Bold denotes lab membership at time of research.
* indicates undergraduate mentee.
† indicates postdoctoral researcher serving as senior author and lead mentor.
★ papers are core lab contributions in our focal areas of research interest.

2025

★ Archibald, KM, S Dutkiewicz, C Laufkötter, & HV Moeller. Evolution promotes resilience of marine mixotrophic metabolic strategies to thermal stress. The American Naturalist (accepted).

Detmer, AR, SD Miller, A Dubel, K Ring, C John, CJ Briggs, A Rassweiler, & HV Moeller. A Busse balloon in the lagoon: herbivore behavior generates spatial patterns in coral reef ecosystems. Ecology Letters 28(3): e70098. [online access] [data & code]

★ Stevens, BLF, K Howard*, LM Bogar, & HV Moeller. Environmental fluctuations promote host reward strategies that maintain partner diversity in multispecies mutualisms. The American Naturalist 205(2): 125-249. [online access] [data & code]

2024

★ Moeller, HV, KM Archibald, SG Leles, and F Pfab. Predicting optimal mixotrophic metabolic strategies in the global ocean. Science Advances 10(50):eadr0664. [online access] [data & code]

★ Moeller, HV, A L’Etoile-Goga*, L Vincenzi, A Norlin, GS Barbaglia*, GC Runte, JT Kaare-Rasmussen*, & MD Johnson. Retention of blue-green cryptophyte organelles by Mesodinium rubrum and their effects on photophysiology and growth. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 72(2): e13066. [online access] [data & code]

Pfab, F, AR Detmer, HV Moeller, RM Nisbet, HM Putnam, & R Cunning. Heat stress and bleaching in corals: a bioenergetic model. Coral Reefs 43:1627-1645. [online access]

Cunning, R, SB Matsuda, E Bartels, M D’Alessandro, AR Detmer, P Harnay, J Levy, D Lirman, HV Moeller, E Muller, K Nedimyer, F Pfab, HM Putnam. On the use of rapid acute heat tolerance assays to resolve ecologically relevant differences among corals. Coral Reefs 43:1793-1801. [online access]

★ Honig, MA, GS Barbaglia*, MD Doyle*, & HV Moeller. Effects of mixotroph evolution on trophic transfer. Journal of Plankton Research: fbae053. [online access] [pdf] [data & code]

★ Archibald, KM, S Dutkiewicz, C Laufkötter, & HV Moeller. Emergent trade-offs among plasticity strategies in mixotrophs. Journal of Theoretical Biology 590: 111854. [online access]

Millette, NC, SG Leles, MD Johnson, AE Maloney, EF Brownlee, N Cohen, … & HV Moeller. Recommendations for Advancing Mixoplankton Research through Empirical-Model Integration. Frontiers in Marine Science 11: 1392673. [online access]

★ Barbaglia, GS*, C Paight, M Honig, MD Johnson, R Marczak, M Lepori-Bui, and HV Moeller. Environment-dependent metabolic investments in the mixotrophic chrysophyte Ochromonas. Journal of Phycology 60(1), 170-184. [online access] [data & code]

Cook, D, R Schmitt, S Holbrook, and HV Moeller. Modeling the effects of selectively fishing key functional groups of herbivores on coral resilience. Ecosphere 15(1), e4749. [online access]

2023

Speare, K, A Duran, MW Miller, HV Moeller, and DE Burkepile. Scale-dependent habitat selection by larvae of a reef-building coral. Marine Ecology Progress Series 724:67-79. [online access]

★ Smith, AH*, LM Bogar†, and HV Moeller. Fungal Fight Club: Phylogeny and growth rate predict competitive outcomes among ectomycorrhizal fungi. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 99(10): fiad108. [online access] [Editor’s Choice Paper!]

Millette, NC, RJ Gast, JY Luo, HV Moeller, K Stamieszkin, KH Andersen, EF Brownlee, NR Cohen, S Duhamel, S Dutkiewicz, PM Glibert, MD Johnson, SG Leles, AE Maloney, GB McManus, N Poulton, SD Princiotta, RW Sanders, and S Wilken. Mixoplankton and mixotrophy: future research priorities. Journal of Plankton Research 45(4): 576-596. [online access]

Weverka, JR, HV Moeller, and JP Schimel. Chemodiversity controls microbial assimilation of soil organic carbon: A theoretical model. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 187: 109161. [online access]

Archibald, KM, HM Sosik, HV Moeller, and MG Neubert. Predator switching strength controls stability in diamond-shaped food web models. Journal of Theoretical Biology 570: 111536. [online access] [pdf]

★ Brown, AL, GA Casarez*, and HV Moeller. Acquired phototrophy as an evolutionary path to mixotrophy. The American Naturalist 202(4). [online access] [pdf] [data & code]

Wieczynski, D, HV Moeller, and JP Gibert. Mixotrophic microbes create carbon tipping points under warming. Functional Ecology 37(7): 1771-2085. [online access] [pdf] [data & code]

★ Moeller, HV and MD Johnson. Quick Guide: Mesodinium. Current Biology 33(7): R249-R250. [online access] [pdf]

