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
- Demko, Alyssa M., Sneed, Jennifer M., Houk, Lawrence J., Vekich, Tessa, and Paul, Valerie J. 2025. "Correction to: The effects of probiotics and stony coral tissue loss disease exposure on coral recruits." Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02622-z. 2025
- Pitts, Kelly A., Scheuermann, Mackenzie, Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Ushijima, Blake, Danek, Natalie, McDonald, E. M., Milanese, Aaron R., Schul, Monica D., Meyer, Julie L., Toth, Kathryn A., Ferris, Zachary, De La Flor, Yesmarie T., DeMarco, Thomas, Noren, Hunter K. G., Walker, Brian K., and Paul, Valerie J. 2025. "Evaluating the effectiveness of field-based probiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease in southeast Florida, USA." Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1480966. 2025
- Elsadek, Lobna A., Seabra, Gustavo, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2025. "Grassystatin G, a new cathepsin D inhibitor from marine cyanobacteria: discovery, synthesis, and biological characterization." RSC Medicinal Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MD00017C. 2025
- Mallon, J. E., Altieri, A. H., Cyronak, T., Melendez-Declet, C., Paul, Valerie J., and Johnson, M. D. 2025. "Sublethal changes to coral metabolism in response to deoxygenation." Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249638. 2025
- Smulders, Fee O. H., Campbell, Justin E., Altieri, Andrew H., Armitage, Anna R., Bakker, Elisabeth S., Barry, Savanna C., Becker, S. T., Bethel, Enrique, Douglass, James G., Van Duijnhoven, Hannah J., De Fouw, Jimmy, Frazer, Thomas K., Glazner, Rachael, Goeke, Janelle A., Gort, Gerrit, Heck, Kenneth L., Kramer, Olivier A. A., van de Leemput, Ingrid A., Manuel, Sarah A., Martin, Charles W., Martinez López, Isis G., McDonald, Ashley M., Munson, Calvin J., O'Shea, Owen R., Paul, Valerie J. et al. 2025. "Temperature Drives Seagrass Recovery Across the Western North Atlantic." Global Change Biology, 31, (4). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70172. 2025
- Demko, Alyssa M., Sneed, Jennifer M., Houk, Lawrence J., Vekich, Tessa, and Paul, Valerie J. 2025. "The effects of probiotics and stony coral tissue loss disease exposure on coral recruits." Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02610-9. 2025
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Campbell, Justin E., Looby, Audrey, Giorgi, Aurora, and Paul, Valerie J. 2025. "Varying effects of climate change on the photosynthesis and calcification of crustose coralline algae: Implications for settlement of coral larvae." Climate Change Ecology, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2024.100090. 2025
- Kallifidas, Dimitris, Dhakal, Dipesh, Chen, Manyun, Chen, Qi-Yin, Kokkaliari, Sofia, Colon Rosa, Nicole A., Ratnayake, Ranjala, Bruner, Steven D., Paul, Valerie J., Ding, Yousong, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2024. "Biosynthesis of Dolastatin 10 in Marine Cyanobacteria, a Prototype for Multiple Approved Cancer Drugs." Organic letters, 26, (7) 1321–1325. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c04083. 2024
- Ashey, Jill, McKelvie, Hailey, Freeman, John, Shpilker, Polina, Zane, Lauren H., Becker, Danielle M., Cowen, Lenore, Richmond, Robert H., Paul, Valerie J., Seneca, Francois O., and Putnam, Hollie M. 2024. "Characterizing transcriptomic responses to sediment stress across location and morphology in reef-building corals." PeerJ, 12. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16654. 2024
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Demko, Alyssa M., Miller, Margaret W., Yi, Dongqi, Moore, Bradley S., Agarwal, Vinayak, and Paul, Valerie J. 2024. "Coral settlement induction by tetrabromopyrrole is widespread among Caribbean corals and compound specific." Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1298518. 2024
- Kokkaliari, Sofia, Grauso, Laura, Mangoni, Alfonso, Seabra, Gustavo, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2024. "Cover Feature: Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Biological Activity of the Selective TACR2 Antagonist Tumonolide and its Aldehyde from a Marine Cyanobacterium (Chem. Eur. J. 50/2024)." Chemistry – A European Journal, 30, (50). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202485002. 2024
- Swaminathan, Sara D., Meyer, Julie L., Johnson, Maggie D., Paul, Valerie J., Bartels, Erich, and Altieri, Andrew H. 2024. "Divergent responses of the coral holobiont to deoxygenation and prior environmental stress." Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1301474. 2024
