Paul, Valerie

Head Scientist

Marine chemical ecology, marine plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, marine cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms, and marine natural products.

Geographic Focus

Background And Education

Education And Training

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

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Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Kokkaliari, Sofia, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Sauvage, Thomas, dos Santos, Larissa A. H., Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. "Anti-Inflammatory Dysidazirine Carboxylic Acid from the Marine Cyanobacterium Caldora sp. Collected from the Reefs of Fort Lauderdale, Florida." Molecules, 27, (5). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051717. 2022
- Evans, James S., Paul, Valerie J., Ushijima, Blake, and Kellogg, Christina A. 2022. "Combining tangential flow filtration and size fractionation of mesocosm water as a method for the investigation of waterborne coral diseases." Biology Methods and Protocols, 7, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/biomethods/bpac007. 2022
- Brumley, David A., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Sauvage, Thomas, dos Santos, Larissa A. H., Chen, Qi-Yin, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2022. "Discovery, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Anaenamides C and D from a New Marine Cyanobacterium, Hormoscilla sp br." Journal of natural products, 85, (3) 581–589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01073. 2022
- Deutsch, Jessica M., Mandelare-Ruiz, Paige, Yang, Yingzhe, Foster, Gabriel, Routhu, Apurva, Houk, Jay, De La Flor, Yesmarie T., Ushijima, Blake, Meyer, Julie L., Paul, Valerie J., and Garg, Neha. 2022. "Metabolomics Approaches to Dereplicate Natural Products from Coral-Derived Bioactive Bacteria." Journal of natural products, 85, (3) 462–478. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01110. 2022
- de Pablo, Luis X., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Harper, Leah, Paul, Valerie J., Jones, Scott, Whippo, Ross, Seemann, Janina, Kline, David I., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2021. "A doubling of stony coral cover on shallow forereefs at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize from 2014 to 2019." Scientific Reports, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96799-2. 2021
- Liang, Xiao, Chen, Qi-Yin, Seabra, Gustavo M., Matthew, Susan, Kwan, Jason C., Li, Chenglong, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2021. "Bifunctional Doscadenamides Activate Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria and Synergize with TRAIL to Induce Apoptosis in Cancer Cells." Journal of natural products, 84, (3) 779–789. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01003. 2021
- Galimany, Eve, Lunt, Jessica, Freeman, Christopher J., Segura-García, I., Mossop, M., Domingos, A., Houk, J., and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "Bivalve Feeding on the Brown Tide Aureoumbra lagunensis in a Shallow Coastal Environment." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.714816. 2021
- Aeby, Greta, Ushijima, Blake, Bartels, Erich, Walter, Cory, Kuehl, Joseph, Jones, Scott, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "Changing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Dynamics Through Time in Montastraea cavernosa." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.699075. 2021
- Johnson, Maggie D., Swaminathan, Sara D., Nixon, Emily N., Paul, Valerie J., and Altieri, Andrew H. 2021. "Differential susceptibility of reef-building corals to deoxygenation reveals remarkable hypoxia tolerance." Scientific Reports, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01078-9. 2021
- Chin, Diana W., Fouw, Jimmy, Heide, Tjisse, Cahill, Brianna V., Katcher, Kevin, Paul, Valerie J., Campbell, Justin E., and Peterson, Bradley J. 2021. "Facilitation of a tropical seagrass by a chemosymbiotic bivalve increases with environmental stress." Journal of Ecology, 109, (1) 204–217. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13462. 2021
- Jiang, Guangde, Zhang, Peilan, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Yang, Guang, Zhang, Yi, Zuo, Ran, Powell, Magan, Huguet-Tapia, José, Abboud, Khalil A., Dang, Long H., Teplitski, Max, Paul, Valerie J., Xiao, Rui, Ahammad, K. H., Zaman, Uz, Hu, Zhenquan, Cao, Shugeng, Luesch, Hendrik, and Ding, Yousong. 2021. "Fungal Epithiodiketopiperazines Carrying α,β‐Polysulfide Bridges from Penecillium steckii YE, and Their Chemical Interconversion." ChemBioChem, 22, (2) 416–422. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000403. 2021
