W. C. Million

Microhabitat acclimatization shifts physiological baselines and thermal tolerance of the symbiotic anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima

This study shows that high intertidal anemones and their symbionts have greater thermal tolerance under heat stress, driven by environmental history rather than tidal height alone.

Long term maintenance of heterologous symbiont association in Acropora palmata on natural reefs

This study shows that Acropora palmata can maintain a novel symbiosis with Durusdinium spp. for two years in natural reefs, but some corals switch to native symbionts over time.

Evidence for adaptive morphological plasticity in the Caribbean coral, Acropora cervicornis.

This study shows that genotype-by-environment interactions affect coral morphology and survival, with plasticity linked to faster growth and higher survival in the endangered coral A. cervicornis.