Paul, Valerie
Fellowship Advisor
Staff of National Museum of Natural History
Marine chemical ecology, marine plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, marine cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms, and marine natural products.
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Paul J. Scheuer Award for Marine Natural Products, conferred by Marine Natural Products Gordon Research Conference , 2020
- Eminence in Research Award, conferred by International Coral Reef Society, 2020
- Sillver Medal Award , conferred by International Society of Chemical Ecology, 2019
- A.E. Schwarting Award, conferred by American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2019
- Fellow , conferred by American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2019
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
- Predicting future impacts of climate change on critical habitat selection by Caribbean corals awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
- Can corals survive a 1-2 punch? Combined impacts of ocean acidification and macroalgae on coral health and recruitment awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- Research and Public Outreach Programs 2019-2021 awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation 2019 -
- Direct and indirect impacts of macroalgae on corals during early life history stages awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
investigator on
- Research and Public Outreach Programs 2019-2021 awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation 2019 - 2021
- CERP: Benthic Infaunal Monitoring of the St. Lucie Estuary and the Southern Indian River Lagoon 20189 awarded by USACE Finance Center 2019 -
- Research and Treatment of Florida's Coral Tissue Loss Diseases awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection 2019 -
- Studies on Environmental Co-Factors Potentially Influencing the Disease Dynamics of Florida's Coral Tissue Loss Diseases awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection 2019 -
- Understanding chemical cues in settlement site selection on coral reefs could lead to more effective marine management awarded by University of Delaware 2017 -
- Analysis of Metabolic Biomarkers of Florida's Coral Tissue Loss Disease awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology
- Benthic Infauna Monitoring in the St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon awarded by South Florida Water Management District
- CERP: Benthic Infaunal Monitoring of the St. Lucie Estuary and the Southern Indian River Lagoon. [Also, see same Prj under Dsfgc 190801] (RM) awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- CERP: FY21 awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- COSEE Florida: Water as Habitat awarded by National Science Foundation
- Determining the ecology of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs through surveys, transmission experiments, and microbiome analysis awarded by University of Florida
- Determining the ecology of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs through surveys, transmission experiments, and microbiome analysis awarded by University of Florida
- Determining the ecology of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs through surveys, transmission experiments, and microbiome analysis awarded by University of Florida
- Development of alternative in situ treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- General Survey and Grazing Characteristics of Infauna and Epifauna in the Northern Indian River Lagoon System awarded by St Johns River Water Management District
- Graduate Student Training in Marine Sciences awarded by Link Foundation
- Indian River Lagoon Biodiversity and the IRL Species Inventory Update awarded by Indian River Lagoon Council (IRL)
- Investigation of the transmission, infectivity and host specificity of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Investigations into microbially mediated ecological diversification in sponges awarded by College of Charleston
- LBSP Project 32: Using Cyanobacteria and Macroalgae Stable Isotopes as Anthropogenic Point and Non-Point Source Nutrient Indicators awarded by Florida International University
- Microbiology of Juvenile Porites astreoides in the Florida Keys awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Novel Targeted Anticancer Agents from Marine Cyanobacteria awarded by University of Florida
- POR-2012: The Influence of Marine Microbes on Coral Recruitment in the Florida Keys: Factors affecting the production of positive settlement cues in i awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Pilot-Scale Libraries of Marine Cyanobacterial Natural Products awarded by University of Florida
- RAPID: Collaborative Research: Investigation of the transmission, infectivity and differential host specificity of a coral disease outbreak on Florida awarded by National Science Foundation
