Publications

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                                                   * Present and past lab members underlined; PI in bold *                                                      
2023

Studivan, M., Eckert, R., Shilling, E., Soderberg, N., Enochs, I., Voss, J. 2023. Stony coral tissue loss disease intervention with amoxicillin leads to a reversal of disease-modulated gene expression pathways. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17110.

Cahill, B.V., Eckert, R. J., Bassos-Hull, K., Ostendorf, T. J., Voss, J. D., DeGroot, B. C., Ajemian, M. J. 2023. Diet and Feeding Ecology of the Whitespotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) from Florida Coastal Waters Revealed via DNA Barcoding. Fishes, 8(8), 388. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080388.

Rosales, S.M., Huebner, L.K., Evans, J.S., Apprill, A., Baker, A.C., Becker, C.C., Bellantuono, A.J., Brandt, M.E., Clark, A.S., Del Campo, J., Dennison, C.E., Eaton, K.R., Huntley, N.E., Kellogg, C.A., Medina, M., Meyer, J.L., Muller, E.M., Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Salerno, J.L., Schill, W.B., Shilling, E.N., Stewart, J.M., Voss, J.D. 2023. A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in unaffected and lesion tissue in diseased colonies. ISME Communications, (3)1, 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00220-0.

Johnston, M.A., Studivan, M.S., Enochs, I.C., Correa, A., Besemer, N., Eckert, R.J., Edwards, K., Hannum, R., Hu, X., Nuttall, M., O’Connell, K., Palacio-Castro, A.M., Schmahl, G.P., Sturm, A.B., Ushijima, B., Voss, J.D. 2023. Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 100. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1111749. 

2022

Traylor-Knowles, N., Baker, A.C., Beavers, K.M., Garg, N., Guyon, J.R., Hawthorn, A., MacKnight, N.J., Medina, M., Mydlarz, L.D., Peters, E.C., Stewart, J.M., Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2022. Advances in coral immunity ‘omics in response to disease outbreaks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.952199.

Sturm, A.B., Eckert, R.J., Carreiro, A.M., Voss, J.D. 2022. Population genetic structure of the broadcast spawning coral, Montastraea cavernosa, demonstrates refugia potential of upper mesophotic populations in the Florida Keys. Coral Reefs, 41(3), 587. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02112-y.

Sturm, A.B., Eckert, R.J., Carreiro, A.M., Simoes, N., Voss, J.D. 2022. Depth-Dependent Genetic Structuring of a Depth-Generalist Coral and Its Symbiodiniaceae Algal Communities at Campeche Bank, Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 835789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.835789.

2021

Martindale, R.C., Holstein, D., Knowlton, N., Voss, J.D., Weiss, A.M., Correa, A.M.S. 2021. Gulf of Mexico Reefs: Past, Present, and Future. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 713058. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.713058.

Combs, I.R., Studivan, M.S., Eckert, R.J., Voss, J.D. 2021. Quantifying impacts of stony coral tissue loss disease on corals in Southeast Florida through surveys and 3D photogrammetry. PLoS One, 16(6), e0252593. 
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252593.

Studivan, M.S., Shatters, A., Dodge, D.L., Beal, J.L., Voss, J.D. 2021. Synergistic Effects of Thermal Stress and Estuarine Discharge on Transcriptomic Variation of Montastraea cavernosa Corals in Southeast Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 662220. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.662220.

Shilling, E.N., Combs, I.R., Voss, J.D. 2021. Assessing the effectiveness of two intervention methods for stony coral tissue loss disease on Montastraea cavernosa. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 8566.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86926-4.

2020

Dodge, D.L., Studivan, M.S., Eckert, R.J., Chei, E., Beal, J., Voss, J.D. 2020. Population structure of the scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa in southeast Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science, 96(4), 767.
https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0074.

Sturm, A.B., Eckert, R.J., González Méndez, J., González-Díaz, P., Voss, J.D. 2020. Population genetic structure of the great star coral, Montastraea cavernosa, across the Cuban archipelago with comparisons between microsatellite and SNP markers. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 15432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72112-5.

Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2020. Transcriptomic plasticity of mesophotic corals among natural populations and transplants of Montastraea cavernosa in the Gulf of Mexico and Belize. Molecular Ecology, 29(13), 2399.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15495.

Eckert, R.J., Reaume, A.M., Sturm, A.B., Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2020. Depth Influences Symbiodiniaceae Associations Among Montastraea cavernosa Corals on the Belize Barrier Reef. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 518.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00518​.

Joshua Voss, Shirley Pomponi. 2020. Sponsored Projects: Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology. Oceanography, 33(1), 91. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27218287.

2019

Eckert, R.J., Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2019. Populations of the coral species Montastraea cavernosa on the Belize Barrier Reef lack vertical connectivity. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 7200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43479-x.

Studivan, M.S., Milstein, G., Voss, J.D. 2019. Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS One, 14(3), e0203732.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203732​.

Joshua Voss, Shirley Pomponi. 2019. Sponsored Projects: Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology. Oceanography, 32(1), 119. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/27218254.

Voss, J.D., Shilling, E., Combs, I. 2019. Intervention and fate tracking for corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease in the northern Florida Reef Tract. Florida DEP. Miami, FL. Pp. 1-23. PDF.

Gress, E., Voss, J.D., Eckert, R.J., Rowlands, G., Andradi-Brown, A.D. 2019. The Mesoamerican Reef. In Y. Loya, K.A. Puglise, T.C.L. Bridge (Eds.), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World 12 (pp. 71-84). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_5​.

Reed, J.K., Farrington, F., David, A., Harter, S., Pomponi, S.A., Diaz, M.C., Voss, J.D., Spring, K.D., Hine, A.C., Kourafalou, V.H., Smith, R.H., Vaz, A.C., Paris, C.B., Hanisak, M.D. 2019. Pulley Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, USA. In Y. Loya, K.A. Puglise, T.C.L. Bridge (Eds.), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World 12 (pp. 57-69). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_4.

Turner, J.A., Andradi-Brown, D.A., Gori, A., Bongaerts, P., Burdett, H.L., Ferrier-Pagès, C., Voolstra, C.R., Weinstein, D.K., Bridge, T.C.L., Costantini, F., Gress, E., Laverick, J., Loya, Y., Goodbody-Gringley, G., Rossi, S., Taylor, M.L., Viladrich, N., Voss, J.D., Williams, J., Woodall, L.C., Eyal, G. 2019. Key Questions for Research and Conservation of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems and Temperate Mesophotic Ecosystems. In Y. Loya, K.A. Puglise, T.C.L. Bridge (Eds.), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World 12 (pp. 989-1003). Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_52.

2018

Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2018. Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential for refugia. Coral Reefs, 37, 1183-1196. 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1733-7.

Polinski, J.M., Voss, J.D. 2018. Evidence of photoacclimatization at mesophotic depths in the coral-Symbiodinium symbiosis at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and McGrail Bank. Coral Reefs, 37, 779–789.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1701-2​.

Garavelli, L., Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D., Kuba, A., Figueiredo, J., Chérubin, L.M. 2018. Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Larval Dynamics. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 174. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00174​.

Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2018. Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Population Genetics. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 152.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00152​.

Pomponi, S., Reed, J., Voss, J., Hanisak, D,, Diaz, M.C., David, A., Drummond, F., González-Díaz, P., Busutil López, L., Martínez-Daranas, B., Cobián Rojas, D., Valette-Silver, N. 2018. Sponsored Projects: Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology. Oceanography, 31(1), 89. 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/27218213.

2017

Reed J.K., Farrington, S., David, A., Harter, S., Moe, H., Horn, L., Taylor, G., White, J., Voss, J., Pomponi, S., Hanisak, D. 2017. Characterization of Mesophotic Coral/Sponge Habitats and Fish Assemblages in the Regions of Pulley Ridge and Tortugas from ROV Dives during R/V Walton Smith Cruises of 2012 to 2015. NOAA CIOERT Cruise Report. Submitted to NOAANOS-NCCOS, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. 76 pp. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Technical Report Number 178.
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17815/noaa_17815_DS1.pdf.

