Abstract Aim The Red Sea is characterised by a unique fauna and historical periods of
desiccation, hypersalinity and intermittent isolation. The origin and contemporary …

The drivers of variability in species range sizes remain an outstanding enigma in ecology.
The theoretical expectation of a positive dispersal‐range size relationship has received …

We examine the hypothesis that reef fish larvae have some direct influence on their own
dispersal and ability to recruit to their natal reef by tracking cohorts of bicolor damselfish …

A central aim of ecology is to explain the heterogeneous distribution of biodiversity on earth.
As expectations of diversity loss grow,,,,, this understanding is also critical for effective …

The majority of shallow-water marine species have a two-phase life cycle in which relatively
sedentary, demersal adults produce pelagic larvae. Because these larval stages are …

Dispersal plays a crucial role in several aspects of the biology, management and
conservation of many species, including coral reef fish and other demersal marine …

Most marine organisms disperse via ocean currents as larvae, so it is often assumed that
larval-stage duration is the primary determinant of geographic range size. However …

In the marine realm, the tropics host an extraordinary diversity of taxa but the drivers
underlying the global distribution of marine organisms are still under scrutiny and we still …

Here we present a review of how the study of the geographic distribution of genetic lineages
(phylogeography) has helped identify management units, evolutionary significant units …

Latitudinal declines of species richness from the tropics to the poles represent a general
spatial pattern of diversity on land. For the marine realm, the generality of this pattern has …