Sarah W. Davies

This study shows that social context in clownfish affects growth, feeding behavior, aggression, and gene expression, reinforcing social role differentiation during hierarchy formation.

This study shows that diel thermal variability does not improve thermal stress resistance in two endangered corals, despite physiological and gene expression responses to heat challenges.

This study shows that hosting different algal symbionts in corals affects immune responses and stress tolerance, with trade-offs in survival under heat and pathogen challenges.

This study examines how heat and nitrate affect symbiosis in sea anemones, finding that while nitrate can temporarily buffer thermal stress, combined stressors lead to holobiont failure.

The paper examines seasonal changes in coral-associated microbiomes of Porites lobata in a sediment-impacted bay, finding spatial and temporal variations in microbial communities linked to sedimentation and terrestrial influences.

This study examines microbiome recovery in a cnidarian host after antibiotic treatment, showing that symbiotic Aiptasia reestablishes bacterial communities while aposymbiotic Aiptasia does not, with implications for host-microbe interactions.

This study examines how coral genomes adapt and recover after a mass mortality event, showing host genetics influences survival and that allele frequency shifts are habitat-specific.

This study examines how temperature influences genetic variation in two marine snail species along a temperature gradient, finding temperature explains 9-12% of genetic differentiation.

This study compares the genome of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata with the tropical coral Acropora millepora to identify gene family expansions related to winter quiescence, innate immunity, and sexual reproduction.

The paper identifies cryptic coral lineages with functional differences in thermal tolerance and growth, highlighting their role in coral reef resilience to climate change.

This study investigates immune regulation in symbiotic and aposymbiotic coral tissue using multiomic approaches, revealing compartmentalized immune suppression in specific cell types during symbiosis.

This study shows antibiotic treatment reduces microbial diversity and slows regeneration in two cnidarian species, highlighting the role of microbiomes in regeneration.

The paper identifies three cryptic coral lineages with distinct thermal tolerance strategies by analyzing their associations with photobionts and bacteria across different reef environments.

This study observes ex situ spawning, larval development, and settlement in Porites lobata, finding an abbreviated pelagic larval period and potential for local adaptation.

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The paper examines gene expression responses of coral hosts and their symbionts to thermal stress, finding hosts show stronger responses than symbionts, with symbionts exhibiting greater plasticity when free-living.

This study shows that photosymbiosis in corals reduces the environmental stress response under heat challenge, contradicting the oxidative bleaching hypothesis.

This study shows that nutrient deprivation affects gene expression, immunity, and pathogen susceptibility differently in symbiotic and aposymbiotic cnidarians.

This study examines the resilience of Crepidula fornicata to ocean acidification across larval and juvenile stages, finding transcriptomic plasticity enables acclimation to reduced pH conditions.

This study examines gene expression changes in coral species after Hurricane Harvey, finding oxidative stress responses and sub-lethal stress from poor water quality.

The paper investigates the role of NF-κB in cnidarian-algal symbiosis and thermotolerance in Aiptasia and Pocillopora damicornis, showing differential expression and effects on survival and bleaching.

This study examines the effects of ocean acidification on C. fornicata larvae, finding subtle gene expression changes and reduced shell growth but no severe impacts or mortality.

The paper examines Symbiodinium community composition in three coral species across thermal regimes in the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, finding thermal regime influences vary by host species.