- Reconnaissance of Infauna and Epifauna in the Northern IRL System awarded by St Johns River Water Management District
- Research and Public Outreach Programs awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
- Research and Public Outreach Programs 2014 awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
- The Indian River Lagoon Species Web Based Education Tool awarded by St Johns River Water Management District
- The influence of marine microbes on coral recruitment in the Florida Keys awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
Publications
selected publications
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- Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florid. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 2020
- Dolastatin 15 from a Marine Cyanobacterium Suppresses HIF-1a Mediated Cancer Cell Viability and Vascularization. Chembiochem. 21:2356-2366. 2020
- Effects of future climate on coral-coral competition. Plos One. 15:Article e0235465. 2020
- Eudesmacarbonate, a Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpene from a Marine Filamentous Cyanobacterial Mat (Oscillatoriales) in the Florida Keys. Journal of Natural Products. 83:2030-2035. 2020
- Fungal epithiodiketopiperazines carrying a,ß-polysulfide bridges from Penecillium steckii YE, and their chemical interconversion. ChemBioChem. 2020
- Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association. Isme Journal. 14:1571-1583. 2020
- Spatial variation in the effects of predator exclusion on epifaunal community development in seagrass beds. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 649:21-33. 2020
- Chemical and Metagenomic Studies of the Lethal Black Band Disease of Corals Reveal Two Broadly Distributed, Redox-Sensitive Mixed Polyketide/Peptide Macrocycles. Journal of Natural Products. 82:111-121. 2019
- Chemical ecology of marine sponges: new opportunities through "-omics". Integrative and Comparative Biology. icz014. 2019
- Differential Gene Expression during Substrate Probing in Larvae of the Caribbean Coral Porites astreoides. Molecular Ecology. 28:4899-4913. 2019
- Discovery and Total Synthesis of Doscadenamide A: A Quorum Sensing Signaling Molecule from a Marine Cyanobacterium. Organic letters. 21:7274-7278. 2019
- Grazing halos on coral reefs: predation risk, herbivore density, and habitat size influence grazing patterns that are visible from space. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 627:71-81. 2019
- Mass Spectrometry-Based Integration and Expansion of the Chemical Diversity Harbored Within a Marine Sponge. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 1-12. 2019
- Microbial Community Shifts Associated With the Ongoing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:2244. 2019
- Pathogenesis of a Tissue Loss Disease Affecting Multiple Species of Corals Along the Florida Reef Tract. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6:Article-678. 2019
- Promising prospects of nanopore sequencing for algal hologenomics and structural variation discovery. BMC Genomics. 20:850. 2019
- Seaweed natural products modify the host inflammatory response via Nrf2 signaling and alter colon microbiota composition and gene expression. Free radical biology & medicine. 30996-7. 2019
- A Complementary Chemical and Genomic Screening Approach for Druggable Targets in the Nrf2 Pathway and Small Molecule Inhibitors to Overcome Cancer Cell Drug Resistance. ACS Chemical Biology. 13:1189-1199. 2018
- Apratyramide, a Marine-Derived Peptidic Stimulator of VEGF-A and Other Growth Factors with Potential Application in Wound Healing. ACS Chemical Biology. 13:91-99. 2018
- Artificial structures versus mangrove prop roots: a general comparison of epifaunal communities within the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 607:85-98. 2018
- Discovery of new A- and B-type laxaphycins with synergistic anticancer activity. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry. 2018
- Discovery, Synthesis, Pharmacological Profiling, and Biological Characterization of Brintonamides A-E, Novel Dual Protease and GPCR Modulators from a Marine Cyanobacterium. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 61:6364-6378. 2018
- Feeding Behavior of the Native Mussel Ischadium recurvum and the Invasive Mussels Mytella charruana and Perna viridis in FL, USA, Across a Salinity Gradient. Estuaries and Coasts. 1-11. 2018
- Herbivore community determines the magnitude and mechanism of nutrient effects on subtropical and tropical seagrasses. Journal of Ecology. 106:401-412. 2018
- Isolation and Characterization of Anaephenes A–C, Alkylphenols from a Filamentous Cyanobacterium ( Hormoscilla sp., Oscillatoriales). Journal of Natural Products. 81:2716-2721. 2018
- Spatial and temporal shifts in the diet of the barnacle Amphibalanus eburneus within a subtropical estuary. PeerJ. 6:e5485. 2018
- Structural Diversity and Anticancer Activity of Marine-Derived Elastase Inhibitors: Key Features and Mechanisms Mediating the Antimetastatic Effects in Invasive Breast Cancer. ChemBioChem. 19:815-825. 2018
