**MARGARET WOHLENBERG MILLER**

NOAA-Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

75 Virginia Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149 USA

(305)361-4561 FAX:(305)361-4562

<margaret.w.miller@noaa.gov>

**CURRENT POSITION:** Ecologist

**EDUCATION:** PhD, 1994 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

> Curriculum in Ecology; Co-Advisors: Drs. Mark Hay and Seth Reice

B.A. with Highest Distinction, 1989

Indiana University-Bloomington,

Double Major in Biology and Mathematics; Minor in Spanish

**RESEARCH INTERESTS**: Community ecology of benthic reef habitats; reef
restoration; status and population genetics of Caribbean *Acropora*
spp., coral early life history, relative effects of nutrient and grazing
regimes on benthic communities; evaluation of marine reserves on benthic
communities;

**PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:**

Baums IB, [Miller MW]{.underline}, Hellberg ME (2006) Geographic
variation in clonal structure in a reef building Caribbean coral,
*Acropora palmata*. Ecological Monographs 76:503-519.

Johnston L, [Miller MW]{.underline} (2006) Variation in life-history
traits of the corallivorous gastropod *Coralliophila abbreviata* on
three coral hosts. Marine Biology DOI 10.1007/s00227-006-0422-1

Gleason ACR, Lirman D, Williams D, Gracias NR, Gintert BE, Madjidi H,
Reid RP, Boynton GC, Negahdaripour S, [Miller M]{.underline}, Kramer P.
(In press) Documenting hurricane impacts on coral reefs using two
dimensional video-mosaic technology. Marine Ecology

Williams DE, [Miller MW]{.underline}. (In press) Morphology offers no
clues to sexual vs. asexual origin of small *Acropora cervicornis*
colonies. Rev Biol Trop.

Miller MW, Williams DE. (2006) Coral disease outbreak at Navassa, a
remote Caribbean Island. Coral Reefs DOI 10.1007/s00338-006-0165-y.

Williams DE, [Miller MW]{.underline} (2006) Importance of disease &
predation to the growth & survivorship of juvenile *Acropora palmata* &
*Acropora cervicornis*: A demographic approach. Proc. 10^th^
International Coral Reef Symposium. Pp. 1096-1104.

Szmant AM, [Miller MW.]{.underline} (2006) Settlement preferences and
post-settlement mortality of laboratory cultured and settled larvae of
the Caribbean hermatypic corals *Montastraea faveolata* and *Acropora
palmata* in the Florida Keys, USA. Proc 10^th^ Int Coral Reef Symp pp
43-49.

Vermeij MJA, Fogarty N, [Miller MW]{.underline} (2006) Pelagic
conditions affect larval behavior, survival, and settlement patterns in\
in the Caribbean coral *Montastraea faveolata*. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
310:119-128.

Williams DE, [Miller MW]{.underline}. (2005) Coral disease outbreak:
pattern, prevalence and

transmission in *Acropora cervicornis*. Marine Ecology Progress Series
301:119-128.

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME (2005) Regionally isolated populations
of the imperiled Caribbean coral, *Acropora palmata*. Molecular Ecology
14:1377-1390

Miller MW, McClellan DB, Begin C. (2004) Observations on fisheries
activities at Navassa Island. Marine Fisheries Review 65:43-49.

Miller MW, Aronson RB, Murdoch T. (2003) Monitoring coral reef
macroalgae: different pictures from different methods. Bull Mar Sci
72:199-206

Baums IB, [Miller MW]{.underline}, Szmant AM. (2003a) Ecology of a
corallivorous gastropod, *Coralliophila abbreviata*, on two
scleractinian hosts I: population structure of snails and corals. Marine
Biology 142: 1083-1091

Baums IB, [Miller MW]{.underline}, Szmant AM. (2003b) Ecology of a
corallivorous gastropod, *Coralliophila abbreviata*, on two
scleractinian hosts II: feeding, respiration, and growth Marine Biology
142: 1093-1101

Lirman D, [Miller MW]{.underline} (2003) Tools to assess recovery status
and convergence rates between restored and undisturbed coral reef
habitats. Restoration Ecology 11:448-456.

Miller MW (2002) The importance of evaluation, experimentation, and
ecological process in advancing reef restoration success. Proc 9^th^ Int
Coral Reef Symposium 2: 977-981.

Miller MW, Gerstner C. (2002) Coral reefs of an uninhabited Caribbean
island: fishes, benthic habitat, and opportunities to discern fishing
impact. Biological Conservation 106:37-44.

Miller MW, Bourque AS, Bohnsack JA. (2002) An analysis of *Acropora*
species loss at Looe Key, Florida, USA: 1983-2000. Coral Reefs
21:179-182.

Miller MW (2002) Using ecological processes to advance artificial reef
goals. ICES Jour Mar Sci. 59:S27-S31.

