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Author:

Lewis, Allison Michelle

Title:

The Ecology and Functional Significance of Distinct Coral Symbionts

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Indo-Pacific
Scleractinia
Symbiodiniaceae
Endosymbiosis
Ecological Specialization
Calcification
Physiology
Caribbean
Taxonomy

File:

Download Lewis_Allison_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd C Lajeunesse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Monica Medina, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Outside 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

Author:

Reich, Hannah Gallogly

Title:

The importance of trace metals in coral-algal symbiosis

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

coral-algal symbiosis
Symbiodiniaceae
Trace metals
Metal quota
Iron limitation
Coral bleaching
genomics
Algal culturing
Dinoflagellate
Micronutrients
Physiology

File:

Download reich_dissertation_03202020.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd C Lajeunesse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iliana Brigitta Baums, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Committee Member
Erin L Connolly, Outside Member
Tracy Langkilde, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Avila Magana, Viridiana

Title:

Gene regulation in cnidarian photosymbioses: A comparative approach

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Transcriptome
Evolution
Symbiosis
Photosymbiosis
Regulation
Heat stress
miRNAs
Metamorphosis
Symbiodiniaceae
Cnidarians
Comparative genomics

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_VAM.pdf

Committee Members:

Monica Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Outside Member
Tracy Langkilde, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Turnham, Kira

Title:

On the ecology and evolution of symbiotic dinoflagellates

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Dinoflagellate symbiosis
coral reef
mutualism
evolution
ecology
toxin
Symbiodiniaceae
speciation

File:

Download Kira_Turnham_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Geiser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Co-Chair of Committee
Iliana Baums, Major Field Member
Todd Lajeunesse, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Monica Medina, Co-Chair of Committee
Stephen Schaeffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Lopez Londono, Tomas

Title:

Light availability along depth gradients: a key driver of niche partitioning and biodiversity patterns in reef building corals

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Coral reefs
physiology
ecophysiology
depth gradient
biodiversity patterns
species-energy
productivity-biodiversity
habitat specialization
turbidity
water optical properties
light gradient
Symbiodiniaceae

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_Lopez-Londono.pdfDownload PS_Dissertation_Lopez-Londono.pdf

Committee Members:

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Lynch, Outside Unit & Field Member
Todd Lajeunesse, Major Field Member
Monica Medina, Chair of Committee
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair