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Author:

Polato, Nicholas Renzo

Title:

Interactions between environmental stress and genetic diversity in reef building corals

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Coral
population structure
microsatellite
thremal stress
microarray
GxE interactions
climate change
gene expression

File:

Download PolatoDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Special Member

Author:

Parkinson, John Everett

Title:

The role of intraspecific diversity in coral-algal symbiosis ecology and evolution

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Acropora palmata
climate change
coral reef
molecular biology
stress response
Symbiodinium
symbiosis ecology
taxonomy

File:

Download parkinson_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C La Jeunesse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Alice Coffroth, Special Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member

Author:

Chan, Andrea

Title:

Climate Change Effects on Coral Symbioses

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

coral reef
population genetics
climate change
Symbiodiniaceae
gene expession
symbiosis
bioerosion
physiology

File:

Download AChan_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iliana Brigitta Baums, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C LaJeunesse, Committee Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Outside Member