The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Integrative and proactive conservation approaches are critical to the long-term persistence
of biodiversity. Molecular data can provide important information on evolutionary processes …

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 …

Spatial conservation prioritization (SCP) is a planning framework used to identify new
conservation areas on the basis of the spatial distribution of species, ecosystems, and their …

Anomalously high ocean temperatures have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration
over the last several decades because of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global …

Globally, protected areas are being established to protect biodiversity and to promote
ecosystem resilience. The typical spatial conservation planning process leading to the …

Background Population connectivity, which is essential for the persistence of benthic marine
metapopulations, depends on how life history traits and the environment interact to influence …

Marine populations are typically characterized by weak genetic differentiation due to the
potential for long‐distance dispersal favouring high levels of gene flow. However, strong …

Multinational conservation initiatives that prioritize investment across a region invariably
navigate trade-offs among multiple objectives. It seems logical to focus where several …

Africa to the Pitcairn Islands (32 E to 128 W), and from southern Japan to Western Australia
(24 N to 15 S). Geographic distribution of the 12 currently recognized species is not even …