- Matthew, Susan, Chen, Qi-Yin, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Fermaintt, Charles S., Lucena-Agell, Daniel, Bonato, Francesca, Prota, Andrea E., Lim, Seok Ting, Wang, Xiaomeng, Diaz, J. Fernando, Risinger, April L., Paul, Valerie J., Oliva, Maria Angela, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2021. "Gatorbulin-1, a distinct cyclodepsipeptide chemotype, targets a seventh tubulin pharmacological site." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, (9). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021847118. 2021
- Traylor-Knowles, Nikki, Connelly, Michael T., Young, Benjamin D., Eaton, Katherine, Muller, Erinn M., Paul, Valerie J., Ushijima, Blake, DeMerlis, Allyson, Drown, Melissa K., Goncalves, Ashley, Kron, Nicholas, Snyder, Grace A., Martin, Cecily, and Rodriguez, Kevin. 2021. "Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O.faveolata From Florida." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.681563. 2021
- Elsadek, Lobna A., Matthews, James H., Nishimura, Shinichi, Nakatani, Takahiro, Ito, Airi, Gu, Tongjun, Luo, Danmeng, Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth A., Paul, Valerie J., Kakeya, Hideaki, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2021. "Genomic and Targeted Approaches Unveil the Cell Membrane as a Major Target of the Antifungal Cytotoxin Amantelide A." Chembiochem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000685. 2021
- Mumby, Peter J., Steneck, Robert S., Roff, George, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "Marine reserves, fisheries ban, and 20 years of positive change in a coral reef ecosystem." Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13738. 2021
- Deutsch, Jessica M., Jaiyesimi, Olakunle A., Pitts, Kelly A., Houk, Jay, Ushijima, Blake, Walker, Brian K., Paul, Valerie J., and Garg, Neha. 2021. "Metabolomics of Healthy and Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Affected Montastraea cavernosa Corals." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.714778. 2021
- Ritter, Carmen J., Harper, Leah M., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Paul, Valerie J., Whippo, Ross, Jones, Scott, Ogburn, Matthew B., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2021. "Patterns of Consumption Across a Caribbean Seascape: Roles of Habitat and Consumer Species Composition Through Time." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.742907. 2021
- Clark, Kasey E., Capper, Angela, Liu, Wei-Ting, Fenner, Amanda M., Almanza, Alejandro, Della Togna, Gina, Herrera, Liuris, Johns, Timothy, Paul, Valerie J., Dorrestein, Pieter C., Capson, Todd L., and Balunas, Marcy J. 2021. "Sequestration and Cyanobacterial Diet Preferences in the Opisthobranch Molluscs Dolabrifera nicaraguana and Stylocheilus rickettsi." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.766282. 2021
- Lunt, Jessica, Freeman, Christopher J., Janiak, Dean S., Bayliss, Katrina, Stephens, Michelle, Galimany, Eve, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "Soft-Sediment Communities of the Northern Indian River Lagoon, FL, United States." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.719049. 2021
- Spiers, Lindsay J., Harrison, Sarah J., Deutsch, Jessica M., Garg, Neha, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "The role of algal chemical defenses in the feeding preferences of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum." Aquatic Ecology, 55, (3) 941–953. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-021-09873-2. 2021
- Galimany, Eve, Lunt, Jessica, Freeman, Christopher J., Houk, Jay, Sauvage, Thomas, Santos, Larissa, Lunt, Jillian, Kolmakova, Maria, Mossop, Malcolm, Domingos, Arthur, Phlips, Edward J., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "Bivalve Feeding Responses to Microalgal Bloom Species in the Indian River Lagoon: the Potential for Top-Down Control." Estuaries and Coasts, 43, (6) 1519–1532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00746-9. 2020
- Brumley, David A., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Chen, Qi-Yin, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2020. "Discovery, Total Synthesis, and SAR of Anaenamides A and B: Anticancer Cyanobacterial Depsipeptides with a Chlorinated Pharmacophore." Organic letters, 22, (11) 4235–4239. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01281. 2020
- Ushijima, Blake, Meyer, Julie L., Thompson, Sharon, Pitts, Kelly, Marusich, Michael F., Tittl, Jessica, Weatherup, Elizabeth, Reu, Jacqueline, Wetzell, Raquel, Aeby, Greta S., Häse, Claudia C., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florid." Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.569354. 2020
- Ratnayake, Ranjala, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Ma, Jia Jia, Dang, Long H., Carney, Thomas, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2020. "Dolastatin 15 from a Marine Cyanobacterium Suppresses HIF-1α Mediated Cancer Cell Viability and Vascularization." Chembiochem: A European Journal of Chemical Biology, 21, (16) 2356–2366. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000180. 2020
