Carla Cáceres

Co-PI & Executive Committee Member; Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Publications

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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