A5065122125- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Data Analysis with R
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Research Data Management Practices
- Marine and fisheries research
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Data Quality and Management
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Statistical and Computational Modeling
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Florida Museum of Natural History
2010-2023
University of Florida
2007-2023
The Carpentries
2019
Florida State University
2019
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
2016
Whitney Museum of American Art
2015-2016
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2009-2012
École Pratique des Hautes Études
2009
Université de Perpignan
2009
Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier
2007
Summary While phylogenies have been getting easier to build, it has difficult reuse, combine and synthesize the information they provide because published trees are often only available as image files, taxonomic is not standardized across studies. The Open Tree of Life ( OTL ) project addresses these issues by providing a digital tree that encompasses all organisms, built combining phylogenies. also provides tools services query download parts this synthetic tree, well source data used build...
Outbreaks of the coral-killing seastar Acanthaster planci are intense disturbances that can decimate coral reefs. These events consist emergence large swarms predatory feed on reef-building corals, often leading to widespread devastation populations. While cyclic occurrences such outbreaks reported from many tropical reefs throughout Indo-Pacific, their causes hotly debated, and spatio-temporal dynamics impacts reef communities remain unclear. Based observations a recent event around island...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 408:55-64 (2010) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08554 Early post-settlement mortality and structure of coral assemblages Lucie Penin1,2,3,*, François Michonneau1,4, Andrew H. Baird3, Sean R. Connolly3,5, Morgan S. Pratchett3, Mohsen Kayal1,2, Mehdi Adjeroud1,6 1UMR CNRS-EPHE-UPVD 5244 Biologie et Écologie...
Abstract While most tetrapods are unable to regenerate severed body parts, amphibians display a remarkable ability an array of structures. Frogs can appendages as larva, but they lose this around metamorphosis. In contrast, salamanders juveniles, and adults. However, the extent which fundamental traits (e.g., metamorphosis, size, aging, etc.) restrict regenerative remains contentious. Here we utilize normally paedomorphic adult axolotls ( Ambystoma mexicanum ) undergo induced metamorphosis...
Recently collected material from Australia, Japan and Guam allowed us to revise Phyrella describe mookiei sp. nov. We redefine the genus based on combined morphological molecular analyses. unlike most dendrochirotids eviscerate posteriorly. The number of tentacles is variable (14–20), as degree fragmentation calcareous ring, calling into question separation Phyllophorinae Semperiellinae, suggest that Semperiella Thyonidiella are synonymous with Phyrella. recognize five species in...
Broad-scale patterns of species diversity have received much attention in the literature, yet mechanisms behind their formation may not explain richness disparities across small spatial scales. Few taxa display high on either side Wallace's Line and our understanding processes causing this biogeographical pattern remains limited, particularly plant lineages. To understand evolution pattern, a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny Livistoninae palms (Arecaceae) was used to infer colonization...
ABSTRACT Aim To assess whether eight traits of fish communities (species richness, three reproductive and four trophic traits) respond similarly to environmental gradients, consequently display convergence between the lakes France north‐east USA (NEUSA). Location 75 French 168 lakes. Methods The data encompass surveys, assignment species into guilds, variables characterizing their catchments. analytical procedure was adapted from recommendations Schluter (1986 ) [ Ecology , 67 1073–1085]....
Pyrgomatid barnacles are a family of balanomorphs uniquely adapted to symbiosis on corals. The evolution the coral-dwelling is explored using multi-gene phylogeny (COI, 16S, 12S, 18S, and H3) phenotypic trait-mapping. We found that hydrocoral associate Wanella should be excluded, while some archaeobalanids in genus Armatobalanus included Pyrgomatidae. Three well supported clades were recovered: clade I largest group exclusively Indo-West Pacific, II contains two plesiomorphic Pacific genera,...
Didemnidae is the largest family of tunicates within Aplousobranchia, with about 578 species. This comprises eight genera: Atriolum, Clitella, Didemnum, Diplosoma, Leptoclinides, Lissoclinum, Polysyncraton, and Trididemnum. Morphological molecular data suggest that monophyletic, but monophyly each didemnid genus their phylogenetic relationships are still poorly understood. study aimed to evaluate six genera assess based on mitochondrial (COI) nuclear (18S) sequences. All were recovered as...
1. While phylogenies have been getting easier to build, it has difficult re-use, combine, and synthesize the information they provide because published trees are often only available as image files, taxonomic is not standardized across studies. 2. The Open Tree of Life (OTL) project addresses these issues by providing a digital tree that encompasses all organisms, built combining phylogenies. also provides tools services query download parts this synthetic tree, well source data used build...
Data is the central currency of science, but nature scientific data has changed dramatically with rapid pace technology. This change led to development a wide variety formats, dataset sizes, complexity, use cases, and sharing practices. Improvements in high throughput DNA sequencing, sustained institutional support for large sensor networks, sky surveys large-format digital cameras have created massive quantities data. At same time, combination increasingly diverse research teams aggregation...
1. While fish-based Indices of Biotic Integrity (IBIs) have been developed for a wide array lotic systems, equivalent tools seldom adapted to the monitoring and assessment lakes. Major difficulties arise in such work: (i) collecting data that allow statistically robust analyses, (ii) choosing relevant variables describe biotic, environmental anthropogenic sets (iii) assessing relative importance latter two explaining former. The aim present paper is produce an fish communities lakes...
Abstract Identifying accurately species is critical for our understanding of patterns diversity and speciation. However, many organisms with simple variable morphological traits, the characters traditionally used by taxonomists to identify might lead a considerable under appreciation their diversity. Recent advances in molecular-data based computational methods have considerably improved ability test limits. Here, we use an integrative approach delineate complex sea cucumbers. We three-step...
Estimates for the number of species in sea vary by orders magnitude. Molecular taxonomy can greatly speed up screening diversity and evaluating boundaries, while gaining insights into biology species. DNA barcoding with a region cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI) is now widely used as first pass molecular evaluation diversity, it has good potential identifying cryptic improving our understanding marine biodiversity. We present results large scale effort holothuroids (sea cucumbers). sequenced 3048...