- Campbell, Justin E., Kennedy Rhoades, O., Munson, Calvin J., Altieri, Andrew H., Douglass, James G., Heck, Kenneth L., Paul, Valerie J., Armitage, Anna R., Barry, Savanna C., Bethel, Enrique, Christ, Lindsey, Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Dodillet, Grace, Dutton, Katrina, Fourqurean, James W., Frazer, Thomas K., Gaffey, Bethany M., Glazner, Rachael, Goeke, Janelle A., Grana-Valdes, Rancel, Jenkins, Victoria J., Kramer, Olivier A. A., Linhardt, Samantha T., Martin, Charles W., López,Isis, Gabriela Martinez et al. 2024. "Herbivore effects increase with latitude across the extent of a foundational seagrass." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8 663–675. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02336-5. 2024
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Kokkaliari, Sofia, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2024. "Isolation and Characterization of the Cyanobacterial Macrolide Glycoside Moorenaside, an Anti-Inflammatory Analogue of Aurisides Targeting the Keap1/Nrf2 Pathway." Journal of natural products, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00420. 2024
- Kokkaliari, Sofia, Grauso, Laura, Mangoni, Alfonso, Seabra, Gustavo, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2024. "Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Biological Activity of the Selective TACR2 Antagonist Tumonolide and its Aldehyde from a Marine Cyanobacterium." Chemistry – A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401393. 2024
- Giorgi, Aurora, Monti, Matteo, Paul, Valerie J., Sneed, Jennifer M., and Olson, Julie B. 2024. "Larvae from three Caribbean corals settle differently in response to crustose coralline algae and their bacterial communities." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 751 53–69. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14739. 2024
- Deutsch, Jessica M., Demko, Alyssa M., Jaiyesimi, Olakunle A., Foster, Gabriel, Kindler, Adelaide, Pitts, Kelly A., Vekich, Tessa, Williams, Gareth J., Walker, Brian K., Paul, Valerie J., and Garg, Neha. 2024. "Metabolomic profiles of stony coral species from the Dry Tortugas National Park display inter- and intraspecies variation." mSystems, https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00856-24. 2024
- Ugarelli, Kelly, Campbell, Justin E., Rhoades, O. K., Munson, Calvin J., Altieri, Andrew H., Douglass, James G., Heck, Kenneth L., Paul, Valerie J., Barry, Savanna C., Christ, Lindsey, Fourqurean, James W., Frazer, Thomas K., Linhardt, Samantha T., Martin, Charles W., McDonald, Ashley M., Main, Vivienne A., Manuel, Sarah A., Marco-Méndez, Candela, Reynolds, Laura K., Rodriguez, Alex, Rodriguez Bravo, Lucia M., Sawall, Yvonne, Smith, Khalil, Wied, William L., Choi, Chang Jae et al. 2024. "Microbiomes of Thalassia testudinum throughout the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico are influenced by site and region while maintaining a core microbiome." Frontiers in Microbiology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1357797. 2024
- Monti, M., Giorgi, A., Paul, Valerie J., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Houk, L. Jay, Dugan, Carle, Demarco, Tommy, and Olson, J. B. 2024. "Natural products from Caribbean octocorals demonstrate bioactivity against Vibrio coralliilyticus strains." Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02516-6. 2024
- Dhakal, Dipesh, Kokkaliari, Sofia, Rubin, Garret M., Paul, Valerie J., Ding, Yousong, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2023. "Biosynthesis of Lyngbyastatins 1 and 3, Cytotoxic Depsipeptides from an Okeania sp. Marine Cyanobacterium." Journal of natural products, 86, (1) 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00782. 2023
- Ushijima, Blake, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Meyer, Julie L., Paul, Valerie J., Tittl, Jessica, Pitts, Kelly A., Thompson, Sharon, Sneed, Jennifer M., Ding, Yousong, Chen, Manyun, Jay Houk, L., Aeby, Greta S., and Häse, Claudia C. 2023. "Chemical and genomic characterization of a potential probiotic treatment for stony coral tissue loss disease." Communications Biology, 6, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04590-y. 2023
- Meyer, Julie L., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Brown, Anya L., Ding, Yousong, Miller, Stephanie, Teplitski, Max, and Paul, Valerie J. 2023. "Cryptic Diversity of Black Band Disease Cyanobacteria in Siderastrea siderea Corals Revealed by Chemical Ecology and Comparative Genome-Resolved Metagenomics." Marine Drugs, 21, (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/md21020076. 2023
