2025 John, C., Castañeda, N., Donahue, M. J., Donovan, M. K., Enright, L. N., Epstein, H. E., Gallagher, J. P., Jorissen, H., Kerlin, J. R., Leidholt, S. L., McLachlan, R. H., Molina, N., Mullenmeister, C. A., Neumann, K., Renzi, J. J., Silva, D. P.,Speare, K. E., Swift, S., Vompe, A. D., Kelly, L. W., Zeff, M., Nelson, C. E., Thurber, R. V., Burkepile, D. E. (2025). Terrigenous inputs link nutrient dynamics to microbial communities in a tropical lagoon. (In Press)
Edmunds, P.J., John, C., Leichter, J.J., Moritz, C., Scafidi, K.C., Speare, K.E., Srednick, G., Wyatt, A.S.J. (2025). Long-term community dynamics are heterogeneous between fringing-and fore-reef habitats on an Indo-Pacific coral reef. Ecosphere. (In Press)
Pomeroy, M.W., Couch, C.S., Oliver, T.A. McCarthy, O.S., Speare, K.E., Donovan, M.K. (2025). Signs of resilience: survivorship and growth of corals in Hawai'i two years post-bleaching. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 768, 79-97 Article
Speare, K.E., Enright, L.N., Aplin, A., Adam, T.C., Edmunds, P.J., Burkepile, D.E. (2025). Early life stage bottleneck determines rates of coral recovery following severe disturbance. Ecology. 106(1), e4510 Article
Burgess, S.C., Speare, K.E., McLachlan, R.H., Johnston, E.C., Adam, T.C., Vega Thurber, R., Burkepile, D.E. (2025). Differential effects of nutrients and consumer pressure on simpatico cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.). Ecology. 106(5), e70079 Article
Love, C.R., Speare, K.E., Fox, M.D., Radice, V.Z., McMahon, K.W., Hofmann, G.E., Valentine, D.L., Strader, M.E. (2025). Heterotrophy of particulate organic matter subsidies contributes to divergent bleaching responses in tropical Scleractinian corals. Limnology and Oceanography. Article
Winslow, E.M., Speare, K.E., Adam, T.C., Burkepile, D.E., Hench, J.L., Lenihan, H.S. (2024). Corals survive severe bleaching event in refuges related to taxa, colony size, and water depth. Scientific Reports. 14 (1), 9006. Article
Vompe, A., Epstein H., Speare, K.E., Schmeltzer, E., Adam, T.C., Burkepile, D.E., Sharpton, T., Vega Thurber, R. (2024). Microbiome ecological memory and responses to repeated marine heatwaves clarify variation in coral bleaching and mortality. Global Change Biology. 30 (1), e17088. Article
2023 Speare, K.E., Duran, A., Miller, M.W., Moeller, H.V., Burkepile, D.E. (2023). Small-scale habitat selection by larvae of a reef-building coral. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 724, 67-79. Article
Leinbach, S.E., Speare, K.E., Strader, M.S. (2023). Reef habitats structure symbiotic microalgal assemblages in corals and contribute to differential heat stress responses. Coral Reefs. 42, 205-217. Article
2022 Speare, K.E., Adam, T.C., Winslow E.M., Lenihan, H.S., Burkepile, D.E. (2022). Size-dependent mortality of corals during marine heatwave erodes recovery capacity of a coral reef. Global Change Biology. 28 (4), 1342-1358. Article. Press
Adam, T.C., Holbrook, S.J., Burkepile, D.E., Speare, K.E., Brooks, A.J., Ladd, M.C., Shantz, A.A., Vega Thurber, R., Schmitt, R.J., (2022). Priority effects in coral-macroalgae interactions can drive alternate community paths in the absence of top-down control. Ecology. 103 (12), e3831. Article
Strader, M.S., Howe-Kerr, L. Sims, J., Speare, K.E., Shore, A.N., Burkepile, D.E., Correa, A.M.S. (2022). Nitrate enrichment has lineage specific effects on Pocillopora acuta adults, but no transgenerational effects in planulae. Coral Reefs. 41 (2), 303-317. Article
2021 Leinbach, S.E., Speare, K.E., Rossin, A.M., Holstein, D.M., Strader, M.S. (2021). Energetic and reproductive costs of coral recovery in divergent bleaching responses. Scientific Reports. 11 (1), 1-10. Article
2020 Donovan, M.K., Adam, T.C., Shantz, A.A., Speare, K.E., Munsterman, K.S., Rice, M.M., Schmitt, R.J., Holbrook, S.J., Burkepile, D.E. (2020). Nitrogen pollution interacts with heat stress to increase coral bleaching across the seascape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(10), 5351-5357. Article
2019 and Earlier Speare, K. E., Duran, A., Miller, M. W., & Burkepile, D. E. (2019). Sediment associated with algal turfs inhibits the settlement of two endangered coral species. Marine Pollution Bulletin.144, 189-195. Article. Press
Allgeier, J.E., Speare, K.E., Burkepile, D.E., (2018). Estimates of fish and coral larvae as nutrient subsidies to coral reef ecosystems. Ecosphere. 9 (6), e02216. Article
Yang, T., Speare, K., Mckay, L., Macgregor, B., Joye, S., Teske, A., (2016). Distinct bacterial communities in surficial seafloor sediments following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout. Front. Microbiol. 7, 1–18. Article
Zhang, S.Y., Speare, K.E., Long, Z.T., McKeever, K.A., Gyoerkoe, M., Ramus, A.P., Mohorn, Z., Akins, K.L., Hambridge, S.M., Graham, N.A.J., Nash, K.L., Selig, E.R., Bruno, J.F. (2014). Is coral richness related to community resistance to and recovery from disturbance? PeerJ 2. e308. Article