Kristina Black
@kristinaleilani.bsky.social
Post-doc | NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
🌊 Marine ecology and climate adaptation
🌊 Marine ecology and climate adaptation
Mapping predicted variation (below) shows putative local adaptation across the reef, primarily driven by depth and water chemistry.
Our findings suggest that temperature wasn’t a main driver of genetic divergence, but depth and water chemistry may be more important when transplanting corals.
Our findings suggest that temperature wasn’t a main driver of genetic divergence, but depth and water chemistry may be more important when transplanting corals.
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Mapping predicted variation (below) shows putative local adaptation across the reef, primarily driven by depth and water chemistry.
Our findings suggest that temperature wasn’t a main driver of genetic divergence, but depth and water chemistry may be more important when transplanting corals.
Our findings suggest that temperature wasn’t a main driver of genetic divergence, but depth and water chemistry may be more important when transplanting corals.
🪸🌊 New paper with @heatshok.bsky.social on environmental drivers of genetic divergence in Florida corals is out in Evolutionary Applications doi.org/10.1111/eva....
We investigated genotype-environment associations in two coral species across the Florida Reef Tract.
We investigated genotype-environment associations in two coral species across the Florida Reef Tract.
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
🪸🌊 New paper with @heatshok.bsky.social on environmental drivers of genetic divergence in Florida corals is out in Evolutionary Applications doi.org/10.1111/eva....
We investigated genotype-environment associations in two coral species across the Florida Reef Tract.
We investigated genotype-environment associations in two coral species across the Florida Reef Tract.
These findings are relevant for planning assisted gene flow and restoration efforts: not just any warmer reef would be an optimal source of transplants. For example, if choosing coral genotypes to repopulate the Marquesas Keys, the upper keys (circled) may be more suitable than Looe Key nearby.
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
These findings are relevant for planning assisted gene flow and restoration efforts: not just any warmer reef would be an optimal source of transplants. For example, if choosing coral genotypes to repopulate the Marquesas Keys, the upper keys (circled) may be more suitable than Looe Key nearby.
Visualizing the predicted environment-associated genetic variation on a map suggests that these associations reflect adaptation to certain aspects of the inshore-offshore environmental gradient.
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Visualizing the predicted environment-associated genetic variation on a map suggests that these associations reflect adaptation to certain aspects of the inshore-offshore environmental gradient.
We applied RDAforest for detecting genotype-environment associations and found that within-lineage variation was cumulatively explained by water chemistry (nitrogen, phosphorus, silicate, and salinity). Thermal parameters were also consistently important but had a relatively low explanatory power.
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We applied RDAforest for detecting genotype-environment associations and found that within-lineage variation was cumulatively explained by water chemistry (nitrogen, phosphorus, silicate, and salinity). Thermal parameters were also consistently important but had a relatively low explanatory power.
Both species comprised three genetically distinct lineages distributed across depths in a remarkably similar way- hereby referred to as the yellow (shallow-specialist), blue (shallow-preferring) and indigo (depth-tolerant) lineages.
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Both species comprised three genetically distinct lineages distributed across depths in a remarkably similar way- hereby referred to as the yellow (shallow-specialist), blue (shallow-preferring) and indigo (depth-tolerant) lineages.
New preprint on BioRxiv! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We investigate environmental drivers of genetic adaptation in two corals sampled across the Florida Reef Tract. @heatshok.bsky.social
We investigate environmental drivers of genetic adaptation in two corals sampled across the Florida Reef Tract. @heatshok.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New preprint on BioRxiv! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We investigate environmental drivers of genetic adaptation in two corals sampled across the Florida Reef Tract. @heatshok.bsky.social
We investigate environmental drivers of genetic adaptation in two corals sampled across the Florida Reef Tract. @heatshok.bsky.social
New paper on cryptic coral lineages in St. Croix, USVI 🪸🧬 The first five authors are undergraduates- very proud of these rising scientists 🎉 This work was done in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy @nature.org and @heatshok.bsky.social. Check it out! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
February 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New paper on cryptic coral lineages in St. Croix, USVI 🪸🧬 The first five authors are undergraduates- very proud of these rising scientists 🎉 This work was done in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy @nature.org and @heatshok.bsky.social. Check it out! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...