Sneed, Jennifer
Research Biologist
0000-0003-3010-7055
Sneed, Jennifer
Research Biologist
the ecological roles of toxins produced by harmful algal blooms; the production of biomolecules by marine bacteria that affect coral recruitment; effects of climate change on the production of ecologically important biomolecules
Background And Education
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2017
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
- Direct and indirect impacts of macroalgae on corals during early life history stages awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
Investigator On
- Developing a coral settlement cue for mass application in restoration awarded by SECORE International, Inc. 2020 -
- Assessing the differential responses of two CCA species to ocean acidification and increased seawater temperature with implications for natural reef awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Enhancing coral restoration through propagation, research, and training across a network of six FL Institutions to improve reproductive success... awarded by University of Miami
- Reef Engineering to Enhance Future Structures (REEFS) awarded by University of Miami
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Schul, Monica, Mason, Andrea, Ushijima, Blake, and Sneed, Jennifer M. 2022. "Microbiome and Metabolome Contributions to Coral Health and Disease." The Biological bulletin, 243, (1) 76–83. https://doi.org/10.1086/720971. 2022
- Brooker, Rohan M., Seyfferth, Angelia L., Hunter, Alesia, Sneed, Jennifer M., Dixson, Danielle L., and Hay, Mark E. 2020. "Human proximity suppresses fish recruitment by altering mangrove-associated odour cues." Scientific Reports, 10, (1) 21091–21091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77722-7. 2020
- 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
- Puglisi, Melany P., Sneed, Jennifer M., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Young, Ryan. 2019. "Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments." Natural product reports, 36 410–429. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8np00061a. 2019
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth A., Sneed, Jennifer, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2015. "Amantelides A and B, Polyhydroxylated Macrolides with Differential Broad-Spectrum Cytotoxicity from a Guamanian Marine Cyanobacterium." Journal of Natural Products, 78, (8) 1957–1962. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00293. 2015
- Soares, Angélica R., Engene, Niclas, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Sneed, Jennifer M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2015. "Carriebowlinol, an Antimicrobial Tetrahydroquinolinol from an Assemblage of Marine Cyanobacteria Containing a Novel Taxon." Journal of natural products, 78, (3) 534–538. https://doi.org/10.1021/np500598x. 2015
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2015. "Crustose coralline algal species host distinct bacterial assemblages on their surfaces." The ISME journal, (9) 2527–2536. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.67. 2015
- Sharp, K. H., Sneed, J. M., Ritchie, K. B., Mcdaniel, L., and Paul, Valerie J. 2015. "Induction of Larval Settlement in the Reef Coral Porites astreoides by a Cultivated Marine Roseobacter Strain." The Biological Bulletin, 228, (2) 98–107. https://doi.org/10.1086/BBLv228n2p98. 2015
- Puglisi, Melany P., Sneed, Jennifer M., Sharp, Koty H., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2014. "Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments." Natural Product Reports, 31 1510–1533. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NP00017J. 2014
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Sharp, Koty H., Ritchie, Kimberly B., and Paul, Valerie J. 2014. "The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole from a biofilm bacterium induces settlement of multiple Caribbean corals." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, (1786) 20133086. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3086. 2014
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Chapter
- Sneed, Jennifer M. and Puglisi, Melany P. 2018. "The Role of Natural Products in Structuring Microbial Communities of Marine Algae." In Chemical Ecology: The Ecological Impacts of Marine Natural Products. Puglisi, Melany P. and Becerro, Mikel A., editors. Boca Raton: CRC Press. (https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429453465) 2018
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Dataset
- Sneed, Jennifer M. 2024. [Dataset] Data and Rmarkdown files for all analysis and figures. Distributed by National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.25290295. 2024
- Sneed, Jennifer M. 2024. [Dataset] Data files for TBP Manuscript 2023. Distributed by National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.23664408. 2024
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
