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Mónica Medina

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Professor in the Department of Biology at Pennsylvania State University.

Biodiversity Biological Oceanography Evolutionary Studies Genetics Genomics Marine Biology Microbiology Zoology

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Pennsylvania State University

UCLA Library

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Professor

Pennsylvania State University

Biology

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University of California, Los Angeles

July 2025

PeerJ Contributions

April 15, 2025

Endozoicomonas dominance and Vibrionaceae stability underpin resilience in urban coral Madracis auretenra

Jordan Ruiz-Toquica, Andrés Franco Herrera, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19226 PubMed 40256745

November 2, 2022

Unified methods in collecting, preserving, and archiving coral bleaching and restoration specimens to increase sample utility and interdisciplinary collaboration

Rebecca Vega Thurber, Emily R. Schmeltzer, Andréa G. Grottoli, Robert van Woesik, Robert J. Toonen, Mark Warner, Kerri L. Dobson, Rowan H. McLachlan, Katie Barott, Daniel J. Barshis, Justin Baumann, Leila Chapron, David J. Combosch, Adrienne MS Correa, Thomas M. DeCarlo, Mary Hagedorn, Laetitia Hédouin, Kenneth Hoadley, Thomas Felis, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Carly Kenkel, Ilsa B. Kuffner, Jennifer Matthews, Mónica Medina, Christopher Meyer, Corinna Oster, James Price, Hollie M. Putnam, Yvonne Sawall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14176 PubMed 36345483

February 25, 2021

A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

Simon M. Dittami, Enrique Arboleda, Jean-Christophe Auguet, Arite Bigalke, Enora Briand, Paco Cárdenas, Ulisse Cardini, Johan Decelle, Aschwin H. Engelen, Damien Eveillard, Claire M.M. Gachon, Sarah M. Griffiths, Tilmann Harder, Ehsan Kayal, Elena Kazamia, François H. Lallier, Mónica Medina, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Teresa Maria Morganti, Laura Núñez Pons, Soizic Prado, José Pintado, Mahasweta Saha, Marc-André Selosse, Derek Skillings, Willem Stock, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eve Toulza, Alexey Vorobev, Catherine Leblanc, Fabrice Not

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10911 PubMed 33665032

December 14, 2017

Unraveling the structure and composition of Varadero Reef, an improbable and imperiled coral reef in the Colombian Caribbean

Valeria Pizarro, Sara C. Rodríguez, Mateo López-Victoria, Fernando A. Zapata, Sven Zea, Claudia T. Galindo-Martínez, Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Joseph Pollock, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4119 PubMed 29259841

December 11, 2014

Comparative analysis of early ontogeny in Bursatella leachii and Aplysia californica

Zer Vue, Bishoy S. Kamel, Thomas R. Capo, Ana T. Bardales, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.700 PubMed 25538871

May 13, 2014

Quantifying cryptic Symbiodinium diversity within Orbicella faveolata and Orbicella franksi at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

Elizabeth A. Green, Sarah W. Davies, Mikhail V. Matz, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.386 PubMed 24883247

August 23, 2019 - Version: 3

A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

Simon M Dittami, Enrique Arboleda, Jean-Christophe Auguet, Arite Bigalke, Enora Briand, Paco Cardenas, Ulisse Cardini, Johan Decelle, Aschwin H Engelen, Damien Eveillard, Claire M.M. Gachon, Sarah M Griffiths, Tilmann Harder, Ehsan Kayal, Elena Kazamia, François H Lallier, Mónica Medina, Ezequiel Marzinelli, Teresa Morganti, Laura Núñez Pons, Soizic Prado, José Pintado, Mahasweta Saha, Marc-André Selosse, Derek Skillings, Willem Stock, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eve Toulza, Alexey Vorobev, Catherine Leblanc, Fabrice Not

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27519v3

September 25, 2017 - Version: 1

Gene expression of settled and metamorphosed Orbicella faveolata during establishment of symbiosis

Aubrie O'Rourke, Aki Ohdera, Shinichi Sunagawa, Erika M Diaz-Almeyda, Michael K DeSalvo, Mary Alice Coffroth, Christian R Voolstra, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3283v1

August 12, 2017 - Version: 1

Unraveling a resilient reef: structure and composition of Varadero, an imperiled coral reef in the Colombian Caribbean

Valeria Pizarro, Sara C Rodríguez, Mateo López-Victoria, Fernando A Zapata, Sven Zea, Claudia T Galindo-Martínez, Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Joseph Pollock, Monica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3148v1

