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Overview

Joseph R. Pawlik is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and molecular biology, with a focus on marine ecosystems and natural products derived from marine organisms.

The primary fields of study for Pawlik include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work further narrows down into several subfields such as:

  • Biotechnology
  • Ecology
  • Pharmacology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Main research topics covered by Pawlik include:

  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Biological Activity

Pawlik has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work are:

  • Marine Drugs
  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Sponges With Microbial Symbionts Transform Dissolved Organic Matter and Take Up Organohalides" (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "New Tricks with an Old Sponge: Feature-Based Molecular Networking Led to Fast Identification of New Stylissamide L from Stylissa caribica" (2020) in Marine Drugs
  • "Molecular detection and microbiome differentiation of two cryptic lineages of giant barrel sponges from Conch Reef, Florida Keys" (2021) in Coral Reefs
  • "Evidence for trophic niche partitioning among three temperate gorgonian octocorals" (2022) in Coral Reefs
  • "Comparison of recent survey techniques for estimating benthic cover on Caribbean mesophotic reefs" (2022) in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Collaborations have been a part of their research activities, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Steven E. McMurray
  • Lauren K. Olinger
  • Wendy K. Strangman
  • Roberta Teta
  • Valeria Costantino

Best Publications

  • The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review

    Ivan A. Nagelkerken;S. Blaber;Steven Bouillon;P Green

  • Chemical ecology of the settlement of benthic marine invertebrates

    J.R. Pawlik

  • Marine invertebrate chemical defenses

    Joseph R. Pawlik

  • The HMA-LMA Dichotomy Revisited: an Electron Microscopical Survey of 56 Sponge Species

    Volker Gloeckner;Markus Wehrl;Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Christine Gernert

  • Seaweed-herbivore-predator interactions: host-plant specialization reduces predation on small herbivores

    Mark E. Hay;Joseph R. Pawlik;J. Emmett Duffy;William Fenical

  • The Chemical Ecology of Sponges on Caribbean Reefs: Natural Products Shape Natural Systems

    Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Hydrodynamic facilitation of gregarious settlement of a reef-building tube worm.

    Joseph R. Pawlik;Cheryl Ann Butman;Victoria R. Starczak

  • Multiple defensive roles for triterpene glycosides from two Caribbean sponges

    Julia Kubanek;Kristen E. Whalen;Sebastian Engel;Sarah R. Kelly

  • Defensive chemicals of the Spanisch dancer nudibranch Hexabranchus sanguineus and its egg ribbons: macrolides derived from a sponge diet

    Joseph R. Pawlik;Michael R. Kernan;Tadeusz F. Molinski;Mary Kay Harper

  • Redwood of the reef: growth and age of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

    S. E. McMurray;J. E. Blum;J. R. Pawlik

  • Foundations of gregariousness

    Robert J. Toonen;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Allelopathic activities of sponge extracts

    Sebastian Engel;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Video-monitored predation by Caribbean reef fishes on an array of mangrove and reef sponges

    M. Dunlap;J. R. Pawlik

  • Settlement of a marine tube worm as a function of current velocity: Interacting effects of hydrodynamics and behavior1

    Joseph R. Pawlik;Cheryl Ann Butman

  • Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs.

    Tse-Lynn Loh;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Chemical induction of larval settlement and metamorphosis in the reef-building tube worm Phragmatopoma californica (Sabellariidae: Polychaeta)

    J. R. Pawlik

  • Anti-predatory chemical defenses of ascidians: secondary metabolites or inorganic acids?

    Daniel P. Pisut;Daniel P. Pisut;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Chemical defense of the Caribbean sponge Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt)

    Brian Chanas;Joseph R. Pawlik;Thomas Lindel;Thomas Lindel;William Fenical

  • ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CARIBBEAN SPONGE EXTRACTS

    Rochelle W. Newbold;Paul R. Jensen;William Fenical;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Effects of Caribbean Sponge Extracts on Bacterial Attachment

    Sarah R. Kelly;Paul R. Jensen;Timothy P. Henkel;William Fenical

Frequent Co-Authors

William Fenical
William Fenical University of California, San Diego
Susanna López-Legentil
Susanna López-Legentil University of North Carolina Wilmington
Pei-Yuan Qian
Pei-Yuan Qian Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Tadeusz F. Molinski
Tadeusz F. Molinski University of California, San Diego
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ute Hentschel
Ute Hentschel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Paul R. Jensen
Paul R. Jensen University of California, San Diego
Julia Kubanek
Julia Kubanek Georgia Institute of Technology
Florenz Sasse
Florenz Sasse Technische Universität Braunschweig

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