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📄 Recent Publications

Coral reef fish skin microbiome study

Lardinois et al. 2026 – BMC Microbiology

New Publication · 2026

Host matters: coral reef fish species show distinct skin microbiome responses to upwelling-driven environmental changes

Lardinois LL, Hinojosa NA, Quintero-Arrieta H, Sellers AJ, Leray M, Barrett RDH.
BMC Microbiology s12866-026-05036-1

Environmental DNA sampling in freshwater systems

Zhang et al. 2026 – Molecular Ecology

New Publication · 2026

Integrated reanalysis of global riverine fish eDNA datasets shows robustness and congruence of biodiversity conclusions

Zhang Y, Zhang H, Akashi H, et al., Leray M, et al., Pellissier L, Zhang X, Altermatt F.
Molecular Ecology 35, e70340

Capistratus parrotfish

Clever et al. 2026 – Journal of Animal Ecology

New Publication · 2026

Dietary resilience of coral reef fishes to habitat degradation

Clever F, Preziosi RF, Nguyen B, De Gracia B, Quintero H, McMillan WO, Altieri AH, O’Dea A, Knowlton N, Leray M.
Journal of Animal Ecology 95, 397-417

Pocillopora coral colony in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Connelly et al. 2026 – Genome Biology and Evolution

New Publication · 2026

Genome skimming illuminates hidden species diversity and Symbiodiniaceae associations in east Pacific Pocillopora corals

Connelly MT, Glynn VM, Cornejo A, Villalobos-Cubero T, Kleypas J, Alvarado JJ, Brandt M, Logan CA, Palacio-Castro AM, Flot JF, Leray M, Connolly SR, Quattrini AM.
Genome Biology and Evolution 18, evaf235

Crustacean diversity in the Salish Sea

Hultgren et al. 2025 – Marine Biodiversity

New Publication · 2025

Salish Sea crustacean biodiversity is remarkably high and increases with oceanic influences

Hultgren KM, Paulay G, Cummings B, Leray M, Winans G.
Marine Biodiversity 55, 121

Cryptic marine invertebrates detected by eDNA

Pappalardo et al. 2025 – Methods in Ecology and Evolution

New Publication · 2025

Taxon-specific BLAST percent identity thresholds for identification of unknown sequences using metabarcoding

Pappalardo P, Hemmi JM, Machida RJ, Leray M, Collins AG, Osborn KJ.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16, 2380-2394

Caribbean reef fish assemblage

O’Dea et al. 2025 – PNAS

New Publication · 2025

Prehistoric archives reveal evidence of predator loss and prey release in Caribbean reef fish communities

O’Dea A, Dillon EM, Brandl SJ, Cramer KL, Cybulski JD, de Gracia B, García-Méndez K, Griswold K, Lin CH, Leray M, Lueders-Dumont JA, Sellers AJ, Wake TA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, e2503986122

Coral reef in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Glynn et al. 2025 – Current Biology

New Publication · 2025

The role of holobiont composition and environmental history in thermotolerance of Tropical Eastern Pacific corals

Glynn VM, Fernandes de Barros Marangoni L, Guglielmetti M, Tapia ER, Ali V, Quintero H, Rodriguez Guerra EC, Yuval M, Kline DI, Leray M, Connolly SR, Barrett RDH.
Current Biology 35, p3048-3063.e7

Chemosynthetic symbiosis in marine invertebrates

Morel-Letelier et al. 2025 – MSystems

New Publication · 2025

Seasonal transcriptomic shifts reveal metabolic flexibility of chemosynthetic symbionts in an upwelling region

Morel-Letelier I, Yuen B, Orellana LH, Kück AC, Camacho-García YE, Lara M, Leray M, Wilkins LGE.
MSystems 10, e01686-24

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🏕️ Fieldwork & Expeditions

Aerial view of Moorea, French Polynesia

Fieldwork in Moorea 2024

Fieldwork · 2024

Moorea field season

The lab conducted eDNA surveys and coral sampling across the forereef and backreef habitats of Moorea, French Polynesia, as part of the IstmoBiome and Reef Resilience projects.

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