Marina Villoch Diaz Maurino

This study compares menthol and thermal stress as methods to induce bleaching in staghorn coral, finding menthol more effective at reducing algal symbiont photosynthetic capacity without harming coral health.

This study tests the thermal tolerance of Acropora palmata corals produced via assisted gene flow, finding that hybrid cohorts show novel alleles and gene expression patterns but limited phenotypic response to heat stress.