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Thomas F. Schultz

Thomas F. Schultz

Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Molecular Conservation
Marine Science and Conservation
tom.schultz@duke.edu
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, box_xxxx, Beaufort, NC 28516

Selected Publications

Microbiome Development of Seawater-Incubated Pre-production Plastic Pellets Reveals Distinct and Predictive Community Compositions

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · January 14, 2022 Featured Publication Plastics of various chemistries pollute global water bodies. Toxic chemicals leach with detrimental and often unpredictable impacts on the surrounding ecosystems. We found that seawater leachates of plastic pre-production pellets from 7 recycle categories ... Full text Cite

Compositional and Functional Microbiome Variation Between Tubes of an Intertidal Polychaete and Surrounding Marine Sediment

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · May 31, 2021 Featured Publication The decorator worm Diopatra cuprea, a tube-forming marine polychaete common to intertidal and shallow subtidal waters, modifies habitats it occupies through microreef construction and algal gardening. While several studies have demonstrated that decorator ... Full text Cite

Exploring the Diversity of the Marine Environment for New Anti-cancer Compounds

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · January 21, 2021 Featured Publication Marine ecosystems contain over 80% of the world’s biodiversity, and many of these organisms have evolved unique adaptations enabling survival in diverse and challenging environments. The biodiversity within the world’s oceans is a virtually untapped resour ... Full text Cite

Bioengineering a Future Free of Marine Plastic Waste

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · October 11, 2019 Featured Publication Plastic waste has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, and the production of plastic continues to rise steadily. Plastic represents a diverse array of commonly used synthetic polymers that are extremely useful as durable, economically beneficial alterna ... Full text Cite

Replicated Landscape Genomics Identifies Evidence of Local Adaptation to Urbanization in Wood Frogs.

Journal Article The Journal of heredity · October 2019 Native species that persist in urban environments may benefit from local adaptation to novel selection factors. We used double-digest restriction-side associated DNA (RAD) sequencing to evaluate shifts in genome-wide genetic diversity and investigate the p ... Full text Cite

An environmental baseline for food webs at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in Manus Basin (Papua New Guinea)

Journal Article Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · June 1, 2019 Food webs and trophic interactions provide a measure of ecosystem function and have been highlighted as an important element for environmental baselines and environmental impact assessments. Stable isotopes have long been used in the deep sea as a means to ... Full text Cite

Genome-wide scan reveals signatures of selection related to pollution adaptation in non-model estuarine Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).

Journal Article Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · July 2018 In many human-altered ecosystems, organisms are increasingly faced with more diverse and complex environmental stressors and pollutant mixtures, to which the adaptations necessary to survive exposure are likely to be numerous and varied. Improving our unde ... Full text Cite

Genomic signatures of population bottleneck and recovery in Northwest Atlantic pinnipeds.

Journal Article Ecology and evolution · July 2018 Population increases over the past several decades provide natural settings in which to study the evolutionary processes that occur during bottleneck, growth, and spatial expansion. We used parallel natural experiments of historical decline and subsequent ... Full text Cite

Genetics and juvenile abundance dynamics show congruent patterns of population structure for depleted river herring populations in the upper chesapeake bay

Journal Article North American Journal of Fisheries Management · September 3, 2017 River herring (Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus and Blueback Herring A. aestivalis) populations have declined dramatically along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Conservation efforts are currently inhibited by an incomplete understanding of stock structure for the upp ... Full text Cite

Cost of Tolerance: Physiological Consequences of Evolved Resistance to Inhabit a Polluted Environment in Teleost Fish Fundulus heteroclitus.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · August 2017 Anthropogenic stressors, including pollutants, are key evolutionary drivers. It is hypothesized that rapid evolution to anthropogenic changes may alter fundamental physiological processes (e.g., energy metabolism), compromising an organism's capacity to re ... Full text Cite

Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea.