★ Kaare-Rasmussen, JO*, HV Moeller, and F Pfab†. Modeling Food Dependent Symbiosis in Exaiptasia pallida. Ecological Modelling 481: 110325. [online open access] [data & code]

★ Chu, T*, HV Moeller, and KM Archibald†. Competition between phytoplankton and mixotrophs leads to metabolic character displacement. Ecological Modelling 481: 110331. [online open access]

Kopecky, KL, AC Stier, RJ Schmitt, SJ Holbrook, and HV Moeller. Material legacies can degrade resilience: Structure-retaining disturbances promote regime shifts on coral reefs. Ecology: e4006. [online open access] [data & code] [press release]

Johnson, MD, HV Moeller, C Paight, RM Kellogg, MR McIlvin, MA Saito, and E Lasek-Nesselquist. Functional control and metabolic integration of stolen organelles in a photosynthetic ciliate. Current Biology 33(5): 973-980. [online access] [pdf]

Moeller, HV, RM Nisbet, and AC Stier. Cascading benefits of mutualists’ predators on foundation species: a model inspired by coral reef ecosystems. Ecosphere 14 (1): e4382. [online open access] [data & code]

2022

★ Gonzalez, LM*, SR Proulx, and HV Moeller. Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22: 136. [online open access] [data & code]

★ Archibald, KM, S Dutkiewicz, C Laufkötter, and HV Moeller. Thermal responses in global marine planktonic food webs are mediated by temperature effects on metabolism. JGR Oceans 127(12): e2022JC018932. [online open access] [data & code] [See the results as a website thanks to undergrad Safiya Alavi]

★ Lepori-Bui, M, C Paight, E Eberhard, CM Mertz*, and HV Moeller. Evidence for evolutionary adaptation of mixotrophic nanoflagellates to warmer temperatures. Global Change Biology 28: 7094-7107. [press release] [online open access] [pdf] [data & code]

★ Paight, C, MD Johnson, E Lasek-Nesselquist, and HV Moeller. Cascading effects of prey identity on gene expression in a kleptoplastidic ciliate. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 70(1): e12940. [online access]

Pfab, F, AL Brown, AR Detmer, EC Baxter*, HV Moeller, R Cunning, and RM Nisbet. Timescale separation and models of symbiosis: state space reduction, multiple attractors, and initialization. Conservation Physiology 10 (1): coac026. [pdf] [data & code] [online access]

Brown, AL, F Pfab, EC Baxter, AR Detmer, HV Moeller, RM Nisbet, and R Cunning. “Analysis of a mechanistic model of corals in association with multiple symbionts: Within-host competition and recovery from bleaching.” Conservation Physiology 10 (1): coac066. [data & code] [online access]

★ Hsu, V*, F Pfab, and HV Moeller. Niche expansion via acquired metabolism facilitates competitive dominance in planktonic communities. Ecology 103 (7): e3693. [pdf] [press release] [data & code] [online access]

Detmer, AR, R Cunning, F Pfab, AL Brown, AC Stier, RM Nisbet, and HV Moeller. Fertilization by coral-dwelling fish promotes coral growth but can exacerbate bleaching response. Journal of Theoretical Biology 541: 111087. [pdf] [data & code] [online access]

★ Falcó, C* and HV Moeller. Optimal spatial management in a multi-use marine habitat: Balancing fisheries and tourism. Natural Resource Modeling 35(1): e12309. [pdf] [online access]

2021

★ Runte, GC, AH Smith*, HV Moeller, and LM Bogar†. Spheres of influence: Host tree proximity and soil chemistry shape rRNA, but not DNA, communities of symbiotic and free-living soil fungi in a mixed hardwood-conifer forest. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 397. [pdf] [online access]

★ Moeller, HV, V Hsu*, M Lepori-Bui, LY Mesrop, C Chinn*, and MD Johnson. Prey type constrains growth and photosynthetic capacity of the kleptoplastidic ciliate Mesodinium chamaeleon (Ciliophora). Journal of Phycology 57(3): 916-930. [pdf] [data & code] [online access]

★ Hsu, V*, and HV Moeller. Metabolic symbiosis facilitates species coexistence and generates light-dependent priority effects. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 491. [pdf] [online access] [data & code]

Detmer, AR*, RJ Miller, DC Reed, TW Bell, AC Stier, and HV Moeller. Variation in disturbance to a foundation species structures the dynamics of a benthic reef community. Ecology 102(5): e03304. [pdf] [online access] [data & code] [press release]

2020

★ Bui, A, D Orr, M Lepori-Bui, K Konicek, HS Young, and HV Moeller. Soil fungal community composition and functional similarity shift across distinct climatic conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96(12): fiaa193. [press release] [pdf] [online access] [data & code]

Pisapia, C, PJ Edmunds, HV Moeller, B Riegl, M McWilliam, CD Wells, and MS Pratchett. Projected shifts in coral size structure in the Anthropocene. Advances in Marine Biology (in press). [online access] [data & code]

