{"id":334,"date":"2018-05-08T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/?page_id=334"},"modified":"2026-05-09T06:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:45:51","slug":"marine-physiology-and-climate-change-bies-593","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/teaching\/marine-physiology-and-climate-change-bies-593\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Physiology and Climate Change (BI\/ES 593)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/evg14nrsvqc4qxkno9yv.jpg\" alt=\"evg14nrsvqc4qxkno9yv\" width=\"970\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/evg14nrsvqc4qxkno9yv.jpg 970w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/evg14nrsvqc4qxkno9yv-636x318.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/evg14nrsvqc4qxkno9yv-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>COURSE OVERVIEW<\/h4>\n<p>Marine Physiology and Climate Change (MPCC) is an experiential learning course that teaches upper-level undergraduate and graduate students about how marine organisms respond to climate change via their physiology. Through a mixture of lectures, readings, and a hands-on common garden tank experiment, students learn to design and implement a study, collect and analyze data, and broaden their understanding of how carbon emissions are affecting the world&#8217;s oceans. Students can also expect to develop the critical written and oral communication skills necessary to disseminate research. Check out the syllabus <a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/Davies_BIO593_Syllabus_2021_Final.pdf\">here<\/a> or scroll down to see past experiments from the course. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 100px;\"<\/p>\n<h4>PAST EXPERIMENTS<\/h4>\n<h5>Fall 2025<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2026\/05\/Aiptasia_Glucose_Manuscript.pdf\">Increased glucose availability increases infection susceptibility in symbiotic Aiptasia<\/a><br \/>\nCook, C; Goldenberg, C; Masih, S<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2026\/05\/Astrangia_Light_Manuscript.pdf\"><i>Astrangia poculata<\/i> modulates heterotrophic strategy in response to thermal and lighting stressors<\/a><br \/>\nCinelli, A; DeJesus, M; Emmanuel, A; Vazetdinov A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2026\/05\/SSIDLightManuscipt.pdf\">Illuminating Hidden Diversity: Light-driven plasticity in cryptic coral lineages<\/a><br \/>\nCheh, AS; Aberle, M; Prince, N; Skaggs, C<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2024<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2024\/11\/Astrangia.Solitaria_manuscript_2024.pdf\">A strange solitary coral: the effects of heat stress on <i>Astrangia Solitaria<\/i> <\/a><br \/>\nKoerber-Marx, s; Vasquez, M; Band Orange, J; Ong, C<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2024\/11\/Pocillopora_manuscript_2024.pdf\">Feeling the Burn: <i>P. acuta<\/i> under heat stress<\/a><br \/>\nAmin, A; DiMascio, D; Omeltchenko, O<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2024\/11\/Aiptasia_Manuscript_2024.pdf\">The Microbiome Strikes Back: How <i>Aiptasia pallida<\/i> Combats Environmental Stress<\/a><br \/>\nBeredo, SJ; Bosacoma, EK; Martorana, SI; Sanchez, EA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2024\/11\/Orbicella_Paper_Final.pdf.pdf\"><i>Orbicella<\/i>? More like <i>Orbichilly<\/i>: The Effects of Cold Priming on Reef-Building Corals<\/a><br \/>\nCanfield, S; Costa C; Jackson, A; Rohrbeck, S<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2023<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2023\/11\/Pacuta_manuscript_2023.pdf\">It\u2019s Getting Hot in Here: Coral host genotype interacts with symbiont associations to determine thermal stress responses<\/a><br \/>\nBouchie, D; Chen, M; Dougherty, J; Lapadula, A; Skena, A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2023\/11\/PrimeTime_Final-Manuscript.pdf\">The Effects of Thermal Priming on Congeneric Endangered Corals: A Warm Up Routine<\/a><br \/>\nPhan, A; Villani, G; Villarreal, M; Wasiak, B<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2023\/11\/Too-Hot-to-Handle-.pdf\">Too Hot to Handle: Different symbiont types fail to change thermal tolerance outcomes in <i>Exaiptasia pallida<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nBartley, S; Toyama, K; Wong, A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2023\/11\/Tropical-Coral-Phys-Manuscript.pdf\">Let\u2019s be franksi: Divergent Thermal Challenges Elicit Unique Physiological Responses in Orbicellid Corals<\/a><br \/>\nNagree, A; Foster, D; Bryan, S; Yoon, A; Alvarado, D<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2022<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/12\/Crepidula-Final-Manuscript.pdf\">Characterizing the effects of heat stress on the survival and behavior of two New England <i>Crepidula fornicata<\/i> populations<\/a><br \/>\nCastle, A; Osipovich1, M; Piros E<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/12\/P.