Mónica Medina

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Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Biology

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Recent Publications

The Evolution, Assembly, and Dynamics of Marine Holobionts

González-Pech, R. A., Li, V. Y., Garcia, V., Boville, E., Mammone, M., Kitano, H., Ritchie, K. B. & Medina, M., Jan 17 2024, In: Annual Review of Marine Science. 16, p. 443-466 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Reassessing the role of herbivores on urban coral reefs: A case study from a heavily impacted reef near Cartagena Bay, Colombia

Shantz, A. A., López-Londoño, T., Gomez-Campo, K., Iglesias-Prieto, R., López-Victoria, M. & Medina, M., Jun 2024, In: Urban Ecosystems. 27, 3, p. 689-697 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Host–symbiont plasticity in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana: strobilation across symbiont genera

Sharp, V., Kerwin, A. H., Mammone, M., Avila-Magana, V., Turnham, K., Ohdera, A., LaJeunesse, T. & Medina, M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 1333028.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Survival and physiological responses of corals exposed to elevated turbidity in the Varadero reef, Colombian Caribbean

López-Londoño, T., Gómez-Campo, K., Galindo-Martínez, C. T., González-Guerrero, L. A., Roitman, S., Pollock, F. J., Pizarro, V., López-Victoria, M., Medina, M. & Iglesias-Prieto, R., 2023, In: Boletin de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. 52, 1, p. 135-158 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The influence of photosymbiosis in Cassiopea xamachana regenerative success

Mammone, M., Sharp, V., Hewitt, M. & Medina, M., May 2023, In: Symbiosis. 90, 1, p. 61-70 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Navigating learning ecosystems: Exploring students’ use of agency in marine and environmental sciences

Martin, K., Robertson Evia, J., Peterman, K., Grimes, K., Medina, M. & Brandt, M., 2023, In: Journal of Geoscience Education. 71, 3, p. 415-427 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Comparative Genomic Insights into Bacterial Induction of Larval Settlement and Metamorphosis in the Upside-Down Jellyfish Cassiopea

Ohdera, A., Attarwala, K., Wu, V., Henry, R., Laird, H., Hofmann, D. K., Fitt, W. K. & Medina, M., Jun 2023, In: mSphere. 8, 3

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics

Pavlopoulos, G. A., Baltoumas, F. A., Liu, S., Selvitopi, O., Camargo, A. P., Nayfach, S., Azad, A., Roux, S., Call, L., Ivanova, N. N., Chen, I. M., Paez-Espino, D., Karatzas, E., Acinas, S. G., Ahlgren, N., Attwood, G., Baldrian, P., Berry, T., Bhatnagar, J. M. & Bhaya, D. & 112 others, Bidle, K. D., Blanchard, J. L., Boyd, E. S., Bowen, J. L., Bowman, J., Brawley, S. H., Brodie, E. L., Brune, A., Bryant, D. A., Buchan, A., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Campbell, B. J., Cavicchioli, R., Chuckran, P. F., Coleman, M., Crowe, S., Colman, D. R., Currie, C. R., Dangl, J., Delherbe, N., Denef, V. J., Dijkstra, P., Distel, D. D., Eloe-Fadrosh, E., Fisher, K., Francis, C., Garoutte, A., Gaudin, A., Gerwick, L., Godoy-Vitorino, F., Guerra, P., Guo, J., Habteselassie, M. Y., Hallam, S. J., Hatzenpichler, R., Hentschel, U., Hess, M., Hirsch, A. M., Hug, L. A., Hultman, J., Hunt, D. E., Huntemann, M., Inskeep, W. P., James, T. Y., Jansson, J., Johnston, E. R., Kalyuzhnaya, M., Kelly, C. N., Kelly, R. M., Klassen, J. L., Nüsslein, K., Kostka, J. E., Lindow, S., Lilleskov, E., Lynes, M., Mackelprang, R., Martin, F. M., Mason, O. U., McKay, R. M., McMahon, K., Mead, D. A., Medina, M., Meredith, L. K., Mock, T., Mohn, W. W., Moran, M. A., Murray, A., Neufeld, J. D., Neumann, R., Norton, J. M., Partida-Martinez, L. P., Pietrasiak, N., Pelletier, D., Reddy, T. B. K., Reese, B. K., Reichart, N. J., Reiss, R., Saito, M. A., Schachtman, D. P., Seshadri, R., Shade, A., Sherman, D., Simister, R., Simon, H., Stegen, J., Stepanauskas, R., Sullivan, M., Sumner, D. Y., Teeling, H., Thamatrakoln, K., Treseder, K., Tringe, S., Vaishampayan, P., Valentine, D. L., Waldo, N. B., Waldrop, M. P., Walsh, D. A., Ward, D. M., Wilkins, M., Whitman, T., Woolet, J., Woyke, T., Iliopoulos, I., Konstantinidis, K., Tiedje, J. M., Pett-Ridge, J., Baker, D., Visel, A., Ouzounis, C. A., Ovchinnikov, S., Buluç, A. & Kyrpides, N. C., Oct 19 2023, In: Nature. 622, 7983, p. 594-602 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Exploring the Status of an Urban Coral and the Presence of Potential Probiotic Traits in Culturable Bacteria

Ruiz-Toquica, J. S., Yañez-Dukon, L. A., Herrera Khenayzir, C., Romero Borja, I., Sanjuan-Muñoz, A., Medina, M. & Franco-Herrera, A., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11, 10, 2006.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A metagenomic-based study of two sites from the Barbadian reef system

Simpson, S., Bettauer, V., Ramachandran, A., Kraemer, S., Mahon, S., Medina, M., Vallès, Y., Dumeaux, V., Vallès, H., Walsh, D. & Hallett, M. T., Apr 2023, In: Coral Reefs. 42, 2, p. 359-366 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Every refuge has its price: Ostreobium as a model for understanding how algae can live in rock and stay in business

Tandon, K., Pasella, M. M., Iha, C., Ricci, F., Hu, J., O'Kelly, C. J., Medina, M., Kühl, M. & Verbruggen, H., Jan 30 2023, In: Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 134, p. 27-36 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Genomic view of the diversity and functional role of archaea and bacteria in the skeleton of the reef-building corals Porites lutea and Isopora palifera

Tandon, K., Ricci, F., Costa, J., Medina, M., Kühl, M., Blackall, L. L. & Verbruggen, H., 2023, In: GigaScience. 12, giac127.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Differing lesion recovery rates of two Caribbean stony coral species across a shallow water to mesophotic depth gradient suggest different sensitivity to repeated disturbance

Townsend, J. E., Brandt, M. E., Mukherjee, S., Medina, M. & Smith, T. B., Oct 2023, In: Coral Reefs. 42, 5, p. 1067-1077 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Thermal Stress Has Minimal Effects on Bacterial Communities of Thermotolerant Symbiodinium Cultures

Díaz-Almeyda, E. M., Ryba, T., Ohdera, A. H., Collins, S. M., Shafer, N., Link, C., Prado-Zapata, M., Ruhnke, C., Moore, M., González Angel, A. M., Pollock, F. J. & Medina, M., May 19 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 764086.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The role of the endolithic alga Ostreobium spp. during coral bleaching recovery

Galindo-Martínez, C. T., Weber, M., Avila-Magaña, V., Enríquez, S., Kitano, H., Medina, M. & Iglesias-Prieto, R., Dec 2022, In: Scientific reports. 12, 1, 2977.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review