Graham Kolodziej

Research Highlights

March 25, 2022

Building Endurance to Beat the Heat: New Study Preps Corals for Warming Waters

March 2, 2022

Monitoring Reefs in the Dry Tortugas | NOAA & CIMAS | Expedition 39

November 9, 2021

Habitat Altering Processes Are Uncovered for Reefs in the Eastern Pacific

Research Interests

Determining impacts from stressors (thermal, OA, disease) to coral reef organisms on all scales (genotype through ecosystem).

Ecosystem-level impacts of restoration efforts from species and biomass reintroductions, especially when coupled with the implementation of reserve/sanctuary designation and appropriate enforcement.

Graham Kolodziej

Senior Research Associate (University of Miami/CIMAS), Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division

305.361.4331

Graham.Kolodziej@noaa.gov

4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149

“I have always been drawn to water of any kind, and aquatic environments have fascinated me my entire life. While freshwater habitats were what I grew up knowing and loving, I learned how important and critical the oceans are to all aspects of life on this planet so I decided to go into marine science to study them. It was not long before I fell in love with the beauty of tropical coral reefs, which was fortuitous given their importance to oceanic ecosystems as a whole. Plus, it does not hurt they exist in some of the most wonderful locales in the world!”

About

Graham Kolodziej is the lab manager of the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division’s Coral Program at AOML. In this position, Graham serves many roles including facilitating and participating in field operations, assistance with experimental design and setup, and assistance with the use of various types of instrumentation, among many others. Graham’s work has spanned the gamut from acting as Lead Scientist on research cruises to overseeing the acquisition and installation of a Medical CT Scanner into a shipping container on premises. Graham received his B.S. in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Biology from the Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries of the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School in 2008, and went on to get his M.P.S. in Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management from the Rosenstiel School in 2020. He is currently a senior research associate with the Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School.

Current Work & CV

Current Work

Senior Research Associate, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division

Graham has been working as part of the AOML Coral Program’s Caribbean Climate National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) operations since 2013, and continues to be an integral part of this work. Recently, Graham has also been assisting with a variety of experiments and fields of study including: monitoring habitats and coral populations living in the highly marginalized environment of Miami’s inner waterways, assessing how bioeroding sponges are affected by ocean acidification, and various studies related to the novel stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).

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Education

2008, B.S. Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Biology, RSMAS, U. Miami, Virginia Key, FL

2020, M.P.S. Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management, RSMAS, U. Miami, Virginia Key, FL