2015

Klepac, C.N., Beal, J., Kenkel, C.D., Sproles, A., Polinski, J.M., Williams, M.A., Matz, M.V., Voss, J.D. 2015. Seasonal stability of coral-Symbiodinium associations in the subtropical coral habitat of St. Lucie Reef, Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 532, 137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11369.

2014

​Voss, J., Williams, M., Reed, J., Clark, R. 2014. Benthic and Fish Communities in the Mid and Lower Mesophotic Zone of the Sanctuary. In Clark, R., J.C. Taylor, C.A. Buckel, and L.M. Kracker (Eds), Fish and Benthic Communities of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: Science to Support Sanctuary Management (pp. 200-259). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS. 
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/library/NOAA/CRCP/project/180/FGBNMS_tagged-temp.pdf.

2012

Beal, J., Voss, J., Edge, S., Cohen, L. 2012. Assessment of coral stressors on St. Lucie Reef: Florida’s northernmost coral reef. Final Rep State Wildl Grant USFWS T-91-1. PDF.

Reed, J., Farrington, S., Pomponi, S.A., Hanisak, M.D., Voss, J. 2012. NOAA CIOERT cruise report. Survey of the Pulley Ridge mesophotic reef ecosystem : NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, Florida Shelf-Edge Exploration II (FLoSEE) Cruise, Leg 1, September 12-19, 2011. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/993/noaa_993_DS1.pdf​.

2008

Rogers, C.S., Miller, J., Muller, E.M., Edmunds, P., Nemeth, R.S., Beets, J.P., Friedlander, A.M., Smith, T.B., Boulon, R., Jeffrey, C.F.G., Menza, C., Caldow, C., Idrisi, N., Kojis, B., Monaco, M.E., Spitzack, A., Gladfelter, E.H., Ogden, J.C., Hillis-Starr, Z., Lundgren, I., Schill, W.B., Kuffner, I.B., Richardson, L.L., Devine, B.E., Voss, J.D. 2008. Ecology of Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands. In Riegl, B.M., Dodge, R.E. (Eds), Coral Reefs of the USA, Coral Reefs of the World 1 (pp. 303-373). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8_8.

2007

Voss, J.D., Mills, D.K., Myers, J.L., Remily, E.R., Richardson, L.L. 2007. Black Band Disease Microbial Community Variation on Corals  in Three Regions of the Wider Caribbean. Microbial Ecology, 54, 740. 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25256245.


Richardson, L.L., Sekar, R., Myers, J.L., Gantar, M., Voss, J.D., Kaczmarsky, L., Remily, E.R., Boyer, G.L., Zimba, P.V. 2007. The presence of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin in black band disease of corals. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 272(2), 182. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00751.x.

2006

Voss, J.D., Richardson, L.L. 2006. Nutrient enrichment enhances black band disease progression in corals. Coral Reefs, 25, 569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0131-8.

Mills, D.K., Entry, J.A., Voss, J.D., Gillevet, P.M., Mathee, K. 2006. An assessment of the hypervariable domains of the 16S rRNA genes for their value in determining microbial community diversity: the paradox of traditional ecological indices. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 57(3), 496. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00135.x.

Sekar, R., Mills, D.K., Remily, E.R., Voss, J.D., Richardson, L.L. 2006. Microbial Communities in the Surface Mucopolysaccharide Layer and the Black Band Microbial Mat of Black Band-Diseased Siderastrea siderea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(9), 5963. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00843-06.

Voss, J.D., Richardson, L.L. 2006. Coral diseases near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas: patterns and potential drivers. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 69(1), 33. DOI: 10.3354/dao069033.

Voss, J. D. 2006. Coral disease dynamics and environmental drivers in the northern Florida Keys and Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas (Order No. 3235620) [Doctoral dissertation, Florida Atlantic University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. PDF.

2005

Richardson, L.L., Voss, J.D. 2005. Changes in a coral population on reefs of the northern Florida Keys following a coral disease epizootic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 297, 147. DOI: 10.3354/meps297147​.


Richardson, L.L., Mills, D.K., Remily, E.R., Voss, J.D. (2005). Development and field application of a molecular probe for the primary pathogen of the coral disease white plague type II. Revista de Biología Tropical, 53(Suppl. 1), 1-10. PDF.