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Crawford Drury

Principal Investigator

My Research

I am broadly interested in plasticity and host effects on coral reefs. My work centers on genomic and genotypic drivers of coral phenotypes and all the ways that they interact with reef ecology and restoration under changing climates.

Education and Experience

Postdoc - University of Hawaii - Heritability, selective breeding and scalable identification of thermal tolerance in corals, 2017-2019

Postdoc - University of Miami - Population genetics of reef-building corals, 2017

PhD - University of Miami – Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2011-2016

BS  - University of Miami – Biology and Marine Science, 2006-2010                                                  

Current Projects

  • Stress testing and restoration with resilient corals

  • Selective breeding and genomic markers of thermal tolerance in Montipora capitata

  • Molecular signaling pathways in the coral bleaching response

  • Impacts of genetic diversity on coral phenotypes in Pocillopora acuta

  • Defining sources of resilience on coral reefs (Bay, Reef, Genotype, GxE, etc)

Publications

30. Rocha de Souza M, Caruso C, Ruiz-Jones L, Drury C, Gates RD, Toonen RJ. Community composition of coral-associated Symbiodiniaceae is driven by fine-scale environmental gradients. Royal Society Open Science (In Press): doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.10.468165

29. Drury C, Caruso C, Quigley K. Selective Breeding to Support the Long-Term Persistence of Coral Reefs. Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the ‘Omics’ Age, Springer Press (In Press).­

28. Donovan M, Alves C, Burns J, Drury C, Meier O, Ritson-Williams R, Cunning R, Dunn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Henderson L, Knapp I, Levy J, Logan C, Mudge L, Sullivan C, Gates R, Asner G. From polyps to pixels: understanding coral reef resilience to local and global change across scales. Landscape Ecology (2022): doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01463-3

27. Drury C, Bean N, Harris C, Hancock J, Huckeba J, Martin CH, Quinn R, Gates RD. Intrapopulation adaptive variance supports thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral. Communications Biology (2022): doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03428-3

26. Rahnke SA, Hancock JR, Munk NJ, Caruso C, Drury C. Optimizing production of Montipora capitata for restoration: effects of abiotic conditions and light acclimation on juvenile survival and growth. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2022): doi.org/10.3354/meps14064

25. Drury C, Martin RE, Knapp D, Levy J, Heckler J, Gates RD, Asner GPA. Ecosystem-scale mapping of coral species and thermal tolerance. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2022).: doi.org/10.1002/fee.2483

24. Asner G, Giardina S, Balzotti C, Martin RE, Drury C, Hopson S. Are Sunken Warships Biodiversity Havens for Corals? Diversity (2022): doi.org/10.3390/d14020139

23. Barott KL, Huffmyer AS, Davidson J, Lenz EA, Matsuda S, Hancock J, Innis T, Glazer B, Drury C, Putnam H, Gates RD. Bleaching resistant corals retain heat tolerance following acclimatization to reefs with distinct environmental conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025435118

22. Majerová E, Carey F, Drury C, Gates RD. Preconditioning improves bleaching susceptibility in the reef-building coral Pocillopora acuta through modulations in autophagy pathway. Molecular Ecology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15988.

21. Caruso C, Hughes K, Drury C. Perspectives on Selecting Heat-Tolerant Corals for Proactive Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.632027.

20. Roach TNF, Yadav S, Caruso C, Dilworth J, Foley CM, Hancock J, Hucekba J, Huffmyer AS, Hughes K, Kahkejian VA, Madin EMP, Matsuda S, McWilliam M, Miller S, Santoro EP, Rocha de Souza M, Torres-Pulliza D, Drury C, Madin JS. A field primer for monitoring benthic ecosystems using structure-from-motion photogrammetry. Journal of Visual Experimentation (2021): https://doi.org/10.3791/61815

19. Drury C, Lirman D. Genotype by environment interactions in coral bleaching. Proceedings of the Royal Society (2021): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0177

18. Huffmyer AS, Drury C, Majerová E, Lemus JD, Gates RD. Tissue fusion and enhanced genotypic diversity supports survival of juvenile Pocillopora acuta corals under thermal stress. Coral Reefs (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338- 021-02074-1