-acuta-Final-Paper-V2.pdf\">Effects of heat stress on survival and productivity of <i>Pocillopora acuta<\/i> coral<\/a><br \/>\nBeery, G; Nelson-Barkan, Z; Jasnos, O; Varela, N<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/12\/MPCC_AstrangiaFinal_2022.pdf\">Investigation of heat and light tolerance in <i>Astrangia poculata<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nAlvarez, N; Diaz, A; Kerner, F; Neville, A; Pandaraboyina, H<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/12\/MPCC_Aiptasia_2022.pdf\">Thermal Stress Response Variation in <i>Exaiptasia pallida<\/i> is Dependent on Location and Exposure Time<\/a><br \/>\nAlmond, S; Pimentel, G; Crawford A<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2021<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/01\/The-Independent-and-Interactive-Effects-of-Nitrogen-Enrichment-and-Heat-Stress-in-the-Model-Sea-Anemone-Aiptasia-.pdf\">The Independent and Interactive Effects of Nitrogen Enrichment and Heat Stress in the Model Sea Anemone Aiptasia<\/a><br \/>\nDa-Anoy, JK; Geisser, A; Thompson, K<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/01\/FINAL_MANUSCRIPT_Astrangia_nitrate_MPCC2021.pdf\">Investigating the physiological resilience of the northern star coral Astrangia poculata to nutrient enrichment under thermal stress<\/a><br \/>\nChang, T; Fleming, C; Kwit, I; Pan, M<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/01\/fav_vs_frank.pdf\">A Comparison of Orbicellid Responses to Thermal Stress: <i>Orbicella faveolata<\/i> and <i>Orbicella franksi<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nChan, E; Cherrette, L; Sun, Z<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/01\/MPCC21_Manuscript_ShallowVsMeso.pdf\"><i>Orbicella faveolata<\/i>: Shallow Versus Mesophotic Coral Responses to Temperature Change<\/a><br \/>\nFrates, E; Hughes, A; Randall, A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2022\/01\/TPC-Group-3-Final-Manuscript.pdf\">TPC Group 3 Final Manuscript<\/a><br \/>\nAhuja, V; Bussiere, G; Feng, J; Karadimitriou, N<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2020<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/Final_Draft_Manuscript_Hydra.pdf\">Reproductive and regenerative performance of symbiotic <em>Hydra viridissima<\/em> under variable thermal conditions<\/a><br \/>\nDonaldson, B; Harold, J; Meshaka, M; Yu, C<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/Crepidula_final.pdf\">Thermal Stress Leads to Behavioral Shifts in two Species of Slippersnail, <em>Crepidula fornicata<\/em> and <em>Crepidula plana<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nAlter, M; Castro, K; Cowart, B; Dickerson, H<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/Cold-stress-inhibits-photosynthesis-in-the-coral-model-Exaiptasia-pallida.pdf\">Cold stress inhibits photosynthesis in the coral model <em>\u200bExaiptasia pallida<\/em>\u200b<\/a><br \/>\nBible, O;Ferraro, H; Reyes, S; Speroff, S<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2019<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/Final-Manuscript-Respiration.pdf\">Testing the climate variability hypothesis in an aposymbiotic coral, <em>Astrangia poculata<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nMcCarthy, G; Bhardwaj, A; Roberts, C<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/FINAL-Final-Menthol-Manuscript.pdf\">The effects of menthol treatment on facultatively symbiotic corals<\/a><br \/>\nChu, G; Karageorge, I; Knox, M<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/MPCC-FINAL__-MANUSCRIPT.pdf\">\u201cBringing the Heat\u201d: Thermal stress responses of <em>\u200bPocillopora damicornis<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nCampbell, R; Sangermano, A; Volk, A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2021\/12\/MPCC-Disease.pdf\"<\/a>Responses of the reef-building coral <em>Pocillopora damicornis<\/em> to bacterial stress from <em>Serratia marcescens<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nKnasin, L; Tone, C; Zhu, L<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2018<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2019\/11\/Aichelman_OculinaFinalManuscript.pdf\">The effect of thermal stress and symbiotic status on host and symbiont physiologies in the temperate coral <em>Oculina arbuscula<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nAichelman, A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2019\/11\/Brown_Pelose_Wuitchik_finalpaper.pdf\">Symbiotic status mediates quiescence, photosynthetic efficiency, and growth of the facultative coral, <em>Astrangia poculata<\/em>, under thermal stress<\/a><br \/>\nBrown CM, Pelose GE, and Wuitchik DM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2019\/11\/Final-Heat-Astrangia-Manuscript.pdf\">The effects of heat stress on growth and photosynthetic efficiency on the temperate coral <em>\u200b\u200bAstrangia poculata<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nChen X, DiRoberts L and K Richmond<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2019\/11\/Oculina-Freeze.pdf\">Investigating the effects of thermal stress on the physiological responses and symbiont density of \u200b\u200b<em>Oculina arbuscula<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nNicole Haftel, Julia Russo, E Schlatter<\/p>\n<h5>Fall 2017<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/C-fornicata-thermal-stress.pdf\">Effects of thermal stress on growth and mortality of juvenile <em>Crepidula fornicata<\/em> in New England<\/a><br \/>\nGupta A, Pereira C, Soukup J<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/Burn_Pocillopora_Final-Manuscript.pdf\">\u2018Burning \u200b<em>Pocillopora<\/em>\u200b\u2019: Coral bleaching and recovery in response to a heat stress gradient<\/a><br \/>\nKriefall N, Galeas Veliz K, Wong T<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/davieslab\/files\/2018\/05\/ColdThermalStressAPoculata.pdf\">Assessing the effects of cold thermal stress on <em\/>\u200bAstrangia poculata\u200b<\/em> quiescence: analyzing photosynthetic efficiency, calcification rate, polyp behavior and Symbiodinium<\/a><br \/>\nBrennan S, Liesegang M, Almanzar A, Chavez D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COURSE OVERVIEW Marine Physiology and Climate Change (MPCC) is an experiential learning course that teaches upper-level undergraduate and graduate students about how marine organisms respond to climate change via their physiology. 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