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Robert J Toonen

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Research professor of Marine Biology at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology in the School of Ocean & Earth Sciences & Technology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biodiversity Biological Oceanography Conservation Biology Ecology Evolutionary Studies Genetics Genomics Marine Biology Science Policy Zoology

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Aquatic Biology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Texas at Brownsville

Work details

Research Professor of Marine Biology

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

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PeerJ Contributions

April 22, 2021

Evolutionary genomics of endangered Hawaiian tree snails (Achatinellidae: Achatinellinae) for conservation of adaptive capacity

Melissa R. Price, Michael G. Hadfield, Ingrid S.S. Knapp, Robert J. Toonen, Zac H. Forsman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10993 PubMed 33981486

October 21, 2020

Genomics versus mtDNA for resolving stock structure in the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Derek W. Kraft, Emily E. Conklin, Evan W. Barba, Melanie Hutchinson, Robert J. Toonen, Zac H. Forsman, Brian W. Bowen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10186 PubMed 33150082

March 16, 2020

Atlantia, a new genus of Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the eastern Atlantic

Kátia C.C. Capel, Cataixa López, Irene Moltó-Martín, Carla Zilberberg, Joel C. Creed, Ingrid S.S. Knapp, Mariano Hernández, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen, Marcelo V. Kitahara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8633 PubMed 32211227

February 18, 2020

Genetic structure is stronger across human-impacted habitats than among islands in the coral Porites lobata

Kaho H. Tisthammer, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen, Robert H. Richmond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8550 PubMed 32110487

February 6, 2020

Unexpectedly high genetic diversity in a rare and endangered seabird in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Carmen C. Antaky, Emily E. Conklin, Robert J. Toonen, Ingrid S.S. Knapp, Melissa R. Price

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8463 PubMed 32071808

June 7, 2019

A behavioral and genetic study of multiple paternity in a polygamous marine invertebrate, Octopus oliveri

Heather Ylitalo, Thomas A. Oliver, Iria Fernandez-Silva, James B. Wood, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6927 PubMed 31211008

April 29, 2019

Shared genomic outliers across two divergent population clusters of a highly threatened seagrass

Nikki Leanne Phair, Robert John Toonen, Ingrid Knapp, Sophie von der Heyden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6806 PubMed 31106053

February 5, 2019

Molecular and morphological congruence of three new cryptic Neopetrosia spp. in the Caribbean

Jan Vicente, Jaime Andrés Ríos, Sven Zea, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6371 PubMed 30746308

September 28, 2018

Modeled larval connectivity of a multi-species reef fish and invertebrate assemblage off the coast of Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i

Emily E. Conklin, Anna B. Neuheimer, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5688 PubMed 30280049

September 27, 2018

Geopolitical species revisited: genomic and morphological data indicate that the roundtail chub Gila robusta species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) is a single species

Joshua M. Copus, W. L. Montgomery, Zac H. Forsman, Brian W. Bowen, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5605 PubMed 30294509

March 6, 2018

The little shrimp that could: phylogeography of the circumtropical Stenopus hispidus (Crustacea: Decapoda), reveals divergent Atlantic and Pacific lineages

‘Ale‘alani Dudoit, Matthew Iacchei, Richard R. Coleman, Michelle R. Gaither, William E. Browne, Brian W. Bowen, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4409 PubMed 29527409

February 8, 2018

A simple molecular technique for distinguishing species reveals frequent misidentification of Hawaiian corals in the genus Pocillopora

Erika C. Johnston, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4355 PubMed 29441239

October 5, 2017

Clone wars: asexual reproduction dominates in the invasive range of Tubastraea spp. (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the South-Atlantic Ocean

Katia Cristina Cruz Capel, Robert J. Toonen, Caio T.C.C. Rachid, Joel C. Creed, Marcelo V. Kitahara, Zac Forsman, Carla Zilberberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3873 PubMed 29018611

August 18, 2016

Population genetic structure between Yap and Palau for the coral Acropora hyacinthus

Annick Cros, Robert J. Toonen, Sarah W. Davies, Stephen A. Karl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2330 PubMed 27602294

July 6, 2016

The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands

Lindsay M. Veazey, Erik C. Franklin, Christopher Kelley, John Rooney, L. Neil Frazer, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2189 PubMed 27441122

October 20, 2015

Growing coral larger and faster: micro-colony-fusion as a strategy for accelerating coral cover

Zac H. Forsman, Christopher A. Page, Robert J. Toonen, David Vaughan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1313 PubMed 26500822