17. Roach TNF, Dilworth J, Martin C, Jones D, Quinn R, Drury C. Metabolomic signatures of coral bleaching history. Nature Ecology and Evolution (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01388-7

16. Hancock J, Barrows A, Roome T, Huffmyer AS, Matsuda S, Munk N, Rahnke S, Drury C. Coral husbandry for ocean futures: leveraging abiotic factors to increase survivorship, growth and resilience in juvenile Montipora capitata. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2021): https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13534

15. Dilworth J, Caruso C, Kahkejian V, Baker AC, Drury C. Host genotype and stable differences in algal symbiont communities explain patterns of thermal stress response of Montipora capitata following thermal pre-exposure and across multiple bleaching events. Coral Reefs (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02024-3

14. Drury C, Perez Portela R, Serrano XM, Oleksiak M, Baker AC. Fine-scale structure among mesophotic populations of the great star coral Montastraea cavernosa revealed by SNP genotyping. Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6340

13. Drury C. Resilience in reef-building corals: The ecological and evolutionary importance of the host response to thermal stress. Molecular Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15337

12. Fisch J, Drury C, Towle EK, Winter R, Miller MW. Physiological and reproductive repercussions of back-to-back bleaching events of the threatened Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata. Coral Reefs (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01817-5

11. Drury C, Greer J, Baums IB, Gintert B, Lirman D. Clonal diversity impacts coral cover in Acropora cervicornis thickets: potential relationships between density, growth and polymorphisms. Ecology and Evolution (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5035

10. Drury C, Paris C, Kourafalou VH, Lirman D. Dispersal capacity and genetic relatedness in Acropora cervicornis on the Florida Reef Tract. Coral Reefs (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1683-0

9. Hesley D, Burdeno D, Drury C, Schopmeyer S, Lirman D. Citizen Science benefits coral restoration activities. Journal for Nature Conservation (2017): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2017.09.001

8. Drury C, Schopmeyer S, Gilliam D, Bartels E, Nedimeyer K, Johnson M, Maxwell K, Galvan V, Manfrino C, Lirman D. Genomic patterns in Acropora cervicornis show extensive population structure and variable genetic diversity. Ecology and Evolution (2017): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3184

7. Drury C, Lirman D. Making biodiversity work for coral reef restoration. Biodiversity (2017): https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2017.1318094

6. Drury C, Manzello D, Lirman D. Genotype and local environment dynamically influence growth, disturbance response and survivorship in Acropora cervicornis. PLoS One (2017): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174000

5. Drury C, Dale K, Panlilo J, Miller S, Lirman D, Larson L, Bartels E, Oleksiak M. Genomic variation among populations of threatened coral: Acropora cervicornis. BMC Genomics (2016): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2583-8

4. Lirman D, Schopmeyer S, Galvan V, Drury C, Baker AC, Baums I. Growth Dynamics of the Threatened Caribbean Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis: Influence of Host Genotype, Symbiont Identity, Colony size and Environmental Setting. PLoS One (2014): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107253

3. Lirman D, Thyberg T, Santos R, Schopmeyer S, Drury C, Collado-Vides L, Bellmund S, and Serafy J. SAV Communities of Western Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, USA: Human and Natural Drivers of Seagrass and Macroalgae Abundance and Distribution Along a Continuous Shoreline. Estuaries and Coasts (2014): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9769-6

2. Collado-Vides L, Avila C, Blair S, Rodriguez D, Thyberg T, Schneider S, Rojas J, Sweeny P, Drury C, Lirman D. A persistent bloom of Anadyomene species (Anadyomenaceae, Chlorophyta) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Aquatic Botany (2013): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.06.010

1. Lirman D, Thyberg T, Herlan J, Schopmeyer S, Huntington B, Drury C, Santos R, Hill C, Young-Lahiff C.  Propagation of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: methods to minimize the impacts of fragment collection and maximize production. Coral Reefs (2010): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-010-0621-6

Updated July 2021