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Heather Spalding


Heather Spalding

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaii at Manoa  (United States of America)


Publications

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems | review
Kahng SE, Garcia-Sais JR, Spalding HL, Brokovich E, Wagner D, Weil E, Hinderstein L, Toonen RJ (2010)
Coral Reefs 29:255-275

Mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago | article
Rooney J, Donham E, Montgomery A, Spalding H, Parrish F, Boland R, Fenner D, Gove J, Vetter O (2010)
Coral Reefs 29:361-367

Mesophotic surveys of the flora and fauna at Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean | article
Wagner D, Kosaki RK, Spalding HL, Whitton RK, Pyle RL, Sherwood AR, Tsuda RT, Calcinai B (2014)
Mar Biodivers Rec 7:e68

Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i | article
Costa B, Kendall MS, Parrish FA, Rooney J, Boland RC, Chow M, Lecky J, Montgomery A, Spalding H (2015)
PLoS ONE 10:e0130285

Fluorescent proteins in dominant mesophotic reef-building corals | article
Roth MS, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Pochon X, Bidigare RR, Gates RD, Smith AM, Spalding HL (2015)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 521:63-79

Depth specialization in mesophotic corals (Leptoseris spp.) and associated algal symbionts in Hawai‘i | article
Pochon X, Forsman ZH, Spalding HL, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Smith CM, Gates RD (2015)
R Soc Open Sci 2:140351

The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts | article
Ainsworth TD, Krause L, Bridge T, Torda G, Raina J-B, Zakrzewski M, Gates RD, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Spalding HL, Smith C, Woolsey ES, Bourne DG, Bongaerts P, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Leggat W (2015)
ISME J 9:2261-2274

New Ulvaceae (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from mesophotic ecosystems across the Hawaiian Archipelago | article
Spalding HL, Conklin KY, Smith CM, O'Kelly CJ, Sherwood AR (2016)
J Phycol 52:40-53

Prediction of mesophotic coral distributions in the Au‘au Channel, Hawaii | report
Costa BM, Kendall MS, Rooney J, Chow M, Lecky J, Parrish FA, Montgomery A, Boland RC, Spalding H (2012)

A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago | article
Pyle​ RL, Boland R, Bolick H, Bowen BW, Bradley CJ, Kane C, Kosaki RK, Langston R, Longenecker K, Montgomery A, Parrish FA, Popp BN, Rooney​ J, Smith CM, Wagner D, Spalding HL (2016)
PeerJ 4:e2475

Fungi associated with mesophotic macroalgae from the ‘Au‘au Channel, west Maui are differentiated by host and overlap terrestrial communities | article
Wainwright BJ, Zahn GL, Spalding HL, Sherwood AR, Smith CM, Amend AS (2017)
PeerJ 5:e3532

Sediment Biogeochemistry of Mesophotic Meadows of Calcifying Macroalgae | article
Sansone FJ, Spalding HL, Smith CM (2017)
Aquat Geochem 23:141–164

New Species Records of Marine Benthic Algae in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) | article
Tsuda RT, Spalding HL, Sherwood, AR (2015)
Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 116:41-47
Composition, distribution, and abundance of deep-water (> 30 m) macroalgae in central California | article
Spalding H, Foster MS, Heine JN (2003)
J Phycol 39:273-284

Ecophysiology of mesophotic reef‐building corals in Hawai‘i is influenced by symbiont–host associations, photoacclimatization, trophic plasticity, ... | article
Padilla‐Gamiño JL, Roth MS, Rodrigues LJ, Bradley CJ, Bidigare RR, Gates RD, Smith CM, Spalding HL (2019)
Limnol Oceanogr 00:1-16

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): Sonderophycus copusii sp. nov., a new species from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | article
Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK (2020)
Algae 35:145-155

