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Overview

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on ecology and oceanography.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields, including global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and biotechnology. The main topics they investigate relate to coral and marine ecosystems, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, marine sponges and natural products, cephalopods and marine biology, ocean acidification effects and responses, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Frequent publication venues for Iglesias-Prieto include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, Scientific Reports, Coral Reefs, and Frontiers in Marine Science. These venues indicate a consistent focus on marine and environmental sciences.

Their recent papers include:

  • Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Elucidating gene expression adaptation of phylogenetically divergent coral holobionts under heat stress, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The role of the endolithic alga Ostreobium spp. during coral bleaching recovery, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Physiological and ecological consequences of the water optical properties degradation on reef corals, 2021, Coral Reefs
  • Surviving marginalized reefs: assessing the implications of the microbiome on coral physiology and survivorship, 2020, Coral Reefs

Iglesias-Prieto collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including Mónica Medina, Tomás López-Londoño, Kelly Gómez-Campo, Susana Enríquez, and Claudia Tatiana Galindo-Martínez. These collaborations highlight a network of work focused on coral reef ecosystems and marine biology.

Best Publications

  • Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;P. J. Mumby;A. J. Hooten;Robert S. Steneck

  • Photosynthetic response to elevated temperature in the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum in culture

    Roberto Iglesias-Prieto;Jaime L. Matta;Wendy A. Robins;Robert K. Trench

  • Different algal symbionts explain the vertical distribution of dominant reef corals in the eastern Pacific

    R. Iglesias-Prieto;V. H. Beltrán;T. C. LaJeunesse;H. Reyes-Bonilla

  • Avoiding coral reef functional collapse requires local and global action

    Emma V. Kennedy;Chris T. Perry;Paul R. Halloran;Paul R. Halloran;Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

  • Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers

    Christian Wild;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Malik S. Naumann;M. Florencia Colombo-Pallotta

  • Acclimation and adaptation to irradiance in symbiotic dinoflagellates. I. Responses of the photosynthetic unit to changes in photon flux density

    R. Iglesias-Prieto;RK Trench

  • 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

  • Shifts in coral-assemblage composition do not ensure persistence of reef functionality.

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet;Guillermo Horta-Puga;Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

  • Acclimation and adaptation to irradiance in symbiotic dinoflagellates. II. Response of chlorophyll–protein complexes to different photon-flux densities

    R. Iglesias-Prieto;R. K. Trench

  • 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

  • Microbial invasion of the Caribbean by an Indo-Pacific coral zooxanthella

    D. Tye Pettay;D. Tye Pettay;Drew C. Wham;Robin T. Smith;Robin T. Smith;Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

  • Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change

    Peter J. Mumby;Ian A. Elliott;C. Mark Eakin;William Skirving

  • Calcification in bleached and unbleached Montastraea faveolata: evaluating the role of oxygen and glycerol

    M. F. Colombo-Pallotta;A. Rodríguez-Román;R. Iglesias-Prieto

  • Response of holosymbiont pigments from the scleractinian coral Montipora monasteriata to short-term heat stress

    Sophie Dove;Juan Carlos Ortiz;Susana Enríquez;Maoz Fine

  • Community dynamics and physiology of Symbiodinium spp. before, during, and after a coral bleaching event

    Dustin W. Kemp;Xavier Hernandez-Pech;Roberto Iglesias-Prieto;William K. Fitt

  • Coral host transcriptomic states are correlated with Symbiodinium genotypes

    M. K. DeSALVO;S. Sunagawa;P. L. Fisher;C. R. Voolstra;C. R. Voolstra

  • On the circulation in the Puerto Morelos fringing reef lagoon

    C. Coronado;J. Candela;R. Iglesias-Prieto;J. Sheinbaum

  • A Connection between Colony Biomass and Death in Caribbean Reef-Building Corals

    Daniel J. Thornhill;Randi D. Rotjan;Brian D. Todd;Geoff C. Chilcoat

  • Variations in the photosynthetic performance along the leaves of the tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum

    S. Enríquez;M. Merino;R. Iglesias-Prieto

  • Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments

    Andrea G. Grottoli;R. J. Toonen;R. van Woesik;R. Vega Thurber

Frequent Co-Authors

Susana Enríquez
Susana Enríquez National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mónica Medina
Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
William K. Fitt
William K. Fitt University of Georgia
Sophie Dove
Sophie Dove University of Queensland
Maoz Fine
Maoz Fine Bar-Ilan University
Jamie R. Stevens
Jamie R. Stevens University of Exeter
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
William J. Skirving
William J. Skirving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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