September 15, 2015

Survivorship and feeding preferences among size classes of outplanted sea urchins, Tripneustes gratilla, and possible use as biocontrol for invasive alien algae

Charley E. Westbrook, Rory R. Ringang, Sean Michael A. Cantero, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1235 PubMed 26401450

August 6, 2015

Cryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific

Ingrid S. Knapp, Zac H. Forsman, Gareth J. Williams, Robert J. Toonen, James J. Bell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1170 PubMed 26339548

May 12, 2015

The unnatural history of Kāne‘ohe Bay: coral reef resilience in the face of centuries of anthropogenic impacts

Keisha D. Bahr, Paul L. Jokiel, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.950 PubMed 26020007

February 3, 2015

Clues to unraveling the coral species problem: distinguishing species from geographic variation in Porites across the Pacific with molecular markers and microskeletal traits

Zac Forsman, Gerrard M. Wellington, George E. Fox, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.751 PubMed 25674364

November 19, 2013

ezRAD: a simplified method for genomic genotyping in non-model organisms

Robert J. Toonen, Jonathan B. Puritz, Zac H. Forsman, Jonathan L. Whitney, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Kimberly R. Andrews, Christopher E. Bird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.203 PubMed 24282669

September 19, 2013

Between tide and wave marks: a unifying model of physical zonation on littoral shores

Christopher E. Bird, Erik C. Franklin, Celia M. Smith, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.154 PubMed 24109544

August 13, 2013

Polyphyly and hidden species among Hawaiʻi’s dominant mesophotic coral genera, Leptoseris and Pavona (Scleractinia: Agariciidae)

Daniel G. Luck, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen, Sarah J. Leicht, Samuel E. Kahng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.132 PubMed 24032091

February 4, 2019 - Version: 1

Shared genomic outliers across two divergent population clusters of a highly threatened seagrass

Nikki Leanne Phair, Robert John Toonen, Ingrid Knapp, Sophie von der Heyden

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27517v1

October 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Who’s your daddy? A behavioral and genetic study of multiple paternity in a polygamous marine invertebrate, Octopus oliveri

Heather Ylitalo, Thomas A Oliver, Iria Fernandez-Silva, James B Wood, Robert J Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27309v1

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April 29, 2021

DNA-based diversity assessment reveals a new coral barnacle, Cantellius alveoporae sp. nov. (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae) exclusively associated with the high latitude coral Alveopora japonica in the waters of southern Korea

Hyun Kyong Kim, Benny K.K. Chan, Sung Joon Song, Jong Seong Khim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11284 PubMed 33986998

April 14, 2021

A quantitative comparison of towed-camera and diver-camera transects for monitoring coral reefs

Anna K. Cresswell, Nicole M. Ryan, Andrew J. Heyward, Adam N. H. Smith, Jamie Colquhoun, Mark Case, Matthew J. Birt, Mark Chinkin, Mathew Wyatt, Ben Radford, Paul Costello, James P. Gilmour

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11090 PubMed 33954031

February 10, 2021

Marine amphipods as a new live prey for ornamental aquaculture: exploring the potential of Parhyale hawaiensis and Elasmopus pectenicrus

Jorge Arturo Vargas-Abúndez, Humberto Ivan López-Vázquez, Maite Mascaró, Gemma Leticia Martínez-Moreno, Nuno Simões

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10840 PubMed 33614288

January 14, 2021

A SMRT approach for targeted amplicon sequencing of museum specimens (Lepidoptera)—patterns of nucleotide misincorporation

Jacopo D’Ercole, Sean W.J. Prosser, Paul D.N. Hebert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10420 PubMed 33520432

December 21, 2020

Responses of branching reef corals Acropora digitifera and Montipora digitata to elevated temperature and pCO₂

Cristiana Manullang, Intan Herwindra Millyaningrum, Akira Iguchi, Aika Miyagi, Yasuaki Tanaka, Yukihiro Nojiri, Kazuhiko Sakai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10562 PubMed 33391879

December 15, 2020

Description of the microbiota in epidermal mucus and skin of sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum and Negaprion brevirostris) and one stingray (Hypanus americanus)

Susana Caballero, Ana Maria Galeano, Juan Diego Lozano, Martha Vives

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10240 PubMed 33362953

December 3, 2020

Effects of monofilament nylon versus braided multifilament nylon gangions on catch rates of Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in bottom set longlines