- Johnston, Nicole K., Campbell, Justin E., Paul, Valerie J., and Hay, Mark E. 2020. "Effects of future climate on coral-coral competition." PloS One, 15, (8) Article e0235465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235465. 2020
- Lydon, Christina A., Mathivathanan, Logesh, Sanchez, Juanita, dos Santos, Larissa A. H., Sauvage, Thomas, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Paul, Valerie J., and Berry, John P. 2020. "Eudesmacarbonate, a Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpene from a Marine Filamentous Cyanobacterial Mat (Oscillatoriales) in the Florida Keys." Journal of natural products, 83, (6) 2030–2035. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00203. 2020
- Freeman, Christopher J., Easson, Cole G., Matterson, Kenan O., Thacker, Robert W., Baker, David M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association." The ISME Journal, 14, (6) 1571–1583. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0625-3. 2020
- Bousquet, Michelle S., Ratnayake, Ranjala, Pope, Jillian L., Chen, Qi-Yin, Zhu, Fanchao, Chen, Sixue, Carney, Thomas J., Gharaibeh, Raad Z., Jobin, Christian, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2020. "Seaweed natural products modify the host inflammatory response via Nrf2 signaling and alter colon microbiota composition and gene expression." Free radical biology & medicine, 146 306–323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.013. 2020
- Janiak, Dean S., Freeman, Christopher J., Seemann, Janina, Campbell, Justin E., Paul, Valerie J., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2020. "Spatial variation in the effects of predator exclusion on epifaunal community development in seagrass beds." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 649 21–33. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13449. 2020
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Arnold, Suzanne N., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "The impact of macroalgae and cyanobacteria on larval survival and settlement of the scleractinian corals Acropora palmata, A. cervicornis and Pseudodiploria strigosa." Marine Biology, 167, (3) 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3639-5. 2020
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Meyer, Julie L., Ding, Yousong, Abboud, Khalil A., Luo, Danmeng, Campbell, Justin E., Angerhofer, Alexander, Goodsell, Justin L., Raymundo, Laurie J., Liu, Junyang, Ye, Tao, Luesch, Hendrik, Teplitski, Max, and Paul, Valerie J. 2019. "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, (1) 111–121. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00804. 2019
- Paul, Valerie J., Freeman, Christopher J., and Agarwal, Vinayak. 2019. "Chemical ecology of marine sponges: new opportunities through "-omics"." Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59, (4) 765–776. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz014. 2019
- Walker, Nia S., Fernández, Rosa, Sneed, Jennifer M., Paul, Valerie J., Giribet, Gonzalo, and Combosch, David. 2019. "Differential Gene Expression during Substrate Probing in Larvae of the Caribbean Coral Porites astreoides." Molecular ecology, 28, (22) 4899–4913. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15265. 2019
- Liang, Xiao, Matthew, Susan, Chen, Qi-Yin, Kwan, Jason C., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2019. "Discovery and Total Synthesis of Doscadenamide A: A Quorum Sensing Signaling Molecule from a Marine Cyanobacterium." Organic letters, 21, (18) 7274–7278. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02525. 2019
- Liang, Xiao, Luo, Danmeng, Yan, Jia-Lei, Rezaei, Mohammad A., Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Li, Chenglong, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2019. "Discovery of Amantamide, a Selective CXCR7 Agonist from Marine Cyanobacteria." Organic letters, 21, (6) 1622–1626. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00163. 2019
- DiFiore, Bartholomew P., Queenborough, Simon A., Madin, Elizabeth M. P., Paul, Valerie J., Decker, Mary Beth, and Stier, Adrian C. 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. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13074. 2019
- Luo, Danmeng, Putra, Masteria, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2019. "Isolation, Structure Elucidation and Biological Evaluation of Lagunamide D: A New Cytotoxic Macrocyclic Depsipeptide from Marine Cyanobacteria." Marine Drugs, 17, (2) 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17020083. 2019
- Cantrell, Thomas P., Freeman, Christopher J., Paul, Valerie J., Agarwal, Vinayak, and Garg, Neha. 2019. "Mass Spectrometry-Based Integration and Expansion of the Chemical Diversity Harbored Within a Marine Sponge." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 30, (8) 1373–1384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-019-02207-5. 2019
- Meyer, Julie L., Castellanos-Gell, Jessy, Aeby, Greta S., Häse, Claudia C., Ushijima, Blake, and Paul, Valerie J. 2019. "Microbial Community Shifts Associated With the Ongoing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract." Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 2244. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02244. 2019