- Uncovering cryptic diversity of Lyngbya : the new tropical marine cyanobacterial genus Dapis (Oscillatoriales). Journal of Phycology. 2018
- Bloom dynamics and chemical defenses of benthic cyanobacteria in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Harmful Algae. 69:75-82. 2017
- Comparative Metagenomics of the Polymicrobial Black Band Disease of Corals. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:618. 2017
- Declines in plant palatability from polar to tropical latitudes depend on herbivore and plant identity. Ecology. 98:2312-2321. 2017
- Effects of ocean acidification and contact with the brown alga Stypopodium zonale on the settlement and early survival of the coral Porites astreoides. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 577:67-77. 2017
- Evaluation of Chemical Defense and Chemical Diversity in the Exotic Bryozoan Amathia verticillata. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 28:435-442. 2017
- Feeding behavior of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria in shallow estuaries. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 567:125-137. 2017
- Grassystatins D-F, Potent Aspartic Protease Inhibitors from Marine Cyanobacteria as Potential Antimetastatic Agents Targeting Invasive Breast Cancer. Journal of Natural Products. 80:2969-2986. 2017
- Interspecific Variation in Coral Settlement and Fertilization Success in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide Exposure. Biological Bulletin. 233:206-218. 2017
- Kempopeptin C, a Novel Marine-Derived Serine Protease Inhibitor Targeting Invasive Breast Cancer. Marine Drugs. 15. 2017
- Metagenomic discovery of polybrominated diphenyl ether biosynthesis by marine sponges. Nature Chemical Biology. 13:537-543. 2017
- Biosynthesis of coral settlement cue tetrabromopyrrole in marine bacteria by a uniquely adapted brominase-thioesterase enzyme pair. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113:3797-3802. 2016
- Caldoramide, a Modified Pentapeptide from the Marine Cyanobacterium Caldora penicillata. Journal of Natural Products. 79:1867-1871. 2016
- Differential larval settlement responses of Porites astreoides and Acropora palmata in the presence of the green alga Halimeda opuntia. Coral Reefs. 35:521-525. 2016
- Discovery, Total Synthesis and Key Structural Elements for the Immunosuppressive Activity of Cocosolide, a Symmetrical Glycosylated Macrolide Dimer from Marine Cyanobacteria. Chemistry A European Journal. 22:8158-8166. 2016
- Elevated Temperature and Allelopathy Impact Coral Recruitment. Plos One. 11:1-16. 2016
- Epimicrobiota Associated with the Decay and Recovery of Orbicella Corals Exhibiting Dark Spot Syndrome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7:893. 2016
- Increased temperature mitigates the effects of ocean acidification in calcified green algae (Halimeda spp.). Coral Reefs. 35:357-368. 2016
- Microbiome shifts and the inhibition of quorum sensing by Black Band Disease cyanobacteria. Isme Journal. 10:1204-1216. 2016
- Multidimensional Screening Platform for Simultaneously Targeting Oncogenic KRAS and Hypoxia-Inducible Factors Pathways in Colorectal Cancer. ACS Chemical Biology. 11:1322-1331. 2016
- Palatability and chemical defences of benthic cyanobacteria to a suite of herbivores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 474:100-108. 2016
- Patterns of larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival for seven Caribbean corals. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 548:127-138. 2016
- Pitiamides A and B, Multifunctional Fatty Acid Amides from Marine Cyanobacteria. Planta Medica. 82:897-902. 2016
- Tasiamide F, a potent inhibitor of cathepsins D and E from a marine cyanobacterium. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry. 24:3276-3282. 2016
- Caldora penicillata gen. nov., comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria), a pantropical marine species with biomedical relevance. Journal of Phycology. 51:670-681. 2015
- Amantelides A and B, Polyhydroxylated Macrolides with Differential Broad-Spectrum Cytotoxicity from a Guamanian Marine Cyanobacterium. Journal of Natural Products. 78:1957-1962. 2015
- Carriebowlinol, an Antimicrobial Tetrahydroquinolinol from an Assemblage of Marine Cyanobacteria Containing a Novel Taxon. Journal of Natural Products. 78:534-538. 2015
- Complexity of Naturally Produced Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Revealed via Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Science & Technology. 49:1339-1346. 2015
- Crustose coralline algal species host distinct bacterial assemblages on their surfaces. Isme Journal. 2527-2536. 2015
- Direct effects of elevated temperature, reduced pH, and the presence of macroalgae (Dictyota spp.) on larvae of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides. Bulletin of Marine Science. 91:255-270. 2015
