Publications

Davies, S.; Putnam, H.; Ainsworth, T.; Baum, J.; Bove, C.; Crosby, S.; Côté, I.; Duplouy, A.; Fulweiler, R.; Griffin, A.; Hanley, T.; Hill, T.; Humanes, A.; Mangubhai, S.; Metaxas, A.; Parker, L.; Rivera, H.; Silbiger, N.; Smith, N.; Spalding, A.; Traylor-Knowles, N.; Weigel, B.; Wright, R.; Bates, A. (2021). Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science. PLoS Biology, 19(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001282

Kelley ER, Sleith RS, Matz MV, Wright RM. Gene expression associated with disease-resistance and long-term growth in a reef-building coral. Royal Society Open Science. (2021) http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210113

Rodas AM, Wright RM, Buie LK, Aichelman HE, Castillo KD, Davies SW. Eukaryotic plankton communities across reef environments in Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panamá. Coral Reefs 39, 1453–1467 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01979-7

Howe-Kerr L, Bachelot B, Wright R, Kenkel C, Bay L, and Correa A. (2020) Symbiont community diversity is more variable in corals that respond poorly to stress. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14999.

Wright RM, Correa AMS, Quigley LA†, Santiago-Vazquez LZ, Shamberger KEF, Davies SW. (2019) Gene Expression of Endangered Coral (Orbicella spp.) in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary After Hurricane Harvey. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00672.

Wright RM, Mera H, Kenkel CD, Nayfa M, Bay LK, Matz MV. (2019) Positive genetic associations among fitness traits support evolvability of a reef-building coral under multiple stressors. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14764.

Wright RM, Strader ME, Genuise HM, Matz MV (2019) Effects of thermal stress on amount, composition, and antibacterial properties of coral mucus. PeerJ 7:e6849. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6849

Wright RM, Kenkel CD, Dunn CE, Shilling EN, Bay LK, Matz MV (2017) Intraspecific differences in molecular stress responses and coral pathobiome contribute to mortality under bacterial challenge in Acropora millepora. Scientific Reports. 7:2609. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02685-1

Wright RM, Aglyamova GV, Meyer E, Matz MV (2015) Gene expression associated with white syndromes in a reef building coral, Acropora hyacinthus. BMC Genomics. 16:371. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1540-2

Matz MV, Wright RM, Scott JG (2013) No Control Genes Required: Bayesian Analysis of qRT-PCR Data. PLoS ONE 8(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071448