2024
Genomics of a novel ecological phase shift: the case of a ‘weedy’ Montipora coral in Ulithi, Micronesia
Bernardi G, Gatins R, Paddack M, Nelson P, Rulmal J, Crane N. Genomics of a novel ecological phase shift: the case of a ‘weedy’ Montipora coral in Ulithi, Micronesia. Coral Reefs 2024, 43: 601-611. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-024-02486-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStony coralsMontipora coralsUlithi AtollSpecies of stony coralsHuman-mediated spreadEvidence of natural selectionRAD-seq dataFederated States of MicronesiaCoral resilienceCoral assemblagesCoral diversityCoral reefsFish diversityFocal speciesRestoration effortsEcological integrityFish biomassEcosystem functionEcological stressorsMontipora sp.ReefsCoralsDominant speciesSpread successHuman activities
2023
Establishment genomics of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos, in the Greater Caribbean
Bernardi G, Cohn F, Dominguez-Dominguez O, Kingon K, Tornabene L, Robertson D. Establishment genomics of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos, in the Greater Caribbean. Biological Invasions 2023, 26: 1017-1031. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03226-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-native speciesNon-native populationsGreater CaribbeanReef fishesNative rangeNatural selectionTrinidad populationIndo-Pacific reef fishMitochondrial DNA lineagesProtein coding genesSeparate genetic clustersDNA lineagesGenetic differentiationCoding genesAtlantic individualsRocky reefsGenetic clustersGenetic diversityEstablishment successRAD sequencesPopulation structureIsolated populationCoral reefsAdaptable speciesNearby reefs
2022
Anemonefish Behavior and Reproduction
Beldade R, Bernardi G, Mills S. Anemonefish Behavior and Reproduction. 2022, 129-142. DOI: 10.1201/9781003125365-16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReproductive behaviorSpecies of host anemonesSequential hermaphroditic fishesCoral reef fishesNon-mating individualsGroup-living speciesProtandrous sequential hermaphroditeSex-changing speciesPre-spawningHost anemonesReef fishesCoral reefsEgg developmentMating pairsAnemonefishSequential hermaphroditismHermaphroditic fishChange sexModel systemAnimal kingdomEgg mortalityGroups of fishSpeciesActual fecundityFecundity