The recovery of coral genetic diversity in the Sunda Strait following the 1883 eruption of Krakatau
Published Work 2010 | Coral Reefs 29(3), 547–565
Region: Seas of the Coral Triangle (a region comprised of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands)
Paul Barber is an affiliated faculty member of CTR who is conducting research on evolution of conservation of marine biodiversity, coral reefs, evolutionary and population genetics, and natural selection and adaptation. The Barber Lab integrates genetics, ecology, oceanography and geology to understand the processes that promote speciation in marine environments, creating marine biodiversity hotspots. For the past decade, the lab has focused on the fish and invertebrates of the coral reefs of the Coral Triangle, the global epicenter of marine biodiversity. Through a comparative approach, the Barber Lab is examining the relative importance of tectonic history, physical oceanography, and organismal ecologies in limiting genetic connectivity and promoting evolution and lineage diversification. Recent work focuses on integrating empirical models of connectivity with predictions from geographically explicit models of contemporary and historical ocean currents. The Barber Lab is also investigating the role of natural selection and adaptation in shaping population genetic patterns, particularly the role of the genetic basis of energetic performance of mitochondrial in size selective mortality of marine larvae.
Current Projects
- Dispersal and Connectivity in Marine Environments
- The Evolution of Marine Biodiversity
- Dispersal and Ecological Adaptation in Marine Environments
- Marine Conservation
Related Publications
Published Work 2009 | Heredity 104(6), 563–572
Published Work 2009 | Molecular Phyologenetics and Evolution 53(1), 335–339
The challenge of understanding the Coral Triangle biodiversity hotspot
Published Work 2009 | Biogeography 36(10), 1845–1846
A threat to coral reefs multiplied? Four species of crown of thorns starfish
Published Work 2008 | Biology Letters 4(6), 696–699
Published Work 2008 | Molecular Ecology 17(24), 5276–5290
Published Work 2008 | Harmful Algae 7(5), 614–629
Published Work 2008 | Conservation Genetics 10, 803–814
Published Work 2008 | Conservation Biology 22(5), 1255–1266.
Cirhilabrus beauperryi, a new wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from Melanesia
Published Work 2008 | nternational Journal of Ichthyology 14(3), 129–140
Identification and Conservation of Endemic Fishes of Tropical Pacific Archipelagoes
Published Work 2008 | Conservation Biology 22, 965–975
Contrasting demographic history and phylogeographical patterns in two Indo-Pacific gastropods
Published Work 2008 | Molecular Ecology 17(2), 611–626
Genetic identity determines risk of post-settlement mortality of a marine fish
Published Work 2007 | Ecology 88(5), 1263–1277
Genetic approaches to measuring connectivity
Published Work 2007 | Oceanography 20(3), 22–31
Published Work 2006 | Evolution 60(9), 1825–1839
Published Work 2006 | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 273(1597), 2053–2061
Published Work 2006 | Marine Biology 150, 213–220
Published Work 2005 | Molecular Ecology Notes 5(4), 834–836
Epibiotic microbes as food and defense formarine isopods: unique symbioses in a hostile environment
Published Work 2005 | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272(1569), 1209–1216
A technique for the rapid extraction of microalgal DNA from single live and preserved cells
Published Work 2005 | Molecular Ecology Notes 5(3), 688–691
Published Work 2005 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1), 235–253
Published Work 2002 | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 2002, 269, 1591–1597
Published Work 2002 | Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(2), 20–36
Published Work 2002 | Molecular Ecology 11(4), 659–674
Nature and origins of unique high diversity reef faunas in the Bay of Tomini, Central Sulawesi: The ultimate “centre of diversity”?
Published Work 2000 | Proceedings 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, 185–192
Published Work 1999 | Molecular Ecology 8(4), 563–576
Published Work 1999 | Molecular Ecology 8(4), 547–562