Publications

Enochs, I.C., M.S. Studivan, G. Kolodziej, C. Foord, I. Basden, A. Boyd, N. Formel, A. Kirkland, E. Rubin, M. Jankulak, I. Smith, C.R. Kelble, and D.P. Manzello. Coral persistence despite marginal conditions in the Port of Miami. Scientific Reports, 13:6759, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33467-7 2023
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Morris, J.T., I.C. Enochs, M.S. Studivan, B.D. Young, A.B. Mayfield, N. Soderberg, N. Traylor-Knowles, G. Kolodziej, and D. Manzello. Ocean acidification influences the gene expression and physiology of two Caribbean bioeroding sponges. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1223380, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1223380 2023
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Palacio-Castro, A.M., I.C. Enochs, N. Besemer, A. Boyd, M. Jankulak, G. Kolodziej, H.K. Hirsh, A.E. Webb, E.K. Towle, C. Kelble, I. Smith, and D.P. Manzello. Coral reef carbonate chemistry reveals interannual, seasonal, and spatial impacts on ocean acidification off Florida. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37(12):e2023GB007789, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB007789 2023
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Enochs, I.C., M.S. Studivan, G. Kolodziej, C. Foord, I. Basden, A. Boyd, N. Formel, A. Kirkland, E. Rubin, M. Jankulak, I. Smith, C.R. Kelble, and D.P. Manzello. Coral persistence despite marginal conditions in the Port of Miami. Scientific Reports, 13:6759, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33467-7 2023
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Morris, J.T., I.C. Enochs, M.S. Studivan, B.D. Young, A.B. Mayfield, N. Soderberg, N. Traylor-Knowles, G. Kolodziej, and D. Manzello. Ocean acidification influences the gene expression and physiology of two Caribbean bioeroding sponges. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1223380, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1223380 2023
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Palacio-Castro, A.M., I.C. Enochs, N. Besemer, A. Boyd, M. Jankulak, G. Kolodziej, H.K. Hirsh, A.E. Webb, E.K. Towle, C. Kelble, I. Smith, and D.P. Manzello. Coral reef carbonate chemistry reveals interannual, seasonal, and spatial impacts on ocean acidification off Florida. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37(12):e2023GB007789, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB007789 2023
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Webb, A.E., I.C. Enochs, R. van Hooidonk, R.M. van Westen, N. Besemer, G. Kolodziej, T.S. Viehman, and D. Manzello. Restoration and coral adaptation delay, but do not prevent, climate-driven reef framework erosion of an inshore site in the Florida Keys. Scientific Reports, 13:258, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26930-4 2023
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Young, B.D., S.M. Rosales, I.C. Enochs, G. Kolodziej, N. Formel, A. Moura, G.L. D’Alonso, and N. Traylor-Knowles. Different disease inoculations cause common responses of the host immune system and prokaryotic component of the microbiome in Acropora palmata. PLoS One, 18(5):e0286293, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286293 2023
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Zhang, Y., S.E. Gantt, E.F. Keister, H. Elder, G. Kolodziej, C. Aguilar, M.S. Studivan, D.E. Williams, D.W. Kemp, D.P. Manzello, I.C. Enochs, and C.D. Kenkel. Performance of Orbicella faveolata larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations. Global Change Biology, 29(23):6591-6605, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16977 2023
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DeMerlis, A., A. Kirkland, M.L. Kaufman, A.B. Mayfield, N. Formel, G. Kolodziej, D.P. Manzello, D. Lirman, N. Traylor-Knowles, and I.C. Enochs. Pre-exposure to a variable temperature treatment improves the response of Acropora cervicornis to acute thermal stress. Coral Reefs, 41(2):435-445, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02232-z 2022
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Morris, J., I. Enochs, A. Webb, D. de Bakker, N. Soderberg, G. Kolodziej, and D. Manzello. The influences of diurnal variability and ocean acidification on the bioerosion rates of two reef-dwelling Caribbean sponges. Global Change Biology, 28(23):7126-7138, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16442 2022
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Enochs, I.C., L.T. Toth, A. Kirkland, D.P. Manzello, G. Kolodziej, J.T. Morris, D.M. Holstein, A. Schlenz, C.J. Randall, J.L. Maté, J.J. Leichter, and R.B. Aronson. Upwelling and the persistence of coral-reef frameworks in the eastern tropical Pacific. Ecological Monographs, 91(4):e01482, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1482 2021
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Kolodziej, G., M.S. Studivan, A.C.R. Gleason, C. Langdon, I.C. Enochs, and D.P. Manzello. Impacts of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) on coral community structure at an inshore patch reef of the upper Florida Keys using photomosaics. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:682163, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.682163 2021
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Manzello, D.P., G. Kolodziej, A. Kirkland, N. Besemer, and I.C. Enochs. Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs, 40(4):1097-1111, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02108-8 2021
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Manzello, D.P., I.C. Enochs, R. Carlton, A. Bruckner, G. Kolodziej, A. Dempsey, and P. Renaud. Pacific-wide pH snapshots reveal that high coral cover correlates with low, but variable pH. Bulletin of Marine Science, 97(1):239-256, https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0100 2021
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Mayfield, A.B., C. Aguilar, G. Kolodziej, I.C. Enochs, and D.P. Manzello. Shotgun proteomic analysis of thermally challenged reef corals. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:660153, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.660153 2021
