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A marine Wallace's line?
As most coral reef organisms with a pelagic larval phase are presumed to be readily dispersed between distant populations, sea-surface current patterns should be crucial for predicting ecological and genetic c...
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Evolutionary variation in the expression of phenotypically plastic color vision in Caribbean mantis shrimps, genus Neogonodactylus
Many animals have color vision systems that are well suited to their local environments. Changes in color vision can occur over long periods (evolutionary time), or over relatively short periods such as during...
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Open AccessIsolation and characterization of 9 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered boring giant clam (Tridacna crocea) and cross-priming testing in three other Tridacnid species
We report the development and characterization of nine microsatellite markers from the Tridacna crocea genome. In a wild population of 20 individuals from Ulugan Bay in the Republic of the Philippines, we observe...
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Open AccessRegional differentiation and post-glacial expansion of the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia, an annual fish with high dispersal potential
The coastal marine environment of the Northwest Atlantic contains strong environmental gradients that create distinct marine biogeographic provinces by limiting dispersal, recruitment, and survival. This regio...
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Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia
Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from the Atlantic Silverside (Menidia menidia) in order to test hypotheses regarding the role of adaptive phenotypic variation in structuring estuarine population...
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Christmas tree worms of Indo-Pacific coral reefs: untangling the Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) complex
Christmas tree worm is the common name of a group of colorful serpulid polychaetes from the genus Spirobranchus that are symbionts of hermatypic corals. As is increasingly common with reef-associated organisms, S...
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Ecomorphological diversification in reef fish of the genus Abudefduf (Percifomes, Pomacentridae)
Coral reefs are home to the most diverse fish assemblages on earth. This high diversity has been hypothesized to partially result from fine-scale niche partitioning of resources. Because niche partitioning mig...
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Evidence of host-associated divergence from coral-eating snails (genus Coralliophila) in the Coral Triangle
We studied how host-associations and geography shape the genetic structure of sister species of marine snails Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1853) and C. violacea (Kiener, 1836). These obligate ectoparasites pre...
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eDNA metabarcoding bioassessment of endangered fairy shrimp (Branchinecta spp.)
Habitat degradation and land-use change severely threaten the survival of fairy shrimp and the vernal pools in which they live. Limiting effective fairy shrimp conservation management efforts is the ability to...
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Genome-wide SNPs reveal complex fine scale population structure in the California market squid fishery (Doryteuthis opalescens)
Understanding the extent and distribution of population structure and genetic connectivity of fisheries targets are crucial for informing management. This study uses population genomics to examine patterns of ...
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MiSebastes: An eDNA metabarcoding primer set for rockfishes (genus Sebastes)
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a promising biomonitoring tool for marine ecosystems, but its effectiveness for North Pacific coastal fishes is limited by the inability of existing barcoding primers to differentia...
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Open AccessHerbivorous sea urchins (Echinometra mathaei) support resilience on overfished and sedimented tropical reefs
Human impacts are dramatically changing ecological communities, motivating research on resilience. Tropical reefs are increasingly undergoing transitions to short algal turf, a successional community that medi...
