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Nia Walker

Claremont McKenna College

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Claremont McKenna College

Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

Robert Day School of Economics and Finance

The Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development

The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies

The Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Department Of Government

Department Of Joint Sciences

Department Of Literature

Department Of Political Science

NoneNia Walker is currently serving as a Claremont Mckenna College faculty at Claremont Mckenna College.

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Nia Walker

Claremont McKenna College

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marine biology ecology evolutionary biology climate change environmental science coral reefs evolutionary ecology aquatic ecosystems global ecology marine ecology widespread variation heat tolerance developmental biology symbiosis conservation biology genomics molecular evolution canadian studies plant physiology bioenergetics behavioral ecology adaptation plo biology genome biology cellular physiology cellular biochemistry cold region science ocean sciences marine systems coastal conservation harmful algae applied phycology ecosystem interactions terrestrial ecosystem productivity phycology trophic web evolutionary genetics population ecology plant diversity plant ecology osmotic stress integrative biology thermal comfort residual stress thermal inertia mapping temperature measurement satellite meteorology symbiont load growth tradeoffs coral acropora hyacinthus differential mortality resistance variation skeletal growth short-term heat stress phenotypic responses tabletop coral acropora small-scale genetic structure coral populations future coral resilience whole mitochondrial genomes fine-scale geographic variation

Notable Scholarly Works

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Satellite-Derived Temperature Measures Miss Key Physiologically Relevant Thermal Trends on Palauan Reefs. PLoS ONE (2026)

climate changeoceanographyearth scienceocean sciencesenvironmental sciencesatellite meteorologyremote sensingthermal inertia mappingclimatologytemperature measurement

Heat-Induced Stress Modulates Cell Surface Glycans and Membrane Lipids of Coral Symbionts. The ISME Journal (2025)

biophysicslipidsosmotic stresscellular physiologymembrane biologymembranescellular biochemistry

Positive Associations Between Growth and Thermal Tolerance in the Reef-Building Coral Montipora Capitata. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Thermal Tolerance is Associated With Enhanced Growth and Recovery in the Reef-Building Coral Montipora Capitata. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025)

aquatic ecosystemsoceanographyapplied phycologymarine micropaleontologycoastal conservationenvironmental sciencealgal researchenvironmental researchmarine systemsextreme environmentsmarine biologyharmful algaeglobal change biologythermodynamicsecologymarine policy

Complex Parental Effects Impact Variation in Larval Thermal Tolerance in a Vertically Transmitting Coral. Heredity (2024)

Fine‐Scale Geographic Variation of Cladocopium in Acropora Hyacinthus Across the Palauan Archipelago. Ecology and Evolution (2024)

Katrina C. ArmstrongMarilla LippertErik HansonVictor NestorBrendan CornwellNia S. WalkerYimnang GolbuuStephen R. Palumbi

fine-scale geographic variationenvironmental sciencebiodiversityplant diversityplant ecologyecosystemscommunity (ecology)evolutionary biologyglobal ecologypopulation ecologyecologypalauan archipelagobiogeographyecology and evolutionary biology

The Young and the Resilient: Investigating Coral Thermal Resilience in Early Life Stages. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2024)

Nia S WalkerLys IsmaNepsis GarcíaAliyah TrueTaylor WalkerJoyah Watkins

resilienceearly life stagesintegrative biologybiologymarine biology

Small‐Scale Genetic Structure of Coral Populations in Palau Based on Whole Mitochondrial Genomes: Implications for Future Coral Resilience. Evolutionary Applications (2023)

Stephen R. PalumbiNia S. WalkerErik HansonKatrina ArmstrongMarilla LippertBrendan CornwellVictor NestorYimnang Golbuu

climate changewhole mitochondrial genomescoral populationsgenomicsgenome biologymolecular biologyevolutionary biologyfuture coral resiliencemarine biologymolecular evolutionevolutionary geneticsgeneticssmall-scale genetic structure