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Simon, Emily F., Liu, Na, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2023. "Discovery and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of a Cyanobacterial Fatty Acid Targeting the Keap1/Nrf2 Pathway." Marine Drugs, 21, (11). https://doi.org/10.3390/md21110553. 2023
- Aeby, Greta S., Jones, Scott, Houk, Jay, and Paul, Valerie J. 2023. "First record of coralline lethal orange disease on the reefs of Belize." Bulletin of Marine Science, 99, (3) 377–378. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0065. 2023
- Dhakal, Dipesh, Kallifidas, Dimitris, Chen, Manyun, Kokkaliari, Sofia, Chen, Qi-Yin, Paul, Valerie J., Ding, Yousong, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2023. "Heterologous Production of the C33–C45 Polyketide Fragment of Anticancer Apratoxins in a Cyanobacterial Host." Organic letters, 25, (13) 2238–2242. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00462. 2023
- Evans, James S., Paul, Valerie J., Ushijima, Blake, Pitts, Kelly A., and Kellogg, Christina A. 2023. "Investigating microbial size classes associated with the transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD)." Peerj, 11 1–36. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15836. 2023
- Kokkaliari, Sofia, Luo, Danmeng, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2023. "Isolation and Biological Activity of Iezoside and Iezoside B, SERCA Inhibitors from Floridian Marine Cyanobacteria." Marine Drugs, 21, (7). https://doi.org/10.3390/md21070378. 2023
- Alker, Amanda T., Farrell, Morgan V., Demko, Alyssa M., Purdy, Trevor N., Adak, Sanjoy, Moore, Bradley S., Sneed, Jennifer M., Paul, Valerie J., and Shikuma, Nicholas J. 2023. "Linking bacterial tetrabromopyrrole biosynthesis to coral metamorphosis." ISME Communications, 3, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00309-6. 2023
- Robertson, Ellen P., Walsh, Daniel P., Martin, Julien, Paul, Valerie J., Work, Thierry M., Kellogg, Christina A., Evans, James S., Barker, Victoria, Hawthorn, Aine, Aeby, Greta, Walker, Brian K., Kiryu, Yasunari, Woodley, Cheryl M., Meyer, Julie L., Rosales, Stephanie M., Studivan, Michael, Moore, Jennifer F., Brandt, Marilyn E., and Bruckner, Andrew. 2023. "Rapid prototyping for quantifying belief weights of competing hypotheses about emergent diseases." Journal of environmental management, 337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117668. 2023
- Fourqurean, James W., Campbell, Justin E., Rhoades, O. Kennedy, Munson, Calvin J., Krause, Johannes R., Altieri, Andrew H., Douglass, James G., Heck, Kenneth L., Paul, Valerie J., Armitage, Anna R., Barry, Savanna C., Bethel, Enrique, Christ, Lindsey, Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Dodillet, Grace, Dutton, Katrina, Frazer, Thomas K., Gaffey, Bethany M., Glazner, Rachael, Goeke, Janelle A., Grana-Valdes, Rancel, Kramer, Olivier A. A., Linhardt, Samantha T., Martin, Charles W., López, Isis Gabriela Martínez et al. 2023. "Seagrass Abundance Predicts Surficial Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Across the Range of Thalassia testudinum in the Western North Atlantic." Estuaries and Coasts, 46, (5) 1280–1301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01210-0. 2023
- Luo, Danmeng, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Atanasova, Kalina R., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2023. "Targeted and functional genomics approaches to the mechanism of action of lagunamide D, a mitochondrial cytotoxin from marine cyanobacteria." Biochemical pharmacology, 213 115608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115608. 2023
- Mallon, Jennifer E., Demko, Alyssa M., Sneed, Jennifer M., Newman, Lilyana, Dugan, Carle, Altieri, Andrew H., Paul, Valerie J., and Johnson, Maggie D. 2023. "The influence of deoxygenation on Caribbean coral larval settlement and early survival." Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1254965. 2023
- 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., and Kellogg, Christina A. 2022. "Biofilms as potential reservoirs of stony coral tissue loss disease." Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1009407. 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 Penicillium 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
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- Engene, Niclas, Gunasekera, Sarath, Gerwick, William H., and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Phylogenetic Inferences Reveal Large Extent of Novel Biodiversity in Chemically Rich Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79, (6) 1882–1888. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03793-12. 2013
