Publications

Johnson JV, Chequer AD and Goodbody-Gringley G (2025). Depth partitioning of mesophotic reef fish communities on Pickle Bank seamount. Front. Mar. Sci. 12:1539066.
doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1539066

Le Gall, L, Johnson JV, Chequer A, Doherty ML, Davis H, Goodbody-Gringley (In Review) Extirpation of Acropora cervicornis genotypes from a coral restoration nursery during the 2023 marine heatwave. Conservation Biology

Johnson, JV, Chequer, A, Goodbody-Gringley G (In Review) Depth partitioning of mesophotic reef fish communities on Pickle Bank Seamount. Frontiers in Marine Science

Doherty, ML, Johnson, JV, Goodbody-Gringley, G (In Review) Widespread coral bleaching and mass mortality during the 2023 marine heatwave in Little Cayman. PLoS One

Frade, PR, Hoey, J, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Latijnhouwers, K, Silberhumer, H, Arrigoni, R, Muir, P, Bongaert, P (In Review) Hybridization as a driving force for (cryptic) species diversity in the Caribbean coral genus Madracis. Scientific Reports

Noyes, T, Blanco-Bercial, L, Mariani S, Goodbody-Gringley, G (In Review) Complementary assessment of fish biodiversity across the upper/lower mesophotic interface in a subtropical coral reef using eDNA metabarcoding and baited cameras. Marine Biology

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Martinez, S, Bellworthy, J, Chequer, A, Navtiv, H, Mass, T (2024). Irradiance driven trophic plasticity in the coral Madracis pharensis from the Eastern Mediterranean. Sci Rep 14, 3646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54217-3

Bellworthy, J, Scucchia, F, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Mass, T (2024). Genomic, morphological, and physiological insights into coral acclimation along the depth gradient following an in situ reciprocal transplantation of planulae, Science of The Total Environment, 172090, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172090.

Johnson JV, Bruno JF, Le Gall L, Doherty ML, Chequer A, Goodbody Gringley G. 2024. Creation of complex reef structures through coral restoration does not affect associated fish populations on a remote, well-protected, Caribbean reef. PeerJ 12:e17855 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17855

Doherty, M.L., Chequer, A.D., Mass, T., Goodbody-Gringley, G. (2024). Phenotypic variability of Montastraea cavernosa and Porites astreoides along a depth gradient from shallow to mesophotic reefs in the Cayman Islands. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02524-6

Le Gall L, Johnson JV, Chequer A, Doherty ML, Goodbody-Gringley G. (2024). Benthic and fish community composition on mesophotic reefs in Grand Cayman. PeerJ 12:e17763 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17763

Publications In Review:

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Chequer, A, Grincavitch, C, Noyes, T, Dowell, R, Lundberg, A, Corbett, E, Smith, A (2023) Impacts of recurrent culling of invasive lionfish on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-023-02354-y

Johnson, J.V., Chequer, A.D. & Goodbody-Gringley, G. (2023) Insights from the 2-year-long human confinement experiment in Grand Cayman reveal the resilience of coral reef fish communities. Sci Rep 13, 21806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49221-y

Scucchia F, Wong K, Zaslansky P, Putnam HM, Goodbody-Gringley G, Mass T. (2023) Morphological and genetic mechanisms underlying the plasticity of the coral Porites astreoides across depths in Bermuda. Journal of Structural Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.108036.

Goodbody-Gringley, Gretchen, Chequer, Alex, Grincavitch, Cali, Noyes, Tim, Dowell, Rosalie, Lundberg, Alex, Corbett, Ellie and Smith, Ashley. (2023). Impacts of recurrent culling of invasive lionfish on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda. Coral Reefs. 42. 1-10. 10.1007/s00338-023-02354-y.

Spiers L, Frazer TK. (2023). Comparison of feeding preferences of herbivorous fishes and the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in Little Cayman. PeerJ 11:e16264 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16264

Koch, M.S., McNicholl, C., Manfrino, C. et al. (2023) Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes indicate photophysiology and calcification mechanisms of macroalgae on Little Cayman Island reefs. J Appl Phycol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03079-9

Bellworthy, J, Pardo, R, Scucchia, F, Zaslansky, P, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Mass, T (2023) Physiological and morphological plasticity in Stylophora pistillata larvae following translocation between shallow and mesophotic reefs in Eilat. iScience

Doherty, M, Chequer, A, Mass, T, Goodbody-Gringley, G (In Review) Phenotypic plasticity of Montastraea cavernosa and Porites astreoides along a depth gradient from shallow to mesophotic reefs in the Cayman Islands. Frontiers in Marine Science

Goodbody-Gringley et al. (In Review) Effects of colony orientation on physiology of corals on a mesophotic shipwreck in the Mediterranean. Scientific Reports

Johnson et al. (In Review) Resilience of Coral Reef Fish Communities: Insights from the two-year-long Human Confinement Experiment in Grand Cayman. Scientific Reports

Carpenter GE, Chequer A, Weber S, Mass T, Goodbody-Gringley G (2022). Light and photoacclimatization drive distinct mesophotic coral communities in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Ecosphere, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4200.