Rice, MM, BL Maher, AMS Correa, HV Moeller, NP Lemoine, AA Shantz, DE Burkepile, and NJ Silbiger. Macroborer presence on corals increases with nutrient input and promotes parrotfish bioerosion. Coral Reefs 39: 409-418. [online access]

Visalli, ME, BD Best, RB Cabral, … HV Moeller, … DJ McCauley. Data-driven approach for highlighting priority areas for protection in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy 122: 103927. [online access]

2019

★ Moeller, HV, MG Neubert, and MD Johnson. Intraguild predation enables coexistence of competing phytoplankton in a well-mixed water column. Ecology 100 (12): e02874. [pdf] [online access] [data & code]

★ Moeller, HV, C Laufkötter, EM Sweeney, and MD Johnson. Light-dependent grazing can drive formation and deepening of Deep Chlorophyll Maxima. Nature Communications 10: 1978. [press release] [pdf]

2018

Pruitt, JN, A Berdahl, C Riehl, N Pinter-Wollman, HV Moeller, et al. Social tipping points in animal societies. Proc. R. Soc. B. 285: 20181282. [pdf]

Johnson, MD and HV Moeller. Mixotrophy in protists: From model systems to mathematical models. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 490.

Doering, GN, I Scharf, HV Moeller, and JN Pruitt. Social tipping points in animal societies in response to heat stress. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(8): 1298. [online access]

★ Moeller, HV and MD Johnson. Preferential plastid retention by the acquired phototroph Mesodinium chamaeleon. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 65(2): 148-158. [pdf]

2017

Johnson, MD, E Lasek-Nesselquist, HV Moeller, et al. Mesodinium rubrum: The symbiosis that wasn’t. PNAS 114(7): E1040-E1042. [online access]

2016

★ Moeller, HV and KG Peay. Competition-function tradeoffs in ectomycorrhizal fungi. PeerJ 4:e2270. [online access] [pdf]

★ Moeller, HV, I Dickie, T Fukami, and D Peltzer. Hierarchical neighbor effects on mycorrhizal community structure and function. Ecology & Evolution 6(15): 5416-5430. [online access] [pdf]

★ Herrera, G, HV Moeller, and MG Neubert. High-seas fish wars generate marine reserves. PNAS 113(14): 3767-3772.

Pedersen, E, J Marleau, M Granados, HV Moeller, F Guichard. Non-heirarchical movement promotes stability and resilience in a tritrophic system. The American Naturalist 187(5): E116-E128.

★ Moeller, HV, E Peltomaa, MD Johnson, and MG Neubert. Acquired phototrophy stabilizes coexistence and shapes dynamics of an intraguild predator and its prey. Ecology Letters 19: 393-402. [pdf]

★ Moeller, HV, and MG Neubert. Multiple friends with benefits: An optimal mutualist management strategy? The American Naturalist 187(1): E1-E12. [online access] [pdf] [appendices]

2015

★ Moeller, HV, I Dickie, T Fukami, and D Peltzer. Mycorrhizal co-invasion and novel interactions depend on neighborhood context. Ecology 96(9): 2336-2347. [pdf]

★ Moeller, HV, and MG Neubert. Economically optimal marine reserves without spatial heterogeneity in a simple two-patch model. Natural Resource Modeling 28(3): 244-255. [pdf]

Wood, J, I Dickie, HV Moeller, D Peltzer, K Boot, G Rattray, and J Wilmshurst. Novel interactions between non-native mammals and fungi facilitate establishment of invasive pines. Journal of Ecology 103: 121-129. [pdf]

2014

★ Moeller, HV, KG Peay, T Fukami. Ectomycorrhizal fungal traits reflect environmental conditions along a coastal California edaphic gradient. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87(3): 797-806. [pdf]

Listen to a Goggles Optional podcast (complete with fungus song) about this paper here.

2013

★ Moeller, HV and MG Neubert. Habitat damage, marine reserves, and the value of spatial management. Ecological Applications 23, 959-971. [pdf]

Karp, DS, HV Moeller, and LO Frishkoff. Non-random extinction patterns can modulate pest-control service decline. Ecological Applications 23: 840-849. [pdf]

Sailley, SF, HW Ducklow, HV Moeller, WR Fraser, OME Schofield, DK Steinberg, LM Garzio, and SC Doney. Carbon fluxes and pelagic ecosystem dynamics near two western Antarctic Peninsula Adelie penguin colonies: an inverse model approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 492: 253-272.

2012

Ducklow, H, SC Doney, … HV Moeller, et al. Marine Pelagic Ecosystems: The West Antarctic Peninsula. In: Antarctic Ecosystems: An extreme environment in a changing world, 121-159.

2011

★ Moeller, HV, MD Johnson, PG Falkowski. Photoacclimation in the phototrophic marine ciliate, Mesodinium rubrum (Ciliophora). Journal of Phycology 47: 324-332. [pdf]

2009

Johnson, MD, J Volker, HV Moeller, E Laws, KJ Breslauer, PG Falkowski. Universal constant for heat production in protists. PNAS 106: 6696-6699.