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Surfperch Clades Partition by Habitat, Suggesting Adaptive Radiation

By: minustide May 19, 2015

Bony Fishes, Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology, Nature, Surfperchadaptive radiation, Embiotocidae, Gary Longo, surfperchLeave a Comment

Gary Longo and Giacomo Bernardi just published a paper on the evolutionary history of surfperch (embiotocidae) in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. They used RAD sequence data to describe the embiotocid radiation in the temperate North Pacific, and among the findings are (1) clades partition by habitat, suggesting adaptive radiation, and (2) the rise of kelp…

Enjoying Embiotocids at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

I was lucky enough to get a couple hours at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently – spent the whole time staring at embiotocids. It was a great opportunity to connect with surfperches I don’t often get to see in the surf zone of my home waters in northern Oregon. Some of them don’t range as…

Using surfperches to help understand the genomic basis of divergence and local adaptation

By: minustide December 16, 2014December 16, 2014

Embiotocidae, Evolution, Marine Biology, Nature, SurfperchEmbiotocidae, Evolution, Gary Longo, marine biology, natureLeave a Comment

Gary Longo is a graduate student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in the Bernardi lab, at UC Santa Cruz. Gary introduces his work on the Embiotocidae in the guest post below. I became interested in the molecular evolution of fishes while taking an undergraduate Ichthyology course. I was majoring in both marine biology and molecular…

My thoughts and experiences on the exposed outer coast. Lots of photos and a few words about intertidal nature. I’m always thinking about sandy beach connections to its sister ecosystems, the rocky intertidal, estuaries, and coastal forests. You can see photos of things I’ve found washed ashore on my Wrack Line pages. If you are looking for new takes on common intertidal algae, plants, and animals, I’m always updating my Variety of Life pages. I love the full-page layout on all theoutershores’ pages.