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Rebecca Vega Thurber

Rebecca Vega Thurber

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
23312
World Ranking
4109
National Ranking
1429

Overview

Rebecca Vega Thurber is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and specializes in environmental science, with a strong focus on ecology. Their research extensively covers coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, and marine and fisheries research. Additional areas of work include microbial community ecology and physiology, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Their recent peer-reviewed publications include notable articles such as:

  • "Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "Coral-bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments," 2020, Ecological Applications
  • "Deciphering Coral Disease Dynamics: Integrating Host, Microbiome, and the Changing Environment," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Engaging the tropical majority to make ocean governance and science more equitable and effective," 2023, npj Ocean Sustainability

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rebecca Vega Thurber include:

  • Christian R. Voolstra
  • Patrick Wincker
  • Shinichi Sunagawa
  • Pierre E. Galand
  • Paola Furla

Their publications often appear in several well-known venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Nature Communications
  • Global Change Biology

Their expertise spans multiple subfields within environmental science, predominantly ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, molecular biology, and immunology. This interdisciplinary approach allows contributions to understanding marine ecosystems and the impact of environmental changes on biological systems.

Best Publications

  • Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

    Morgan G I Langille;Jesse Zaneveld;J Gregory Caporaso;J Gregory Caporaso;Daniel McDonald

  • Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes

    Elizabeth A. Dinsdale;Robert A. Edwards;Dana Hall;Florent Angly

  • Stress and stability: applying the Anna Karenina principle to animal microbiomes.

    Jesse R. Zaneveld;Ryan McMinds;Rebecca Vega Thurber

  • Viruses manipulate the marine environment

    Forest Rohwer;Rebecca Vega Thurber;Rebecca Vega Thurber

  • Metagenomic analysis of stressed coral holobionts

    Rebecca Vega Thurber;Dana Willner-Hall;Beltran Rodriguez-Mueller;Christelle Desnues

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Laboratory Procedures to Generate Viral Metagenomes

    Rebecca V Thurber;Matthew Haynes;Mya Breitbart;Linda Wegley

  • Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales

    Jesse R. Zaneveld;Deron E. Burkepile;Andrew A. Shantz;Catharine E. Pritchard

  • Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching.

    Rebecca L. Vega Thurber;Deron E. Burkepile;Corinne Fuchs;Andrew A. Shantz

  • Microbial Ecology of Four Coral Atolls in the Northern Line Islands

    Elizabeth A. Dinsdale;Elizabeth A. Dinsdale;Olga Pantos;Steven Smriga;Robert A. Edwards

  • Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments.

    Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Lin Lin Li;Linda Wegley;Mike Furlan

  • Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

    Gergely Torda;Jennifer M. Donelson;Manuel Aranda;Daniel J. Barshis

  • Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny.

    F. Joseph Pollock;Ryan McMinds;Styles Smith;David G. Bourne;David G. Bourne

  • The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective.

    Tracy D. Ainsworth;Rebecca Vega Thurber;Ruth D. Gates

  • Responses of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities to Local and Global Stressors

    Jamie M. McDevitt-Irwin;Julia K. Baum;Melissa Garren;Rebecca L. Vega Thurber

  • Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites

    Christelle Desnues;Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Steve Rayhawk;Scott Kelley

  • Sewage pollution: mitigation is key for coral reef stewardship.

    Stephanie L. Wear;Stephanie L. Wear;Rebecca Vega Thurber

  • Metagenomic analysis indicates that stressors induce production of herpes-like viruses in the coral Porites compressa

    Rebecca L. Vega Thurber;Katie L. Barott;Dana Hall;Hong Liu

  • Survival and settlement success of coral planulae: independent and synergistic effects of macroalgae and microbes.

    M. J. A. Vermeij;J. E. Smith;C. M. Smith;R. Vega Thurber

  • Virus-host interactions and their roles in coral reef health and disease

    Rebecca Vega Thurber;Jérôme P. Payet;Andrew R. Thurber;Adrienne M. S. Correa

Frequent Co-Authors

Deron E. Burkepile
Deron E. Burkepile University of California, Santa Barbara
Forest Rohwer
Forest Rohwer San Diego State University
Mya Breitbart
Mya Breitbart University of South Florida
Elizabeth A. Dinsdale
Elizabeth A. Dinsdale Flinders University
Julia K. Baum
Julia K. Baum University of Victoria
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Mónica Medina
Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University
Bette L. Willis
Bette L. Willis James Cook University
Yijun Ruan
Yijun Ruan University of Connecticut Health Center
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis

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