Hollie Putnam PhD

hputnam@hawaii.edu

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

46-007 Lilipuna Rd

Kaneohe, HI 96744

Phone: 808-236-7427

Fax: 808-236-7443

Research Interests

My research interests focus on studies that will elucidate the mechanisms by which marine invertebrates transduce physical and environmental signals into physiological and molecular responses.  Specifically, I am investigating the acclimatization potential of reef-building corals to the global stressors of increased temperature and changes in seawater chemistry.

Education

B.Sc. Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin - Superior, 2004

M.Sc. Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, 2008

Ph.D. Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012

Publications

Putnam HM, Mayfield AB, Fan TY, Chen CS, and Gates RD (2013) The physiological and molecular responses of larvae from the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis exposed to near-future increases in temperature and pCO2. Marine Biology doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-2129-9

Mayfield AB, Chan PH, Putnam HM, Chen CS, and Fan TY (2013) The effects of a variable temperature regime on the physiology of the reef-building coral Seriatopora hystrix: results from a laboratory-based reciprocal transplant. Journal of Experimental Biology.  215:4183-4195 doi:10.1242/jeb.071688

Edmunds, PJ, Putnam HM,Gates RD (2012) Photophysiological consequences of vertical stratification of Symbiodinium in tissue of the coral Porites lutea. Biological Bulletin 223(2): 226-235.

Fabina NS, Putnam HM, Franklin EC, Stat M, Gates RD (2012) Transmission Mode Predicts Specificity and Interaction Patterns in Coral-Symbiodinium Networks. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44970.

     doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044970

Putnam HM, Stat M, Pochon X, Gates RD (2012) Endosymbiotic flexibility associates with environmental sensitivity in scleractinian corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279 (1746):4352-4361 doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1454

Franklin EC, Stat M, Pochon X, Putnam HM, Gates RD (2012) GeoSymbio: A hybrid, cloud-based web application of global geospatial bioinformatics and ecoinformatics for Symbiodinium-host symbioses. Molecular Ecology Resources 12(2): 369-373.

Pochon X, Putnam HM, Burki F and Gates RD (2012) Identifying and characterizing alternative molecular markers for the symbiotic and free-living dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium.  PLoS One 7 (1): e29816

Franklin EC, Stat M, Pochon X, Putnam HM, Gates RD (2011) Rapid Development of a Hybrid Web Application for Synthesis Science of Symbiodinium with Google Apps. in Jones, M. (ed.), Proc. Environ. Info. Manage. 2011 Conf. Santa Barbara, CA

Edmunds PJ, Putnam HM, Nisbet RM, and Muller EB (2011) Benchmarks in organism performance and their use in comparative analyses. Oecologia 167(2): 379-390.

Putnam HM, and Edmunds PJ (2011) The physiological response of reef corals to diel fluctuations in seawater temperature.  JEMBE 396:216-223.

Putnam HM, Edmunds PJ, and Fan TY (2010) Effect of a fluctuating thermal regime on adult reef corals and their larvae.  Invertebrate Biology 129:199-209.

Putnam HM and Edmunds PJ (2009) Responses of coral hosts and their algal symbionts to thermal heterogeneity. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2008:393-397.

Putnam HM, Edmunds PJ, and Fan TY (2008) The effect of temperature on the settlement choice and photophysiology of larvae from the reef coral Stylophora pistillata. Biological Bulletin  215:135-142.

Presentations

1. *= Presentation speaker,  † = Invited speaker, § = Poster presentation
   

Putnam HM* (2013) Assessing stress in reef building corals: Scaling from cells to organisms UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Putnam HM* (2013) A multi-scale analysis of function in Hawaiian corals contextualized by climate change Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Research Retreat UH Hilo, Hawaii

§ Gates RD, Putnam HM, Yost DM (2012) Shifting symbiotic states and diversity patterns as an indicator of climate change. Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research All Investigators Meeting. Santa Barbara, CA

Putnam HM* and Gates RD (2012) Climate change and parental effects in spawning corals. Western Society of Naturalists 93rd Meeting, Monterey, CA. # Best Student Presentation Honorable Mention

§ Gates RD, Putnam HM, Yost DM (2012) Assessing shifts in diversity patterns and symbiotic states as indicators of climate change. Climate change and species interactions: ways forward   workshop. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook NY

§ Putnam HM, Gates RD (2012) Parental effects are modulated by climate change stressors in spawning corals. 3rd International  Symposium on The Ocean in a High CO2 World. Monterey CA

§ Gates RD, Putnam HM, Yost DM (2012) Shifting symbiotic states and diversity patterns as an indicator of climate change. NSF LTER All Scientists Meeting Estes Park Colorado

Putnam HM* and RD Gates (2012) Parental effects may provide acclimatization potential to corals exposed to climate change stressors. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia 

Putnam HM* How will corals respond to future climate change? Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Honolulu Chapter Symposium - Oral and Poster presentations

Putnam HM, AB Mayfield, TY Fan, CS Chen, and RD Gates (2012) Response of Pocillopora damicornis larvae to increased in temperature and pCO2. 37th Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium. UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

§ Rodriguez KD, Kosma MM, Putnam HM, and RD Gates (2012) Latent effects in juvenile Pocillopora damicornis spawned under predicted climate change conditions. 37th Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium. UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Putnam HM* and RD Gates. (2011) Parental effects may influence response of brooding corals to climate change stressors. Western Society of Naturalists 92th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, WA.

Putnam HM* and RD Gates. (2011) Interactive effects of climate change on a brooding reef coral. Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research All Investigators Meeting. Santa Barbara, CA.