- Draft genome sequence of Halomonas meridiana R1t3 isolated from the surface microbiota of the Caribbean Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 10:75. 2015
- Effects of Toxic Compounds in Montipora capitata on Exogenous and Endogenous Zooxanthellae Performance and Fertilization Success. Plos One. 10:1-17. 2015
- Eggs and larvae of Acropora palmata and larvae of Porites astreoides contain high amounts of dimethylsulfoniopropionate. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 473:146-151. 2015
- Induction of Larval Settlement in the Reef Coral Porites astreoides by a Cultivated Marine Roseobacter Strain. Biological Bulletin. 228:98-107. 2015
- Responses of the tropical gorgonian coral Eunicea fusca to ocean acidification conditions. Coral Reefs. 34:451-460. 2015
- Targeted Natural Products Discovery from Marine Cyanobacteria Using Combined Phylogenetic and Mass Spectrometric Evaluation. Journal of Natural Products. 78:486-492. 2015
- Chemical signatures of multi-species foraging aggregations are attractive to fish. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 498:243-248. 2014
- Combined effects of macroalgal presence and elevated temperature on the early life-history stages of a common Caribbean coral. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 509:181-191. 2014
- Community Shifts in the Surface Microbiomes of the Coral Porites astreoides with Unusual Lesions. Plos One. 9:1-9. 2014
- Grassypeptolides as Natural Inhibitors of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 8 and T-Cell Activation. Chembiochem. 15:799-804. 2014
- Interactions between the tropical sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and Serratia marcescens, an opportunistic pathogen of corals. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 6:287-292. 2014
- Larval settlement preferences of Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata in response to diverse red algae. Coral Reefs. 33:59-66. 2014
- Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments. Natural Product Reports. 31:1510-1533. 2014
- Morphological and molecular clarification of the enigmatic Caulerpa floridana W.R. Taylor (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from the Dry Tortugas, Florida. European Journal of Phycology. 49:370-383. 2014
- Responses of calcifying algae (Halimeda spp.) to ocean acidification: implications for herbivores. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 514:43-56. 2014
- The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole from a biofilm bacterium induces settlement of multiple Caribbean corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B. 281:20133086-. 2014
- Bacterial shifts associated with coral–macroalgal competition in the Caribbean Sea. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 488:103-117. 2013
- Biogeographic and phylogenetic effects on feeding resistance of generalist herbivores toward plant chemical defenses. Ecology. 94:18-24. 2013
- Coral-associated micro-organisms and their roles in promoting coral health and thwarting diseases. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B. 280:20122328-20122328. 2013
- Cultivated Sea Lettuce is a Multiorgan Protector from Oxidative and Inflammatory Stress by Enhancing the Endogenous Antioxidant Defense System. Cancer Prevention Research. 6:989-999. 2013
- Detecting hyperthermal stress in larvae of the hermatypic coral Porites astreoides: the suitability of using biomarkers of oxidative stress versus heat-shock protein transcriptional expression. Marine Biology. 160:2609-2618. 2013
- Ecology- and bioassay-guided drug discovery for treatments of tropical parasitic disease: 5alpha,8alpha-epidioxycholest-6-en-3beta-ol isolated from the mollusk Dolabrifera dolabrifera shows significant activity against Leishmania donovani. Natural Product Communications. 8:1537-1540. 2013
- First Identification of 5,11-Dideoxytetrodotoxin in Marine Animals, and Characterization of Major Fragment Ions of Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogs by High Resolution ESI-MS/MS. Marine Drugs. 11:2799-2813. 2013
- Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota). Journal of Phycology. 49:1095-1106. 2013
- Modular Strategies for Structure and Function Employed by Marine Cyanobacteria: Characterization and Synthesis of Pitinoic Acids. Organic Letters. 15:4050-4053. 2013
- Phylogenetic Inferences Reveal Large Extent of Novel Biodiversity in Chemically Rich Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79:1882-1888. 2013
- Potent Elastase Inhibitors from Cyanobacteria: Structural Basis and Mechanisms Mediating Cytoprotective and Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Bronchial Epithelial Cells. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56:1276-1290. 2013
- Quorum-sensing inhibitory compounds from extremophilic microorganisms isolated from a hypersaline cyanobacterial mat. Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology. 40:759-772. 2013
