Recent phylogeographic studies have overturned three paradigms for the origins of marine
biodiversity.(i) Physical (allopatric) isolation is not the sole avenue for marine speciation …

Background The interplay of animal dispersal and environmental heterogeneity is
fundamental for the distribution of biodiversity on earth. In the ocean, the interaction of …

Understanding how geography, oceanography, and climate have ultimately shaped marine
biodiversity requires aligning the distributions of genetic diversity across multiple taxa. Here …

Connectivity among marine populations is critical for persistence of metapopulations, co**
with climate change, and determining the geographic distribution of species. The influence …

Delineating regions is an important first step in understanding the evolution and
biogeography of faunas. However, quantitative approaches are often limited at a global …

This study assesses the biogeographic classification of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) on
the basis of the species diversity and distribution of reef-building corals. Twenty one …

Diversity in coral reef fishes is not evenly distributed and tends to accumulate in the Indo-
Malay-Philippines Archipelago (IMPA). The comprehension of the mechanisms that initiated …

We synthesize the evolutionary implications of recent advances in the fields of
phylogeography, biogeography and palaeogeography for shallow‐water marine species …

Sharks are apex predators and keystone species that have a profound influence on the
ecology and food-web dynamics of coral reefs and epipelagic marine ecosystems. However …

Determining the geographic scale at which to apply ecosystem‐based management (EBM)
has proven to be an obstacle for many marine conservation programs. Generalizations …