- Aeby, Greta S., Ushijima, Blake, Campbell, Justin E., Jones, Scott, Williams, Gareth J., Meyer, Julie L., Häse, Claudia, and Paul, Valerie J. 2019. "Pathogenesis of a Tissue Loss Disease Affecting Multiple Species of Corals Along the Florida Reef Tract." Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 678–678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00678. 2019
- Sauvage, Thomas, Schmidt, William E., Yoon, Hwan Su, Paul, Valerie J., and Fredericq, Suzanne. 2019. "Promising prospects of nanopore sequencing for algal hologenomics and structural variation discovery." BMC genomics, 20, (1) 850. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6248-2. 2019
- Matthews, James H., Liang, Xiao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "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, (5) 1189–1199. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b01025. 2018
- Cai, Weijing, Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth, Zhang, Wei, Chen, Qi-Yin, Matthew, Susan, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Seo, Soo Jung, Dolles, Simon, Gibson, Daniel J., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Apratyramide, a Marine-Derived Peptidic Stimulator of VEGF-A and Other Growth Factors with Potential Application in Wound Healing." ACS chemical biology, 13, (1) 91–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b00827. 2018
- Janiak, Dean S., Osman, Richard W., Freeman, Christopher J., and Paul, Valerie J. 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. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12783. 2018
- Cai, Weijing, Matthew, Susan, Chen, Qi-Yin, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Discovery of new A- and B-type laxaphycins with synergistic anticancer activity." Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 26, (9) 2310–2319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.03.022. 2018
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Gao, Bowen, Rezaei, Mohammad A., Kwan, Jason C., Li, Chenglong, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 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, (14) 6364–6378. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00885. 2018
- Galimany, E., Lunt, J., Domingos, A., and Paul, V. J. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0431-6. 2018
- Campbell, Justin E., Altieri, Andrew H., Johnston, Lane N., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Paperno, Richard, Paul, Valerie J., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2018. "Herbivore community determines the magnitude and mechanism of nutrient effects on subtropical and tropical seagrasses." Journal of Ecology, 106, (1) 401–412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12862. 2018
- Brumley, David, Spencer, Kara A., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Sauvage, Thomas, Biggs, Jason, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Isolation and Characterization of Anaephenes A–C, Alkylphenols from a Filamentous Cyanobacterium ( Hormoscilla sp., Oscillatoriales)." Journal of natural products, 81, (12) 2716–2721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00650. 2018
- Freeman, Christopher J., Janiak, Dean S., Mossop, Malcolm, Osman, Richard, and Paul, Valerie J. 2018. "Spatial and temporal shifts in the diet of the barnacle Amphibalanus eburneus within a subtropical estuary." PeerJ, 6 e5485. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5485. 2018
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 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, (8) 815–825. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201700627. 2018
- Engene, Niclas, Tronholm, Ana, and Paul, Valerie J. 2018. "Uncovering cryptic diversity of Lyngbya : the new tropical marine cyanobacterial genus Dapis (Oscillatoriales)." Journal of Phycology, 54, (4) 435–446. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12752. 2018
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Meickle, Theresa, Engene, Niclas, Reed, Sherry, Gunasekera, Sarath, and Paul, Valerie J. 2017. "Bloom dynamics and chemical defenses of benthic cyanobacteria in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida." Harmful Algae, 69, (Supplement C) 75–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.10.002. 2017
- Meyer, Julie L., Paul, Valerie J., Raymundo, Laurie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2017. "Comparative Metagenomics of the Polymicrobial Black Band Disease of Corals." Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 618. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00618. 2017
- Demko, Alyssa M., Amsler, Charles D., Hay, Mark E., Long, Jeremy D., McClintock, James B., Paul, Valerie J., and Sotka, Erik E. 2017. "Declines in plant palatability from polar to tropical latitudes depend on herbivore and plant identity." Ecology, 98, (9) 2312–2321. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1918. 2017