Scott M. Grant, Jenna G. Munden, Kevin J. Hedges

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10407 PubMed 33344077

November 23, 2020

The use of artificial substrate units to improve inventories of cryptic crustacean species on Caribbean coral reefs

Luz Verónica Monroy-Velázquez, Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez, Paul Blanchon, Fernando Alvarez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10389 PubMed 33282560

October 8, 2020

The challenge of managing the commercial harvesting of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: advanced approaches are required

Simone Farina, Maura Baroli, Roberto Brundu, Alessandro Conforti, Andrea Cucco, Giovanni De Falco, Ivan Guala, Stefano Guerzoni, Giorgio Massaro, Giovanni Quattrocchi, Giovanni Romagnoni, Walter Brambilla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10093 PubMed 33083138

September 30, 2020

Genetic identification and hybridization in the seagrass genus Halophila (Hydrocharitaceae) in Sri Lankan waters

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Terney Pradeep Kumara, Chi-Hsuan Hsu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10027 PubMed 33062439

September 11, 2020

First report of lionfish prey from Western Florida waters as identified by DNA barcoding

Carlos A. Santamaria, James Locascio, Taylor M. Greenan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9922 PubMed 32974106

August 12, 2020

Perils and pitfalls of mixed-effects regression models in biology

Matthew J. Silk, Xavier A. Harrison, David J. Hodgson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9522

July 31, 2020

Distribution of deep-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals across abiotic environmental gradients on three seamounts in the Anegada Passage

Steven R. Auscavitch, Jay J. Lunden, Alexandria Barkman, Andrea M. Quattrini, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos, Erik E. Cordes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9523 PubMed 32821533

July 20, 2020

Quantifying local ecological knowledge to model historical abundance of long-lived, heavily-exploited fauna

Michelle-María Early-Capistrán, Elena Solana-Arellano, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Nemer E. Narchi, Gerardo Garibay-Melo, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Volker Koch, Andrea Saenz-Arroyo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9494 PubMed 32742788

July 20, 2020

The importance of open science for biological assessment of aquatic environments

Marcus W. Beck, Casey O’Hara, Julia S. Stewart Lowndes, Raphael D. Mazor, Susanna Theroux, David J. Gillett, Belize Lane, Gregory Gearheart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9539 PubMed 32742805

June 22, 2020

Organic eutrophication increases resistance of the pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata to warming

Svea Vollstedt, Nan Xiang, Susana Marcela Simancas-Giraldo, Christian Wild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9182 PubMed 32607278

June 18, 2020

Parents know best: transgenerational predator recognition through parental effects

Jennifer A. Atherton, Mark I. McCormick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9340 PubMed 32596050

April 17, 2020

The impact of diel vertical migration on fatty acid patterns and allocation in Daphnia magna

Meike Anika Hahn, Eric Von Elert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8809 PubMed 32337097

February 11, 2020

Growth dynamics in Acropora cervicornis and A. prolifera in southwest Puerto Rico

Ernesto Weil, Nicholas M. Hammerman, Rebecca L. Becicka, Juan Jose Cruz-Motta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8435 PubMed 32095328

January 3, 2020

Morphological descriptions and morphometric discriminant function analysis reveal an additional four groups of Scylla spp

Hanafiah Fazhan, Khor Waiho, Emilia Quinitio, Juliana C. Baylon, Yushinta Fujaya, Nita Rukminasari, Mohammad Farhan Darin Azri, Md. Sheriff Shahreza, Hongyu Ma, Mhd Ikhwanuddin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8066 PubMed 31915566

December 12, 2019

Unprofessional peer reviews disproportionately harm underrepresented groups in STEM

Nyssa J. Silbiger, Amber D. Stubler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8247 PubMed 31844596

October 18, 2019

The distribution and mitochondrial genotype of the hydroid Aglaophenia latecarinata is correlated with its pelagic Sargassum substrate type in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean

Annette F. Govindarajan, Laura Cooney, Kerry Whittaker, Dana Bloch, Rachel M. Burdorf, Shalagh Canning, Caroline Carter, Shannon M. Cellan, Fredrik A.A. Eriksson, Hannah Freyer, Grayson Huston, Sabrina Hutchinson, Kathleen McKeegan, Megha Malpani, Alex Merkle-Raymond, Kendra Ouellette, Robin Petersen-Rockney, Maggie Schultz, Amy N.S. Siuda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7814 PubMed 31637119

October 3, 2019

An application of PCR-RFLP species identification assay for environmental DNA detection

Takeshi Igawa, Teruhiko Takahara, Quintin Lau, Shohei Komaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7597 PubMed 31592172

