Publications

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  Cloud et al., 2026

  Cloud, R.E., Irwin, P., Muturi, E.J., Cáceres, C.E. (2026). Characterizing the Microbiome and Prevalence of Wolbachia in Culex pipiens Complex and Culex restuans Mosquitoes in the Midwest United States. Microb Ecol (In press).

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-026-02750-1
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  Kosmacher et al., 2026

  Kosmacher, G.K., Max, D., Rapti, Z., Cáceres, C.E. & Stewart Merrill, T.E. (2026) The Role of Host Immunity and the Environment in Seasonal Disease Dynamics. Bull Math Biol. 88(2):18.

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-025-01582-3
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  Hughes et al., 2025

  Hughes, A. G., Cullum, J. E., Fredericks, M. J., Wilson, P. J., Schwarzenberger, A., & Cáceres, C. E. (2025). Influence of melatonin on the successful infection of Daphnia dentifera by Metschnikowia bicuspidata. Ecosphere, 16 (2), e70192.

  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70192
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  Schwing et al., 2024

  Schwing, C. D., Holmes, C. J., Muturi, E. J., Dunlap, C., Holmes, J. R., & Cáceres, C. E. (2024). Causes and consequences of microbiome formation in mosquito larvae. Ecological Entomology, 49:857–868.

  https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13360
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  Wilson et al., 2024

  Wilson, P. J., Cáceres, C. E., & Stewart Merrill, T. E. (2024). Exposure to fungal infection decreases eye size in the zooplankton, Daphnia. Journal of Plankton Research, 46 (6): 596-603.

  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae058
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  Cáceres & Stewart Merrill, 2023

  Cáceres, C. E., & Stewart Merrill, T. E. (2023). The role of varying resources on Daphnia dentifera immune responses. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 196(3-4), 217-228.

  https://doi.org/10.1127/fal/2022/1458
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  Terrill Sondag et al., 2023

  Terrill Sondag, E. E., Stuart Merrill, T. E., Drnevich, J., Holmes, J. R., Fischer, E. K., Cáceres, C. E., & Strickland, L. R. (2023). Differential gene expression in response to fungal pathogen exposure in the aquatic invertebrate, Daphnia dentifera. Ecology and Evolution, 13(8).

  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10354