Ethan Cissell | Research

Preprints, in review, and in final prep
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. Predation, community asynchrony, and metacommunity stability in cyanobacterial mats. In review. Preprint.
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. Top-heavy trophic structure within benthic viral dark matter. In review. Preprint.
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. Niche plasticity and metabolic handoffs in coral reef benthic cyanobacterial mat communities. In review.
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. Viral association with cyanobacterial mat community mortality. In review.
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. Higher-order interactions modulate viral interaction strengths in structured microbial communities. In prep.
- Cissell EC, et al. Environmental and genomic insights into an extensive benthic cyanobacterial bloom in Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands. In prep.
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. Convergent photophysiology and prokaryotic assemblage structure in epilithic cyanobacterial tufts and algal turf communities. In prep.
2022
- Cissell EC, CE Eckrich, & SJ McCoy. (2022). Cyanobacterial mats as benthic reservoirs and vectors for coral black band disease pathogens. Ecological Applications. 32 (6), e2692. doi: 10.1002/eap.2692
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. (2022). Marine cyanobacteria in the Anthropocene: Are top-down paradigms robust to climate change? Climate Change Ecology. 3, 100057. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocg.2022.100057
2021
- Cissell EC & SJ McCoy. (2021). Shotgun metagenomic sequencing reveals the full taxonomic, trophic, and functional diversity of a coral reef benthic cyanobacterial mat from Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands. Science of the Total Environment. 755, 142719. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142719
- Cissell EC, SA Kranz, & SJ McCoy. (2021). Rhodolith holobionts are not sources of fixed nitrogen in a northeastern Gulf of Mexico patch reef. Bulletin of Marine Science. 97 (1), 131-142. doi: 10.5343/bms.2020.0041
2019
- Cissell EC, JC Manning, & SJ McCoy. (2019). Consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats on a Caribbean coral reef. Scientific Reports. 9, 12693. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49126-9
Contributed Teaching Materials
- Marquez MS, EG Andrews, EC Cissell, ..., & SJ McCoy. (2023). Microbial Mats: Why are the coral turning black? What type of interactions are at play? The International Microbiology Literacy Initiative.
Scientific Communication (Non-peer reviewed)
- Cissell EC. (2021). Exploring species and functional diversity of coral reef benthic cyanobacterial mats. Dutch Caribbean Nature Allicance (DCNA) [BIO]NEWS.

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Community Ecology
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Viral Ecology
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Bioinformatics

Macro dynamics.

Microbe driven.