Corals of the Red Sea

ML Berumen, R Arrigoni, J Bouwmeester… - Coral reefs of the Red …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The biodiversity of Red Sea corals captured the attention of some of the earliest
European natural historians. Many of the first descriptions of tropical reef corals were based …

Assessing the utility of eDNA as a tool to survey reef-fish communities in the Red Sea

JD DiBattista, DJ Coker, TH Sinclair-Taylor, M Stat… - Coral Reefs, 2017 - Springer
Relatively small volumes of water may contain sufficient environmental DNA (eDNA) to
detect target aquatic organisms via genetic sequencing. We therefore assessed the utility of …

Coastal fish diversity of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen

U Zajonz, E Lavergne, SV Bogorodsky, FN Saeed… - Zootaxa, 2019 - biotaxa.org
Abstract The Socotra Archipelago, located in the eastern Gulf of Aden, has a unique marine
environment which combines tropical and 'pseudo-temperate'elements. Studies on the fish …

Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as step** stones for dispersal and diversification

T Simon, HT Pinheiro, S Santos, RM Macieira… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Studies on oceanic island biodiversity have been the foundation for much theoretical work.
However, seamounts are mostly underexplored, and little information is available about their …

Phylogeographical patterns and a cryptic species provide new insights into Western Indian Ocean giant clams phylogenetic relationships and colonization history

C Fauvelot, D Zuccon, P Borsa, D Grulois… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The unique biodiversity in the Red Sea is the result of complex ecological and
evolutionary processes driven by Pleistocene climatic change. Here we investigate the …

Biogeography of the coastal fishes of the Socotra Archipelago: Challenging current ecoregional concepts

U Zajonz, E Lavergne, SV Bogorodsky, F Krupp - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The Socotra Archipelago, located in the eastern Gulf of Aden, has a unique marine
environment, which combines tropical and 'pseudo-temperate'elements. An updated species …

Consequences of marine barriers for genetic diversity of the coral‐specialist yellowbar angelfish from the Northwestern Indian Ocean

F Torquato, P Range, R Ben‐Hamadou… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean circulation, geological history, geographic distance, and seascape heterogeneity
play an important role in phylogeography of coral‐dependent fishes. Here, we investigate …

Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula

JD DiBattista, P Saenz‐Agudelo, MJ Piatek… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic structure within marine species may be driven by local adaptation to their
environment, or alternatively by historical processes, such as geographic isolation. The gulfs …

Fishes and connectivity of Red Sea coral reefs

ML Berumen, MB Roberts, TH Sinclair-Taylor… - Coral reefs of the Red …, 2019 - Springer
The coral reefs of the Red Sea are host to a diverse fish fauna. Ichthyofauna studies began
in the Red Sea during expeditions undertaken by some of the earliest European naturalists …

Phylogeography of a commercially important reef fish, Lutjanus ehrenbergii, from the coastal waters of the Arabian Peninsula

MH Griffiths, CM Wade, D D'Agostino… - Biological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The coastal waters of the Arabian Peninsula include a heterogeneous marine region
comprising the Persian/Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman at its northeastern boundary and the …