Peer-reviewed publications

2025

Optimizing in vitro fertilization in four Caribbean coral species. Valérie F. Chamberland, Matthew-James Bennett​, Tania Doblado Speck, Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers, Margaret W. Miller. PeerJ

Comparison of in situ and on-vessel larval rearing for coral seeding. Carly J. Randall, Valérie F. Chamberland, Christine Giuliano, Cathie A. Page, Katie Allen, Nico Briggs, Rhys Cornish, Aric Bickel. Restoration Ecology. 

2024

Coral settlement induction by tetrabromopyrrole is widespread among Caribbean and Atlantic corals and compound specific. Sneed JM, Demko A, Miller MW, Yi D, Moore BS, Agarwal V, Paul VJ. Frontiers in Marine Science

Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event. Margaret W. Miller, Sandra Mendoza Quiroz, Liam Lachs, Anastazia T. Banaszak, Valérie F. Chamberland, James R. Guest, Alexandra N. Gutting, Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Francesca Virdis, Maria F. Villalpando, Dirk Petersen. PLOS One

Long sediment-laden algal turf likely impairs coral recovery on Florida’s Coral Reef. Duran A, Speare KE, Fuchs C, Adam TC, Palma L, Miller MW, Collado-Vides L, Harborne AR, Burkepile DE. Coral Reefs

The sea urchin Diadema antillarum facilitates recruitment of the critically endangered Caribbean coral species Acropora palmata. Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers, M. van Aalst, J. Huckeba, Margaret W. Miller, Mark J.A. Vermeij, Valérie F. Chamberland. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Sediment source and dose influence the larval performance of the threatened coral Orbicella faveolate. Xaymara M. Serrano , Stephanie M. Rosales, Margaret W. Miller, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, Olivia M. Williamson, Andrea Gomez, Andrew C. Baker. PLOS One

Half of Atlantic reef-building corals at elevated risk of extinction due to climate change and other threats.  Gutierrez et al. (Margaret Miller is one of 42 co-authors; based on IUCN Red List Assessments) PLOS One

2023

Applying coral breed­ing to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly evolving field. Banaszak AT, Marhaver KL, Miller MW, Hartmann AC, Albright R, Hagedorn M, Harrison PL, Latijnhouwers KRW, Mendoza Quiroz S, Pizarro V, Chamberland VF. Restoration Ecology

Coral affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease can produce viable offspring. Mendoza-Quiroz S, Ramírez-Tapia GG, Tecalco-Rentería R, Miller M, Banaszak AT. PeerJ

Long-term survival, growth, and reproduction of Acropora palamta sexual recruits outplanted onto Mexican Caribbean reefs. Mendoza-Quiroz S, Beltrán- Torres, Grosso-Becerra, Muñoz Villareal, Tecalco Rentería R, Banaszak A. PeerJ 

Coral larval settlement induction using tissue-associated and exuded coralline algae meta-bolites and the identification of putative chemical cues. Quinlan ZA, Bennett M-J, Arts MGI, Levenstein M, Flores D, Tholen HM, Tichy L, Juarez G, Haas AF, Chamberland VF, Latijnhouwers KRW, et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society

Culturing for conservation: timely investments in reef aquaculture. Ridlon AD, Grosholz E, Hancock B, Miller MW, Bickel A, Froehlich H, Lirman D, Pollock FJ, Putnam HM, Tlusty MF, Waters TJ, Wasson K. Frontiers in Marine Science 

Scale-dependent habitat selec­tion by larvae of a reef-building coral. Speare KE, Duran A, Miller MW, Moeller HV, Burkepile DE. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Population Management of Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) for F3P: Part II, Recommendations and Guidelines June 2023-Feb 2024. Rodriguez-Clark KM, Moore J, Baums I, Ferrie G, Hagedorn M, Miller M, Willis K. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Washington, DC, 32 pp. 

2022

Site mediates perfor­mance in a Coral Seeding trial. Randall CJ, Giuliano C, Allen K, Bickel A, Miller M, Negri A. Restoration Ecology, doi.org/10.1111/rec.13745 

 Coral reef conservation and restoration in the ‘omics’ age. Maximizing genetic diversity in coral restoration projects. Baums IB, Chamberland VF, Locatelli NS, Conn T.  In: Van Oppen MJH, Aranda M (eds). Springer, Cham, Switzerland 

 Onset of zooplanktivory and optimal water flow rates for prey capture in newly settled polyps of ten Caribbean coral species. Geertsma, Wijgerde, Latijnhouw­ers KRW, Chamberland VF. Coral Reefs