Reconstructing the lionfish invasion: insights into Greater Caribbean biogeography

R Betancur‐R, A Hines, A Acero P, G Ortí… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) are popular ornamental fishes native to
the Indo‐Pacific that were introduced into Florida waters and are rapidly spreading and …

The genetics and genomics of Syngnathidae: pipefishes, seahorses and seadragons

KB Mobley, CM Small, AG Jones - Journal of fish biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this review was to provide a historical overview of how molecular techniques
have increased the understanding of the ecology and evolution of the family Syngnathidae …

Asymmetrical gene flow in five co-distributed syngnathids explained by ocean currents and rafting propensity

LD Bertola, JT Boehm, NF Putman… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ocean circulation driving macro-algal rafting is believed to serve as an important mode of
dispersal for many marine organisms, leading to predictions on population-level genetic …

Population Genomics Reveals Seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) of the Western Mid-Atlantic Coast to Be Residents Rather than Vagrants

JT Boehm, J Waldman, JD Robinson, MJ Hickerson - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Understanding population structure and areas of demographic persistence and transients is
critical for effective species management. However, direct observational evidence to …

Species delimitation by DNA barcoding reveals undescribed diversity in Stelliferinae (Sciaenidae)

TF da Silva, I Sampaio, A Angulo… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Stelliferinae is the third most speciose subfamily of Sciaenidae, with 51 recognized species
arranged in five genera. Phylogenies derived from both morphological and molecular data …

Sea snakes rarely venture far from home

V Lukoschek, R Shine - Ecology and Evolution, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The extent to which populations are connected by dispersal influences all aspects of their
biology and informs the spatial scale of optimal conservation strategies. Obtaining direct …

Population genomics reveals multiple drivers of population differentiation in a sex‐role‐reversed pipefish

SP Flanagan, E Rose, AG Jones - Molecular Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A major goal of molecular ecology is to identify the causes of genetic and phenotypic
differentiation among populations. Population genomics is suitably poised to tackle these …

Genomic and morphological evidence of distinct populations in the endemic common (weedy) seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Syngnathidae) along the east …

OS Klanten, MR Gaither, S Greaves, K Mills… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The common or weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, is an iconic and endemic fish
found across temperate reefs of southern Australia. Despite its charismatic nature, few …

Population genetic structure of blue-spotted maskray Neotrygon kuhlii and two other Indo-West Pacific stingray species (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), inferred from …

P Borsa, IS Arlyza, M Laporte, P Berrebi - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2012 - Elsevier
Exon-primed, intron crossing DNA markers (EPICs) were screened for Mendelian-like allele
size polymorphisms in three stingray species (Himantura gerrardi, Neotrygon kuhlii and …

Latitudinal variation in the microbiome of the sponge Ircinia campana correlates with host haplotype but not anti-predatory chemical defense

CM Marino, JR Pawlik, S López-Legentil… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2017 - int-res.com
Many marine sponges host diverse symbiotic microbial communities that have been
implicated in the production of secondary metabolites. These metabolites may defend the …