Donovan M, Alves C, Burns J, Drury C, Meier O, Ritson-Williams R, Cunning R, Dunn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Henderson L, Knapp I, Levy J, Logan S, Mudge L, Sullivan C, Gates R, Asner G (2022). From polyps to pixels: understanding coral reef resilience to local and global change across scales. Landscape Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01463-3

Brown AL, Wares JP, Hamman EA, Shima JS, Osenberg CW (2021). Extended phenotypes on coral reefs: cryptic variation & species interactions. Ecology

Carpenter GE, Chequer A, Weber S, Mass T, Goodbody-Gringley G (2021). Light and photoacclimatization drive distinct mesophotic coral communities in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Ecosphere, In Review.

Donovan M, Alves C, Burns J, Drury C, Meier O, Ritson-Williams R, Cunning R, Dunn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Henderson L, Knapp I, Levy J, Logan S, Mudge L, Sullivan C, Gates R, Asner G (2021). From polyps to pixels: understanding coral reef resilience to local and global change across scales. Landscape Ecology, In Review.

Goodbody-Gringley G, Scucchia F, Nativ H, Ju R, Mass T (2021). Plasticity of Porites astreoides early life history stages suggests mesophotic coral ecosystems act as refugia in Bermuda. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Gould K, Bruno JF, Ju R, Goodbody-Gringley G (2021). Upper-mesophotic and shallow reef corals exhibit similar thermal tolerance, sensitivity, and optima. Coral Reefs, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02095-w.

Hagai Nativ, Federica Scucchia, Stephane Martinez, Shai Einbinder, Alex Chequer, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley and Tali Mass (2021). In situ estimation of coral recruitment patterns from shallow to mesophotic reefs using an optimized fluorescence imaging system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.3389/fmars.2021.709175.

Maneval P, Jacoby CA, Harris HE, Frazer TK (2021). Genotype, Nursery Design, and Depth Influence the Growth of Acropora cervicornis Fragments. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.670474.

Wong KH, Goodbody-Gringley G, de Putron SJ, Becker DM, Chequer A, Putnam HM (2021). Brooded coral offspring physiology depends on the combined effects of parental press and pulse thermal history. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15629.

Andradi-Brown DA, Banaszak AT, Frazer TK, Gilchrist H, Harborne AR, Head CEI, Koldewey HJ, Levy E, Richards K, Short R, Sweet M, Teleki K, Voolstra CR, Wilson B, Wood E, Yarlett RT and Curnick DJ (2020) Editorial: Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene – Reflecting on 20 Years of Reef Conservation UK. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:364. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00364.

Dell, C. L. A., Longo, G. O., Burkepile, D., & Manfrino, C. (2020). Few Herbivore Species Consume Dominant Macroalgae on a Caribbean Coral Reef. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:676. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00676

Dell, CLA, Longo, GO, Manfrino, C, Burkepile, D (2020) Why do certain species dominate? What we can learn from a rare case of Microdictyon dominance on a Caribbean reef. Marine Ecology, 41: e12613. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12613.

Miller, N, Maneval, P, Manfrino, C, Frazer, TK, Meyer, JL (2020) Spatial distribution of microbial communities among colonies and genotypes in nursery-reared Acropora cervicornis. PeerJ 8:e9635 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9635.

Newkirk CR, Frazer TK, Martindale MQ and Schnitzler CE (2020) Adaptation to Bleaching: Are Thermotolerant Symbiodiniaceae Strains More Successful Than Other Strains Under Elevated Temperatures in a Model Symbiotic Cnidarian? Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:822. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00822.

Scucchia, F, Nativ, H, Neder, M, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Mass, T (2020) Physiological characteristics of Stylophora pistillata larvae across a depth gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:13. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00013

Tebbett, SB, Hoey, AS, Depczynski, M, Wismer, S, Bellwood, D (2020) Macroalgae removal on coral reefs: realised ecosystem functions transcend biogeographic locations. Coral Reefs 39, 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01874-w

Ushijima B, Meyer JL, Thompson S, Pitts K, Marusich MF, Tittl J, Weatherup E, Reu J, Wetzell R, Aeby GS, Häse CC and Paul VJ (2020) Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:569354. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.569354.

Andersson, A.J., Venn, A.A., Pendleton, L., Brathwaite, A., Camp, E., Cooley, S., Gedhill, D., Koch, M., Maliki, S. and Manfrino, C. (2019) Ecological and socioeconomic strategies to sustain Caribbean coral reefs in a high-CO2 world. Regional Studies in Marine Science, p.100677. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352485518305565)

Hearne, E.L., Johnson, R.A., Gulick, A.G., Candelmo, A., Bolten, A.B. and Bjorndal, K.A. (2019) Effects of green turtle grazing on seagrass and macroalgae diversity vary spatially among seagrass meadows. Aquatic botany, 152, pp.10-15.

