Background Marine species can demonstrate strong genetic differentiation and population
structure despite the hypothesis of open seas and high connectivity. Some suggested …

Dispersal is generally difficult to directly observe. Instead, dispersal is often inferred from
genetic markers and biophysical modelling where a correspondence indicates that dispersal …

Shallow population structure is generally reported for most marine fish and explained as a
consequence of high dispersal, connectivity and large population size. Targeted gene …

Larval dispersal is a critically important yet enigmatic process in marine ecology, evolution,
and conservation. Determining the distance and direction that tiny larvae travel in the open …

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 …

The ecologically and socio-economically important marine ecosystems of Europe are facing
severe threats from a variety of human impacts. To mitigate and potentially reverse some of …

ABSTRACT The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia
from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Analyses of multiple biogeographic and phylogenetic …

Aim Assessing the spatial structure and dynamics of marine populations is still a major
challenge in ecology. The need to manage marine resources from ecosystem and large …

Recent papers have suggested that epifaunal organisms use artificial structures as step**‐
stones to spread to areas that are too distant to reach in a single generation. With thousands …

As species struggle to cope with rising ocean temperatures, temperate marine assemblages
are facing major reorganization. Many benthic species have a brief but critical period …