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Greta S. Aeby

Greta S. Aeby

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
5830
World Ranking
7316
National Ranking
1

Overview

Greta S. Aeby is affiliated with Qatar University in Qatar. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a specialization in Ecology, Immunology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Biotechnology. The scientist's work extensively covers Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Marine and fisheries research, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Greta S. Aeby has contributed to several peer-reviewed scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors, 2020, Coral Reefs
  • A comparative baseline of coral disease in three regions along the Saudi Arabian coast of the central Red Sea, 2021, PLoS ONE

Other highly cited papers associated with their frequent coauthor Blake Ushijima include:

  • Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Chemical and genomic characterization of a potential probiotic treatment for stony coral tissue loss disease, 2023, Communications Biology
  • Coral reef resilience differs among islands within the Gulf of Mannar, southeast India, following successive coral bleaching events, 2021, Coral Reefs

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Greta S. Aeby include:

  • Valerie J. Paul
  • Thierry M. Work
  • Blake Ushijima
  • Gareth J. Williams
  • Julie L. Meyer

Their research is disseminated through several scientific venues where they have multiple publications, such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity

Best Publications

  • One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts

    Kent E. Carpenter;Muhammad Abrar;Greta Aeby;Richard B. Aronson

  • Microbial Community Shifts Associated With the Ongoing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract.

    Julie L. Meyer;Jessy Castellanos-Gell;Greta S. Aeby;Claudia C. Häse

  • Systematically describing gross lesions in corals.

    Thierry M. Work;Greta S. Aeby

  • Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management

    David O. Obura;Greta Aeby;Natchanon Amornthammarong;Ward Appeltans

  • Factors Affecting Susceptibility of the Coral Montastraea faveolata to Black-Band Disease.

    Greta S. Aeby;Deborah L. Santavy

  • Pathogenesis of a tissue loss disease affecting multiple species of corals along the Florida Reef Tract

    Greta S. Aeby;Blake Ushijima;Justin E. Campbell;Scott Jones

  • Vibrio owensii Induces the Tissue Loss Disease Montipora White Syndrome in the Hawaiian Reef Coral Montipora capitata

    Blake Ushijima;Ashley Smith;Greta S. Aeby;Sean M. Callahan

  • Vibrio coralliilyticus Strain OCN008 Is an Etiological Agent of Acute Montipora White Syndrome

    Blake Ushijima;Patrick Videau;Andrew H. Burger;Amanda Shore-Maggio

  • Phase shift from a coral to a corallimorph-dominated reef associated with a shipwreck on Palmyra atoll.

    Thierry M. Work;Greta S. Aeby;James E. Maragos

  • Comparison of Methods Used to Estimate Coral Cover in the Hawaiian Islands

    Paul L. Jokiel;Kuʻulei S. Rodgers;Eric K. Brown;Jean C. Kenyon

  • Patterns of coral disease across the Hawaiian archipelago: relating disease to environment.

    Greta S. Aeby;Gareth J. Williams;Gareth J. Williams;Erik C. Franklin;Jean Kenyon

  • Predictive modeling of coral disease distribution within a reef system.

    Gareth J. Williams;Greta S. Aeby;Rebecca O. M. Cowie;Simon K. Davy

  • Growth anomalies on the coral genera Acropora and Porites are strongly associated with host density and human population size across the Indo-Pacific.

    Greta S. Aeby;Gareth J. Williams;Gareth J. Williams;Erik C. Franklin;Jessica Haapkyla

  • Comprehensive characterization of skeletal tissue growth anomalies of the finger coral Porites compressa

    Isabelle J. Domart-Coulon;Nikki Traylor-Knowles;Esther Peters;David Elbert

  • Pathology of tissue loss (white syndrome) in Acropora sp. corals from the Central Pacific.

    Thierry M. Work;Greta S. Aeby

  • Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida.

    Blake Ushijima;Julie L Meyer;Sharon Thompson;Kelly Pitts

  • Antibacterial chemical defenses in Hawaiian corals provide possible protection from disease

    Deborah J. Gochfeld;Greta S. Aeby

  • A digenean metacercaria from the reef coral, Porites compressa, experimentally identified as Podocotyloides stenometra.

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  • Disease dynamics of Montipora white syndrome within Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii: distribution, seasonality, virulence, and transmissibility.

    G. S. Aeby;M. Ross;Gareth Williams;T. D. Lewis

  • Chemical and genomic characterization of a potential probiotic treatment for stony coral tissue loss disease

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  • Baseline levels of coral disease in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    Greta Smith Aeby

  • Outbreak of coral disease in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    G. S. Aeby

  • Tissue loss (white syndrome) in the coral Montipora capitata is a dynamic disease with multiple host responses and potential causes

    Thierry M. Work;Robin Russell;Greta S. Aeby

  • Microbial aggregates within tissues infect a diversity of corals throughout the Indo-Pacific

    Thierry M. Work;Greta S. Aeby

  • 2000-2002 Rapid Ecological Assessment of Corals (Anthozoa) on Shallow Reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Part 1: Species and Distribution

    James E. Maragos;Donald C. Potts;Greta Aeby;Dave Gulko

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry M. Work
Thierry M. Work United States Geological Survey
Gareth J. Williams
Gareth J. Williams Bangor University
Simon K. Davy
Simon K. Davy Victoria University of Wellington
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Scott F. Heron
Scott F. Heron James Cook University
David G. Bourne
David G. Bourne James Cook University
Bette L. Willis
Bette L. Willis James Cook University
C. Drew Harvell
C. Drew Harvell Cornell University
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean

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