Tebbett, S.B., Hoey, A.S., Depczynski, M. Wismer, S. Bellwood, D. (2019) Macroalgae removal on coral reefs: realised ecosystem functions transcend biogeographic locations. Coral Reefs (2019) doi:10.1007/s00338-019-01874-w

Foster, K.A. and Foster, G. (2018) Demographics and Population Dynamics Project the Future of Hard Coral Assemblages in Little Cayman. Open Journal of Marine Science, 8, 196-213. DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2018.81010

Reumont, J. , Hetzinger, S. , Garbe‐Schönberg, D. , Manfrino, C. and Dullo, C. (2018), Tracking Interannual‐ to Multidecadal‐Scale Climate Variability in the Atlantic Warm Pool Using Central Caribbean Coral Data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33: 395-411. DOI: 10.1002/2018PA003321

Banks, S. & Foster, K. (2017) Baseline levels of Siderastrea siderea bleaching under normal environmental conditions in Little Cayman, Open Journal of Marine Science, 7, 142-154, DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2017.71011.

Drury, C., Schopmeyer, S., Goergen, E., Bartels, E., Nedimyer, K., Johnson, M., Maxwell, K., Galvan, V., Manfrino, C. and Lirman, D. (2017) Genomic patterns in Acropora cervicornis show extensive population structure and variable genetic diversity. Ecology and evolution, 7(16), pp.6188-6200.

Johnson, R., Gulick, A., Bolten, A.,  & Bjorndal K. (2017) Blue carbon stores in tropical seagrass meadows maintained under green turtle grazing, Scientific Reports, Article number: 13545.

Lohr, K. E., McNab, A. A., Manfrino, C., & Patterson, J. T. (2017) Assessment of wild and restored staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis across three reef zones in the Cayman Islands. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 9c, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.11.003.

Peach, K. E., Koch, M.S., Blackwelder, P.L., Manfrino, C. (2017) Calcification and photophysiology responses to elevated pCO2 in six Halimeda species from contrasting irradiance environments on Little Cayman Island reefs, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 486, 114-126. 55 DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.09.008.

Bedwell-Ivers, H.E., Koch, M.S., Peach, K.E., Joles, L., Dutra, E., & Manfrino, C. (2016) The role of in hospite zooxanthellae photophysiology and reef chemistry on elevated pCO2 effects in two branching Caribbean corals: Acropora cervicornis and Porites divaricata, ICES Journal of Marine Science, DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw026.

Camp, E.F., Smith, D.J., Evenhuis, C., Enochs, I., Manzello, D., Woodcock, S., & Suggett, D.J. (2016) Acclimatization to high-variance habitats does not enhance physiological tolerance of two key Caribbean corals to future temperature and pH, Proc. R. Soc. B, 283 (1831), DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0442.

Camp, E.F., Suggett, D.J., Gendron, G., Jompa, J., Manfrino, C., & Smith, D.J. (2016) Mangrove and seagrass beds provide different biogeochemical services for corals threatened by climate change, Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00052.

Crandall, J., Teece, M.A., Estes, B.A., Manfrino, C., & Ciesla, J.H. (2016) Nutrient acquisition strategies in mesophotic hard corals using compound specific stable isotope analysis of sterols.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 474, 133-141.

Eddy, C, Pitt, J, Morris, J, Smith, S, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Bernal, D (2016) Diet and prey selectivity of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in Bermuda. MEPS 558: 193–206.

Von Reumont, J., Hetzinger, S., Garbe-Schonberg, D., Manfrino, C., & Dullo, W.-Chr.  (2016) Impact of warming events on reef-scale temperature variability as captured in two Little Cayman coral Sr/Ca records. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17, DOI: 10.1002/2015GC006194.

Allen, J.J., Akkaynak, D., Sugden, A.U., & Hanlon, R.T. (2015) Adaptive body patterning, three-dimensional skin morphology and camoflauge measures of the slender filefish Monacanthus tuckeri on a Caribbean coral reef, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116(2), 377-396.

Bejarano, S., Lohr, K., Hamilton, S., & Manfrino, C. (2015) Relationships of invasive lionfish with topographic complexity, groupers, and native prey fishes in Little Cayman, Marine Biology, 162, 253-266. DOI:10.1007/s00227-014-2595-3.

Ciesla, J. (2015) Fatty Acid Content in Shallow and Mesophotic Colonies of the Scleractinian Corals Montastraea cavernosa and Agaricia agaricites from the Cayman Islands. [Honours Theses]. Paper 61.

