compatibility across populations.

The paper identifies a coral-infecting apicomplexan, corallicola, which retains chlorophyll biosynthesis genes in its non-photosynthetic plastid, suggesting it is an evolutionary intermediate between free-living and parasitic apicomplexans.