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Dr. Tamar L. Goulet's Lab
University of Mississippi

Publications

Links to journal pages or PDFs are provided where available and allowable under copyright agreements. Please contact me if you need a copy (pdf or paper) of a publication that you are unable to access. The copies are provided as a means to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly work on a non commercial basis.

McCauley, M*, T.L. Goulet, C. Jackson, and S. Loesgen.  2023.  Meta-analysis of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations.  Nature Ecology and Evolution. 14:4899.

Davies, S.; Gamache, M.H.; Howe-Kerr, L.I.; Kriefall, N.G.; Baker, A.C.; Banaszak, A.T.; Bay, L.K.; Bellantuono, A.J.; Bhattacharya, D.; Chan, C.X.; Claar, D.C.; Coffroth, M.A.; Cunning, R.; Davy, S.K.; del Campo, J.; Diaz-Almeyda, E.M.; Frommlet, J.C.; Fuess, L.E.; Gonzalez-Pech, R.A.; Goulet, T.L.; Hoadley, K.D.; Howells, E.J.; Hume, B.C.C.; Kemp, D.W.; Kenkel, C.D.; Kitchen, S.A.; LaJeunesse, T.C.; Lin, S.; McIlroy, S.; McMinds, R.; Nitschke, M.R.; Oakley, C.A.; Peixoto, R.S.; Prada, C.; Putnam, H.M.; Quigley, K.; Reich, H.G.; Reimer, J.D.; Rodriguez-Lanetty, M.; Rosalas, S.; Saad, O.S.; Sampayo, E.M.; Santos, S.; Shoguchi, E.; Smith, E.G.; Stat, M.; Stephens, T.G.; Strader, M.E.; Suggett, D.J.; Swain, T.D.; Tran, C.; Traylor-Knowles, N.; Voolstra, C.R.; Warner, M.E.; Weis, V.M.; Wright, R.; Xiang, T.; Yamashita, H.; Ziegler, M.; Correa, A.M.; Parkinson, J.E.  2023.  Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity. PeerJ. 11:e15023.

Guerrini, G., D. Shefy, J. Douek, N, Shashar, T.L. Goulet*, and B. Rinkevich. 2021. Spatial distribution of conspecific genotypes within chimeras of the branching coral Stylophora pistillata.  Scientific Reports 11, 22554. *Corresponding author.

Goulet, T.L. 2021. Institutions key to inclusion and equity. Science 373,: 170-171.

Goulet, T.L. and D. Goulet. 2021. Climate change leads to a reduction in symbiotic derived cnidarian biodiversity on coral reefs.  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9.

Goulet, T.L., I. Erill, M.S. Ascunce, S.J. Finley, and G.T. Javan. 2020. Conceptualization of the holobiont paradigm as it pertains to corals.  Frontiers in Physiology 11: 1156.

McCauley M., C.R. Jackson, and T.L. Goulet. 2020. Microbiomes of Caribbean octocorals vary over time but are resistant to environmental change. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11.

McCauley, M.* and T.L. Goulet. 2019. Caribbean gorgonian octocorals cope with nutrient enrichment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 141: 621-628.

Ramsby, B.D.* and T.L. Goulet. 2019. Symbiosis and host morphological variation: Symbiodiniaceae photosynthesis in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum at ambient and elevated temperatures. Coral Reefs 38: 359-371.

Goulet, T.L., M.Q. Lucas, and N.V. Schizas. 2019. Symbiodiniaceae genetic diversity and symbioses with hosts from shallow to mesophotic coral ecosystems. In: Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL (eds) Mesophotic coral ecosystems. Springer, New York

McCauley, M.*, A.T. Banaszak, and T.L. Goulet. 2018. Species traits dictate seasonal-dependent responses of octocoral–algal symbioses to elevated temperature and ultraviolet radiation.  Coral Reefs 37: 901-917.

