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Michael P. Lesser is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on several subfields including Ecology, Biotechnology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Immunology.

The core topics of Michael P. Lesser's work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, notably:

  • Marc Slattery (17 publications)
  • Keir J. Macartney (13 publications)
  • M. Sabrina Pankey (8 publications)
  • Deborah J. Gochfeld (4 publications)
  • Marianela Gastaldi (3 publications)

Publications have appeared regularly in venues such as:

  • Oceans (3 publications)
  • Marine Biology (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science (2 publications)
  • Coral Reefs (2 publications)
  • Limnology and Oceanography (2 publications)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael P. Lesser include:

  • 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
  • Eutrophication on Coral Reefs: What Is the Evidence for Phase Shifts, Nutrient Limitation and Coral Bleaching, 2021, published in BioScience
  • 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

Best Publications

  • Oxidative stress causes coral bleaching during exposure to elevated temperatures

    M. P. Lesser

  • Elevated temperatures and ultraviolet radiation cause oxidative stress and inhibit photosynthesis in ymbiotic dinoflagellates

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  • Bleaching in coral reef anthozoans: effects of irradiance, ultraviolet radiation, and temperature on the activities of protective enzymes against active oxygen

    M. P. Lesser;W. R. Stochaj;D. W. Tapley;J. M. Shick

  • Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs

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

  • Exposure to solar radiation increases damage to both host tissues and algal symbionts of corals during thermal stress

    Michael P. Lesser;Julianne H. Farrell

  • Discovery of Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria in Corals

    Michael P. Lesser;Charles H. Mazel;Maxim Y. Gorbunov;Paul G. Falkowski

  • Biological weighting function for the inhibition of phytoplankton photosynthesis by ultraviolet radiation.

    John J. Cullen;Patrick J. Neale;Michael P. Lesser

  • Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data

    Michael P. Lesser;John C. Bythell;Ruth D. Gates;Ron W. Johnstone

  • Coral Bleaching: Causes and Mechanisms

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  • Effects of irradiance and ultraviolet radiation on photoadaptation in the zooxanthellae of Aiptasia pallida: primary production, photoinhibition, and enzymic defenses against oxygen toxicity

    M. P. Lesser;J. M. Shick

  • Photosynthesis and photoprotection in symbiotic corals

    Maxim Y. Gorbunov;Zbigniew S. Kolber;Michael P. Lesser;Paul G. Falkowski

  • Nitrogen fixation by symbiotic cyanobacteria provides a source of nitrogen for the scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa

    Michael P. Lesser;Luisa I. Falcón;Aimé Rodríguez-Román;Susana Enríquez

  • Inhibition of photosynthesis by ultraviolet radiation as a function of dose and dosage rate: Results for a marine diatom

    J. J. Cullen;M. P. Lesser

  • Effects of morphology and water motion on carbon delivery and productivity in the reef coral, Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus): Diffusion barriers, inorganic carbon limitation, and biochemical plasticity

    Michael P. Lesser;Virginia M. Weis;Mark R. Patterson;Paul L. Jokiel

  • 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

  • Depth-dependent responses to solar ultraviolet radiation and oxidative stress in the zooxanthellate coral Acropora microphthalma

    J. M. Shick;M. P. Lesser;W. C. Dunlap;W. R. Stochaj

  • Effects of ultraviolet radiation on corals and other coral reef organisms

    J. Malcolm Shick;Michael P. Lesser;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems

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  • Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to short-term thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of corals to bleaching

    W.K. Fitt;R.D. Gates;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;J.C. Bythell

  • Connectivity and stability of mesophotic coral reefs

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

  • Benthic–pelagic coupling on coral reefs: Feeding and growth of Caribbean sponges

    Michael P. Lesser

  • Impact of fouling organisms on mussel rope culture: interspecific competition for food among suspension-feeding invertebrates☆

    Michael P. Lesser;Sandra E. Shumway;Terry Cucci;Jennifer Smith

  • Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals.

    Debashish Bhattacharya;Shobhit Agrawal;Manuel Aranda;Sebastian Baumgarten

  • The endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.) of corals are parasites and mutualists

    M.P. Lesser;Michael Stat;Michael Stat;R.D. Gates

  • Oxidative stress, DNA damage and p53 expression in the larvae of atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) exposed to ultraviolet (290-400 nm) radiation.

    Michael P. Lesser;Julianne H. Farrell;Charles W. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Slattery
Marc Slattery University of Mississippi
Ruth D. Gates
Ruth D. Gates University of Hawaii at Manoa
John J. Cullen
John J. Cullen Dalhousie University
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Miles D. Lamare
Miles D. Lamare University of Otago
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sandra E. Shumway
Sandra E. Shumway University of Connecticut
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Alex Rogers
Alex Rogers University of Oxford
Patrick J. Neale
Patrick J. Neale Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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