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

Barriers to gene flow between divergent populations result in contact (hybrid) zones.
Locations where multiple contact zones overlap can be used in comparative studies asking …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, a technique for retrieving multispecies DNA
from environmental samples, can detect a diverse array of marine species from filtered …

The family Pomacentridae is a species-rich group of primarily marine fishes. The
phylogenetic relationships of the damselfishes are examined herein using sequence data …

Mineral exploitation has spread from land to shallow coastal waters and is now planned for
the offshore, deep seabed. Large seafloor areas are being approved for exploration for …

Understanding the processes that shape patterns of genetic structure across space is a
central aim of landscape genetics. However, it remains unclear how geographical features …

Hybridisation has traditionally been considered rare and unimportant in generating
biodiversity in the marine environment, particularly in coral reefs ecosystems. Here we …

Nine species of fiddler crabs (Crustacea: Ocypodidae: Gelasiminae) are known from the
Arabian Sea and adjacent waters (Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and …

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 …

Natural hybridisation is a widespread phenomenon, particularly well documented in
terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, where it has been ascribed substantial evolutionary …