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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences & Environmental Conservation, Clemson University

Michael Childress, Ph.D., is an evolutionary behavioral ecologist studying the impact of climate change and behavioral adaptations in marine animals. His research has explored the impacts of (1) mass sponge mortality on the social behaviors of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters, (2) drought on blue crab habitat use and disease, and (3) marine heat waves on the interactions between coral health and coral reef fishes. He teaches courses in marine ecology and climate sustainability and supervises a marine science research program for graduate and undergraduate science divers in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. He created a marine science - musical theatre STEAM program called Something Very Fishy to engage elementary school children in the wonders of our oceans and to raise awareness and interests in marine conservation.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

Publications

  • 2023
    Factors influencing stoplight parrotfish territoriality and social structure in the middle Florida Keys. , Environmental Biology of Fishes (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-023-01394-1
  • 2022
    The influence of foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) and Symbiodiniacae on the transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease. , Frontiers in Marine Science DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.800423
  • 2021
    Reef fish associations with natural and artificial structures in the Florida Keys., Oceans 2(3) DOI: 10.3390/oceans2030036
  • 2020
    Association of butterflyfishes and stony coral tissue loss disease in the Florida Keys., Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-020-01986-8
  • 2019
    Impacts of consecutive bleaching events on transplanted coral colonies in the Florida Keys. , Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-019-01823-7
  • 2018
    Influence of ontogenetic phase and resource availability on parrotfish foraging preferences in the Florida Keys (USA). , Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 603: 175–187. DOI: 10.3354/meps12718

Professional Memberships

  • President - Benthic Ecology Meeting Society