- 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
- Abed, Raeid M. M., Dobretsov, Sergey, Al-Fori, Marwan, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Sudesh, Kumar, and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Quorum-sensing inhibitory compounds from extremophilic microorganisms isolated from a hypersaline cyanobacterial mat." Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 40, (7) 759–772. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-013-1276-4. 2013
- Wang, Rui, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.12.019. 2013
- Ross, C., Ritson-Williams, R., Olsen, K., and Paul, Valerie J. 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, (1) 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0956-2. 2013
- Paerl, Hans W. and Paul, Valerie J. 2012. "Climate Change: Links to Global Expansion of Harmful Cyanobacteria." Water research, 46 1349–1363. 2012
- Sharp, Koty H., Distel, Dan, and Paul, Valerie J. 2012. "Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides." The ISME Journal, 6, (4) 790–801. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.144. 2012
- Morrow, Kathleen M., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Ross, Cliff, Liles, Mark R., and Paul, Valerie J. 2012. "Macroalgal Extracts Induce Bacterial Assemblage Shifts and Sublethal Tissue Stress in Caribbean Corals." PLoS ONE, 7, (9) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044859. 2012
- Montaser, Rana, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2012. "Marine Cyanobacterial Fatty Acid Amides Acting on Cannabinoid Receptors." Chembiochem, 13, (18) 2676–2681. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201200502. 2012
- Morrow, K. M., Paul, Valerie J., Liles, M. R., and Chadwick, N. E. 2011. "Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms." Coral Reefs, 30, (2) 309–320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0747-1. 2011
- Paul, Valerie J., Kuffner, Ilsa B., Walters, Linda J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Beach, Kevin S., and Becerro, Mikel A. 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. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09032. 2011
- Kuffner, Ilsa B., Hickey, T. D., Paul, Valerie J., Morrison, Jennifer M., Walters, Linda J., Grablow, Katie R., Turner, Teresa, and Parish, Edward R. 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, (4) 855–856. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1103. 2011
- Dobretsov, Sergey, Teplitski, Max, Bayer, Mirko, Gunasekera, Sarath, Proksch, Peter, and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Inhibition of marine biofouling by bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors." Biofouling, 27, (8) 893–905. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2011.609616. 2011
- Kwan, Jason Christopher, Meickle, Theresa, Ladwa, Dheran, Teplitski, Max, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Lyngbyoic acid, a "tagged" fatty acid from a marine cyanobacterium, disrupts quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." Molecular Biosystems, 7, (4) 1205–1216. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0mb00180e. 2011
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Owle, Chivas S., Montaser, Rana, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Malyngamide 3 and cocosamides A and B from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Cocos Lagoon, Guam." Journal of natural products, 74, (4) 871–876. https://doi.org/10.1021/np1008015. 2011
- Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Sharp, Koty. 2011. "Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments." Natural Product Reports, 28 345–387. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0np00040j. 2011
- Montaser, Rana, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Pitipeptolides C-F, antimycobacterial cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Guam." Phytochemistry, 72, (16) 2068–2074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.07.014. 2011
- Montaser, Rana, Abboud, Khalil A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Pitiprolamide, a Proline-Rich Dolastatin 16 Analogue from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Guam." Journal of Natural Products, 74, (1) 109–112. https://doi.org/10.1021/np1006839. 2011
- Meickle, Theresa, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Liu, Yanxia, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Porpoisamides A and B, two novel epimeric cyclic depsipeptides from a Florida Keys collection of Lyngbya sp." Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 19, (22) 6576–6580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2011.05.051. 2011
