| The evolutionary history of Symbiodinium and scleractinian hosts—symbiosis, diversity, and the effect of climate change M Stat, D Carter, O Hoegh-Guldberg Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 8 (1), 23-43, 2006 | 331 | 2006 |
| Functional diversity in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis M Stat, E Morris, RD Gates Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (27), 9256-9261, 2008 | 279 | 2008 |
| Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: light, food, and genetics MP Lesser, M Slattery, M Stat, M Ojimi, RD Gates, A Grottoli Ecology 91 (4), 990-1003, 2010 | 203 | 2010 |
| Clade D Symbiodinium in scleractinian corals: a “nugget” of hope, a selfish opportunist, an ominous sign, or all of the above? M Stat, RD Gates Journal of Marine Biology 2011, 2011 | 188 | 2011 |
| Ecosystem biomonitoring with eDNA: metabarcoding across the tree of life in a tropical marine environment M Stat, MJ Huggett, R Bernasconi, JD DiBattista, TE Berry, SJ Newman, ... Scientific Reports 7 (1), 1-11, 2017 | 181 | 2017 |
| Endosymbiotic flexibility associates with environmental sensitivity in scleractinian corals HM Putnam, M Stat, X Pochon, RD Gates Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1746), 4352-4361, 2012 | 146 | 2012 |
| GeoSymbio: a hybrid, cloud‐based web application of global geospatial bioinformatics and ecoinformatics for Symbiodinium–host symbioses EC Franklin, M Stat, X Pochon, HM Putnam, RD Gates Molecular Ecology Resources 12 (2), 369-373, 2012 | 135 | 2012 |
| The endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.) of corals are parasites and mutualists MP Lesser, M Stat, RD Gates Coral Reefs 32 (3), 603-611, 2013 | 128 | 2013 |
| Specificity in communities of Symbiodinium in corals from Johnston Atoll M Stat, X Pochon, ROM Cowie, RD Gates Marine Ecology Progress Series 386, 83-96, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| COMPARISON OF ENDOSYMBIOTIC AND FREE‐LIVING SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYCEAE) DIVERSITY IN A HAWAIIAN REEF ENVIRONMENT1 X Pochon, M Stat, M Takabayashi, L Chasqui, LJ Chauka, DDK Logan, ... Journal of Phycology 46 (1), 53-65, 2010 | 109 | 2010 |
| The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans JS Madin, KD Anderson, MH Andreasen, TCL Bridge, SD Cairns, ... Scientific Data 3 (1), 1-22, 2016 | 108 | 2016 |
| Stability of coral–endosymbiont associations during and after a thermal stress event in the southern Great Barrier Reef M Stat, WKW Loh, TC LaJeunesse, O Hoegh-Guldberg, DA Carter Coral Reefs 28 (3), 709-713, 2009 | 107 | 2009 |
| Limits to the thermal tolerance of corals adapted to a highly fluctuating, naturally extreme temperature environment V Schoepf, M Stat, JL Falter, MT McCulloch Scientific reports 5 (1), 1-14, 2015 | 103 | 2015 |
| Variation in Symbiodinium ITS2 sequence assemblages among coral colonies M Stat, CE Bird, X Pochon, L Chasqui, LJ Chauka, GT Concepcion, ... PloS one 6 (1), e15854, 2011 | 100 | 2011 |
| Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host–symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef M Stat, WKW Loh, O Hoegh-Guldberg, DA Carter Coral Reefs 27 (4), 763-772, 2008 | 84 | 2008 |
| Molecular delineation of species in the coral holobiont M Stat, AC Baker, DG Bourne, AMS Correa, Z Forsman, MJ Huggett, ... Advances in marine biology 63, 1-65, 2012 | 73 | 2012 |
| Exploring Symbiodinium diversity and host specificity in Acropora corals from geographical extremes of Western Australia with 454 amplicon pyrosequencing L Thomas, GA Kendrick, WJ Kennington, ZT Richards, M Stat Molecular ecology 23 (12), 3113-3126, 2014 | 70 | 2014 |
| DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis and biodiversity: A case study using the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) TE Berry, SK Osterrieder, DC Murray, ML Coghlan, AJ Richardson, ... Ecology and Evolution 7 (14), 5435-5453, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| Persistence and change in community composition of reef corals through present, past, and future climates PJ Edmunds, M Adjeroud, ML Baskett, IB Baums, AF Budd, RC Carpenter, ... PLoS One 9 (10), e107525, 2014 | 66 | 2014 |
| Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement GJ Jeunen, M Knapp, HG Spencer, MD Lamare, HR Taylor, M Stat, ... Molecular Ecology Resources 19 (2), 426-438, 2019 | 63 | 2019 |
Ruth D. GatesResearch Professor of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at ManoaVerified email at hawaii.edu