§ Putnam HM* (2011) Coral resilience and acclimatization to global stress.  EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference. Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Putnam HM* (2011) Coral reefs under a changing climate.  Invited seminar National Park Service Coral Reef curriculum workshop. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Kaneohe, Hawaii

Putnam HM*, Stat M, Pochon X, and Gates RD (2011) Diversity in Symbiodinium communities and environmental susceptibility of reef-building corals. 36th Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium. UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

§ Richer C, Putnam HM, and RD Gates (2011) Diurnal patterns of Symbiodinium growth in Pocillopora damicornis under global climate change conditions. 36th Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium. UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Putnam HM* and Gates RD (2011) Resilience and acclimatization potential of reef corals under predicted global climate change stressors. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Puerto Morelos, Mexico

Putnam HM*, Stat M, Pochon X, and Gates RD (2010) Diversity in Symbiodinium communities and environmental susceptibility of reef-building corals. European International Society for Reef Studies Symposium, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Edmunds PJ*, Putnam HM and Gates RD (2010) The photophysiological consequences of vertical stratification Symbiodinium spp. in the tissues of the coral Porites lutea. European International Society for Reef Studies Symposium, Wageningen, The Netherlands

§ Putnam HM*, Edmunds PJ, Fan T-Y, and Gates RD (2010) Physiological response of Pocillopora damicornis to interactive climate change stressors. European International Society for Reef Studies Symposium, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Putnam HM*, Edmunds PJ, Fan T-Y, and Gates RD (2010) Physiological response of Pocillopora damicornis to interactive climate change stressors. Western Society of Naturalists 91st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

§ Putnam HM* and and Gates RD (2010) Studying the effects of global climate change stressors on Hawaiian reef corals. Hawaii EPSCoR Statewide conference. Honolulu, HI

Putnam HM* (2010) How will corals respond to climate change? National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Kenting, Taiwan

Putnam HM*, Stat M, Pochon X, and Gates RD (2010) Symbiodinium diversity, host specificity, and the resilience of reef corals. Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Putnam HM* (2010) Coral reefs at the crossroad: How will corals respond to climate change? Hanauma Bay Educational Lecture Series, Oahu, HI

Duncan-Seraphin K*, Lemus J*, Veary KC*, Wong K*,  Smith D*, and Putnam HM* (2010) Communicating Ocean Sciences: Linking Educators and Research Scientists in a Cultural Context. Hawaii Educational Research Association Conference, Honolulu, HI

Putnam HM*, Stat M, Pochon X, and Gates RD (2009) Characterizing Symbiodinium diversity and host specificity in the corals of Moorea, French Polynesia. Western Society of Naturalists 90th Annual Meeting, Seaside, CA.

Edmunds PJ*, Putnam HM and Gates RD (2009) The photophysiological consequences of vertical stratification of the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in tissues of the coral Porites lutea. Western Society of Naturalists 90th Annual Meeting, Seaside, CA

§ Putnam HM and Gates RD (2009) Resilience and acclimatization potential of reef corals under predicted global climate change stressors.  Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research All Investigators Meeting. Santa Barbara, CA

§ Putnam HM, Stat M, Pochon X, and Gates RD (2009) Characterizing Symbiodinium diversity and host specificity in the corals of Moorea, French Polynesia. 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress. Madison, WI

Putnam HM* and Edmunds PJ (2008) Responses of coral hosts and their algal symbionts to thermal heterogeneity.  11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Putnam HM*, Edmunds PJ, and Fan TY (2008) The effects of fluctuating thermal regimes on various life stages of brooding reef corals. CSUN Chapter Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium

Edmunds PJ*, Putnam HM, and Fan TY (2008) The effect of temperature on the settlement choice and photophysiology of larvae from the reef coral Stylophora pistillata. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.

Putnam HM* and Edmunds PJ (2008) Flexibility of coral response to diel thermal fluctuations. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.

Putnam HM* and Edmunds PJ (2007) Thermal heterogeneity produces different responses in coral hosts and their algal symbionts. Western Society of Naturalists 88th Annual Meeting, Ventura, CA.

Putnam HM* and Edmunds PJ (2007) Physiological response of scleractinian corals to a highly variable thermal environment. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Kenting, Taiwan.

Putnam HM* and Edmunds PJ (2006) Does frequent variation matter? Physiological response of scleractinian corals to a highly variable thermal environment.  Western Society of Naturalists 87th Annual Meeting, Redmond, WA.

§ Putnam HM and Edmunds PJ (2006) Physiological response of scleractinian corals to high frequency temperature fluctuations.  National Science Foundation, Long Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting.  Estes Park, CO.

Outreach

2011: Invited seminar Coral Reef and Climate Change Teacher Training Workshop. HIMB Kaneohe, HI

2010: Hanauma Bay Educational Lecture Series, Oahu, HI.

2010: Communicating Ocean Sciences, HIMB, Coconut Island, HI    

2009: Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu HI. “Counting Coral Reef Critters” (Lesson Plan)

2005- 2010: Caribbean Coral Reef Studies Scientific Advisor - University of Wisconsin-Superior

Mentoring

2013: Ben Denvir - Undergraduate UH Manoa

2013: Justin Stuart - Undergraduate UH Manoa

2011: Madison Kosma - Undergraduate UH Manoa (1.5 years)

2011: Keisha Rodriguez - Undergraduate UH Manoa (1.5 years)

2011: Kirsten Fujitani - Undergraduate UH Manoa (1.5 years)

2010: Steve Doo - MS certificate program Northeastern University

2010: Carly Richer - Undergraduate UH Manoa (1 year)

2010: Pei-Hsun (Okay) Chan - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan (6 months)

Funding Sources

EPA STAR

Lerner-Gray Memorial Fund

Achievement Rewards for College Sciences (ARCS)

UH Dai Ho Chun

UH College of Arts and Sciences

UH Manoa Edmondson Grant

American Fisheries Society

ISRS/Ocean Conservancy