- Salvador, Lilibeth A., Biggs, Jason S., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Veraguamides A-G, Cyclic Hexadepsipeptides from a Dolastatin 16-Producing Cyanobacterium Symploca cf. hydnoides from Guam." Journal of natural products, 74, (5) 917–927. https://doi.org/10.1021/np200076t. 2011
- Sharp, Koty H., Ritchie, Kim B., Schupp, Peter J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Bacterial Acquisition in Juveniles of Several Broadcast Spawning Coral Species." Plos One, 5, (5) e10898. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010898. 2010
- Salvador, Lilibeth A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Caylobolide B, a Macrolactone from Symplostatin 1-Producing Marine Cyanobacteria Phormidium spp. from Florida." Journal of Natural Products, 73, (9) 1606–1609. https://doi.org/10.1021/np100467d. 2010
- Matthew, Susan, Salvador, Lilibeth A., Schupp, Peter J., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Cytotoxic Halogenated Macrolides and Modified Peptides from the Apratoxin-Producing Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya bouillonii from Guam." Journal of Natural Products, 73, (9) 1544–1552. https://doi.org/10.1021/np1004032. 2010
- Ross, Cliff, Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Pierce, Richard, Bullington, J. Bradley, Henry, Michaël, and Paul, Valerie J. 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, (2) 173–179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2009.09.001. 2010
- Kwan , Jason C., Ratnayake, Ranjala, Abboud, Khalil A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Grassypeptolides A-C, Cytotoxic Bis-thiazoline containing marine cyclodepsipeptides." Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75, (23) 8012–8023. https://doi.org/10.1021/jo1013564. 2010
- Matthew, Susan, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Becerro, Mikel A., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Intramolecular Modulation of Serine Protease Inhibitor Activity in a Marine Cyanobacterium with Antifeedant Properties." Marine Drugs, 8, (6) 1803–1816. https://doi.org/10.3390/md8061803. 2010
- Kwan, Jason C., Teplitski, Max, Gunasekera, Sarath, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Isolation and Biological Evaluation of 8-epi-Malyngamide C from the Floridian Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula†." Journal of natural products, 73, (3) 463–466. https://doi.org/10.1021/np900614n. 2010
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Paul, Valerie J., Arnold, S. N., and Steneck, Robert S. 2010. "Larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival of the threatened Caribbean corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis." Coral Reefs, 29, (1) 71–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-009-0555-z. 2010
- Dobretsov, Sergey, Teplitski, Max, Alagely, Ali, Gunasekera, Sarath, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Malyngolide from the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula interferes with quorum sensing circuitry." Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2, (6) 739–744. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00169.x. 2010
- Gunasekera, Sarath, Miller, Margaret W., Kwan, Jason C., Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Molassamide, a Depsipeptide Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Marine Cyanobacterium Dichothrix utahensis†." Journal of natural products, 73, (3) 459–462. https://doi.org/10.1021/np900603f. 2010
- Meickle, Theresa, Matthew, Susan, Ross, Cliff, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Bioassay-Guided Isolation and Identification of Desacetlymicrocolin B from Lyngbya cf. polychroa." Planta Medica, 75 1427–1430. 2009
- Taori, Kanchan, Liu, Yanxia, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 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, (10) 1634–1639. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.200900192. 2009
- Arthur, Karen E., Paul, Valerie J., Paerl, Hans W., O'Neil, Judith M., Joyner, Jennifer, and Meickle, Theresa. 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. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08311. 2009
- Kwan, Jason C., Eksioglu, Erika A., Liu, Chen, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Grassystatins A-C from Marine Cyanobacteria, Potent Cathepsin E Inhibitors That Reduce Antigen Presentation." Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 52, (18) 5732–5747. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm9009394. 2009