Coral Bleaching Resistance Variation is Linked to Differential Mortality and Skeletal Growth During Recovery. Evolutionary Applications (2022)

Nia S. WalkerVictor NestorYimnang GolbuuStephen R. Palumbi

climate changeadaptationevolutionary ecologyskeletal growthresistance variationdifferential mortalitydevelopmental biologyevolutionary biologymarine ecologymarine biologyecology

Persistence of Phenotypic Responses to Short-Term Heat Stress in the Tabletop Coral Acropora Hyacinthus. PLoS ONE (2022)

Nia S. WalkerBrendan H. CornwellVictor NestorKatrina C. ArmstrongYimnang GolbuuStephen R. Palumbi

climate changephenotypic responsescoral reefstabletop coral acroporaplo biologyphysiologyshort-term heat stressbiologymarine biologyecology

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Nia Walker

Claremont McKenna College

Affiliations

Claremont McKenna College

Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

Robert Day School of Economics and Finance

The Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development

The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies

The Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Department Of Government

Department Of Joint Sciences

Department Of Literature

Department Of Political Science

NoneNia Walker is currently serving as a Claremont Mckenna College faculty at Claremont Mckenna College.

Honors

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Satellite-Derived Temperature Measures Miss Key Physiologically Relevant Thermal Trends on Palauan Reefs. PLoS ONE (2026)

climate changeoceanographyearth scienceocean sciencesenvironmental sciencesatellite meteorologyremote sensingthermal inertia mappingclimatologytemperature measurement

Heat-Induced Stress Modulates Cell Surface Glycans and Membrane Lipids of Coral Symbionts. The ISME Journal (2025)

biophysicslipidsosmotic stresscellular physiologymembrane biologymembranescellular biochemistry

Positive Associations Between Growth and Thermal Tolerance in the Reef-Building Coral Montipora Capitata. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Thermal Tolerance is Associated With Enhanced Growth and Recovery in the Reef-Building Coral Montipora Capitata. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025)

Complex Parental Effects Impact Variation in Larval Thermal Tolerance in a Vertically Transmitting Coral. Heredity (2024)

Fine‐Scale Geographic Variation of Cladocopium in Acropora Hyacinthus Across the Palauan Archipelago. Ecology and Evolution (2024)

Katrina C. ArmstrongMarilla LippertErik HansonVictor NestorBrendan CornwellNia S. WalkerYimnang GolbuuStephen R. Palumbi

The Young and the Resilient: Investigating Coral Thermal Resilience in Early Life Stages. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2024)

Nia S WalkerLys IsmaNepsis GarcíaAliyah TrueTaylor WalkerJoyah Watkins

resilienceearly life stagesintegrative biologybiologymarine biology

Small‐Scale Genetic Structure of Coral Populations in Palau Based on Whole Mitochondrial Genomes: Implications for Future Coral Resilience. Evolutionary Applications (2023)

Stephen R. PalumbiNia S. WalkerErik HansonKatrina ArmstrongMarilla LippertBrendan CornwellVictor NestorYimnang Golbuu

Coral Bleaching Resistance Variation is Linked to Differential Mortality and Skeletal Growth During Recovery. Evolutionary Applications (2022)

Nia S. WalkerVictor NestorYimnang GolbuuStephen R. Palumbi

climate changeadaptationevolutionary ecologyskeletal growthresistance variationdifferential mortalitydevelopmental biologyevolutionary biologymarine ecologymarine biologyecology

Persistence of Phenotypic Responses to Short-Term Heat Stress in the Tabletop Coral Acropora Hyacinthus. PLoS ONE (2022)

Nia S. WalkerBrendan H. CornwellVictor NestorKatrina C. ArmstrongYimnang GolbuuStephen R. Palumbi

climate changephenotypic responsescoral reefstabletop coral acroporaplo biologyphysiologyshort-term heat stressbiologymarine biologyecology

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