Hall, E.R., E.M. Muller, T.L. Goulet, J. Bellworthy, K.B. Ritchie, and M. Fine. 2018. Eutrophication may compromise the resilience of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata to global change.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 131: 701-711

Ohdera A.H., M.J. Abrams, C.L. Ames, D.M. Baker, L.P. Suescún-Bolívar, A.G. Collins, C.J. Freeman, E. Gamero-Mora, T.L. Goulet, D.K. Hofmann, A. Jaimes-Becerra, P.F. Long, A.C. Marques, L.A. Miller, L.D. Mydlarz, A.C. Morandini, C.R. Newkirk , S.P. Putri, J.E. Samson, S.N. Stampar, B. Steinworth, M. Templeman, P.E. Thomé, M. Vlok, C.M. Woodley, J.C.Y. Wong, M.Q. Martindale, W.K. Fitt, and M. Medina. 2018 Upside-down but headed in the right direction: review of the highly versatile Cassiopea xamachana system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6

Goulet T.L., K.P. Shirur*, B.D. Ramsby*, and R. Iglesias-Prieto.  2017.  The effects of elevated seawater temperatures on Caribbean gorgonian corals and their algal symbionts, Symbiodinium spp. PLoS ONE 12:e0171032

Shirur, K.P.*, C.R. Jackson, and T.L. Goulet.  2016.  Lesion recovery and the bacterial microbiome in two Caribbean gorgonian corals.  Marine Biology.  163: 238.

Howell, J.*, T.L. Goulet, and D. Goulet.  2016.  Sea anemone musical chairs and the plight of the two-band anemonefish, Amphiprion bicinctus.  Environmental Biology of Fishes. 99: 873–886.

Parrin A.P., T.L. Goulet, M.A. Yaeger, L.S. Bross, C.S. McFadden, and N.W. Blackstone. 2016. Symbiodinium migration mitigates bleaching in three octocoral species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 474: 73-80

Goulet T.L. 2015. Box 10.3: The importance of the combined host-symbiont (holobiont) perspective in studies of cnidarian – Symbiodinium mutualisms. Invited contribution to the chapter “Context-dependent outcomes of mutualistic interactions” by J.D. Hoeksema and E.M. Bruna, in Mutualisms, edited by Judith Bronstein. 320pp. Oxford University Press.

Shirur, K.P.*, B.D. Ramsby*, R. Iglesias-Prieto and T.L. Goulet. 2014. Biochemical composition of Caribbean gorgonians: implications for gorgonian symbiosis and ecology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 461: 275-285.

Ramsby, B.D.*, K.P. Shirur*, R. Iglesias-Prieto and T.L. Goulet. 2014. Symbiodinium photosynthesis in Caribbean octocorals. PLoS ONE. 9: e106419.

Kenkel, C.D., C. Sheridan, M.C. Leal, R. Bhagooli, K.D. Castillo, N. Kurata, E. McGinty, T.L. Goulet and M.V. Matz. 2014. Diagnostic gene expression biomarkers of coral thermal stress. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14: 667-678.

Banaszak, A.T., M. García Ramos and T.L. Goulet. 2013. The symbiosis between the gastropod Strombus gigas and the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium: An ontogenic journey from mutualism to parasitism. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 449: 358–365.

Byler, K.A.*, M. Carmi-Veal, M. Fine and T.L. Goulet. 2013. Multiple symbiont acquisition strategies as an adaptive mechanism in the coral Stylophora pistillata. PLoS ONE. 8: e59596.

Kenkel C.D., G. Aglyamova, A. Alamaru, R. Bhagooli, R. Capper, J.R. Cunning, A. deVillers, J.A. Haslun, L. Hédouin, S. Keshavmurthy, K.A. Kuehl, H. Mahmoud, E.S. McGinty, P.H. Montoya-Maya, C.V. Palmer, R. Pantile, J.A. Sánchez, T. Schils, R.N. Silverstein, L.B. Squiers, P.C. Tang, T.L. Goulet and M.V. Matz. 2011. Development of gene expression markers of acute heat-light stress in reef-building corals of the genus Porites. PLoS ONE. 6: e26194.

