Here, we investigate the a method of monitoring sponges with results suggesting COI metabarcoding is capable of capturing sponge richness from a complex natural community.
We addressed the effect of spatial structures on tropical coral reefs across seascapes using community data collected around five uninhabited central Pacific oceanic islands.
Our team performs stock assessments and studies demersal communities and habitat assemblages to ensure sustainable and effective management of marine ecosystems.
Coral reefs are highly threatened ecosystems, with challenges in conducting inventories of their vanishing biodiversity. This study illustrates the efficacy of DNA sequences in identifying organisms and detecting cryptic variation with applications.
Environmental conditions of deep-sea corals were monitored to reveal patterns that can be considered in relation to what is known about the life history of deep-sea corals and how they might influence community settlement, growth, and diversity.
An assessment of eddies that were identified and tracked within a numerical simulation to better understand their implication on larval retention of reef fish.
In this study, we used a submersible to describe a deep-water artificial reef complex to better understand the effects of man-made features on fish communities.
