Shifting seas: The impacts of Pleistocene sea‐level fluctuations on the evolution of tropical marine taxa

WB Ludt, LA Rocha - Journal of Biogeography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Pleistocene glacial cycles reduced global sea level by up to 130 m below present
levels. These changes had profound impacts on coastal marine life, including a reduction of …

Comparative phylogeography of the Coral Triangle and implications for marine management

KE Carpenter, PH Barber, ED Crandall… - Journal of Marine …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme concentration of marine biodiversity and exploitation of marine resources in the
Coral Triangle pose challenges to biogeographers and resource managers. Comparative …

Sharp genetic breaks among populations of Haptosquilla pulchella (Stomatopoda) indicate limits to larval transport: patterns, causes, and consequences

PH Barber, SR Palumbi, MV Erdmann… - Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
To help stem the precipitous decline of coral reef ecosystems world‐wide, conservation
efforts are focused on establishing interconnected reserve networks to protect threatened …

Dispersal, habitat differences, and comparative phylogeography of Southeast Asian seahorses (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus)

SA Lourie, DM Green, ACJ Vincent - Molecular ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Four distinct phylogeographical patterns across Southeast Asia were observed for four
species of seahorse (genus Hippocampus) with differing ecologies. For all species, genetic …

Connectivity and the development of population genetic structure in Indo‐West Pacific coral reef communities

JT Kool, CB Paris, PH Barber… - Global Ecology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To identify connectivity patterns among coral reefs of the Indo‐West Pacific. Projecting
connectivity forward in time provides a framework for studying long‐term source–sink …

Reductions in the mitochondrial DNA diversity of coral reef fish provide evidence of population bottlenecks resulting from Holocene sea‐level change

C Fauvelot, G Bernardi, S Planes - Evolution, 2003 - academic.oup.com
This study investigated the influence of reproductive strategy (benthic or pelagic eggs) and
habitat preferences (lagoon or outer slope) on both diversity and genetic differentiation …

Strong genetic population structure in the boring giant clam, Tridacna crocea, across the Indo‐Malay Archipelago: implications related to evolutionary processes and …

M Kochzius, A Nuryanto - Molecular Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Even though the Indo‐Malay Archipelago hosts the world's greatest diversity of
marine species, studies on the genetic population structure and gene flow of marine …

High genetic diversities and complex genetic structure in an Indo-Pacific tropical reef fish (Chlorurus sordidus): evidence of an unstable evolutionary past?

LK Bay, JH Choat, L Van Herwerden, DR Robertson - Marine Biology, 2004 - Springer
Historical sea level fluctuations have influenced the genetic structure and evolutionary
history of marine species and examining widespread species across their species' ranges …

A marine fish follows Wallace's Line: the phylogeography of the three‐spot seahorse (Hippocampus trimaculatus, Syngnathidae, Teleostei) in Southeast Asia

SA Lourie, ACJ Vincent - Journal of Biogeography, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test the potential of two contrasting biogeographical hypotheses ('Indian/Pacific
Ocean Basin'vs.'Wallace's Line') to explain the distribution of genetic diversity among …

Comparative phylogeography and species boundaries in Echinolittorina snails in the central Indo‐West Pacific

DG Reid, K Lal, J Mackenzie‐Dodds… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This study aimed to test monophyly and geographical boundaries in five marine
intertidal snail species from the central Indo‐West Pacific. We tested the prediction that …