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Robert W. Thacker - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biology University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States 
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General Biology, Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology
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2022 Kelly JB, Carlson DE, Low JS, Thacker RW. Novel trends of genome evolution in highly complex tropical sponge microbiomes. Microbiome. 10: 164. PMID 36195901 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01359-z  0.341
2021 Kelly JB, Carlson DE, Low JS, Rice T, Thacker RW. The Relationship Between Microbiomes and Selective Regimes in the Sponge Genus . Frontiers in Microbiology. 12: 607289. PMID 33776953 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.607289  0.411
2020 Freeman CJ, Easson CG, Matterson KO, Thacker RW, Baker DM, Paul VJ. Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association. The Isme Journal. PMID 32203120 DOI: 10.1038/S41396-020-0625-3  0.73
2020 Easson CG, Chaves-Fonnegra A, Thacker RW, Lopez JV. Host population genetics and biogeography structure the microbiome of the sponge . Ecology and Evolution. 10: 2007-2020. PMID 32128133 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.6033  0.503
2019 Wilkins LGE, Leray M, O'Dea A, Yuen B, Peixoto R, Pereira TJ, Bik HM, Coil DA, Duffy JE, Herre EA, Lessios H, Lucey NM, Mejia LC, Rasher DB, Sharp K, ... ... Thacker RW, et al. Host-associated microbiomes drive structure and function of marine ecosystems. Plos Biology. 17: e3000533. PMID 31710600 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pbio.3000533  0.51
2018 Moitinho-Silva L, Nielsen S, Amir A, Gonzalez A, Ackermann GL, Cerrano C, Astudillo-Garcia C, Easson C, Sipkema D, Liu F, Steinert G, Kotoulas G, McCormack GP, Feng G, Bell JJ, ... ... Thacker RW, et al. Erratum to: The sponge microbiome project. Gigascience. 7. PMID 30521034 DOI: 10.1093/Gigascience/Giy145  0.582
2017 Moitinho-Silva L, Nielsen S, Amir A, Gonzalez A, Ackermann GL, Cerrano C, Astudillo-Garcia C, Easson C, Sipkema D, Liu F, Steinert G, Kotoulas G, McCormack GP, Feng G, Bell JJ, ... ... Thacker RW, et al. The sponge microbiome project. Gigascience. 6: 1-7. PMID 29020741 DOI: 10.1093/Gigascience/Gix077  0.707
2017 Pérez T, Díaz MC, Ruiz C, Cóndor-Luján B, Klautau M, Hajdu E, Lobo-Hajdu G, Zea S, Pomponi SA, Thacker RW, Carteron S, Tollu G, Pouget-Cuvelier A, Thélamon P, Marechal JP, et al. How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. Plos One. 12: e0173859. PMID 28329020 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0173859  0.442
2016 Collin R, Fredericq S, Freshwater DW, Gilbert E, Madrid M, Maslakova S, Miglietta MP, Rocha RM, Rodríguez E, Thacker RW. TaxaGloss - A Glossary and Translation Tool for Biodiversity Studies. Biodiversity Data Journal. e10732. PMID 28174506 DOI: 10.3897/Bdj.4.E10732  0.368
2016 Thomas T, Moitinho-Silva L, Lurgi M, Björk JR, Easson C, Astudillo-García C, Olson JB, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Luter H, Chaves-Fonnegra A, Costa R, Schupp PJ, Steindler L, Erpenbeck D, ... ... Thacker RW, et al. Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome. Nature Communications. 7: 11870. PMID 27306690 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms11870  0.728
2015 Easson CG, Matterson KO, Freeman CJ, Archer SK, Thacker RW. Variation in species diversity and functional traits of sponge communities near human populations in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Peerj. 3: e1385. PMID 26587347 DOI: 10.7717/Peerj.1385  0.679
2015 Díaz MC, Thacker RW, Redmond NE, Perez T, Collins AG. Vansoestia caribensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: first report of the family Ianthellidae (Verongida, Demospongiae) in the Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3956: 403-12. PMID 26248926 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3956.3.5  0.336
2015 Baker DM, Freeman CJ, Knowlton N, Thacker RW, Kim K, Fogel ML. Productivity links morphology, symbiont specificity and bleaching in the evolution of Caribbean octocoral symbioses. The Isme Journal. PMID 25989369 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2015.71  0.676
2015 Deans AR, Lewis SE, Huala E, Anzaldo SS, Ashburner M, Balhoff JP, Blackburn DC, Blake JA, Burleigh JG, Chanet B, Cooper LD, Courtot M, Csösz S, Cui H, Dahdul W, ... ... Thacker RW, et al. Finding our way through phenotypes. Plos Biology. 13: e1002033. PMID 25562316 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pbio.1002033  0.353
2015 Freeman CJ, Baker DM, Easson CG, Thacker RW. Shifts in sponge-microbe mutualisms across an experimental irradiance gradient Marine Ecology Progress Series. 526: 41-53. DOI: 10.3354/Meps11249  0.703