- Campbell, Justin E., Sneed, Jennifer M., Johnston, Lane, and Paul, Valerie J. 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. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12249. 2017
- dos Santos, Larissa A. H., Clavico, Etiene E. G., Parra, Lizbeth L. L., Berlinck, Roberto G. S., Ferreira, Antonio G., Paul, Valerie J., and Pereira, Renato C. 2017. "Evaluation of Chemical Defense and Chemical Diversity in the Exotic Bryozoan Amathia verticillata." Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 28, (3) 435–442. https://doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20160257. 2017
- Galimany, Eve, Lunt, Jessica, Freeman, Christopher J., Reed, S., Segura-García, Iris, and Paul, Valerie J. 2017. "Feeding behavior of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria in shallow estuaries." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 567 125–137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12050. 2017
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma H., Law, Brian K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2017. "Grassystatins D-F, Potent Aspartic Protease Inhibitors from Marine Cyanobacteria as Potential Antimetastatic Agents Targeting Invasive Breast Cancer." Journal of natural products, 80, (11) 2969–2986. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00551. 2017
- Ross, C., Fogarty, N. D., Ritson-Williams, R., and Paul, V. J. 2017. "Interspecific Variation in Coral Settlement and Fertilization Success in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide Exposure." The Biological bulletin, 233, (3) 206–218. https://doi.org/10.1086/696215. 2017
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Salvador, Lilibeth A., Law, Brian K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2017. "Kempopeptin C, a Novel Marine-Derived Serine Protease Inhibitor Targeting Invasive Breast Cancer." Marine Drugs, 15, (9). https://doi.org/10.3390/md15090290. 2017
- Agarwal, Vinayak, Blanton, Jessica M., Podell, Sheila, Taton, Arnaud, Schorn, Michelle A., Busch, Julia, Lin, Zhenjian, Schmidt, Eric W., Jensen, Paul R., Paul, Valerie J., Biggs, Jason S., Golden, James W., Allen, Eric E., and Moore, Bradley S. 2017. "Metagenomic discovery of polybrominated diphenyl ether biosynthesis by marine sponges." Nature Chemical Biology, 13, (5) 537–543. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2330. 2017
- Gamal, Abrahim El, Agarwal, Vinayak, Diethelm, Stefan, Rahman, Imran, Schorn, Michelle A., Sneed, Jennifer M., Louie, Gordon V., Whalen, Kristen E., Mincer, Tracy J., Noel, Joseph P., Paul, Valerie J., and Moore, Bradley S. 2016. "Biosynthesis of coral settlement cue tetrabromopyrrole in marine bacteria by a uniquely adapted brominase-thioesterase enzyme pair." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, (14) 3797–3802. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519695113. 2016
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Imperial, Lorelie, Garst, Christiana, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Dang, Long H., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2016. "Caldoramide, a Modified Pentapeptide from the Marine Cyanobacterium Caldora penicillata." Journal of natural products, 79, (7) 1867–1871. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00203. 2016
- Olsen, Kevin, Sneed, Jennifer M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Differential larval settlement responses of Porites astreoides and Acropora palmata in the presence of the green alga Halimeda opuntia." Coral Reefs, 35, (2) 521–525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1394-8. 2016
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Li, Yang, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Luo, Danmeng, Lo, Jeannette, Reibenspies, Joseph H., Xu, Zhengshuang, Clare-Salzler, Michael, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 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, (24) 8158–8166. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600674. 2016
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Ross, Cliff, and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Elevated Temperature and Allelopathy Impact Coral Recruitment." PloS One, 11, (12) 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166581. 2016
- Meyer, Julie L., Rodgers, John M., Dillard, Brian A., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2016. "Epimicrobiota Associated with the Decay and Recovery of Orbicella Corals Exhibiting Dark Spot Syndrome." Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 893. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00893. 2016
- Campbell, Justin E., Fisch, Jay, Langdon, Chris, and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Increased temperature mitigates the effects of ocean acidification in calcified green algae (Halimeda spp.)." Coral Reefs, 35, (1) 357–368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1377-9. 2016