Dutra, E., Koch, M., Peach, K., & Manfrino, C. (2015) Tropical crustose coralline algal individual and community responses to elevated pCO2 and low irradiance, ICES Journal of Marine Science, DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv213.

Gardner, P.G., Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A. and Yanong, R.P. (2015) Reproductive biology of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.). Frontiers in Marine Science, 2, p.7.

Kindinger, T.L. (2015) Behavioral response of native Atlantic territorial three spot damselfish (Stegastes planifrons) toward invasive Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans). Environmental biology of fishes, 98(2), pp.487-498.

Loh T.-L., McMurray, S., Henkel, T., Vicente, J., & Pawlik, J. (2015) Indirect effects of overfishing on Caribbean reefs: sponges overgrow reef-building coral, PeerJ, 3:e901, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.901.

Lohr, K.E., Bejarano, S., Lirman, D., Schopmeyer, S., & Manfrino, C. (2015) Optimizing the productivity of a coral nursery focused on staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis, Endangered Species Research, 27, 243-250, DOI: 10.3354/esr00667.

Austin, T., Bush, P., Fenner, D., Manfrino, C., McCoy, C., Miller, J., Nagelkerken, I., Polunin, N., Wil, E., Williams, I., AGRRA, CARICOMP, Reef Check (2014) Cayman Islands In Jackson JBC, Donovan MK, Cramer KL, Lam VV (Eds.), Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012 (243 pp.). Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Diller, J.L., Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A. (2014) Coping with the lionfish invasion: Evidence that naïve, native predators can learn to help, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 455, 45-49, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.02.014.

Edwards, M.A., Frazer, T.K., & Jacoby, C.A. (2014) Age and growth of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.) in the Caribbean Sea, with implications for management, Bulletin of Marine Science, 90, 953-966. DOI: 10.5343/bms.2014.1022.

Hochberg, R., Kieneke, A., & Atherton, S. (2014) Marine Gastrotricha of Little Cayman Island with the description of one new species and an initial assessment of meiofaunal diversity, Marine Biodiversity, 44(1), 89-113.

Loh, T.-L. & Pawlik, J. (2014) Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs. Proc natl acad sci, 111(11), 4151-4156.

Sparks, J.S., Schelly, R.C., Smith, W.L., Davis, M.P., Tchernov, D., Pieribone, V.A., & Gruber, D.F. (2014) The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon, PLoS One, 9(1): e83259.

Watson, A.C., Siemann, L.A., Hanlon, R.T. (2014) Dynamic camouflage by Nassau groupers Epinephelus striatus on a Caribbean coral reef, Journal of Fish Biology, 85(5), 1634-1649.

Zhu X,  Minnett PJ, Berkelmans R, Hendee J, Manfrino C (2014) Diurnal warming in shallow coastal seas: Observations from the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef regions. Continental Shelf Research, 82: 85-98.

Barry, S.C., Frazer, T.K., & Jacoby, C.A. (2013) Production and carbonate dynamics of Halimeda incrassata (Ellis) Lamoroux altered by Thalassia testudinum Banks and Soland ex König. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 444, 73-80, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.012.

Camp, E.F., Lohr, K.E., Barry, S.C., Bush, P.G., Jacoby, C.A., & Manfrino, C. (2013) Microhabitat associations of late juvenile Nassau groupers (Epinephelus striatus) off Little Cayman, BWI. Bulletin of Marine Science, 89(2), 571-581.

Fiore, C.L., Baker, D.M., & Lesser, M.P. (2013) Nitrogen biogeochemistry in the Caribbean sponge Xestospongia muta: a source or sink of dissolved inorganic nitrogen? PLoS ONE, 8(8): e72961.

Lohr, K.E., Camp, E.F., & Manfrino, C. (2013) First record of the basslet Gramma dejongi outside of Cuba, Coral Reefs, 33(1), 221, DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1089-y.

Manfrino, C., Jacoby, C.A., Camp, E., & Frazer, T.K.  (2013) A positive trajectory for corals at Little Cayman Island, PLoSOne, 8(10): e75432.

Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A., Edwards, M., Barry, S., & Manfrino, C. (2012) Coping with lionfish: can targeted removals yield beneficial effects? Reviews in Fisheries Science, 20 (4), 185-191, DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2012.700655.

van Hooidonk, R., Manzello, D., Moye, J., Brandt, M.E., Hendee, J., McCoy, C., & Manfrino, C. (2012) Coral Bleaching  at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands 2009, Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, 106, 80-84, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.04.021.

Metz, R. (2011) Pleistocene trace fossils in the Ironshore Formation, Little Cayman, BWI, Central European Journal of Geosciences, 3, 61-76.

Slattery, M., Lesser, M.P., Brazeau, D., Stokes, M.D., & Leichter, J.J. (2011) Connectivity and stability of mesophotic coral reefs, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408 (1–2), 32-41.