Journal Article PeerJ · January 2017 Deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific are increasingly being assessed for their potential mineral wealth. To anticipate the potential impacts on biodiversity and connectivity among populations at these vents, environmental baselines need to be ... Full text Cite

Genetic stock composition of marine bycatch reveals disproportional impacts on depleted river herring genetic stocks

Journal Article Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · January 1, 2016 Bycatch of mid-trophic-level anadromous fishes that connect marine and freshwater ecosystems is a growing conservation concern. Anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) are important components of coastal freshwater ... Full text Cite

Genomewide investigation of adaptation to harmful algal blooms in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Journal Article Molecular ecology · September 2015 Harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can be lethal in marine species and cause illness in humans, are increasing worldwide. In the Gulf of Mexico, HABs of Karenia brevis produce neurotoxic brevetoxins that cause large-scale marine mortality events. The long ... Full text Cite

Molecular taxonomy and naming of five cryptic species of Alviniconcha snails (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) from hydrothermal vents

Journal Article Systematics and Biodiversity · May 4, 2015 Large symbiont-hosting snails of the genus Alviniconcha (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysidae) are among the dominant inhabitants of hydrothermal vents in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans. The genus was originally described as monotypic, but unique DNA sequenc ... Full text Cite

Human disturbance causes the formation of a hybrid swarm between two naturally sympatric fish species.

Journal Article Molecular ecology · March 2014 Most evidence for hybrid swarm formation stemming from anthropogenic habitat disturbance comes from the breakdown of reproductive isolation between incipient species, or introgression between allopatric species following secondary contact. Human impacts on ... Full text Cite

Combining genetic and demographic information to prioritize conservation efforts for anadromous alewife and blueback herring.

Journal Article Evolutionary applications · February 2014 A major challenge in conservation biology is the need to broadly prioritize conservation efforts when demographic data are limited. One method to address this challenge is to use population genetic data to define groups of populations linked by migration a ... Full text Cite

Comparative population structure of two deep-sea hydrothermal-vent-associated decapods (Chorocaris sp. 2 and Munidopsis lauensis) from southwestern Pacific back-arc basins.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2014 Studies of genetic connectivity and population structure in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems often focus on endosymbiont-hosting species that are directly dependent on chemical energy extracted from vent effluent for survival. Relatively little attention ... Full text Cite

Genetic diversity of hydrothermal-vent barnacles in Manus Basin

Journal Article Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · December 1, 2013 We evaluated mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I genetic diversity of two barnacle species (Eochionelasmus ohtai manusensis, Vulcanolepas cf. parensis) at three sites in Manus Basin (Solwara 1, South Su, Solwara 8). There was no evidence for within-site or ... Full text Cite

Characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles)

Journal Article Conservation Genetics Resources · January 1, 2013 Lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) are the first non-native marine reef fish to become established in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Next-generation sequencing techniques were employed to identify 18 polymorphic microsatellite loc ... Full text Cite

Factors affecting harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) strandings in the Northwest Atlantic.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2013 The effects of climate change on high latitude regions are becoming increasingly evident, particularly in the rapid decline of sea ice cover in the Arctic. Many high latitude species dependent on sea ice are being forced to adapt to changing habitats. Harp ... Full text Cite

DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF GAMBIERDISCUS SPECIES (GONYAULACALES, DINOPHYCEAE)(1).

Journal Article Journal of phycology · August 2012 Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a serious health problem in tropical regions and is caused by the bioaccumulation of lipophilic toxins produced by dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus. Gambierdiscus species are morphologically similar and are diffi ... Full text Cite

Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2011-30 September 2011.

Journal Article Molecular ecology resources · January 2012 This article documents the addition of 299 microsatellite marker loci and nine pairs of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) EPIC primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources (MER) Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Alosa pseudoharengus ... Full text Cite

The spatial scale of genetic subdivision in populations of Ifremeria nautilei, a hydrothermal-vent gastropod from the southwest Pacific.

Journal Article BMC evolutionary biology · December 2011 BackgroundDeep-sea hydrothermal vents provide patchy, ephemeral habitats for specialized communities of animals that depend on chemoautotrophic primary production. Unlike eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents, where population structure has been stud ... Full text Cite

The ELF4-ELF3-LUX complex links the circadian clock to diurnal control of hypocotyl growth.

