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Overview

Margaret W. Miller is affiliated with the National Marine Fisheries Service in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Immunology.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and broader Marine animal studies.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Miller include:

  • Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly-evolving field (2023) in Restoration Ecology
  • Settlement yields in large-scale in situ culture of Caribbean coral larvae for restoration (2021) in Restoration Ecology
  • Caribbean reefs of the Anthropocene: Variance in ecosystem metrics indicates bright spots on coral depauperate reefs (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • Neighboring colonies influence uptake of thermotolerant endosymbionts in threatened Caribbean coral recruits (2021) in Coral Reefs
  • Innate immune gene expression in Acropora palmata is consistent despite variance in yearly disease events (2020) in PLoS ONE

Among frequent coauthors with whom Miller has collaborated multiple times are:

  • Andrew C. Baker
  • Anastazia T. Banaszak
  • Sandra Mendoza Quiroz
  • DE Williams
  • Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers

The scientist's research has been regularly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Restoration Ecology, PLoS ONE, Coral Reefs, and PeerJ, reflecting consistent contributions within these outlets.

In addition to journal publications, Miller has contributed to book publications, including work published by UNESCO titled NMFS / Interagency Working Group Evaluation of CITES Criteria and Guidelines (2021).

Best Publications

  • Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world's coral reefs

    Madeleine Jh van Oppen;Madeleine Jh van Oppen;Ruth D Gates;Linda L Blackall;Neal Cantin

  • Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata.

    Iliana B. Baums;Margaret W. Miller;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance

    Michelle J. Paddack;Michelle J. Paddack;John D. Reynolds;Consuelo Aguilar;Richard S. Appeldoorn

  • Ocean acidification compromises recruitment success of the threatened Caribbean coral Acropora palmata

    Rebecca Albright;Benjamin Mason;Margaret Miller;Chris Langdon

  • Sustainability of fishery bycatch: a process for assessing highly diverse and numerous bycatch

    Ilona Stobutzki;Margaret Miller;David Brewer

  • GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN CLONAL STRUCTURE IN A REEF- BUILDING CARIBBEAN CORAL, ACROPORA PALMATA

    Iliana B. Baums;Margaret W. Miller;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic.

    Iliana B. Baums;Andrew C. Baker;Sarah W. Davies;Andréa G. Grottoli

  • Sustainability of elasmobranchs caught as bycatch in a tropical prawn (shrimp) trawl fishery

    Ilona C. Stobutzki;Margaret J. Miller;Don S. Heales;David T. Brewer

  • Coral disease outbreak: pattern, prevalence and transmission in Acropora cervicornis

    Dana E. Williams;Margaret W. Miller

  • Effects of fish predation and seaweed competition on the survival and growth of corals

    Margaret W. Miller;Mark E. Hay

  • Effects of Nutrients versus Herbivores on Reef Algae: A New Method for Manipulating Nutrients on Coral Reefs

    M. W. Miller;M. E. Hay;Steven Miller;D. Malone

  • Coral recruitment and juvenile mortality as structuring factors for reef benthic communities in Biscayne National Park, USA

    M. W. Miller;E. Weil;A. M. Szmant

  • Coral-Seaweed-Grazer-Nutrient Interactions on Temperate Reefs

    Margaret W. Miller;Mark E. Hay

  • Hybridization within the species complex of the scleractinan coral Montastraea annularis

    A. M. Szmant;E. Weil;M. W. Miller;D. E. Colón

  • An analysis of the loss of acroporid corals at Looe Key, Florida, USA: 1983–2000

    M. W. Miller;A. S. Bourque;J. A. Bohnsack

  • Caribbean Acropora restoration guide : best practices for propagation and population enhancement.

    Meaghan E. Johnson;Caitlin Lustic;Erich Bartels;Iliana B. Baums

  • Pelagic conditions affect larval behavior, survival, and settlement patterns in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata

    M. J. A. Vermeij;Nicole D. Fogarty;M. W. Miller

  • CRAYFISH FEEDING PREFERENCES FOR FRESHWATER MACROPHYTES: THE INFLUENCE OF PLANT STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY

    Greg Cronin;Greg Cronin;David M. Lodge;Mark E. Hay;Margaret Miller

  • Recruitment failure in Florida Keys Acropora palmata, a threatened Caribbean coral

    D. E. Williams;D. E. Williams;M. W. Miller;K. L. Kramer

  • Harnessing ecological processes to facilitate coral restoration

    Mark C Ladd;Margaret W Miller;John H Hunt;William C Sharp

  • Host population genetic structure and zooxanthellae diversity of two reef-building coral species along the Florida Reef Tract and wider Caribbean

    I. B. Baums;M. E. Johnson;M. K. Devlin-Durante;M. W. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Iliana B. Baums
Iliana B. Baums Pennsylvania State University
Alina M. Szmant
Alina M. Szmant University of North Carolina Wilmington
Russell E. Brainard
Russell E. Brainard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
C. Mark Eakin
C. Mark Eakin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark E. Hay
Mark E. Hay Georgia Institute of Technology
Diego Lirman
Diego Lirman University of Miami
Caroline S. Rogers
Caroline S. Rogers United States Geological Survey
Michael E. Hellberg
Michael E. Hellberg Louisiana State University
Andrew C. Baker
Andrew C. Baker University of Miami
Richard S. Appeldoorn
Richard S. Appeldoorn University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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