Eakin, C.M., Morgan, J.A., Heron, S.F., Smith, T.B., Liu, G., Alvarez-Filip, L., Baca, B., Bartels, E., Bastidas, C., Bouchon, C., Brandt, M., Bruckner, A.W., Bunkley-Williams, L., Cameron, A., Causey, B.D., Chiappone, M., Christensen, T.R.L., Crabbe, M.J.C., Day, O., de la Guardia, E., Díaz-Pulido, G., DiResta, D., Gil-Agudelo, D.L., Gilliam, D.S., Ginsburg, R.N., Gore, S., Guzmán, H.M., Hendee, J.C., Hernández-Delgado, E.A., Husain,E., Jeffrey, C.F.G., Jones, R.J., Jordán-Dahlgren,E., Kaufman, L.S., Kline,D.I., Kramer, P.A., Lang, J.C., Lirman,D., Mallela, J., & Manfrino, C. (2010) Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005, PLoS One, 5(11):e13969.

Bayer, C., Heindl, N.R., Rinke, C., Lucker, S., Ott, J.A., & Bulgheresi, S. (2009) Molecular characterization of the symbionts associated with marine nematodes of the genus Robbea. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 1(2), 136-144, DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00019.x.

Brandt, M.E. & McManus, J.W. (2009) Dynamics and impacts of the coral disease white plague: insights from a simulation model, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 87, 117-133.

Coelho, V. & Manfrino, C. (2007) Coral Community Decline at Remote Caribbean Islands: Marine No-Take Reserves Are Not Enough, Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst, 16, 1–20, DOI: 10.1002/aqc.822.

Gruber, D.F., Kao, H.-T., Janoschka, S., Tsai, J., & Pieribone, V.A. (2008) Patterns of fluorescent protein expression in Scleractinian corals, Biological Bulletin, 215, 143-154.

Hoshino, K., Brandt, M., Manfrino, C., Riegl, B., & Steiner, S.C.C. (2003) Assessment of the reefs of the Turks & Caicos Islands, Part 2: Fish communities, J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of coral reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial surveys, Atlantic & Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program, Atoll Res. Bull., 496, 480-499.

Lesser, M.P., Slattery, M., & Leichter, J.J. (2009) Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 375 (1–2), 1-8.

Manfrino, C., Coelho, V.R. and Soranno, A. (2003)
Coral diversity and mortality between 1999 and 2002 at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 1019-1019).

Manfrino, C., Riegl, B., Hall, J.L., & Graifman, R. (2003) Status of Coral Reefs of Little Cayman, Grand Cayman & Cayman Brac, British West Indies in 1999 & 2000 (Part 1: Stony Corals & Algae), J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of coral reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial Surveys, Atlantic & Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA), Atoll Res. Bull., 496, 204–225.

Pieribone, V.A., & Gruber, D.F. (2006) Aglow in the dark: the revolutionary science of biofluorescence. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press: 263 pages. [This book is not currently available online.]

Riegl, B., Manfrino, C., Hermoiyan, C., Brandt, M.E., & Hoshino, K. (2003) Assessment of the Coral Reefs of the Turks Caicos Islands (Part 1: Stony Corals & Algae), J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of coral reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial surveys, Atlantic & Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program, Atoll Res. Bull., 496, 460-479.

Tyminski, W.P., Garcia, J., Sosa, T.A., Ziegler, D., Okeefe, A.J., Allshouse, M.E., Coelho, V.R. and Manfrino, C. (2003) Coral reef diversity and health inside and outside marine protected areas in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 1019-1019).

In progress/Review

Drury, C., Schopmeyer, S., Gilliam, D., Bartels, E., Johnson, M., Lirman, D., Maxwell, K., Nedymier, K., Galvan, V., Manfrino, C., & Carne, L. (2016) Patterns of genetic diversity in Acropora cervicornis show extensive population structure and variable genetic diversity, Molecular Ecology.

Hearne, E., Johnson, R., & Gullick, A. (2016) Effects of green turtle grazing on primary producer diversity in Caribbean seagrass meadows. (In preparation).

2019

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Strand, E, Pitt, JM (2019) Molecular characterization of nearshore baitfish populations to improve management in Bermuda. Peer J 7: e7244. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7244.

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Eddy, C, Pitt, J, Chequer, A, Smith, SR (2019) Ecological drivers of lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) densities on mesophotic reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00258.

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Noyes, T, Smith, SR (2019) Bermuda. In: Loya, Y, Puglise, K, Bridge, T (Eds.) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World, vol. 12. Springer, Cham. pp 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_2.

Molino, C, Angeletti, D, Oldham, V, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Buck, K (2019) Effect of marine antifouling paint particles waste on survival of natural Bermuda copepod communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin 149: 110492.

Silbiger, N, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Putnam, H, Bruno J (2019) Variations in thermal tolerance of Orbicella franksii across a latitudinal gradient. Marine Biology, 166:126 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3573-6.