August 21, 2019

Phylogenetic analysis of Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don and its closely related species based on complete chloroplast genomes

Qi Chen, Xiaobo Wu, Dequan Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7480 PubMed 31497389

August 16, 2019

Towards a barnacle tree of life: integrating diverse phylogenetic efforts into a comprehensive hypothesis of thecostracan evolution

Christine Ewers-Saucedo, Christopher L. Owen, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Jens T. Høeg, Henrik Glenner, Benny K.K. Chan, Keith A. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7387 PubMed 31440430

August 1, 2019

Histological evaluation of five suture materials in the telson ligament of the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)

Ami E. Krasner, Amy Hancock-Ronemus, Larry S. Christian, Emily H. Griffith, Gregory A. Lewbart, Jerry M. Law

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7061 PubMed 31396437

July 30, 2019

Integrating phylogeographic and ecological niche approaches to delimitating cryptic lineages in the blue–green damselfish (Chromis viridis)

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Rita Rachmawati, Gusti Ngurah Mahardika, Paul H. Barber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7384 PubMed 31392097

July 22, 2019

Thermal conditions and age structure determine the spawning regularities and condition of Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) in the NE of the Baltic Sea

Timo Arula, Heli Shpilev, Tiit Raid, Elor Sepp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7345 PubMed 31367488

July 4, 2019

Spread of the non-native anemone Anemonia alicemartinae Häussermann & Försterra, 2001 along the Humboldt-current large marine ecosystem: an ecological niche model approach

Javier Pinochet, Reinaldo Rivera, Paula E. Neill, Antonio Brante, Cristián E. Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7156 PubMed 31308996

July 4, 2019

Molecular characterization of nearshore baitfish populations in Bermuda to inform management

Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Emma Strand, Joanna M. Pitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7244 PubMed 31309002

May 24, 2019

Genetic diversity increases with depth in red gorgonian populations of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

Joanna Pilczynska, Silvia Cocito, Joana Boavida, Ester A. Serrão, Jorge Assis, Eliza Fragkopoulou, Henrique Queiroga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6794 PubMed 31179167

May 8, 2019

Changes in precipitation may alter food preference in an ecosystem engineer, the black land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola

Iain J. McGaw, Travis E. Van Leeuwen, Rebekah H. Trehern, Amanda E. Bates

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6818 PubMed 31119071

April 8, 2019

Genotypic variation in disease susceptibility among cultured stocks of elkhorn and staghorn corals

Margaret W. Miller, Philip J. Colburn, Emma Pontes, Dana E. Williams, Allan J. Bright, Xaymara M. Serrano, Esther C. Peters

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6751 PubMed 30993053

April 2, 2019

On the half-life of thiocyanate in the plasma of the marine fish Amphiprion ocellaris: implications for cyanide detection

Nancy E. Breen, J. Alexander Bonanno, Sara Hunt, Julia Grossman, Jordan Brown, Hannah Nolte, Andrew L. Rhyne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6644 PubMed 30972248

February 8, 2019

Invasion genetics of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): recent anthropogenic introduction in Iberia

Teófilo Morim, Grant R. Bigg, Pedro M. Madeira, Jorge Palma, David D. Duvernell, Enric Gisbert, Regina L. Cunha, Rita Castilho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6155 PubMed 30775165

December 6, 2018

Genetic analysis reveals Finnish Formica fennica populations do not form a separate genetic entity from F. exsecta

Sanja Maria Hakala, Perttu Seppä, Maria Heikkilä, Pekka Punttila, Jouni Sorvari, Heikki Helanterä

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6013 PubMed 30564515

December 5, 2018

An experimental comparison of composite and grab sampling of stream water for metagenetic analysis of environmental DNA

Robert S. Cornman, James E. McKenna, Jennifer Fike, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Robin Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5871 PubMed 30568849

December 3, 2018

Coral disease prevalence estimation and sampling design

Eric Jordán-Dahlgren, Adán G. Jordán-Garza, Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6006 PubMed 30533304

November 12, 2018

First evidence of asexual recruitment of Pocillopora acuta in Okinawa Island using genotypic identification

Yuichi Nakajima, Po-Shun Chuang, Nobuo Ueda, Satoshi Mitarai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5915 PubMed 30473933

November 9, 2018

Nutrition of marine mesograzers: integrating feeding behavior, nutrient intake and performance of an herbivorous amphipod

Glauco B.O. Machado, Fosca P.P. Leite, Erik E. Sotka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5929 PubMed 30430042