- Meyer, Julie L., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Scott, Raymond M., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2016. "Microbiome shifts and the inhibition of quorum sensing by Black Band Disease cyanobacteria." The ISME journal, 10 1204–1216. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.184. 2016
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- Yotsu-Yamashita, Mari, Abe, Yuka, Kudo, Yuta, Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Paul, Valerie J., Konoki, Keiichi, Cho, Yuko, Adachi, Masaatsu, Imazu, Takuya, Nishikawa, Toshio, and Isobe, Minoru. 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, (8) 2799–2813. https://doi.org/10.3390/md11082799. 2013
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- Salvador, Lilibeth A., Taori, Kanchan, Biggs, Jason S., Jakoncic, Jean, Ostrov, David A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 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, (3) 1276–1290. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm3017305. 2013
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- Paerl, Hans W., Joyner, Jennifer J., Joyner, Alan R., Arthur, Karen, Paul, Valerie J., O'Neil, Judith M., and Heil, Cynthia A. 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. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07681. 2008
- Gunasekera, Sarath, Ross, C., Paul, Valerie J., Matthew, S., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Dragonamides C and D, linear lipopeptides from the marine cyanobacterium brown Lyngbya polychroa." Journal of Natural Products, 71, (5) 887–890. https://doi.org/10.1021/np0706769. 2008
- Capper, A. and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Grazer interactions with four species of Lyngbya in southeast Florida." Harmful Algae, 7, (6) 717–728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2008.02.004. 2008
- Slattery, M. and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Indirect effects of bleaching on predator deterrence in the tropical Pacific soft coral Sinularia maxima." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 354 169–179. 2008
- Taori, K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Kempopeptins A and B, serine protease inhibitors with different selectivity profiles from a marine cyanobacterium, Lyngbya sp." Journal of Natural Products, 71, (9) 1625–1629. https://doi.org/10.1021/np8002172. 2008
- Paul, Valerie J. and Ritson-Williams, Raphael. 2008. "Marine Chemical Ecology." Natural Product Reports: A Journal of Current Developments in Bio-organic Chemistry, 25 662–695. 2008
- Matthew, Susan, Ross, C., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Pompanopeptins A and B, new cyclic peptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Tetrahedron, 64, (18) 4081–4089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2008.02.035. 2008
- Erickson, A. A., Feller, Ilka C., Paul, Valerie J., Kwiatkowski, L. M., and Lee, W. 2008. "Selection of an omnivorous diet by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii in laboratory experiments." Journal of Sea Research, 59, (1-2) 59–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2007.06.007. 2008
- Matthew, S., Ross, C., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Serine protease inhibitors from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Planta Medica, 74, (9) 1037–1038. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1084380. 2008
- Taori, K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Structure and activity of largazole, a potent antiproliferative agent from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, (6) 1806–1807. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja7110064. 2008
- Kwan, J. C., Rocca, J. R., Abboud, Khalil A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Total structure determination of grassypeptolide, a new marine cyanobacterial cytotoxin." Organic Letters, 10, (5) 789–792. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol702946d. 2008
- Paul, Valerie J., Arthur, Karen E., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Ross, Cliff, and Sharp, Koty. 2007. "Chemical Defenses: From Compounds to Communities." Biological Bulletin, 213, (3) 226–251. https://doi.org/10.2307/25066642. 2007
- Cruz Rivera, Edwin and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Chemical deterrence of a cyanobacterial metabolite against generalized and specialized grazers." Journal of Chemical Ecology, 33, (1) 213–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9212-y. 2007
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Shjegstad, S. M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Larval metamorphic competence in four species of Phestilla (Gastropoda; Opisthobranchia)." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 351, (1-2) 160–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2007.06.010. 2007