Turner, JA, Andradi-Brown, DA, Gori, A, Bongaerts, P, Burdett, HL, Ferrier-Pages, C, Voolstra, CR, Bridge, T, Costantini, F, Gress, E, Laverick, J, Loya, Y, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Rossi, S, Taylor, ML, Viladrich, N, Voss, J, Weinstein, DK, Williams, J, Woodall, LC, Eyal, G (2019) Twenty-Four Key Questions for Mesophotic Ecosystem Research and Conservation. In: Loya, Y, Puglise, K, Bridge, T (Eds.) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_52.

2018

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Waletich, JR (2018) Morphological plasticity of a depth generalist coral species between shallow and mesophotic reefs in Bermuda. Ecology 99(7): 1688-1690. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2232.

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Wong, K, Becker, D, Glennon, K, de Putron, S (2018) Reproductive ecology and early life history traits of the brooding coral, Porites astreoides, from shallow to mesophotic zones. Coral Reefs 37 (2): 483-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1673-2.

Stefanoudis, PV, Smith, SR, Schneider, C, Wagner, D, Rivers, M, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Xavier, J, Woodall, LC, Rogers, AD (2018) Deep Reef Benthos of Bermuda: Field Identification Guide. [online] Nekton. doi: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7333838.

2017

Andradi-Brown, DA, Vermeij, MJA, Slattery, M, Lesser, M, Bejarano, I, Appeldoorn, R, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Chequer, AD, Pitt, JM, Eddy, C, Smith, SR, Brokovich, E, Pinheiro, HT, Jessup, E, Shepherd, B, Rocha, LA, Curtis-Quick, J, Eyal, G, Noyes, T, Rogers, AD, Exton, DA (2017) Use of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) by invasive western Atlantic and native Indo-Pacific lionfish. Biological Invasions 19: 939-954.

Reich, H, Robertson, D, Goodbody-Gringley, G (2017) Do the shuffle: Changes in Symbiodinium consortia throughout juvenile coral development. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171768.

Walsh, C, Pinheiro, H, Rocha, L, Goodbody-Gringley, G (2017) Cleaning service gaps in Bermuda, North Atlantic. Ecology 99 (7): 1688-1690. 10.1002/ecy.1841.

2016

Goodbody-Gringley, G and de Putron, S (2016) Brooding cnidarians: planulation patterns, larval behavior, and recruitment dynamics. In: Goffredo, S and Dubinsky, Z (Eds.) The Cnidaria, past, present and future. The world of Medusa and her sisters. Springer

Goodbody-Gringley, G (2016) A platform for collaboration spurs effort to combat the invasive lionfish. In: Cullman, G (Ed.) Resilience Sourcebook: Case Studies of Social-Ecological Resilience in Island Systems. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

Pinheiro, H, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Jessup, EM, Shepherd, B, Chequer, AD, Rocha, LA (2016) Upper and lower mesophotic coral reef fish communities evaluated by underwater visual census in the Caribbean. Coral Reefs 35: 139-151.

2015

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Marchini, C, Chequer, AD, Goffredo, S (2015) Population structure of the Great star coral, Montastraea cavernosa, on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0142427. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142427.

2014

Rivera, HE, and Goodbody-Gringley, G (2014) Aggregation and cnidae development as early defensive strategies in Favia fragum and Porites astreoides. Coral Reefs 33: 1079-1084.

2013

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Wetzel, DL, Gillion, D, Pulster, E, Miller, A, Ritchie, KB (2013) Toxicity of Deepwater Horizon source oil and the chemical dispersant, Corexit 9500, to coral larvae. PLoS ONE 8(1): e45574.

Kenkel, CD, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Caillaud, D, Davies, SW, Bartels, E, Matz, MV (2013) Evidence for a host role in thermotolerance divergence between populations of the mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) from different reef environments. Molecular Ecology 22: 4335-4348.

2012

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Woollacott, RM, Giribet, G (2012) Population structure and connectivity of the Atlantic scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1766). Marine Ecology 33: 32-48.

2010

Goodbody-Gringley, G (2010) Diel planulation by the brooding coral Favia fragum (Esper). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 389: 70-74.

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Vollmer, S, Woollacott, RM, Giribet, G (2010) Limited gene flow in the brooding coral Favia fragum (Esper, 1797). Marine Biology 157: 2591-2602.

2009

Goodbody-Gringley, G and de Putron, SJ (2009) Patterns of planulation by the brooding coral Favia fragum (Esper) in Bermuda. Coral Reefs 28: 959-963.

IN REVIEW

Drury, C., Schopmeyer, S., Gilliam, D., Bartels, E., Johnson, M., Lirman, D., Maxwell, K., Nedymier, K., Galvan, V., Manfrino, C., & Carne, L. (in review) Patterns of genetic diversity in Acropora cervicornis show extensive population structure and variable genetic diversity, Molecular Ecology.