Cronin G, Lodge DM, Hay ME, [Miller MW]{.underline}, Hill AM, Horvath T,
Bolser RC, Lindquist N, Wahl M (2002) Crayfish feeding preferences for
freshwater macrophytes: the influence of plant structure and chemistry.
J Crust Biol 22:708-718.

Miller, MW (2001) Corallivorous snail removal: evaluation of impact on
*Acropora palmata*. Coral Reefs 19:293-295.

Miller, MW and J Barimo (2001) Assessment of juvenile coral populations
at two reef restoration sites in the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary: Indicators of success? Bull. Mar. Sci. 69:395-405.

Sluka RD, [MW Miller]{.underline} (2001) Herbivorous fish assemblages
and herbivory pressure in Laamu Atoll, Republic of Maldives. Coral Reefs
20:255-262.

Miller MW, E Weil, AM Szmant (2000) Coral recruitment as a structuring
factor for reef benthic communities in Biscayne National Park, USA.
Coral Reefs 19:115-123.

Miller MW, ME Hay, SL Miller, D Malone, E Sotka, and AM Szmant. (1999) A
new method for manipulating nutrients on coral reefs: effects of
nutrients vs. herbivory on reef algae. Limnology & Oceanography
44:1847-1861

Miller MW and RD Sluka. (1999) Patterns of seagrass and sediment
nutrient distribution suggest anthropogenic enrichment in Laamu Atoll,
Republic of Maldives. Marine Pollution Bulletin 38: 1152-1156

Miller MW and RD Sluka (1999) Coral-seagrass interaction in an
anthropogenically enriched lagoon. Coral Reefs 18:368.

Sluka RD and [MW Miller]{.underline} (1999) Status of crown-of-thorns
starfish in Laamu Atoll, Republic of Maldives. Bulletin of Marine
Science 65:253-258.

Miller MW (1998) Coral/seaweed competition and the control of reef
community structure within and between latitudes. Oceanography and
Marine Biology: an Annual Review, 36:65-96.

Miller MW and ME Hay (1998) Effects of fish predation and seaweed
competition on coral survival and growth on a Florida Keys (USA) coral
reef. Oecologia 113:231-238.

Sluka RD and [MW Miller]{.underline}. (1998) Coral mining in the
Maldives. Coral Reefs 17:288.

Szmant AM, E Weil, [MW Miller]{.underline}, and DE Colón. (1997)
Hybridization within the species complex of the scleractinian coral
*Montastraea annularis*. Marine Biology 129:561-572.

Miller MW and ME Hay (1996) Coral/seaweed/grazer/nutrient interactions
on temperate reefs. Ecological Monographs 66:323-344.

Miller MW (1995) Growth of a temperate coral: effects of temperature,
light, depth, and heterotrophy. Marine Ecology Progress Series
122:217-225.

**OTHER PUBLICATIONS:**

Williams DE, Miller MW, Kramer KL (2006) Demographic monitoring
protocols for threatened Caribbean Acropora spp. corals. NOAA Technical
Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-543. 91pp.

Miller MW, Szmant AM (2006) Lessons learned from experimental
key-species restoration. Pp 219-234 in Precht W.F (Ed) Coral Reef
Restoration Handbook: Rehabilitation of an Ecosystem Under Siege. CRC
Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Miller MW, Schwagerl J, McClellan D, Vermeij M, Williams D. 2005. The
state of coral reef ecosystems of Navassa Island. Pp-135-149. In J.
Waddell (ed.) The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States
and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum
NOS NCCOS 11. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's
Biogeography Team, Silver Spring, MD. 522 pp.

McClellan, D.B. and M.W. Miller. 2005. Reef Status and Fisheries of
Navassa Island. Proc 56th GCFI:507-510.

Acropora Biological Review Team (1 of 8 authors), (2005) Atlantic
Acropora Status Review Document. Report to National Marine Fisheries
Service, Southeast Regional Office. 152 pp + App. (Available:
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdf/050303%20status%20review.pdf)

Miller MW et al. (2003) Status of reef resources of Navassa Island: Nov
2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-501

Scanlon KM, Koenig CC, Coleman FC, [Miller M]{.underline} (2003)
Importance of Geology to fisheries management: examples form the
northeastern Gulf of Mexico. American Fisheries Society Symposium 36:
95-99.

Miller M (compiler). 2002. Acropora corals in Florida: Status, trends,
conservation, and prospects for recovery. Pp 59-70 IN Bruckner AW.
Proceedings of the Caribbean Acropora workshop: potential application of
the US Endangered Species Act as a conservation strategy. NOAA Technical
Memorandum NMFS-OPR-24. Silver Spring, MD.

Miller MW. 2002. Elkhorn coral and white pox: an answer and more
questions. Sounding Line (FKNMS Newsletter), Autumn 2002. pp. 6-7.

