Tyler J. Carrier

This study examines how ocean warming affects the microbiome of the sponge Haliclona sp., finding significant shifts in rare microbiota composition and potential acclimation through microbial symbionts.

The paper shows that sea urchin eggs incorporate plastid components, which enhance offspring developmental fitness and survival by influencing phytohormone regulation and lipid use.

The paper shows microbes can manipulate host reproduction in marine invertebrates by creating sperm-limited environments, driving transitions in developmental life-history strategies.

The paper shows that geographic location, not feeding regime, explains differences in bacterial communities of larval sea urchins.

This study examines bacterial community dynamics during the development of three echinoid species from egg to juvenile, finding that communities are established pre-fertilization and shift gradually while remaining distinct from the environment.