October 16, 2018

Pushing the limits of whole genome amplification: successful sequencing of RADseq library from a single microhymenopteran (Chalcidoidea, Trichogramma)

Astrid Cruaud, Géraldine Groussier, Guenaëlle Genson, Laure Sauné, Andrew Polaszek, Jean-Yves Rasplus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5640 PubMed 30356952

October 10, 2018

Regional differences in an established population of invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in south Florida

David R. Bryan, Jeremiah Blondeau, Ashley Siana, Jerald S. Ault

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5700 PubMed 30324014

October 2, 2018

Targeting restoration sites to improve connectivity in a tiger conservation landscape in India

Trishna Dutta, Sandeep Sharma, Ruth DeFries

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5587 PubMed 30310737

August 7, 2018

Distribution and population structure in the naked goby Gobiosoma bosc (Perciformes: Gobiidae) along a salinity gradient in two western Atlantic estuaries

Christopher S. Moore, Matthew J. Ruocchio, April M.H. Blakeslee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5380 PubMed 30123709

July 18, 2018

Natural mortality estimates throughout the life history of the sea cucumber Isostichopus Badionotus (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida)

Salvador Romero-Gallardo, Iván Velázquez-Abunader, Jorge Alberto López-Rocha, Eduardo Garza-Gisholt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5235 PubMed 30042890

June 18, 2018

Comparative demography of commercially-harvested snappers and an emperor from American Samoa

Brett M. Taylor, Zack S. Oyafuso, Cassandra B. Pardee, Domingo Ochavillo, Stephen J. Newman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5069 PubMed 29938139

May 25, 2018

Shelters can negatively affect growth and welfare in lumpfish if feed is delivered continuously

Asa Johannesen, Nakita E. Joensen, Eyðfinn Magnussen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4837 PubMed 29844984

May 17, 2018

Citizen science data suggest that a novel rig improves landing rate and reduces injury and handling time in recreational angling with artificial lures in Baltic pike (Esox lucius)

Jens Jakob Bursell, Robert Arlinghaus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4744 PubMed 29785344

May 14, 2018

Chitin distribution in the Oithona digestive and reproductive systems revealed by fluorescence microscopy

Kevin Sugier, Benoit Vacherie, Astrid Cornils, Patrick Wincker, Jean-Louis Jamet, Mohammed-Amin Madoui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4685 PubMed 29780666

April 19, 2018

Molecular approaches uncover cryptic diversity in intertidal Ligia isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Ligiidae) across the southern Africa coastline

Taylor M. Greenan, Charles L. Griffiths, Carlos A. Santamaria

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4658 PubMed 29686947

April 17, 2018

Symbiotic immuno-suppression: is disease susceptibility the price of bleaching resistance?

Daniel G. Merselis, Diego Lirman, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4494 PubMed 29682405

March 29, 2018

Simulated Disperser Analysis: determining the number of loci required to genetically identify dispersers

Adam P.A. Cardilini, Craig D.H. Sherman, William B. Sherwin, Lee A. Rollins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4573 PubMed 29610709

March 13, 2018

Strong genetic differentiation in tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides (Hydrocharitaceae) at the Indo-Malay Archipelago revealed by microsatellite DNA

I Nyoman Giri Putra, Yuliana Fitri Syamsuni, Beginer Subhan, Made Pharmawati, Hawis Madduppa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4315 PubMed 29576933

February 28, 2018

Outplanting technique, host genotype, and site affect the initial success of outplanted Acropora cervicornis

Elizabeth A. Goergen, David S. Gilliam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4433 PubMed 29507829

February 15, 2018

Life histories predict genetic diversity and population structure within three species of octopus targeted by small-scale fisheries in Northwest Mexico

José F. Domínguez-Contreras, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Bertha P. Ceballos-Vázquez, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Francisco J. García-Rodríguez, Melanie Culver, Hector Reyes-Bonilla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4295 PubMed 29472993

January 31, 2018

A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what’s old, what’s new, and future directions

Joseph R. Pawlik, Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4343 PubMed 29404224

December 4, 2017

Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphylliidae; clade V)

Katrina S. Luzon, Mei-Fang Lin, Ma. Carmen A. Ablan Lagman, Wilfredo Roehl Y. Licuanan, Chaolun Allen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4074 PubMed 29226032

November 29, 2017

Facilitative and competitive interaction components among New England salt marsh plants

John F. Bruno, Tatyana A. Rand, Nancy C. Emery, Mark D. Bertness

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4049 PubMed 29201563

October 13, 2017

Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei)