- Matthew, S., Ross, C., Rocca, J. R., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2007. "Lyngbyastatin 4, a dolastatin 13 analogue with elastase and chymotrypsin inhibitory activity from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Journal of Natural Products, 70, (1) 124–127. https://doi.org/10.1021/np060471k. 2007
- Taori, K., Matthew, S., Rocca, J. R., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2007. "Lyngbyastatins 5-7, potent elastase inhibitors from Floridian marine cyanobacteria, Lyngbya spp." Journal of Natural Products, 70, (10) 1593–1600. https://doi.org/10.1021/np0702436. 2007
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Marine benthic invertebrates use multimodal cues for defense against reef fish." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 340 29–39. 2007
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Periclimenes yucatanicus and Periclimenes rathbunae on unusual corallimorph hosts." Coral Reefs, 26, (1) 147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0178-6. 2007
- Erpenbeck, D., Duran, S., Rützler, Klaus, Paul, Valerie J., Hooper, J. N. A., and Wörheide, G. 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 United Kingdom, 87, (6) 1563–1570. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407058195. 2007
Chapter
- Pawlik, Joseph R., Amsler, Charles D., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, McClintock, James B., Baker, Bill J., and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Marine Chemical Ecology: A Science Born of Scuba." In Research and Discoveries: The Revolution of Science through Scuba. Lang, Michael A., Marinelli, Roberta L., Roberts, Susan J., and Taylor, Phillip R., editors. 53–69. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 39. 2013
- Fong, Peggy and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Coral Reef Algae." In Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition. Dubinsky, Zvy and Stambler, Noga, editors. 241–272. Springer Science Business Media B.V. 2011
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Arnold, Suzanne, Fogarty, Nicole, Steneck, Robert S., Vermeij, Mark, and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs." 437–457. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.437. 2009
- Kuffner, Ilsa B., Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Hickey, T. D., and Walters, Linda J. 2009. "Reef communities in the Dry Tortugas (Florida, USA): Baseline surveys for the new no-take area." In Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008. Reigl, B. M. and Dodge, R. E., editors. 311–315. 2009
- Paul, Valerie J., Piraino, Julianne, and Diederick, Laura. 2009. "Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce: 38 years of research on the marine biodiversity of Florida." 25–41. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.25. 2009
- Perovich, G., Dortch, Q., Goodrich, J., Berger, P. S., Brooks, J., Evens, T. J., Gobler, C. J., Graham, J., Hyde, J., Karner, D., O'Shea, D., Paul, Valerie J., Paerl, H., Piehler, M., Rosen, B. H., Santelmann, M., Tester, P., and Westrick, J. 2008. "Causes, prevention and mitigation." In Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and research Needs. Hudnell, H. K., editor. 185–215. Berlin: Springer. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 619. 2008
- Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Global warming and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms." In Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and research Needs. Hudnell, H. K., editor. 239–257. Berlin: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 619, Springer. 2008
- Kuffner, Ilsa B., Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Hickey, T. D., and Walters, Linda J. 2008. "Reef communities in the Dry Tortugas (Florida, USA): Baseline surveys for the new no-take area." In Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 311–315. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.: National Coral Reef Institute. 2008
Dataset
- Ritter, Carmen J., Harper, Leah M., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Paul, Valerie J., Whippo, Ross D. B., Jones, Michael, Ogburn, Matthew B., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2021. [Dataset] Data Push: Patterns of consumption across a Caribbean seascape: Roles of habitat and consumer species composition through time. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.16744585.V1. 2021
- Janiak, Dean S., Freeman, Christopher, Paul, Valerie J., Bayliss, Katrina, Galimany, Eve, Stephens, Michelle, and Lunt, Jessica. 2021. [Dataset] Soft-sediment Communities of the Northern Indian River Lagoon, FL, United States. Distributed by National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.16847746.V1. 2021
- Freeman, Christopher and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. [Dataset] Freeman et al., 2020 ISME J isotope data.xlsx. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.12354638.V1. 2020

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