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Rubin, E.T., I.C. Enochs, C. Foord, A.B. Mayfield, G. Kolodziej I. Basden, and D.P. Manzello. Molecular mechanisms of coral persistence within highly urbanized locations in the Port of Miami, Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:695236, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.695236 2021
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Enochs, I.C., N. Formel, D. Manzello, J. Morris, A.B. Mayfield, A. Boyd, G. Kolodziej, G. Adams, and J. Hendee. Coral persistence despite extreme periodic pH fluctuations at a volcanically acidified Caribbean reef. Coral Reefs, 39(3):523-528, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01927-5 2020
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Manzello, D.P., M.V. Matz, I.C. Enochs, L. Valentino, R.D. Carlton, G. Kolodziej, X. Serrano, E.K. Towle, and M. Jankulak. Role of host genetics and heat-tolerant algal symbionts in sustaining populations of the endangered coral Orbicella faveolata in the Florida Keys with ocean warming. Global Change Biology, 25(3):1016-1031, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14545 2019
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Enochs, I.C., D.P. Manzello, P.J. Jones, C. Aguilar, K. Cohen, L. Valentino, S. Schopmeyer, G. Kolodziej, M. Jankulak, and D. Lirman. The influence of diel carbonate chemistry fluctuations on the calcification rate of Acropora cervicornis under present day and future acidification conditions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 506:15-143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.06.007 2018
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Gintert, B.E., D.P. Manzello, I.C. Enochs, G. Kolodziej, R. Carlton, A.C.R. Gleason, and N. Gracias. Marked annual coral bleaching resilience of an inshore patch reef in the Florida Keys: A nugget of hope, aberrance, or last man standing? Coral Reefs, 37(2):533-547, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1678-x 2018
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Manzello, D.P., I.C. Enochs, G. Kolodziej, R. Carlton, and L. Valentino. Resilience in carbonate production despite three coral bleaching events in 5 years on an inshore patch reef in the Florida Keys. Marine Biology, 165(6):99, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3354-7 2018
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Perry, C.T., L. Alvarez-Filip, N.A.J. Graham, P.J. Mumby, S.K. Wilson, P.S. Kench, D.P. Manzello, K.M. Morgan, A.B.A. Slangen, D.P. Thompson, F. Januchowski-Hartley, S.G. Smithers, R.S. Steneck, R. Carlton, E.N. Edinger, I.C. Enochs, N. Estrada-Saldivar, M.D.E. Haywood, G. Kolodziej, G.N. Murphy, E. Perez-Cervantes, A. Suchley, L. Valentino, R. Boenish, M. Wilson, and C. Macdonald. Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level. Nature, 558(7710):396-400, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0194-z 2018
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Kuffner, I.B., E. Bartels, A. Stathakopoulos, I.C. Enochs, G. Kolodziej, L.T. Toth, and D.P. Manzello. Plasticity in skeletal characteristics of nursery-raised staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis. Coral Reefs, 36(3):679-684, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1560-2 2017
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Enochs, I.C., D.P. Manzello, A. Tribollet, L. Valentino, G. Kolodziej, E.M. Donham, M.D. Fitchett, R. Carlton, and N.N. Price. Elevated colonization of microborers at a volcanically acidified coral reef. PLoS ONE, 11(7):e0159818, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159818 2016
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Enochs, I.C., D.P. Manzello, G. Kolodziej, S.H.C. Noonan, L. Valentino, and K.E. Fabricius. Enhanced macroboring and depressed calcification drive net dissolution at high CO₂ coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283(1842):20161742, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1742 2016
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Enochs, I.C., D.P. Manzello, E.M. Donham, G. Kolodziej, R. Okano, L. Johnston, C. Young, J. Iguel, C.B. Edwards, M.D. Fox, L. Valentino, S. Johnson, D. Benavente, S.J. Clark, R. Carlton, T. Burton, Y. Eynaud, and N.N. Price. Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef. Nature Climate Change, 5(12):1083-1088, https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2758 2015
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Manzello, D.P., I.C. Enochs, G. Kolodziej, and R. Carlton. Coral growth patterns of Montastraea cavernosa and Porites astreoides in the Florida Keys: The importance of thermal stress and inimical waters. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 471:198-207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.010 2015
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Manzello, D.P., I.C. Enochs, G. Kolodziej, and R. Carlton. Recent decade of growth and calcification of Orbicella faveolata in the Florida Keys: An inshore-offshore comparison. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 521:81-89, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11085 2015
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Manzello, D.P., I.C. Enochs, A. Bruckner, P.G. Renaud, G. Kolodziej, D.A. Budd, R. Carlton, and P.W. Glynn. Galapagos coral reef persistence after ENSO warming across an acidification gradient. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(24):9001-9008, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062501 2014
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Graham Kolodziej

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Graham Kolodziej

About

Current Work & CV

Current Work

Education

Publications

Awards

Certificate of Recognition SCTLD work 2020

Certificate of Recognition MapCO2 buoy in Samoa 2020

Certificate of Appreciation GO-SHIP 2018

Cash In A Flash Reward for Preparations Preceding Hurricane Irma 2017

Certificate of Appreciation install and operation of CT scanner 2016

Certificate of Appreciation outstanding scientific paper 2016