Keith M. Bayha, Allen G. Collins, Patrick M. Gaffney

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3863 PubMed 29043109

October 3, 2017

A preliminary survey of zoantharian endosymbionts shows high genetic variation over small geographic scales on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

Hatsuko Noda, John Everett Parkinson, Sung-Yin Yang, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3740 PubMed 29018596

September 18, 2017

Integrative taxonomy of the ornamental ‘peppermint’ shrimp public market and population genetics of Lysmata boggessi, the most heavily traded species worldwide

J. Antonio Baeza, Donald C. Behringer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3786 PubMed 28948100

August 29, 2017

The microbial biosphere of the coral Acropora cervicornis in Northeastern Puerto Rico

Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz, Abigail Rivera-Seda, Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo, Carlos Toledo-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3717 PubMed 28875073

August 18, 2017

Shifting communities after typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

Kristine N. White, David K. Weinstein, Taku Ohara, Vianney Denis, Javier Montenegro, James D. Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236

August 10, 2017

Littorally adaptive? Testing the link between habitat, morphology, and reproduction in the intertidal sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces: Cottoidea)

Thaddaeus J. Buser, Michael D. Burns, J. Andrés López

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July 31, 2017

Symplectin evolved from multiple duplications in bioluminescent squid

Warren R. Francis, Lynne M. Christianson, Steven H.D. Haddock

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3633 PubMed 28785521

June 8, 2017

Redescription and establishment of a holotype and three paratypes for the species Hemimycale mediterranea sp. nov.

Maria J. Uriz, Leire Garate, Gemma Agell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3426 PubMed 28607838

April 18, 2017

Null alleles are ubiquitous at microsatellite loci in the Wedge Clam (Donax trunculus)

Ciro Rico, Jose Antonio Cuesta, Pilar Drake, Enrique Macpherson, Louis Bernatchez, Amandine D. Marie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3188 PubMed 28439464

April 11, 2017

Calcification and growth rate recovery of the reef-building Pocillopora species in the northeast tropical Pacific following an ENSO disturbance

Jose de Jesús A. Tortolero-Langarica, Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso, Amílcar L. Cupul-Magaña, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3191 PubMed 28413732

April 5, 2017

Non-native molluscan colonizers on deliberately placed shipwrecks in the Florida Keys, with description of a new species of potentially invasive worm-snail (Gastropoda: Vermetidae)

Rüdiger Bieler, Camila Granados-Cifuentes, Timothy A. Rawlings, Petra Sierwald, Timothy M. Collins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3158 PubMed 28392984

April 4, 2017

Structuring effects of chemicals from the sea fan Phyllogorgia dilatata on benthic communities

Felipe V. Ribeiro, Bernardo A.P. da Gama, Renato C. Pereira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3186 PubMed 28392988

March 22, 2017

Effects of long-term elevated temperature on covering, sheltering and righting behaviors of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius

Lisheng Zhang, Lingling Zhang, Dongtao Shi, Jing Wei, Yaqing Chang, Chong Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3122 PubMed 28348933

March 7, 2017

Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two cryptic Hemimycale species in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the genera Crella and Hemimycale (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)

Maria J. Uriz, Leire Garate, Gemma Agell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2958 PubMed 28286707

January 26, 2017

Expanding our understanding of the trade in marine aquarium animals

Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, Joseph T. Szczebak, Robert J. Holmberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2949 PubMed 28149703

October 20, 2016

Ecological solutions to reef degradation: optimizing coral reef restoration in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic

Diego Lirman, Stephanie Schopmeyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2597 PubMed 27781176

October 11, 2016

Greater than X kb: a quantitative assessment of preservation conditions on genomic DNA quality, and a proposed standard for genome-quality DNA

Daniel G. Mulcahy, Kenneth S. Macdonald, Seán G. Brady, Christopher Meyer, Katharine B. Barker, Jonathan Coddington

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2528 PubMed 27761327

September 6, 2016

Seasonal changes in fish assemblage structure at a shallow seamount in the Gulf of California

Salvador J. Jorgensen, A. Peter Klimley, Arturo Muhlia-Melo, Steven G. Morgan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2357 PubMed 27651985

September 1, 2016

Development and characterization of 24 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the freshwater fish Ichthyoelephas longirostris (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae)

Ricardo M. Landínez-García, Edna J. Márquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2419 PubMed 27635363

August 31, 2016

Characterization, development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers in three commercially exploited reef fish and their application for stock identification