2015 Slattery M, Gochfeld DJ, Diaz MC, Thacker RW, Lesser MP. Variability in chemical defense across a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient in the Caribbean sponge Plakortis angulospiculatus Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-015-1324-9  0.428
2014 Easson CG, Thacker RW. Phylogenetic signal in the community structure of host-specific microbiomes of tropical marine sponges. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 532. PMID 25368606 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2014.00532  0.549
2014 Koo H, Mojib N, Thacker RW, Bej AK. Comparative analysis of bacterial community-metagenomics in coastal Gulf of Mexico sediment microcosms following exposure to Macondo oil (MC252). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 106: 993-1009. PMID 25205599 DOI: 10.1007/S10482-014-0268-3  0.38
2014 Olson JB, Thacker RW, Gochfeld DJ. Molecular community profiling reveals impacts of time, space, and disease status on the bacterial community associated with the Caribbean sponge Aplysina cauliformis. Fems Microbiology Ecology. 87: 268-79. PMID 24112035 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12222  0.399
2013 Burleigh JG, Alphonse K, Alverson AJ, Bik HM, Blank C, Cirranello AL, Cui H, Daly M, Dietterich TG, Gasparich G, Irvine J, Julius M, Kaufman S, Law E, Liu J, ... ... Thacker RW, et al. Next-generation phenomics for the Tree of Life. Plos Currents. 5. PMID 23827969 DOI: 10.1371/Currents.Tol.085C713Acafc8711B2Ff7010A4B03733  0.346
2013 Redmond NE, Morrow CC, Thacker RW, Diaz MC, Boury-Esnault N, Cárdenas P, Hajdu E, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Picton BE, Pomponi SA, Kayal E, Collins AG. Phylogeny and systematics of demospongiae in light of new small-subunit ribosomal DNA (18S) sequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 388-415. PMID 23793549 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Ict078  0.42
2013 Thacker RW, Hill AL, Hill MS, Redmond NE, Collins AG, Morrow CC, Spicer L, Carmack CA, Zappe ME, Pohlmann D, Hall C, Diaz MC, Bangalore PV. Nearly complete 28S rRNA gene sequences confirm new hypotheses of sponge evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 373-87. PMID 23748742 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Ict071  0.366
2013 Diaz MC, Thacker RW, Redmond NE, Matterson KO, Collins AG. Phylogenetic novelties and geographic anomalies among tropical Verongida. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 482-94. PMID 23624868 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Ict033  0.436
2013 Freeman CJ, Thacker RW, Baker DM, Fogel ML. Quality or quantity: is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance? The Isme Journal. 7: 1116-25. PMID 23407307 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2013.7  0.668
2013 Camacho FA, Thacker RW. Predator cues alter habitat use by the amphipod Hyalella azteca (Saussure) Freshwater Science. 32: 1148-1154. DOI: 10.1899/12-176.1  0.318
2013 Alvizu A, Díaz M, Bastidas C, Rützler K, Thacker R, Márquez L. A skeleton-less sponge of Caribbean mangroves: invasive or undescribed? Invertebrate Biology. 132: 81-94. DOI: 10.1111/Ivb.12015  0.318
2012 Thacker RW, Freeman CJ. Sponge-microbe symbioses: recent advances and new directions. Advances in Marine Biology. 62: 57-111. PMID 22664121 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394283-8.00002-3  0.694
2012 Gochfeld DJ, Kamel HN, Olson JB, Thacker RW. Trade-offs in defensive metabolite production but not ecological function in healthy and diseased sponges. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38: 451-62. PMID 22476960 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-012-0099-5  0.309
2012 Gochfeld DJ, Easson CG, Freeman CJ, Thacker RW, Olson JB. Disease and nutrient enrichment as potential stressors on the Caribbean sponge aplysina cauliformis and its bacterial symbionts Marine Ecology Progress Series. 456: 101-111. DOI: 10.3354/Meps09716  0.636
2011 Erwin PM, Olson JB, Thacker RW. Phylogenetic diversity, host-specificity and community profiling of sponge-associated bacteria in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Plos One. 6: e26806. PMID 22073197 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0026806  0.714
2011 Freeman CJ, Thacker RW. Complex interactions between marine sponges and their symbiotic microbial communities Limnology and Oceanography. 56: 1577-1586. DOI: 10.4319/Lo.2011.56.5.1577  0.682
2010 Thacker RW, Díaz MC, de Voogd NJ, van Soest RW, Freeman CJ, Mobley AS, LaPietra J, Cope K, McKenna S. Preliminary assessment of sponge biodiversity on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles. Plos One. 5: e9622. PMID 20502643 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0009622  0.636