Gould, K, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Bruno, JB (In Review) Similar thermal performance between shallow and mesophotic corals suggest depth is a refuge from thermal stress. Coral Reefs

Hearne, E., Johnson, R., & Gullick, A. (In Review) Effects of green turtle grazing on primary producer diversity in Caribbean seagrass meadows. (In preparation).

Tucker, T, Smith, SR, Chequer, A, Pitt JM, Eddy, C, Goodbody-Gringley, G (In Review) Expansion of the invasive lionfish (Pterois miles and Pterois volitans) along the northern reef tract of Bermuda from 2014 – 2019. PeerJ

IN PREP

Trembanis, A, Babbitz, H, Chequer, A, Goodbody-Gringley, G (In Prep) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: Application of geoacoustic proxies for habitat and relative diversity, comparison of insular shelf sites in Bermuda. Coral Reefs

Frade, P, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Bongaerts, P (In Prep) Improved phylogeny of the genus Madracis reveals distinct biogeographic lineages in the Caribbean. Molecular Ecology

Goodbody-Gringley, G, Noyes, T, Dowell, R, Chequer, A (In Prep) Efficacy of continued diver-led culling of invasive lionfish in maintaining biodiversity on mesophotic reefs. Biological Conservation

Donavan, M, Alves, C, Asner, G, Cunning, C, Drury, C, Dunn, R, Goodbody-Gringley, G, Henderson, L, Johnson K, Knapp I, Knapp, D, Levy J, Lingerfelt, E, Logan, C, Martin, R, McGuinn R, Meier O, Mudge, L, Ritson-Williams, R, Gates, R (In Prep) From polyps to pixels: understanding coral reef resilience to local and global change. Frontiers in Marine Science

Brandt, M. and Manfrino, C., 2006. White Plague Disease and the Decline of a Caribbean Coral Reef. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87(36).

Camp, E.; Manfrino, C.; Smith, D.; Suggett, D. (2013).
Considering Species Tolerance to Climate Change in Conservation Management at Little Cayman’s Coral Reefs. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2013, abstract id. IN21B-02.
doi: 2013AGUSMIN21B..02C

Degregori, S., Hetzinger, Steffen, von Reumont, Jonas, Manfrino, C., Luis, K. and Jacoby, C.(2014) Tidal influence on lagoonal temperature in Little Cayman, Central Caribbean, using high-resolution in-situ temperature measurements. [Poster] In: GSA Annual Meeting 2014. , 19.-22.10.2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada .

Goodbody-Gringley, G., and Chequer, A. (2022) Impacts of reduced human activity due to Covid-19 on reef fish populations in the Cayman Islands. [Poster] In: International Coral Reef Symposium 2022., Bremen, Germany.

Hsia, S.; Ouellette, G., Jr.; Manfrino, C. (2016).
Caves, Carbonates and Climate: Karst Landscape Development through Environmental Forcing, Little Cayman Island. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2016, abstract #EP33B-0988.
doi: 2016AGUFMEP33B0988H

Kindinger, T.L., 2016. Invasive Pacific lionfish alters native community interactions on Atlantic coral reefs.

Luis, K., Hetzinger, Steffen, von Reumont, Jonas, Manfrino, C.and Degregori, S. (2015) Comparative analysis of modern and fossil coral community structure at Little Cayman [Talk] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2015, 22.-27.02.2015, Granada, Spain.

Luis, K., Hetzinger, Steffen, von Reumont, Jonas, Manfrino, C.and Degregori, S. (2014) Comparative Analysis of Modern and Fossil Coral Community Structures at Little Cayman, Central Caribbean. [Poster] In: GSA Annual Meeting 2014. , 19.-22.10.2014, Vancourver, BC, Canada .

Manfrino, C.; Foster, G.; Camp, E. (2013).
The Paradoxical Roles of Climate Stressors on Disturbance and Recovery of Coral Reef Ecosystems. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2013, abstract id. U53A-06.
doi: 2013AGUSM.U53A..06M

Manfrino, C., Harvey, J. and Coelho, V., 2006. Coral reef health and community structure over the past 6 years in Little Cayman. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87(36).

