Ocean sprawl: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity management in a changing world

LB Firth, AM Knights, D Bridger, AJ Evans… - … and Marine Biology …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
LOUISE B. FIRTH1, ANTONY M. KNIGHTS2, DANIELLE BRIDGER3, ALLY J. EVANS4,
NOVA MIESZKOWSKA5, 6, PIPPA J. MOORE4, NESSA E. O'CONNOR7, EMMA V …

A synthesis of genetic connectivity in deep‐sea fauna and implications for marine reserve design

AR Baco, RJ Etter, PA Ribeiro… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
With anthropogenic impacts rapidly advancing into deeper waters, there is growing interest
in establishing deep‐sea marine protected areas (MPA s) or reserves. Reserve design …

A decade of seascape genetics: contributions to basic and applied marine connectivity

KA Selkoe, CCD Aloia, ED Crandall, M Iacchei… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
Seascape genetics, a term coined in 2006, is a fast growing area of population genetics that
draws on ecology, oceanography and geography to address challenges in basic …

Directional genetic differentiation and relative migration

L Sundqvist, K Keenan, M Zackrisson… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the population structure and patterns of gene flow within species is of
fundamental importance to the study of evolution. In the fields of population and evolutionary …

Seascape features, rather than dispersal traits, predict spatial genetic patterns in co‐distributed reef fishes

L Liggins, EA Treml, HP Possingham… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine which seascape features have shaped the spatial genetic patterns of coral
reef fishes, and to identify common patterns among species related to dispersal traits [egg …

Modeled population connectivity across the Hawaiian archipelago

JLK Wren, DR Kobayashi, Y Jia, RJ Toonen - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
We present the first comprehensive estimate of connectivity of passive pelagic particles
released from coral reef habitat throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago. Potential connectivity …

Decadal analysis of larval connectivity from Cuban snapper (Lutjanidae) spawning aggregations based on biophysical modeling

AS Kough, R Claro, KC Lindeman… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2016 - int-res.com
Variability in environmental conditions and ocean currents can influence population
connectivity and the exchange of larvae among locations. This is especially true for species …

Evidence and population consequences of shared larval dispersal histories in a marine fish

JS Shima, SE Swearer - Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Larval dispersal is disproportionately important for marine population ecolgy and evolution,
yet our inability to track individuals severely constrains our understanding of this key …

Keeping it local: dispersal limitations of coral larvae to the high latitude coral reefs of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

KL Markey, DA Abdo, SN Evans, C Bosserelle - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
In 2011 the first recorded bleaching event for the high latitude Houtman Abrolhos Islands
(HAI) coral communities was documented. This bleaching event highlighted the question of …

Comparative phylogeography to test for predictions of marine larval dispersal in three amphidromous shrimps

J Fujita, K Zenimoto, A Iguchi, Y Kai, M Ueno… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
The ecology of the freshwater life stages of the amphidromous shrimps Caridina leucosticta,
C. typus and C. multidentata from southwestern Japan has been well studied. However, the …