2010 Collin R, Mobley AS, Lopez LB, Leys SP, Diaz MC, Thacker RW. Phototactic responses of larvae from the marine sponges Neopetrosia proxima and Xestospongia bocatorensis (Haplosclerida: Petrosiidae) Invertebrate Biology. 129: 121-128. DOI: 10.1111/J.1744-7410.2010.00196.X  0.32
2009 Sharp K, Arthur KE, Gu L, Ross C, Harrison G, Gunasekera SP, Meickle T, Matthew S, Luesch H, Thacker RW, Sherman DH, Paul VJ. Phylogenetic and chemical diversity of three chemotypes of bloom-forming lyngbya species (Cyanobacteria: Oscillatoriales) from reefs of southeastern Florida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 2879-88. PMID 19270119 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.02656-08  0.459
2008 Erwin PM, Thacker RW. Cryptic diversity of the symbiotic cyanobacterium Synechococcus spongiarum among sponge hosts. Molecular Ecology. 17: 2937-47. PMID 18489545 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2008.03808.X  0.715
2008 Erwin PM, Thacker RW. Phototrophic nutrition and symbiont diversity of two Caribbean sponge-cyanobacteria symbioses Marine Ecology Progress Series. 362: 139-147. DOI: 10.3354/Meps07464  0.713
2008 Slattery M, Kamel HN, Ankisetty S, Gochfeld DJ, Hoover CA, Thacker RW. Hybrid vigor in a tropical pacific soft-coral community Ecological Monographs. 78: 423-443. DOI: 10.1890/07-1339.1  0.372
2007 Taylor MW, Hill RT, Piel J, Thacker RW, Hentschel U. Soaking it up: The complex lives of marine sponges and their microbial associates Isme Journal. 1: 187-190. PMID 18043629 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2007.32  0.371
2007 Erwin PM, Thacker RW. Phylogenetic analyses of marine sponges within the order Verongida: A comparison of morphological and molecular data Invertebrate Biology. 126: 220-234. DOI: 10.1111/J.1744-7410.2007.00092.X  0.658
2007 Erwin PM, Thacker RW. Incidence and identity of photosynthetic symbionts in Caribbean coral reef sponge assemblages Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87: 1683-1692. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407058213  0.735
2005 Thacker RW. Impacts of Shading on Sponge-Cyanobacteria Symbioses: A Comparison between Host-Specific and Generalist Associations. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45: 369-76. PMID 21676782 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/45.2.369  0.43
2005 Paul VJ, Thacker RW, Banks K, Golubic S. Benthic cyanobacterial bloom impacts the reefs of South Florida (Broward County, USA) Coral Reefs. 24: 693-697. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-005-0061-X  0.465
2005 Flatt PM, Gautschi JT, Thacker RW, Musafija-Girt M, Crews P, Gerwick WH. Identification of the cellular site of polychlorinated peptide biosynthesis in the marine sponge Dysidea (Lamellodysidea) herbacea and symbiotic cyanobacterium Oscillatoria spongeliae by CARD-FISH analysis Marine Biology. 147: 761-774. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-005-1614-9  0.301
2004 Thacker RW, Paul VJ. Morphological, chemical, and genetic diversity of tropical marine cyanobacteria Lyngbya spp. and Symploca spp. (Oscillatoriales). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70: 3305-12. PMID 15184125 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.70.6.3305-3312.2004  0.433
2003 Becerro MA, Thacker RW, Turon X, Uriz MJ, Paul VJ. Biogeography of sponge chemical ecology: comparisons of tropical and temperate defenses. Oecologia. 135: 91-101. PMID 12647108 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-002-1138-7  0.43
2003 Thacker RW, Starnes S. Host specificity of the symbiotic cyanobacterium Oscillatoria spongeliae in marine sponges, Dysidea spp. Marine Biology. 142: 643-648. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-002-0971-X  0.508
2001 Thacker RW, Ginsburg DW, Paul VJ. Effects of herbivore exclusion and nutrient enrichment on coral reef macroalgae and cyanobacteria Coral Reefs. 19: 318-329. DOI: 10.1007/S003380000122  0.456
2000 Thacker RW, Hadfield MG. Mitochondrial phylogeny of extant Hawaiian tree snails (Achatinellinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 16: 263-70. PMID 10942612 DOI: 10.1006/Mpev.2000.0793  0.413
2000 Bach C, Hazlett B, McLay C, Thacker R. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DEFENSE SYNDROMES OF SOME NEW ZEALAND MARINE CRUSTACEA Crustaceana. 73: 899-912. DOI: 10.1163/156854000504903  0.568
1998 Thacker RW, Becfrro MA, Lumbang WA, Paul VJ. Allelopathic interactions between sponges on a tropical reef Ecology. 79: 1740-1750. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1740:Aibsoa]2.0.Co;2  0.303
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