Journal Article Nature · July 2011 The circadian clock is required for adaptive responses to daily and seasonal changes in environmental conditions. Light and the circadian clock interact to consolidate the phase of hypocotyl cell elongation to peak at dawn under diurnal cycles in Arabidops ... Full text Cite

Characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from Bathymodiolus manusensis (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Journal Article Conservation Genetics Resources · January 1, 2011 Species in the genus Bathymodiolus are mytilid mussels found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Next-generation sequencing techniques were employed to identify eighteen unlinked polymorphic microsatellite loci for Bathymodiolus manusensis from ... Full text Cite

Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Ifremeria nautilei, a chemoautotrophic gastropod from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Journal Article Conservation Genetics Resources · December 1, 2010 Ifremeria nautilei is deep-sea provannid gastropod endemic to hydrothermal vents at southwest Pacific back-arc spreading centers. Twelve, selectively neutral and unlinked polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for this species. Three loci deviated ... Full text Cite

Characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in Chorocaris sp. (Crustacea, Caridea, Alvinocarididae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Journal Article Conservation Genetics Resources · 2010 Species in the genus Chorocaris are caridean shrimp found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents at mid-ocean spreading centers. Nine unlinked polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for this Chorocaris sp. 2 from the Manus back-arc basin, southwest Pacific ... Full text Cite

The ZEITLUPE Family of Putative Photoreceptors

Journal Article · September 26, 2005 Full text Cite

LUX ARRHYTHMO encodes a novel Myb-like transcription factor essential for circadian rhythms

Journal Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 Cite

Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga

Journal Article Science · 2000 Cite

Diatom gliding is the result of an actin-myosin motility system.

Journal Article Cell motility and the cytoskeleton · January 1999 Diatoms are a group of unicellular microalgae that are encased in a highly ornamented siliceous cell wall, or frustule. Pennate diatoms have bilateral symmetry and many genera possess an elongated slit in the frustule called the raphe, a feature synonymous ... Full text Cite

Diatom gliding is the result of an actin-myosin motility system

Journal Article Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton · 1999 Cite

14-3-3 proteins are part of an abscisic acid-VIVIPAROUS1 (VP1) response complex in the Em promoter and interact with VP1 and EmBP1.

Journal Article The Plant cell · May 1998 Protein-DNA complexes were formed when nuclear extracts from embryogenic rice suspension cultures or maize embryos were incubated with an abscisic acid-VIVIPAROUS1 (VP1) response element (Em1a) from the Em promoter. Monoclonal antibodies generated to GF14, ... Full text Cite

Evidence for surface perception of abscisic acid by rice suspension cells as assayed by Em gene expression

Journal Article Plant Science · December 5, 1997 To determine if the initial perception of abscisic acid (ABA) occurs at the surface of plant cells, embryogenic rice (Oryza sativa L.) suspension cells have been treated with ABA covalently linked to bovine serum albumin (BSA). Although the ABA-BSA conjuga ... Full text Cite

Characterization and expression of a rice RAD23 gene.

Journal Article Plant molecular biology · June 1997 In order to identify proteins that interact with plant transcriptional complexes, we performed a two-hybrid screen in yeast using a cDNA library from embryogenic rice suspension cultures and the plant transcriptional activator viviparous-1 (vp1) as 'bait'. ... Full text Cite

Histone H1 enhances the DNA binding activity of the transcription factor EmBP-1.

Journal Article The Journal of biological chemistry · October 1996 Previous work indicated that nuclear extracts isolated from embryogenic rice suspension cells treated with the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) have enhanced binding activity to an ABA response element (Em1a) in the promoter of the Em gene from wheat. We i ... Full text Cite

Polar axis fixation in Fucus zygotes: Components of the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix

Journal Article Development · December 1, 1991 Polar axis formation and polar axis stabilization (or fixation) can be separated and analyzed in synchronously developing zygotes of the brown alga Fucus. Extensive experimental evidence points to a role for both the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matr ... Cite

Polar axis fixation in Fucus zygotes: components of the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix.

Journal Article Development (Cambridge, England). Supplement · January 1991 Polar axis formation and polar axis stabilization (or fixation) can be separated and analyzed in synchronously developing zygotes of the brown alga Fucus. Extensive experimental evidence points to a role for both the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matr ... Full text Cite