PUBLICATIONS

publications

2018

Rebollar, E.A., A. Gutiérrez-Preciado, C. Noecker, A. Eng, M.C. Hughey, Daniel Medina, J.B. Walke, E. Borenstein, R.V. Jensen, L.K. Belden, and R.N. Harris. 2018. The functional repertoire of the skin microbiome of the frog Craugastor fitzingeri: Inferring potential bacterial-host-pathogen interactions from metagenomic data. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:466.

2017

Hughey, M.C., J. Pena, R. Reyes, D. Medina, L.K. Belden, and P.A. Burrowes. 2017. Skin bacterial microbiome of a general Puerto Rican frog varies along elevation and land use gradients. PeerJ 5: e3688.

Walke J.B., M.H. Becker, M.C. Hughey, M.C. Swartwout*, R.V. Jensen, and L.K. Belden. 2017. Dominance-function relationships in the amphibian skin microbiome. Environmental Microbiology 19: 3387-3397.

Hughey, M.C., J. Delia, and L.K. Belden. 2017. Diversity and stability of egg bacterial assemblages: The role of paternal care in the glassfrog Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum. Biotropica 49: 792-802.

Medina, D., M.C. Hughey, M. H. Becker, J.B. Walke, T.P. Umile, E. Burzynski, A. Iannetta, K.P.C. Minbiole, and L.K. Belden. 2017. Variation in metabolite profiles of amphibian skin bacterial communities across elevations in the Neotropics. Microbial Ecology 74: 227-238.

2016

Hughey, M.C., J.B. Walke, M.H. Becker, T.P. Umile, E.A. Burzynski, K.P.C. Minbiole, A.A. Iannetta, C.N. Santiago, W.A. Hopkins, and L.K. Belden. Short-term exposure to coal combustion waste has little impact on the skin microbiome of spring peepers, Pseudacris crucifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82: 3493-3502.

Rebollar, E.A., M.C. Hughey, D. Medina, R.N. Harris, R. Ibanez, and L.K. Belden. The effects of habitat, host species, and presence of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the skin bacterial community structure of Panamanian frogs. The ISME Journal 10: 1682-1695.

Gratwicke, B., H. Ross, A. Batista, G.C. Cordero, A.J. Crawford, L. Elizondo, A. Estrada, M. Evans, R. Gagliardo, J. Guerrel, A. Hertz, M.C. Hughey, C. Jaramillo, B. Klocke, M. Mandica, D. Medina, C. Richards-Zawacki, M.J. Ryan, A. Sosa, J. Voyles, B. Walker, D.C. Woodhams, and R. Ibanez. Evaluating the probability of avoiding disease-related extinctions of Panamanian amphibians through captive-breeding programs. Animal Conservation 19: 324-336.

Rebollar, E.A., R.E. Antwis, L.K. Belden, M.H. Becker, M.C. Bletz, R. Brucker, X. Harriso,M.C. Hughey, J. Kueneman, A.H. Loudon, V. McKenzie, D. Medina, K.P.C. Minbiole, L. Rollins-Smith, J.B. Walke, D.C. Woodhams, and R.N. Harris. 2016. Using “omics” and integrated multi-omics approaches to guide probiotic selection to mitigate chytridiomycosis and other emerging infectious diseases. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 68.

2015

Hedman, H.D. and M.C. Hughey. 2015. Body size, humeral spine size, and aggressive interactions in the Emerald Glass Frog, Espadarana prosoblepon (Anura: Centrolenidae) in Costa Rica. MesoAmerican Herpetology 2: 500-508.

Belden, L.K., M.C. Hughey, E.A. Rebollar, T.P. Umile, S.C. Loftus, E.A. Burzynski, K.P.C. Minbiole, L.L. House, R.V. Jensen, M.H. Becker, J.B. Walke, D. Medina, R. Ibáñez, and R.N. Harris. 2015. Panamanian frog species host unique skin bacterial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1171.

Hughey, M.C., J.R. Rogge, K. Thomas, M.W. McCoy, and K.M. Warkentin. 2015. Escape-hatching responses of individual treefrog embryos vary with threat level in wasp attacks: a mechanistic analysis. Behaviour 152: 1543-1568.

Woodhams, D.C., R.A. Alford, R.E. Antwis, H. Archer, M.H. Becker, L.K. Belden, S.C. Bell, M. Bletz, J.H. Daskin, L.R. Davis, S.V. Flechas, A. Lauer, A. Gonzalez, R. N. Harris, W.M. Holden, M.C. Hughey, R. Ibáñez, R. Knight, J. Kueneman, F. Rabemananjara, L.K. Reinert, L.A. Rollins-Smith, F. Roman-Rodriguez, S.D. Shaw, J.B. Walke, and V. McKenzie. 2015. Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens. Ecology 96: 595– 595.

Walke J.B., M.H. Becker, M.C. Hughey, M.C. Swartwout, R.V. Jensen, and L.K. Belden. 2015. Most of the dominant members of amphibian skin bacterial communities can be readily cultured. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81: 6589–6600.

Ellison, A.R., T. Tunstall, G.V. DiRenzo, M.C. Hughey, E.A. Rebollar, L.K. Belden, R.N. Harris, R. Ibáñez, K.R. Lips, and K.R. Zamudio. 2015. More than skin deep: Functional genomic basis for resistance to amphibian chytridiomycosis. Genome Biology and Evolution 7: 286-298.

2014

Hughey, M.C., M.H. Becker, J.B. Walke, M.S. Swartwout, and L.K. Belden. 2014.Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Virginia amphibians: within and among pond variation in infection. Herpetological Review 45(3): 428-438.

Rebollar E.A., M.C. Hughey, R.N. Harris, R.J. Domangue, D. Medina, R. Ibañez, and L.K. Belden. 2014. The lethal fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is present in lowland tropical forests of far eastern Panamá. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95484.

2012

Hughey, M.C., A. Nicolás, J.R. Vonesh, and K.M. Warkentin. 2012. Wasp predation drives the assembly of fungal and fly communities on frog egg masses. Oecologia 168(4): 1057-1068.

Hughey, M.C., M.W. McCoy, J.R. Vonesh, and K.M. Warkentin. 2012. Spatial contagion drives colonization and recruitment of frogflies on clutches of red-eyed treefrogs. Biology Letters 8(5): 887-889.

Hughey, M.C., B. Ory, H. Jelks, D. Heins, and F. Jordan. 2012. Variation in reproductive life history traits between two populations of Blackbanded Darters (Percina nigrofasciata). Copeia 2012(4): 714-721.