Laura Taillebois, Christine Dudgeon, Safia Maher, David A. Crook, Thor M. Saunders, Diane P. Barton, Jonathan A. Taylor, David J. Welch, Stephen J. Newman, Michael J. Travers, Richard J. Saunders, Jennifer Ovenden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2418 PubMed 27635362

August 24, 2016

Transmission of a heterologous clade C Symbiodinium in a model anemone infection system via asexual reproduction

Wan-Nan U. Chen, Ya-Ju Hsiao, Anderson B. Mayfield, Ryan Young, Ling-Lan Hsu, Shao-En Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2358 PubMed 27635330

July 20, 2016

Artificial reefs and marine protected areas: a study in willingness to pay to access Folkestone Marine Reserve, Barbados, West Indies

Anne E. Kirkbride-Smith, Philip M. Wheeler, Magnus L. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2175 PubMed 27547521

July 7, 2016

Dugong dugon feeding in tropical Australian seagrass meadows: implications for conservation planning

Samantha J. Tol, Rob G. Coles, Bradley C. Congdon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2194 PubMed 27441123

June 30, 2016

A new method for ecoacoustics? Toward the extraction and evaluation of ecologically-meaningful soundscape components using sparse coding methods

Alice Eldridge, Michael Casey, Paola Moscoso, Mika Peck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2108 PubMed 27413632

June 15, 2016

Freshwater gastropods diversity hotspots: three new species from the Uruguay River (South America)

Diego E. Gutiérrez Gregoric, Micaela de Lucía

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2138 PubMed 27326385

May 2, 2016

Shallow water heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile

Juan Francisco Araya, Ángel Valdés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1963 PubMed 27168975

April 18, 2016

How does agonistic behaviour differ in albino and pigmented fish?

Ondřej Slavík, Pavel Horký, Marie Wackermannová

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1937 PubMed 27114883

April 12, 2016

Fine scale patterns of genetic partitioning in the rediscovered African crocodile, Crocodylus suchus (Saint-Hilaire 1807)

Seth W. Cunningham, Matthew H. Shirley, Evon R. Hekkala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1901 PubMed 27114867

March 31, 2016

Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon

András Tartally, Andreas Kelager, Matthias A. Fürst, David R. Nash

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1865 PubMed 27069804

March 28, 2016

A citizen science approach to monitoring bleaching in the zoantharian Palythoa tuberculosa

John Everett Parkinson, Sung-Yin Yang, Iori Kawamura, Gordon Byron, Peter Alan Todd, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1815 PubMed 27069784

March 21, 2016

The effects of an invasive seaweed on native communities vary along a gradient of land-based human impacts

Fabio Bulleri, Fabio Badalamenti, Ljiljana Iveša, Barbara Mikac, Luigi Musco, Andrej Jaklin, Alex Rattray, Tomás Vega Fernández, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1795 PubMed 27014513

February 23, 2016

The past, present and future distribution of a deep-sea shrimp in the Southern Ocean

Zeenatul Basher, Mark J. Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1713 PubMed 26925334

February 18, 2016

Genotypic richness predicts phenotypic variation in an endangered clonal plant

Suzanna M. Evans, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Alistair G.B. Poore, Keryn F. Bain, Adriana Vergés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1633 PubMed 26925313

February 15, 2016

RNA-Seq of the Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata (Scleractinia-Merulinidae) under bleaching and disease stress expands models of coral innate immunity

David A. Anderson, Marcus E. Walz, Ernesto Weil, Peter Tonellato, Matthew C. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1616 PubMed 26925311

January 25, 2016

Isolation and characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellites for the spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus

Nathan Truelove, Donald C. Behringer, Mark J. Butler IV, Richard F. Preziosi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1467 PubMed 26855853

January 7, 2016

The complete mitochondrial genome of Lerema accius and its phylogenetic implications

Qian Cong, Nick V. Grishin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1546 PubMed 26788426

January 5, 2016

The role of coral colony health state in the recovery of lesions

Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz, Carlos Toledo-Hernandez, Alex E. Mercado-Molina, María-Eglée Pérez, Alberto M. Sabat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1531 PubMed 26788423

December 10, 2015

Best practices for assessing ocean health in multiple contexts using tailorable frameworks

Julia S. Stewart Lowndes, Erich J. Pacheco, Benjamin D. Best, Courtney Scarborough, Catherine Longo, Steven K. Katona, Benjamin S. Halpern

