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Low Bioerosion Rates on Inshore Turbid Reefs of Western Australia by Dee, S., DeCarlo, T., Lozić, I., Nilsen, J., Browne, Nicola

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Predicting responses of geo-ecological carbonate reef systems to climate change: A conceptual model and review by Browne, Nicola, Cuttler, M., Moon, K., Morgan, K., Ross, C.L., Castro-Sanguino, C., Kennedy, E., Harris, D., Barnes, P., Bauman, A., Beetham, E., Bonesso, J., Bozec, Y.M., Cornwall, C., Dee, S., Decarlo, T., D'Olivo, J.P., Doropoulos, C., Evans, R.D., Eyre, B., Gatenby, P., Gonzalez, M., Hamylton, S., Hansen, J., Lowe, R., Mallela, J., O'Leary, M., Roff, G., Saunders, Ben, Zweilfer, A.

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Mixed-stock analysis of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on Antarctic feeding grounds by Schmitt, N., Double, M., Baker, S., Gales, N., Childerhouse, S., Polanowski, A., Steel, D., Albertson, R., Olavarría, C., Garrigue, C., Poole, M., Hauser, N., Constantine, R., Paton, D., Jenner, C., Jarman, Simon, Peakall, R.

“…Removing the Cook Islands, considered a transient region for humpback whales, from the simulation analysis increased the ability to reapportion Tonga from 86% to 89% and French Polynesia from 89% to 92%. Breeding ground sample size was found to be a factor influencing the accuracy of population reapportionment whereas increasing the mixture or feeding ground sample size improved the precision of results. …”
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Microsatellite DNA markers to resolve population structure and hybridization of two closely related surgeonfish species, Acanthurus nigricans and Acanthurus leucosternon by Di Battista, Joseph, Feldheim, K., Bowen, B.

“…All loci were scored for widely separated collections (A. nigricans, N = 30, French Polynesia; A. leucosternon, N = 27, Republic of Seychelles; hybrids, N = 17, Cocos/Keeling Island, eastern Indian Ocean). …”
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Phylogeography of two closely related Indo-Pacific butterflyfishes reveals divergent evolutionary histories and discordant results from mtDNA and microsatellites by Di Battista, Joseph, Rocha, L., Craig, M., Feldheim, K., Bowen, B.

“…The former is distributed primarily in the Indian Ocean but also extends to the Line Islands in the Central Pacific, whereas the latter is distributed primarily in the Central-West Pacific (including Hawaii and French Polynesia) but extends to the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean. …”
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Symbiotic specificity, association patterns, and function determine community responses to global changes: Defining critical research areas for coral-symbiodinium symbioses by Fabina, N., Putnam, H., Franklin, E., Stat, Michael, Gates, R.

“…Here, we couple empirical data from the coral reefs of Moorea, French Polynesia, and a network theoretic modeling approach to evaluate how patterns in coral-Symbiodinium associations influence community stability under climate change. …”
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Blinded by the bright: A lack of congruence between colour morphs, phylogeography and taxonomy for a cosmopolitan Indo-Pacific butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga by Di Battista, Joseph, Waldrop, E., Rocha, L., Craig, M., Berumen, M., Bowen, B.

“…This species is among the most broadly distributed butterflyfishes in the world, occurring on reefs from the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean to French Polynesia and Hawai'i. The Red Sea form lacks a conspicuous 'eye-spot' on the dorsal fin, which may indicate an evolutionary distinction. …”
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Twisted sister species of pygmy angelfishes: Discordance between taxonomy, coloration, and phylogenetics by Di Battista, Joseph, Waldrop, E., Bowen, B., Schultz, J., Gaither, M., Pyle, R., Rocha, L.

“…Phylogenetic analyses reveal three deep mtDNA lineages (d = 7. 0-8. 3 %) that conform not to species designation or color morph but to geographic region: (1) most Pacific C. flavissima plus C. vrolikii, (2) C. flavissima from the Society Islands in French Polynesia, and (3) Indian Ocean C. flavissima plus C. eibli. …”
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Regal phylogeography: Range-wide survey of the marine angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus reveals evolutionary partitions between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean by Coleman, R., Eble, J., Di Battista, Joseph, Rocha, L., Randall, J., Berumen, M., Bowen, B.

“…The only consistent population sub-structure within these three regions was at the Society Islands (French Polynesia), where surrounding oceanographic conditions may reinforce isolation.Coalescence analyses indicate the Pacific (1.7 Ma) as the oldest extant lineage followed by the Red Sea lineage (1.4 Ma). …”
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Phylogeography of the reef fish Cephalopholis argus (Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the indo-pacific barrier with contemporary overlap in the coral triangle by Gaither, M., Bowen, B., Bordenave, T., Rocha, L., Newman, Stephen, Gomez, J., Van Herwerden, L., Craig, M.

“…Results: Population structure was significant (ST= 0.297, P < 0.001; FST= 0.078, P < 0.001; FST= 0.099, P < 0.001 for the three loci, respectively) among five regions: French Polynesia, the central-west Pacific (Line Islands to northeastern Australia), Indo-Pacific boundary (Bali and Rowley Shoals), eastern Indian Ocean (Cocos/Keeling and Christmas Island), and western Indian Ocean (Diego Garcia, Oman, and Seychelles). …”
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Phylogeography, population structure and evolution of coral-eating butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae, genus Chaetodon, subgenus Corallochaetodon) by Waldrop, E., Hobbs, J., Randall, J., Di Battista, Joseph, Rocha, L., Kosaki, R., Berumen, M., Bowen, B.

“…The Pacific C. lunulatus had significant population structure at peripheral locations on the eastern edge of its range (French Polynesia, Johnston Atoll, Hawai'i), and a strong break between two ecoregions of the Hawaiian Archipelago. …”
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Phenotypic plasticity of the coral Porites rus: Acclimatization responses to a turbid environment by Padilla-Gamiño, J., Hanson, K., Stat, Michael, Gates, R.

“…In this study, we explored the physiology and acclimatization potential of Porites rus, a morphologically variable reef-building coral that is common in Moorea, French Polynesia, and a species that thrives across turbidity gradients driven by proximity to terrestrial runoff. …”
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