September 27, 2016 - Version: 2

BioMine-DB: A database for metazoan biomineralization proteins

Bishoy S Kamel, Christian R Voolstra, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1983v2

February 14, 2014 - Version: 1

Next-generation sequencing reveals cryptic Symbiodinium diversity within Orbicella faveolata and Orbicella franksi at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

Elizabeth Green, Sarah W. Davies, Mikhail V. Matz, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.246v1

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July 20, 2017

Identifying genes and regulatory pathways associated with the scleractinian coral calcification process

Eldad Gutner-Hoch, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Ruth Yam, Aldo Shemesh, Oren Levy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3590 PubMed 28740755

February 1, 2017

The embryonic life history of the tropical sea hare Stylocheilus striatus (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) under ambient and elevated ocean temperatures

Rael Horwitz, Matthew D. Jackson, Suzanne C. Mills

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2956 PubMed 28168118

May 10, 2016

Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf

Pelayo Salinas-de-León, David Acuña-Marrero, Etienne Rastoin, Alan M. Friedlander, Mary K. Donovan, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1911 PubMed 27190701

February 2, 2016

Physiological response of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus to thermal stress and ocean acidification

Andrea Gori, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Sebastian J. Hennige, Fiona Murray, Cécile Rottier, Laura C. Wicks, J. Murray Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1606 PubMed 26855864

November 19, 2015

Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships within Hydroidolina (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using mitochondrial genome data and insight into their mitochondrial transcription

Ehsan Kayal, Bastian Bentlage, Paulyn Cartwright, Angel A. Yanagihara, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Russell R. Hopcroft, Allen G. Collins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1403 PubMed 26618080

November 3, 2015

Development and application of molecular biomarkers for characterizing Caribbean Yellow Band Disease in Orbicella faveolata

Michael Morgan, Kylia Goodner, James Ross, Angela Z. Poole, Elizabeth Stepp, Christopher H. Stuart, Cydney Wilbanks, Ernesto Weil

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1371 PubMed 26557440

July 23, 2015

A population genetic assessment of coral recovery on highly disturbed reefs of the Keppel Island archipelago in the southern Great Barrier Reef

Madeleine J.H. van Oppen, Vimoksalehi Lukoschek, Ray Berkelmans, Lesa M. Peplow, Alison M. Jones

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1092 PubMed 26244109

June 30, 2015

Histopathology of crustose coralline algae affected by white band and white patch diseases

Gaëlle Quéré, Anne-Leila Meistertzheim, Robert S. Steneck, Maggy M. Nugues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1034 PubMed 26157617

June 25, 2015

Metabarcoding dietary analysis of coral dwelling predatory fish demonstrates the minor contribution of coral mutualists to their highly partitioned, generalist diet

Matthieu Leray, Christopher P. Meyer, Suzanne C. Mills

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1047 PubMed 26137428

September 9, 2014

Mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data are not an improvement for species identification in scleractinian corals

John P. Wares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.564 PubMed 25250216

June 17, 2014

Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable heterotrophic bacteria associated with the endemic marine sponge Arenosclera brasiliensis

Cintia P.J. Rua, Amaro E. Trindade-Silva, Luciana R. Appolinario, Tainá M. Venas, Gizele D. Garcia, Lucas S. Carvalho, Alinne Lima, Ricardo Kruger, Renato C. Pereira, Roberto G.S. Berlinck, Rogério A.B. Valle, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.419 PubMed 25024903

May 13, 2014

Light enhanced calcification in Stylophora pistillata: effects of glucose, glycerol and oxygen

Michael Holcomb, Eric Tambutté, Denis Allemand, Sylvie Tambutté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.375 PubMed 24883242

November 21, 2013

Effects of ocean acidification on the dissolution rates of reef-coral skeletons

Robert van Woesik, Kelly van Woesik, Liana van Woesik, Sandra van Woesik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.208 PubMed 24282670

November 19, 2013

ezRAD: a simplified method for genomic genotyping in non-model organisms

Robert J. Toonen, Jonathan B. Puritz, Zac H. Forsman, Jonathan L. Whitney, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Kimberly R. Andrews, Christopher E. Bird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.203 PubMed 24282669

July 16, 2013

Influence of coral and algal exudates on microbially mediated reef metabolism

Andreas F. Haas, Craig E. Nelson, Forest Rohwer, Linda Wegley-Kelly, Steven D. Quistad, Craig A. Carlson, James J. Leichter, Mark Hatay, Jennifer E. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.108 PubMed 23882445