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Robert J Toonen

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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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University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Research Professor of Marine Biology

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

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PeerJ Contributions

June 7, 2019

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

2 citations

261 downloads

892 views

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

1 citation

214 downloads

606 views

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

401 downloads

1,199 views

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

1 citation

316 downloads

1,544 views

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

2 citations

586 downloads

946 views

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

2 citations

684 downloads

2,414 views

‘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

7 citations

564 downloads

2,710 views

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

7 citations

330 downloads

2,139 views

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

4 citations

456 downloads

2,532 views

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

6 citations

612 downloads

2,833 views

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

22 citations

2,606 downloads

11,370 views

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

13 citations

563 downloads

3,044 views

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

8 citations

639 downloads

2,624 views

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

39 citations

1,037 downloads

5,186 views

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

20 citations

660 downloads

2,572 views

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

95 citations

2,862 downloads

12,778 views

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

14 citations

1,313 downloads

3,190 views

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)

29 citations

713 downloads

4,918 views

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

266 downloads

360 views

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

324 downloads

542 views

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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October 3, 2019

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

135 downloads

232 views

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

181 downloads

316 views

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

1 citation

141 downloads

725 views

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)

135 downloads

241 views

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)

74 downloads

389 views

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

73 downloads

225 views

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

211 downloads

329 views

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

139 downloads

537 views

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

163 downloads

491 views

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

215 downloads

661 views

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

206 downloads

990 views

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

257 downloads

1,056 views

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

1 citation

222 downloads

929 views

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

2 citations

188 downloads

1,198 views

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

338 downloads

1,018 views

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

1 citation

209 downloads

887 views

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

1 citation

157 downloads

1,030 views

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

1 citation

145 downloads

826 views

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)

6 citations

248 downloads

929 views

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

194 downloads

1,374 views

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

1 citation

559 downloads

1,785 views

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

1 citation

240 downloads

1,087 views

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)

2 citations

145 downloads

671 views

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

1 citation

226 downloads

1,217 views

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

2 citations

245 downloads

1,412 views

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)

267 downloads

8,636 views

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

245 downloads

1,351 views

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

2 citations

259 downloads

976 views

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?

5 citations

512 downloads

2,038 views

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

1 citation

222 downloads

1,407 views

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

1 citation

425 downloads

1,975 views

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

5 citations

464 downloads

1,838 views

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

2 citations

434 downloads

2,639 views

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

10 citations

765 downloads

3,382 views

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)

420 downloads

1,869 views

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

274 downloads

1,267 views

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)

10 citations

1,071 downloads

5,195 views

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

5 citations

265 downloads

1,588 views

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

5 citations

324 downloads

2,805 views

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

6 citations

328 downloads

1,734 views

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

11 citations

384 downloads

1,705 views

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)

7 citations

356 downloads

2,064 views

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3634 PubMed 28828246

July 31, 2017

Symplectin evolved from multiple duplications in bioluminescent squid

2 citations

333 downloads

1,901 views

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.

225 downloads

1,228 views

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)

9 citations

446 downloads

1,948 views

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

5 citations

481 downloads

2,148 views

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)

2 citations

940 downloads

4,928 views

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

379 downloads

1,442 views

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

7 citations

340 downloads

1,334 views

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)

6 citations

364 downloads

1,448 views

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

21 citations

895 downloads

4,166 views

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

36 citations

1,781 downloads

6,439 views

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

7 citations

708 downloads

3,137 views

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

5 citations

501 downloads

1,908 views

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)

5 citations

451 downloads

1,680 views

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

3 citations

555 downloads

1,481 views

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

5 citations

350 downloads

1,690 views

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

6 citations

1,023 downloads

4,131 views

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

8 citations

705 downloads

2,443 views

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

15 citations

764 downloads

2,683 views

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)

7 citations

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15 citations

739 downloads

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26 citations

1,017 downloads

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11 citations

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1,006 downloads

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11 citations

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42 citations

752 downloads

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1,176 downloads

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