The Hawaiian Archipelago | chapter
Spalding HL, Copus JM, Bowen BW, Kosaki RK, Longenecker K, Montgomery AD, Padilla-Gamino JL, Parrish FA, Roth MS, Rowley SJ, Toonen RJ, Pyle R (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Chile and the Salas y Gomez Ridge | chapter
Easton EE, Gorny M, Mecho A, Sellanes J, Gaymer CF, Spalding HL, Aburto J (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Macroalgae | chapter
Spalding HL, Amado-Filho GM, Bahia RG, Ballantine DL, Fredericq S, Leichter JJ, Nelson WA, Slattery M, Tsuda RT (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Haraldiophyllum hawaiiense sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta): a new mesophotic genus record for the Hawaiian Islands | article
Paiano MO, Huisman JM, Cabrera FP, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Sherwood AR (2020)
Algae 35:337-347

Characterization of Martensia (Delesseriaceae; Rhodophyta) from shallow and mesophotic habitats in the Hawaiian Islands: description of four new sp... | article
Sherwood AR, Lin S-M, Wade RM, Spalding HL, Smith CM, Kosaki RK (2019)
European Journal of phycology 55:172-185

Ethelia hawaiiensis (Etheliaceae, Rhodophyta), a new mesophotic marine alga from Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll), Papahānaumokuākea Marine Natio... | article
Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Cabrera FP, Spalding HL, Hawk BB, Kosaki RK (2021)
Pac Sci 75:237-246

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta). 1. Two new species in the genus Ramicrusta from Lehua Island | article
Sherwood AR, Paiano MO, Wade RM, Cabrera FC, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK (2021)
Pac Sci 75:185-195

Diversity of Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) associated with Hawaiian mesophotic reefs | article
Cabrera FP, Huisman JM, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Sherwood AR (2021)
European Journal of phycology 57:68-78

A new species of Gibsmithia (Dumontiaceae, Rhodophyta) from mesophotic depths of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i, USA | article
Sherwood AR, Cabrera FC, Kalaiwaa GV, Fumo JT, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Wagner D, Paiano MO (2022)
Phycologia 61:558-569

Cryptic diversity in the genus Croisettea (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Hawaiian mesophotic reefs | article
Cabrera FP, Huisman JM, Spalding HL, Kosaki RK, Smith CM, Sherwood AR (2022)
Phycologia 61:572-583

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta): new species in the genera Incendia and Seiria | article
Sherwood AR, Cabrera FP, Spalding HL, Alvarado EA, Smith CM, Hauk BB, Matadobra SJ, Kosaki RK, Paiano MO (2021)
Phytotaxa 524:014-026

Unveiling mesophotic diversity in Hawai‘i: two new species in the genera Halopeltis and Leptofauchea (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta) | article
Alvarado EA, Cabrera FP, Paiano MO, Fumo JT, Spalding HL, Smith CM, Leonard JC, Lopes Jr KH, Kosaki RK, Sherwood AR (2022)
Algae 37:249-264

Calliblepharis yasutakei sp. nov. and Hypnea tsudae sp. nov. (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta): novel diversity from the Hawaiian Islands | article
Paiano MO, Fumo JT, Cabrera FP, Kosaki RK, Spalding HL, Sherwood AR (2022)
Phytotaxa 572:74-86

Characterization of macroalgal-associated microbial communities from shallow to mesophotic depths at Manawai, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Mon... | article
Kuba GM, Spalding HL, Hill-Spanik KM, Williams TM, Paiano MO, Sherwood AR, Hauk BB, Kosaki RK, Fullerton H (2023)
PeerJ 11:e16114

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - A lifeboat for coral reefs? | report
Andradi-Brown D, Laverick J, Bejarano I, Bridge T, Colin PL, Eyal G, Jones R, Kahng S, Reed J, Smith T, Spalding HL, Wood E (2016)

Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs | article
Slattery M, Lesser MP, Rocha LA, Spalding HL, Smith TB (2024)
TREE 39:585-598

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