Lundeberg, M.A., H. Kang, B. Wolter, R. delMas, N. Armstrong, B. Borsari, N. Boury, P. Brickman, K. Hannam, C. Heinz, T. Horvath, M. Knabb, T. Platt, N. Rice, B. Rogers, J. Sharp, E. Ribbens, K.S. Maier, M. Deschryver, R. Hagley, T. Goulet, and C.F. Herreid. 2011. Context matters: increasing understanding with interactive Clicker Case studies. Educational Technology Research and Development. 59: 645-671.

Oren, M., G. Paz, J. Douek, A. Rosner, Z. Fishelson, T.L. Goulet, K. Henckel and B. Rinkevich. 2010. ‘Rejected’ vs. ‘Rejecting’ transcriptomes in allogeneic challenged colonial urochordates. Molecular Immunology. 47: 2083–2093.

Manor, S., O. Polak, W.M. Saidel, T.L. Goulet and N. Shashar. 2009. Light intensity mediated polarotaxis in Pontella karachiensis (Pontellidae, Copepoda). Vision Research. 49: 2371-2378.

Goulet, T.L., T.C. LaJeunesse and K.E. Fabricius. 2008. Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event. Marine Biology. 154: 795-804.

Goulet, T.L., C. Simmons* and D. Goulet. 2008. Worldwide biogeography of Symbiodinium in tropical octocorals. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 355: 45-58.

Johnson, C.E.* and T.L. Goulet. 2007. A comparison of photographic analyses used to quantify zooxanthella density and pigment concentrations in Cnidarians. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 353: 287-295.

Goulet, T.L. 2007. Most scleractinian corals and octocorals host a single symbiotic zooxanthella clade. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 335: 243-248.

Goulet, T.L. 2006. Most corals may not change their symbionts. Feature Article. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 321: 1-7. Featured in Science. 2006. Editors’ Choice. 313: 1542.

Goulet, D. and T.L. Goulet. 2006. Nonindependent mating in a coral reef damselfish: evidence of mate choice copying in the wild. Behavioral Ecology. 17: 998-1003.

Goulet, T.L., C. Cook and D. Goulet. 2005. Effect of elevated temperature and light levels on the photosynthesis of different host-symbiont combinations in the Aiptasia pallida / Symbiodinium symbiosis. Limnology and Oceanography. 50: 1490-1498.

Goulet, T.L. and M.A. Coffroth. 2004. The genetic identity of dinoflagellate symbionts in Caribbean octocorals. Coral Reefs. 23: 465-472.

Goulet, T.L. and M.A. Coffroth. 2003. Stability of an octocoral-algal symbiosis over time and space. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 250: 117-124.

Goulet, T.L. and M.A. Coffroth. 2003. Genetic composition of zooxanthellae between and within colonies of the octocoral Plexaura kuna based on small subunit rDNA and multilocus DNA fingerprinting. Marine Biology. 142: 233-239.

Coffroth, M.A., S.R. Santos, and T.L. Goulet. 2001. Early ontogenetic expression of specificity in a Cnidarian-Algal symbiosis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 222: 85-96.

Shlesinger, Y, T.L. Goulet and Y. Loya. 1998. Reproductive patterns of scleractinian corals in Eilat, Red Sea. Marine Biology. 132: 691-701.

Goulet, T.L. and M.A. Coffroth. 1997. A within colony comparison of zooxanthella genotypes in the Caribbean gorgonian Plexaura kuna. Proceedings 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama. 2: 1331-1334.

Liberman, T., A. Genin and Y. Loya. 1995. Effects on growth and reproduction of the coral Stylophora pistillata by the mutualistic damselfish Dascyllus marginatus. Marine Biology. 121: 741-746.

Rinkevich, B., N. Shashar and T. Liberman. 1992. Nontransitive xenogeneic interactions between four common Red Sea sessile invertebrates. Proceedings 7th International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam. 2: 833-839.

*Goulet past and present lab members.