| Climate change promotes parasitism in a coral symbiosis DM Baker, CJ Freeman, JCY Wong, ML Fogel, N Knowlton The ISME Journal 12 (3), 921-930, 2018 | 261 | 2018 |
| Complex interactions between marine sponges and their symbiotic microbial communities CJ Freeman, RW Thacker Limnology and Oceanography 56 (5), 1577-1586, 2011 | 193 | 2011 |
| Sponge–microbe symbioses: recent advances and new directions RW Thacker, CJ Freeman Advances in marine biology 62, 57-111, 2012 | 191 | 2012 |
| Quality or quantity: is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance? CJ Freeman, RW Thacker, DM Baker, ML Fogel The ISME journal 7 (6), 1116-1125, 2013 | 107 | 2013 |
| Upside-Down but Headed in the Right Direction: Review of the Highly Versatile Cassiopea xamachana System AH Ohdera, MJ Abrams, CL Ames, DM Baker, LP Suescún-Bolívar, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6, 35, 2018 | 106 | 2018 |
| Disease and nutrient enrichment as potential stressors on the Caribbean sponge Aplysina cauliformis and its bacterial symbionts DJ Gochfeld, CG Easson, CJ Freeman, RW Thacker, JB Olson Marine Ecology Progress Series 456, 101-111, 2012 | 84 | 2012 |
| Productivity links morphology, symbiont specificity and bleaching in the evolution of Caribbean octocoral symbioses DM Baker, CJ Freeman, N Knowlton, RW Thacker, K Kim, ML Fogel The ISME journal 9 (12), 2620-2629, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Chemical variability within the marine sponge Aplysina fulva EVR de Almeida, AC Granato, SO Marques, KO Santos, FR Pereira, ... Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 36 (4), 283-296, 2008 | 53* | 2008 |
| Symbiont carbon and nitrogen assimilation in the Cassiopea Symbiodinium mutualism CJ Freeman, EW Stoner, CG Easson, KO Matterson, DM Baker Marine Ecology Progress Series 544, 281-286, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Examining mummichog growth and movement: are some individuals making intra-season migrations to optimize growth? HL Haas, CJ Freeman, JM Logan, L Deegan, EF Gaines Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 369 (1), 8-16, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| Feeding behavior of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria in shallow estuaries E Galimany, J Lunt, CJ Freeman, S Reed, I Segura-García, VJ Paul Marine Ecology Progress Series 567, 125-137, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
| Feeding competition between the native oyster Crassostrea virginica and the invasive mussel Mytella charruana E Galimany, CJ Freeman, J Lunt, A Domingos, P Sacks, L Walters Marine Ecology Progress Series 564, 57-66, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Chemical ecology of marine sponges: new opportunities through “-omics” VJ Paul, CJ Freeman, V Agarwal Integrative and comparative biology 59 (4), 765-776, 2019 | 38 | 2019 |
| Sponge exhalent seawater contains a unique chemical profile of dissolved organic matter CL Fiore, CJ Freeman, EB Kujawinski PeerJ 5, e2870, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Metabolic diversity and niche structure in sponges from the Miskito Cays, Honduras CJ Freeman, CG Easson, DM Baker PeerJ 2, e695, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
| Shifts in sponge-microbe mutualisms across an experimental irradiance gradient CJ Freeman, DM Baker, CG Easson, RW Thacker Marine Ecology Progress Series 526, 41-53, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Chemical defenses, nutritional quality, and structural components in three sponge species: Ircinia felix, I. campana, and Aplysina fulva CJ Freeman, DF Gleason Marine Biology 157, 1083-1093, 2010 | 34 | 2010 |
| Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: a new perspective on an ancient association CJ Freeman, CG Easson, KO Matterson, RW Thacker, DM Baker, VJ Paul The ISME Journal 14 (6), 1571-1583, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
| Variation in species diversity and functional traits of sponge communities near human populations in Bocas del Toro, Panama CG Easson, KO Matterson, CJ Freeman, SK Archer, RW Thacker PeerJ 3, e1385, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| A biogeographic comparison of sponge fauna from Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary and other hard-bottom reefs of coastal Georgia, USA CJ Freeman, DF Gleason, R Ruzicka, RWM Van Soest, AW Harvey, ... Porifera research: biodiversity, innovation and sustainability. Série Livros …, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
Robert W. ThackerProfessor, Department of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook UniversityVerified email at stonybrook.edu