Miller MW (2002) Status of coral reefs of Navassa. Pages 151-154 In:
Turgeon DD and 37 others, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the
United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2002.
NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD.

Miller MW, Baums IB, Williams DE, Szmant AM (2002) Status of Candidate
coral, *Acropora palmata*, and its snail predator in the upper Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 1998-2001. NOAA Technical Memorandum
NMFS-SEFSC-479, 26 pp.

Mace PM, Bruckner AW, Daves NK, Field JD, Hunter JR, Kohler NE, Kope RG,
Lieberman SS, [Miller MW]{.underline}, Orr JW, Otto RS, Smith TD,
Thompson NB, Lyke J, Blundell AG (2002) NMFS/Interagency Working Group
Evaluation of CITES Criteria and Guidelines. US Dept of Commerce, NOAA
Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-58, 70 pp.

Miller MW, A Falace. (2000) Evaluation methods for trophic resource
factors: nutrients, primary productivity and associated assemblages.
Pages 95-126 *in* Seaman W (ed.) Artificial reef evaluation with
application to natural marine habitats. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Bohnsack, J.A., M.W. Miller, and B.Haskell. (1999) Monitoring coral
reefs and fishes in the Florida Keys. Pages 105-119 *in* J.E. Maragos
and R.Grober-Dunsmore. (eds). Proceedings of the Hawaii Coral Reef
Monitoring Workshop, June 9-11, Honolulu, Hawai\'i. 334 p.

Reice SR and *MA Wohlenberg* (1992) Monitoring freshwater benthic
macroinvertebrates and benthic processes: measures for assessing
ecosystem health [in]{.underline} Rosenberg and Resh, eds. Freshwater
Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates. Chapman and Hall.

**HONORS AND AWARDS:**

> Invited Keynote Speaker, 7^th^ International Conference on Artificial
> Reefs and Related Aquatic Habitats, Italy, 1999

Invited Participant, DIALOG Symposium (ALSO-sponsored symposium for
recent PhD\'s), December 1994

Phi Beta Kappa, 1988

**PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:**

> 1997 to 1999: NOAA Postdoctoral Associate, Cooperative Institute for
> Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Miami
>
> 1995 -1997: Senior Research Associate, Center for Marine and
> Environmental Analyses, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
> Science, Univ. of Miami
>
> 1994-1995: Postdoctoral Fellow, RSMAS, Univ. of Miami.

**OTHER RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:**

> 1999-Present: [Adjunct Assistant Professor]{.underline}, Division of
> Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and
> Atmospheric Science, Univ of Miami. Co-advisor/committee member of 6
> MBF doctoral students. Advisee, Dr. Iliana Baums (graduated May 2004)
> received the 2004 Smith Prize for the best PhD Dissertation at RSMAS.
>
> 1997-1999: [NOAA Postdoctoral Associate]{.underline} of the National
> Marine Fisheries Service and NOAA's Sanctuaries and Reserves Division.
> Fifty percent effort in active research on coral reef restoration
> methods and effects of no-take zones on coral reef health in the
> Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Fifty percent effort on
> scientific planning/advising for the South Florida Ecosystem
> Restoration Working Group and NOAA's Damage Assessment and Restoration
> Program.
>
> 1995-1997: [Sr. Research Associate]{.underline} working on two
> multi-P.I. projects concerned with effects of multiple environmental
> stressors on seagrass, hardbottom, and reef communities in south
> Florida.
>
> Fall 1996: [Ecological consultant]{.underline} for State Farm
> Insurance Co., Special Investigative Unit
>
> 1994-1995: [Postdoctoral Fellow]{.underline} working under Dr. Alina
> Szmant on a contract from the National Park Service examining reef
> communities and hurricane Andrew impacts on coral reefs in Biscayne
> National Park. Emphasis on community description, monitoring of
> sedimentation rates, sediment and water column nutrient status, and
> coral reproduction.
>
> 1990-1994: [Graduate Research Assistant]{.underline} for Dr. Mark Hay,
> UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC. Experience in
> marine and freshwater community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions,
> chemical ecology, and larval ecology including some laboratory and
> extensive field work in North Carolina, the Florida Keys, the Bahamas,
> and Belize.
>
> Spring 1993: [Graduate Teaching Assistant]{.underline}, UNC Biology
> Department, Chapel Hill, NC. Assistant for large lecture section of
> Ecology and Population Biology, basic required course for
> undergraduate biology majors. Duties included conducting weekly
> discussion/lab sessions, occasional lecturing, planning and leading
> field trips, office hours, and grading.
>
> **FIELD SKILLS:**
>
> \- 15 years of scientific diving experience (over 1500 dives)
> including NITROX. Current Scientific Diver certification through NOAA.
>
> \- Extensive offshore small boat operating experience; certified NOAA
> boat user through Southeast Fisheries Science Center.