Towards an urban marine ecology: characterizing the drivers, patterns and processes of marine ecosystems in coastal cities

PA Todd, EC Heery, LHL Loke, RH Thurstan, DJ Kotze… - Oikos, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

Down, then up: non-parallel genome size changes and a descending chromosome series in a recent radiation of the Australian allotetraploid plant species, Nicotiana …

MW Chase, R Samuel, AR Leitch, MS Guignard… - Annals of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The extent to which genome size and chromosome numbers
evolve in concert is little understood, particularly after polyploidy (whole-genome …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Environmental Adaptation Signatures of Chinese Coastal Hard-Shell Mussel Mytilus coruscus Revealed by …

F Guo, Y Ye, K Zhu, S Lin, Y Wang, Z Dong… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The hard-shell mussel (Mytilus coruscus) is widespread in the temperate coastal areas of
the northwest Pacific and holds a significant position in the shellfish aquaculture market in …

Spatial and environmental variables structure sponge symbiont communities

DFR Cleary, ARM Polónia, T Swierts… - Molecular …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the maintenance and origin of beta diversity is a central topic in ecology.
However, the factors that drive diversity patterns and underlying processes remain unclear …

Shifts in dominance of benthic communities along a gradient of water temperature and turbidity in tropical coastal ecosystems

LP Aji, DL Maas, A Capriati, A Ahmad, C de Leeuw… - PeerJ, 2024‏ - peerj.com
Tropical coastal benthic communities will change in species composition and relative
dominance due to global (eg, increasing water temperature) and local (eg, increasing …

Population structure in Neotropical plants: Integrating pollination biology, topography and climatic niches

AS Dellinger, O Paun, J Baar, EM Temsch… - Molecular …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Animal pollinators mediate gene flow among plant populations, but in contrast to well‐
studied topographic and (Pleistocene) environmental isolating barriers, their impact on …

Speciation with gene flow in marine systems

G Potkamp, CHJM Fransen - Contributions to Zoology, 2019‏ - brill.com
Over the last century, a large body of literature emerged on mechanisms driving speciation.
Most of the research into these questions focussed on terrestrial systems, while research in …

Anthropogenic and natural barriers affect genetic connectivity in an Alpine butterfly

D Trense, TL Schmidt, Q Yang, J Chung… - Molecular …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a key biological process serving several functions including connectivity among
populations. Habitat fragmentation caused by natural or anthropogenic structures may …

High connectivity and migration potentiate the invasion of Limnoperna fortunei (Mollusca: Mytilidae) in South America

S Ludwig, EHR Sari, H Paixão, LC Montresor, J Araújo… - Hydrobiologia, 2021‏ - Springer
Even after almost 30 years of Limnoperna fortunei introduction into South America, it is still
unclear how the source and propagules are connected. Here, we present genetic evidence …

Unravelling the Brachidontes variabilis species complex (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) of the Indo-Pacific region

SHM Tan, FE Wells, SS Lukehurst… - Journal of Molluscan …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Members of the radially ribbed mytilid genus Brachidontes are often dominant filter feeders
on hard intertidal substrata in the Indo-Pacific region. However, there is still a great deal of …