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Marc Slattery is affiliated with the University of Mississippi in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Ecology and Biotechnology as key subfields. Their work explores various aspects of marine ecosystems, particularly those involving coral reefs and marine sponges.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics relevant to marine biology and environmental change. These include:

  • "Mass Mortality of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica in the Western Mississippi Sound Following Unprecedented Mississippi River Flooding in 2019" (2020), published in the Journal of Shellfish Research
  • "Cophylogeny and convergence shape holobiont evolution in sponge-microbe symbioses" (2022), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Will coral reef sponges be winners in the Anthropocene?" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Gorgonians Are Foundation Species on Sponge-Dominated Mesophotic Coral Reefs in the Caribbean" (2021), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Microbiome diversity and metabolic capacity determines the trophic ecology of the holobiont in Caribbean sponges" (2022), published in ISME Communications

Slattery frequently publishes in Marine Biology and Marine Ecology Progress Series, with additional contributions to Oceans, Limnology and Oceanography, and the Journal of Shellfish Research. This distribution reflects a sustained engagement with marine and aquatic science literature.

Major topics of their work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Their collaborative efforts include frequent partnerships with:

  • Michael P. Lesser
  • Keir J. Macartney
  • Deborah J. Gochfeld
  • M. Sabrina Pankey
  • Amelia Clayshulte Abraham

Through a body of work emphasizing ecological processes and microbial interactions within marine environments, Slattery's research provides insights into foundational species roles, holobiont evolution, and the impacts of environmental changes such as flooding on aquatic organisms.

Best Publications

  • Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs

    Michael P. Lesser;Marc Slattery;James J. Leichter

  • Aquatic ecotoxicology of fluoxetine.

    Bryan W. Brooks;Christy M. Foran;Sean M. Richards;James Weston

  • Waterborne and sediment toxicity of fluoxetine to select organisms.

    Bryan W. Brooks;Philip K. Turner;Jacob K. Stanley;James J. Weston

  • Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: light, food, and genetics

    Michael P. Lesser;Marc Slattery;Michael Stat;Michiko Ojimi

  • Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef

    Michael P. Lesser;Marc Slattery

  • Connectivity and stability of mesophotic coral reefs

    M. Slattery;M.P. Lesser;D. Brazeau;M.D. Stokes

  • Reproductive assessment of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) following a four-week fluoxetine (SSRI) exposure

    Christy M. Foran;James Weston;Marc Slattery;Bryan W. Brooks

  • Chemical defenses in Antarctic soft corals: evidence for antifouling compounds

    Marc Slattery;James B. McClintock;John N. Heine

  • Members of the Candidate Phyla Radiation are functionally differentiated by carbon- and nitrogen-cycling capabilities

    R. E. Danczak;M. D. Johnston;C. Kenah;M. Slattery

  • Growth and production of Sterechinus neumayeri (Echinoidea: Echinodermata) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

    Thomas Brey;J. Pearse;L. Basch;J. Mcclintock

  • Competition-mediated antibiotic induction in the marine bacterium Streptomyces tenjimariensis

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  • Population structure and feeding deterrence in three shallow-water antarctic soft corals

    M. Slattery;J. B. McClintock

  • Larval settlement and juvenile survival in the red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), an examination of inductive cues and substrate selection

    Marc Slattery;Marc Slattery

  • Chemical signals in gametogenesis, spawning, and larval settlement and defense of the soft coral Sinularia polydactyla

    M. Slattery;G. A. Hines;J. Starmer;V. J. Paul

  • Genetic structure in the coral, Montastraea cavernosa: assessing genetic differentiation among and within Mesophotic reefs.

    Daniel A. Brazeau;Michael P. Lesser;Marc Slattery

  • Biochemical and energetic composition, population biology, and chemical defense of the antarctic ascidian Cnemidocarpa verrucosa Lesson

    James B. McClintock;John Heine;Marc Slattery;James Weston

  • Three polymorphs (α, β, and δ) of d-mannitol at 100 K

    Frank R. Fronczek;Haidy Nasr Kamel;Marc Slattery

  • Climate change stressors destabilize the microbiome of the Caribbean barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta

    Michael P. Lesser;Cara Fiore;Marc Slattery;Jesse Zaneveld

  • Biodiversity and Functional Ecology of Mesophotic Coral Reefs

    Michael P. Lesser;Marc Slattery;Curtis D. Mobley

  • Terpenoids of Sinularia.: Chemistry and Biomedical Applications

    Haidy N. Kamel;Marc Slattery

  • Large-scale invasion of western Atlantic mesophotic reefs by lionfish potentially undermines culling-based management

    Dominic A. Andradi-Brown;Dominic A. Andradi-Brown;Mark J. A. Vermeij;Marc Slattery;Michael Lesser

  • The distribution of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in tropical Pacific coral reef invertebrates

    Kathryn L. Van Alstyne;Peter Schupp;Marc Slattery

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Lesser
Michael P. Lesser University of New Hampshire
James B. McClintock
James B. McClintock University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Valerie J. Paul
Valerie J. Paul Smithsonian Institution
Frank R. Fronczek
Frank R. Fronczek Louisiana State University
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
Alex Rogers
Alex Rogers University of Oxford
Daneel Ferreira
Daneel Ferreira University of Mississippi
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Bryan W. Brooks
Bryan W. Brooks Baylor University

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