Manfrino, C.; Van Hooidonk, R. J.; Manzello, D.; Hendee, J. (2011).
The Delineation of Coral Bleaching Thresholds and Future Reef Health, Little Cayman Cayman Islands. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract id. OS53B-1780.
doi: 2011AGUFMOS53B1780M

Peach, K.; Koch, M.; Blackwelder, P.; Manfrino, C. (2016).
Calcification and Crystallography Responses of a Tropical Macroalgal Reef Sediment Producer, Halimeda spp., to Year 2100 pCO2 Levels Under High and Low Irradiance. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, abstract #AH12A-03.
doi: 2016AGUOSAH12A..03P

Shein, K., Hendee, J., Manfrino, C., Camp, M. and Hetzinger, Steffen (2016) A comparison of in situ and satellite-based water temperature data over tropical coral reefs: implications for ecological forecasting of coral bleaching [Talk] In: American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2016, 10.-14.01.2016, New Orleans, LA, USA.

von Reumont, Jonas, Hetzinger, Steffen, Garbe-Schönberg, C.-Dieter and Manfrino, C. (2014) Assessing the influence of sea surface temperature on coral growth and Sr/Ca: A replication study from the Cayman Islands. [Poster] In: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. , 23.-28.2.2014, Honolulu, USA .

von Reumont, Jonas, Hetzinger, Steffen, Garbe-Schönberg, C.-Dieter and Manfrino, C. (2014) Deciphering decadal-scale climate signals in corals from the Cayman Islands, Western Atlantic Warm Pool [Talk] In: International Joint Workshop on Coral Reef Environmental Earth Sciences, 24.-29.3.2014, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

von Reumont, Jonas, Hetzinger, Steffen, Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter, Manfrino, C., Grove, C. A. and Dullo, Wolf-Christian (2013) Calibration of coral Sr/Ca and δ18O using high-resolution in situ temperature data: A case study from the Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea. [Poster] In: 3. International Sclerochronology Conference. , 18.-22.05.2013, Caernarfon, England .

Yamazaki, A., Hetzinger, Steffen, von Reumont, Jonas, Manfrino, C., Tsunogai, U., Sano, Y. and Watanabe, T. (2017) Decline in 20th century Caribbean nitrogen fixation archived by annual resolution coral record. [Talk] In: GeoBremen 2017. , 24.-29.09.2017, Bremen, Germany

Yamazaki, A., Hetzinger, Steffen, von Reumont, Jonas, Manfrino, C., Tsunogai, U. and Watanabe, T. (2014) Variation of North Atlantic nitrogen fixation in Caribbean coral skeletons. [Talk] In: Japanese Geoscience Union Meeting 2014. , 28.4.-2.5.2014, Yokohama, Japan .

Yamazaki, A., Hetzinger, Steffen, von Reumont, Jonas, Manfrino, C., Tsunogai, U. and Watanabe, T. (2014) δ15N in Caribbean coral skeletons: Decadal variability in North Atlantic nitrogen fixation. [Poster] In: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. , 23.-28.2.2014, Honolulu, USA .

Austin,T., Bush, P., Fenner, D., Manfrino, C., McCoy, C., Miller, J., Nagelkerken, I., Polunin, N. , Weil, E., Williams, I., AGRRA,CARICOMP and Reef Check, 2014, report: Cayman Islands, in: Jackson JBC, Donovan MK, Cramer KL, Lam VV (editors). Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 306pp.

Minnett P.J., Zhu, X., Hendee J., Manfrino, C., and Berkelmans, R. (2012)
Diurnal heating in shallow water – implications for satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature and monitoring coastal environments, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, July 2012.

Manfrino, C. and Ecott, T., 2010
Sustaining Our Ocean and Islands, CCMI Special Publication Green Guide No.3, 34pp. Princeton, NJ Published and Distributed 7500

Manfrino, C., 2009
Coral Reefs and Climate Change, CCMI Special Publication Green Guide No.2, 34 pp. Princeton, NJ Published and Distributed 10,000

Manfrino, C., 2008
The Marine Environment, CCMI Special Publication Green Guide No. 1, 34 pp, Princeton, NJ   Published and Distributed 10,000

Manfrino, C. (2009)
Climate Change Research at the Little Cayman Research Centre, in Hendee, J. (ed.). (2009) Think Tank #5: A Strategic Planning Session for Ocean Acidification Research. Silver Spring, MD: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 2.

Jones, L., Acolado, P., Cala, Y., Cobi Án, D., Coelho, V., Hernandez, A., Jones, R., Mallela, J., and Manfrino, C. (2008)
The Effects of Coral Bleaching in the Northern Caribbean and Western Atlantic, Ch. 7:73- 84, in Wilkinson, C., Souter, D., (eds.), Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, Townsville, Australia, 152pp.

Creary M., Alcolado P., Coelho V., Crabbe, J., Green S., Geraldes F., Ainsley H., Hibbert H., Jones R., Jones-Smith L., Manfrino C., Manuel S., McCoy C., Weiner J. (2008)
Status of Coral Reefs in the Northern Caribbean and Western Atlantic GCRMN Node in 2008, Chapter 17, pp. 239-252, in Wilkinson C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs of the World, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Net., Townsville, Australia, 296pp.

Lee, V. (2008)
Our Ocean Planet, Ecott, T., Manfrino, C. (eds.), Central Caribbean Marine Institute Spec. Pub., Princeton, NJ, 420pp.