- Seaweed extracts and unsaturated fatty acid constituents from the green alga Ulva lactuca as activators of the cytoprotective Nrf2-ARE pathway. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 57:141-153. 2013
- Short-term and latent post-settlement effects associated with elevated temperature and oxidative stress on larvae from the coral Porites astreoides. Coral Reefs. 32:71-79. 2013
- Climate Change: Links to Global Expansion of Harmful Cyanobacteria. Water research. 46:1349-1363. 2012
- Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides. Isme Journal. 6:790-801. 2012
- Macroalgal Extracts Induce Bacterial Assemblage Shifts and Sublethal Tissue Stress in Caribbean Corals. Plos One. 7:1-12. 2012
- Marine Cyanobacterial Fatty Acid Amides Acting on Cannabinoid Receptors. Chembiochem. 13:2676-2681. 2012
- Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms. Coral Reefs. 30:309-320. 2011
- Chemically mediated interactions between macroalgae Dictyota spp. and multiple life-history stages of the coral Porites astreoides. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 426:161-170. 2011
- Half-dead colonies of Montastraea annularis release viable gametes on a degraded reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science. 87:855-856. 2011
- Inhibition of marine biofouling by bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors. Biofouling. 27:893-905. 2011
- Lyngbyoic acid, a "tagged" fatty acid from a marine cyanobacterium, disrupts quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Biosystems. 7:1205-1216. 2011
- Malyngamide 3 and cocosamides A and B from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Cocos Lagoon, Guam. Journal of Natural Products. 74:871-876. 2011
- Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments. Natural Product Reports. 28:345-387. 2011
- Pitipeptolides C-F, antimycobacterial cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Guam. Phytochemistry. 72:2068-2074. 2011
- Pitiprolamide, a Proline-Rich Dolastatin 16 Analogue from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Guam. Journal of Natural Products. 74:109-112. 2011
- Porpoisamides A and B, two novel epimeric cyclic depsipeptides from a Florida Keys collection of Lyngbya sp. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry. 19:6576-6580. 2011
- Veraguamides A-G, Cyclic Hexadepsipeptides from a Dolastatin 16-Producing Cyanobacterium Symploca cf. hydnoides from Guam. Journal of Natural Products. 74:917-927. 2011
- Bacterial Acquisition in Juveniles of Several Broadcast Spawning Coral Species. Plos One. 5:e10898. 2010
- Caylobolide B, a Macrolactone from Symplostatin 1-Producing Marine Cyanobacteria Phormidium spp. from Florida. Journal of Natural Products. 73:1606-1609. 2010
- Cytotoxic Halogenated Macrolides and Modified Peptides from the Apratoxin-Producing Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya bouillonii from Guam. Journal of Natural Products. 73:1544-1552. 2010
- Effects of the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, on oxidative stress and metamorphosis of larvae of the coral Porites astreoides. Harmful Algae. 9:173-179. 2010
- Grassypeptolides A-C, Cytotoxic Bis-thiazoline containing marine cyclodepsipeptides. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75:8012-8023. 2010
- Intramolecular Modulation of Serine Protease Inhibitor Activity in a Marine Cyanobacterium with Antifeedant Properties. Marine Drugs. 8:1803-1816. 2010
- Isolation and Biological Evaluation of 8-epi-Malyngamide C from the Floridian Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula. Journal of Natural Products. 73:463-466. 2010
- Larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival of the threatened Caribbean corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis. Coral Reefs. 29:71-81. 2010
- Malyngolide from the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula interferes with quorum sensing circuitry. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2:739-744. 2010
- Molassamide, a Depsipeptide Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Marine Cyanobacterium Dichothrix utahensis. Journal of Natural Products. 73:459-462. 2010
- Bioassay-Guided Isolation and Identification of Desacetlymicrocolin B from Lyngbya cf. polychroa. Planta Medica. 75:1427-1430. 2009
- Combinatorial Strategies by Marine Cyanobacteria: Symplostatin 4, an Antimitotic Natural Dolastatin 10/15 Hybrid that Synergizes with the Coproduced HDAC Inhibitor Largazole. ChemBioChem. 10:1634-1639. 2009
- Effects of nutrient enrichment of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya sp on growth, secondary metabolite concentration and feeding by the specialist grazer Stylocheilus striatus. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 394:101-110. 2009
- Grassystatins A-C from Marine Cyanobacteria, Potent Cathepsin E Inhibitors That Reduce Antigen Presentation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52:5732-5747. 2009
- Largamides A-C, Tiglic Acid-Containing Cyclodepsipeptides with Elastase-Inhibitory Activity from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides. Planta Medica. 75:528-533. 2009
