A5084765192- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
University of Liverpool
2024
Natural History Museum
2021-2024
Museum of London
2022
Little is known about dispersal in deep-sea ecosystems, especially for sponges, which are abundant ecosystem engineers. Understanding patterns of gene flow sponges essential, areas where rising pressure from anthropogenic activities makes difficult to combine management and conservation. Here, we combined population genomics oceanographic modelling understand how Northeast Atlantic populations (Cantabrian Sea Norway) the sponge Phakellia ventilabrum connected. The analysis comprised ddRADseq...
The relative importance of the different processes that determine distribution species and assembly communities is a key question in ecology. any individual affected by wide range environmental variables as well through interactions with other species; resulting distributions pool available to form local at fine spatial scales. A challenge community ecology these (e.g. competition, facilitation, etc.) often are not directly measurable. Here, we used hierarchical modelling (HMSC), recently...
Deep-sea North Atlantic sponge grounds are crucial components of the marine fauna providing a key role in ecosystem functioning. To properly develop effective conservation and management plans, it is to understand genetic diversity, molecular connectivity patterns turnover at population level species involved. Here we present study two congeneric sponges, Phakellia robusta hirondellei, using multiple sources evidence. Our phylogenetic fragment COI placed these as sister. Haplotype network...
Little is known about dispersal in deep-sea sponges, yet understanding patterns of gene flow and connectivity essential for their effective management. Given rising pressure from harmful anthropogenic activities, schemes that manage resource extraction whilst conserving species diversity are increasingly necessary. Here, we used ddRADseq derived SNPs to investigate the genetic sponge Phakellia ventilabrum across northeast Atlantic Ocean (from Cantabrian Sea Norway). The analysis 166...