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1503 PubMed 26713251

November 24, 2015

A tide prediction and tide height control system for laboratory mesocosms

Luke P. Miller, Jeremy D. Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1442 PubMed 26623195

November 5, 2015

Variation in species diversity and functional traits of sponge communities near human populations in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Cole G. Easson, Kenan O. Matterson, Christopher J. Freeman, Stephanie K. Archer, Robert W. Thacker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1385 PubMed 26587347

November 3, 2015

Baseline coral disease surveys within three marine parks in Sabah, Borneo

Jennifer Miller, Michael J. Sweet, Elizabeth Wood, John Bythell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1391 PubMed 26732905

June 30, 2015

Population structure among octocoral adults and recruits identifies scale dependent patterns of population isolation in The Bahamas

Howard R. Lasker, Isabel Porto-Hannes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1019 PubMed 26157606

April 30, 2015

Phylogeographic structure and northward range expansion in the barnacle Chthamalus fragilis

Annette F. Govindarajan, Filip Bukša, Katherine Bockrath, John P. Wares, Jesús Pineda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.926 PubMed 25945315

February 17, 2015

The effects of venting and decompression on Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) in the marine ornamental aquarium fish trade

Emily S. Munday, Brian N. Tissot, Jerry R. Heidel, Tim Miller-Morgan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.756 PubMed 25737809

January 6, 2015

Fish mislabelling in France: substitution rates and retail types

Julien Bénard-Capelle, Victoire Guillonneau, Claire Nouvian, Nicolas Fournier, Karine Le Loët, Agnès Dettai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.714 PubMed 28462014

November 27, 2014

Removal of corallivorous snails as a proactive tool for the conservation of acroporid corals

Dana E. Williams, Margaret W. Miller, Allan J. Bright, Caitlin M. Cameron

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.680 PubMed 25469321

November 25, 2014

Spawning aggregation behavior and reproductive ecology of the giant bumphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum, in a remote marine reserve

Roldan C. Muñoz, Brian J. Zgliczynski, Bradford Z. Teer, Joseph L. Laughlin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.681 PubMed 25469322

October 30, 2014

The link between immunity and life history traits in scleractinian corals

Jorge H. Pinzón C., Lindsey Dornberger, Joshuah Beach-Letendre, Ernesto Weil, Laura D. Mydlarz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.628 PubMed 25374778

October 16, 2014

The role of macrobiota in structuring microbial communities along rocky shores

Catherine A. Pfister, Jack A. Gilbert, Sean M. Gibbons

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.631 PubMed 25337459

August 28, 2014

Disease dynamics and potential mitigation among restored and wild staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis

Margaret W. Miller, Kathryn E. Lohr, Caitlin M. Cameron, Dana E. Williams, Esther C. Peters

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.541 PubMed 25210660

August 19, 2014

Scaling of olfactory antennae of the terrestrial hermit crabs Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita perlatus during ontogeny

Lindsay D. Waldrop, Roxanne M. Bantay, Quang V. Nguyen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.535 PubMed 25177536

August 14, 2014

Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish

Peter Shum, Christophe Pampoulie, Carlotta Sacchi, Stefano Mariani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525 PubMed 25165634

August 7, 2014

Asymmetric connectivity of spawning aggregations of a commercially important marine fish using a multidisciplinary approach

Adrian Munguia-Vega, Alexis Jackson, Silvio Guido Marinone, Brad Erisman, Marcia Moreno-Baez, Alfredo Girón-Nava, Tad Pfister, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Jorge Torre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.511 PubMed 25165626

May 27, 2014

Contrasting effects of ocean acidification on tropical fleshy and calcareous algae

Maggie Dorothy Johnson, Nichole N. Price, Jennifer E. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.411 PubMed 24918033

May 22, 2014

Spatial and temporal distribution of the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans in coral reefs of Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombian Caribbean

Elisa Bayraktarov, Javier Alarcón-Moscoso, Andrea Polanco F., Christian Wild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.397 PubMed 24883257

March 20, 2014

Sampling locality is more detectable than taxonomy or ecology in the gut microbiota of the brood-parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Sarah M. Hird, Bryan C. Carstens, Steven W. Cardiff, Donna L. Dittmann, Robb T. Brumfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.321 PubMed 24711971

September 3, 2013

Typhoon damage on a shallow mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

Kristine N. White, Taku Ohara, Takuma Fujii, Iori Kawamura, Masaru Mizuyama, Javier Montenegro, Haruka Shikiba, Tohru Naruse, TY McClelland, Vianney Denis, James D. Reimer

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