- Larval metamorphosis of Phestilla spp. in response to waterborne cues from corals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 375:84-88. 2009
- Mini-review: quorum sensing in the marine environment and its relationship to biofouling. Biofouling. 25:413-427. 2009
- New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 437-457. 2009
- Phylogenetic and Chemical Diversity of Three Chemotypes of Bloom-Forming Lyngbya Species (Cyanobacteria: Oscillatoriales) from Reefs of Southeastern Florida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75:2879-2888. 2009
- Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce: 38 years of research on the marine biodiversity of Florida. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 25-41. 2009
- Tiglicamides A-C, cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides. Phytochemistry. 70:2058-2063. 2009
- Antifungal defenses of seagrasses from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Aquatic Botany. 88:134-141. 2008
- Bioactive natural products from marine cyanobacteria: new structures and modes of action. Planta Medica. 74:931-931. 2008
- Carriebowmide, a New Cyclodepsipeptide from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya polychroa. Journal of Natural Products. 71:2060-2063. 2008
- Co-occurrence of dinoflagellate and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida coastal waters: dual nutrient (N and P) input controls. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 371:143-153. 2008
- Dragonamides C and D, linear lipopeptides from the marine cyanobacterium brown Lyngbya polychroa. Journal of Natural Products. 71:887-890. 2008
- Indirect effects of bleaching on predator deterrence in the tropical Pacific soft coral Sinularia maxima. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 354:169-179. 2008
- Kempopeptins A and B, serine protease inhibitors with different selectivity profiles from a marine cyanobacterium, Lyngbya sp. Journal of Natural Products. 71:1625-1629. 2008
- Marine Chemical Ecology. Natural Product Reports. 25:662-695. 2008
- Pompanopeptins A and B, new cyclic peptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides. Tetrahedron. 64:4081-4089. 2008
- Selection of an omnivorous diet by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii in laboratory experiments. Journal of Sea Research. 59:59-69. 2008
- Serine protease inhibitors from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides. Planta Medica. 74:1037-1038. 2008
- Structure and activity of largazole, a potent antiproliferative agent from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130:1806-1807. 2008
- Total structure determination of grassypeptolide, a new marine cyanobacterial cytotoxin. Organic Letters. 10:789-792. 2008
- Chemical Defenses: From Compounds to Communities. Biological Bulletin. 213:226-251. 2007
- Chemical deterrence of a cyanobacterial metabolite against generalized and specialized grazers. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33:213-217. 2007
- Larval metamorphic competence in four species of Phestilla (Gastropoda; Opisthobranchia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 351:160-167. 2007
- Lyngbyastatin 4, a dolastatin 13 analogue with elastase and chymotrypsin inhibitory activity from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides. Journal of Natural Products. 70:124-127. 2007
- Lyngbyastatins 5-7, potent elastase inhibitors from Floridian marine cyanobacteria, Lyngbya spp.. Journal of Natural Products. 70:1593-1600. 2007
- Marine benthic invertebrates use multimodal cues for defense against reef fish. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 340:29-39. 2007
- Periclimenes yucatanicus and Periclimenes rathbunae on unusual corallimorph hosts. Coral Reefs. 26:147. 2007
- Towards a DNA taxonomy of Caribbean demosponges: a gene tree reconstructed from partial mitochondrial CO1 gene sequences supports previous rDNA phylogenies and provides a new perspective on the systematics of Demospongiae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 87:1563-1570. 2007
- Genomic and Targeted Approaches Unveil the Cell Membrane as a Major Target of the Antifungal Cytotoxin Amantelide A. ChemBioChem.
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chapter
- Marine Chemical Ecology: A Science Born of Scuba. 53-69. 2013
- Coral Reef Algae. Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition. 241-272. 2011
- Reef communities in the Dry Tortugas (Florida, USA): Baseline surveys for the new no-take area. 311-315. 2009
- Causes, prevention and mitigation. 185-215. 2008
- Global warming and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms. 239-257. 2008
- Reef communities in the Dry Tortugas (Florida, USA): Baseline surveys for the new no-take area. 311-315. 2008
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Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