- Matthew, Susan, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Largamides A-C, Tiglic Acid-Containing Cyclodepsipeptides with Elastase-Inhibitory Activity from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Planta Medica, 75, (5) 528–533. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1185332. 2009
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Shjegstad, Sonia M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Larval metamorphosis of Phestilla spp. in response to waterborne cues from corals." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 375, (1-2) 84–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.05.010. 2009
- Kwan, Jason C., Taori, Kanchan, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Lyngbyastatins 8-10, Elastase Inhibitors with Cyclic Depsipeptide Scaffolds Isolated from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya semiplena ." Marine Drugs, 7 528–538. 2009
- Dobretsov, Sergey, Teplitski, Max, and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Mini-review: quorum sensing in the marine environment and its relationship to biofouling." Biofouling, 25, (5) 413–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927010902853516. 2009
- Sharp, Koty, Arthur, Karen E., Gu, Liangcai, Ross, Cliff, Harrison, Genelle, Gunasekera, Sarath, Meickle, Theresa, Matthew, Susan, Luesch, Hendrik, Thacker, Robert W., Sherman, David H., and Paul, Valerie J. 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, (9) 2879–2888. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02656-08. 2009
- Matthew, Susan, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Tiglicamides A-C, cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Phytochemistry, 70, (17-18) 2058–2063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.09.010. 2009
- Ross, Cliff, Puglisi, Melany P., and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Antifungal defenses of seagrasses from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida." Aquatic Botany, 88 134–141. 2008
- Luesch, Hendrik, Liu, Y., Taori, K., Kwan, J., Matthew, S., and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Bioactive natural products from marine cyanobacteria: new structures and modes of action." Planta Medica, 74, (9) 931–931. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1083977. 2008
- Gunasekera, Sarath, Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Carriebowmide, a New Cyclodepsipeptide from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya polychroa." Journal of Natural Products, 71, (12) 2060–2063. https://doi.org/10.1021/np800453t. 2008
- 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. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943667X.39.53. 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." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. 437–457. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38. 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: Thirty-Eight Years of Research on the Marine Biodiversity of Florida." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Rützler, Klaus, editors. 25–41. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38. 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
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2014 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054735.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2015 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054732.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2016 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054729.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2017 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054726.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2019 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054693.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2020 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054690.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2021 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054660.V1. 2022
- Janiak, Dean S., Rich, Roy L., Tashjian, Allegra, Lonneman, Michael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2022. [Dataset] 2022 Water Quality Data, Indian River Lagoon, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Marine Station. Distributed by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.20054633.V3. 2022
- 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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