Revealing connections in the sea: insights into the processes shaping the spatial distribution of marine fishes

Understanding the spatial distribution of species, as well as identifying the underlying mechanisms influencing these patterns, are essential to properly understand how biodiversity is generated and maintained in the sea. The scale at which these patterns occur can illuminate evolutionary and ecological processes influencing these patterns, which in turn are also useful to inform management and conservation strategies. Here, I will be discussing these themes across a variety of spatial scales: across ocean basins (Indian and Pacific Oceans), across an isolated archipelago (Hawaiian Archipelago), at the island scale (Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi), and across a vertical gradient from shallow depths down to low light, mesophotic coral ecosystems. 

Speaker: Richard Coleman, Assistant Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami

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