WG Fish Ecology and Evolution

We are interested in marine ecological and evolutionary processes in the tropics and their implications in the context of global change, management and conservation. Such processes include for example dispersal, adaptation, speciation and adaptive radiation. We work mostly on reef fishes, but are keen to also consider other marine organisms. Our main tool is population genomics, which we often complement with other approaches such as behavior or theory. Recent and ongoing projects in the lab are as varied as the genomic bases of speciation and adaptive radiation, dispersal in the context of artisanal fisheries and marine protected areas, the analysis of color pattern in reef fishes, animal personality, mimicry or the evolution of egg trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites. We have strong links with the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg (https://uol.de/en/icbm), where my professorship is based, as well as with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama (https://stri.si.edu/) where I am a Research Associate. See our lab webpage (http://www.puebla-lab.org/) for details, updates and news.

WG Members

Group Leader
Prof. Dr. Oscar Puebla
Scientists
Dr. Martin Helmkampf, Dr. Melanie Heckwolf
Doctoral Candidates
Floriane Coulmance, Estradivari, Sabrin Abdelghany, Cretus Joseph Mtonga, Serra Örey
M.Sc. Students
Kirsti Burnett, Phuong Dung Doan, Nina Rebecca Tombers, Finn Opätz
Alumni
Kosmas Hench, Syrmalenia Kotronaki

Research Projects

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Events

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Workshop "Fish Barcoding and Functional Ecology: Monitoring the Status of Marine Coastal Ecosystems"

Publications

Andradi-Brown, D.A., Veverka, L., Amkieltiela, Crane, N.L., Estradivari, Fox, H.E., Gill, D., Goetze, J., Gough, C., Krueck, N.C., Lester, S.E., Mahajan, S.L, Rulmal, J., Teoh, M., Ahmadia, G.N. (2023). Diversity in marine protected area regulations: Protection approaches for locally appropriate marine management. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1099579. OPEN ACCESS
Gill, D.A., Blythe, J., Bennett, N., Evans, L., Brown, K., Turner, R.A., Baggio, J.A., Baker, D., Ban, N.C., Brun, V., Claudet, J., Darling, E., Di Franco, A., Epstein, G., Estradivari, Gray, N.J., Gurney, G.G., Horan, R.P., Jupiter, S.D., Lau, J.D., Lazzari, N., Lestari, P., Mahajan, S.L., Mangubhai, S., Naggea, J. (2023). Triple exposure: Reducing negative impacts of climate change, blue growth, and conservation on coastal communities. One Earth 6(2), pp. 118-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.01.010.
Merten, V., Puebla, O., Bayer, T., Reusch, T.B.H., Fuss, J., Stefanschitz, J., Metfies, K., Stauffer, J.B., Hoving, H.J. (2023). ) Arctic nekton uncovered by e DNA metabarcoding: Diversity, potential range expansions, and pelagic‐benthic coupling. Environmental DNA 00, pp. 1-16. DOI: 10.1002/edn3.403. OPEN ACCESS
Fabiani, G., Mtonga, C.J., Chauka, L.J., Rumisha, C., Muhando, C.A. (2023). Mitochondrial DNA revealed a single stock structure of the Spotted sardinella Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) (Teleostei; Clupeidae) in Tanzanian coastal waters. Marine Biodiversity 53(3), DOI: 10.1007/s12526-023-01351-2.
Coulmance-Gayrard, F., Akkaynak, D., Le Poul, Y., Höppner, M.P., McMillan, W.O., Puebla, O. (2023). Phenotypic and genomic dissection of colour pattern variation in a reef fish radiation. Molecular Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/mec.17047.
Mgeleka, S.S., Silas, M.O., Mtonga, C.J., Rumisha, C., Viinamäki, E., Polte, P., Sköld, M., Winder, M., Gullström, M. (2023). Population genetics of the hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus (Belonidae) indicate high connectivity in Tanzanian coastal waters. . Marine Biology Research 19(4-5), pp. 261-270. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2023.2224026. OPEN ACCESS
Mahajan, S., Estradivari, Ojwang, L., Ahmadia, G. (2022, online first). The good, the bad, and the ugly: reflections on co-designing science for impact between the Global South and Global North. ICES Journal of Marine Science, DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac115.
Estradivari, Agung, M.F., Adhuri, D.S., Ferse, S.C.A., Sualia, I., Andradi-Brown, D.A., Campbell, S.J., Iqbal, M., Jonas, H.D., Lazuardi, M.E., Nanlohy, H., Pakiding, F., Pusparini, N.K.S., Ramadhana, H.C., Ruchimat, T., Santiadji, I.W.V., Timisela, N.R., Veverka, L., Ahmadia, G.N. (2022). Marine conservation beyond MPAs: Towards the recognition of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in Indonesia. Marine Policy 137, pp. 104939. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104939. OPEN ACCESS
Estradivari, Andradi-Brown, D.A., Amkieltiela, H., Christian N., Sjahruddin, F.F., Agung, M.F., Campbell, S.J., Claborn, K., De Nardo, M., Fox, H.E., Glew, L., Hakim, A., Lazuardi, M.E., Nanlohy, H., Sanjaya, W., Setyawan, E., Timisela, N.R., Veverka, L., Wiwardhana, N.W., Welly, M., Zainudin, I.M., Ahmadia, G.N. (2022). Marine conservation in the Sunda Banda Seascape, Indonesia. Marine Policy 138, pp. 104994. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104994.
Hench, K., Helmkampf, M., McMillan, O.W., Puebla, O. (2022). Rapid radiation in a highly diverse marine environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(4), pp. e2020457119. OPEN ACCESS
Puebla, O., Coulmance-Gayrard, F., Estapé, C.J., Estapé Morgan, A., Robertson, D.R. (2022). A review of 263 years of taxonomic research on Hypoplectrus (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a redescription of Hypoplectrus affinis (Poey, 1861). Zootaxa(2), pp. 101-141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.2.1. OPEN ACCESS
Amkieltiela, C.N.H., Andradi-Brown, D.A., Estradivari, Ford, A.K., Beger, M., Hakim, A., Muenzel, D.K., Carter, E., Agung, F., Veverka, L., Iqbal, M., Lazuardi, M.E., Fauzi, M.N., Tranter, S.N., Ahmadia, G.N. (2022). The rapid expansion of Indonesia’s marine protected area requires improvement in management effectiveness. Marine Policy 146, pp. 105257. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105257.
Claudet, J., Ban, N.C., Blythe, J., Briggs, J., Darling, E., Gurney, G.G., Palardy, J.E., Pike, E.P., Agostini, V.N., Ahmadia, G.N., Campbell, S.J., Epstein, G., Estradivari, Gill, D., Himes-Cornell, A., Jonas, H.D., Jupiter, S.D., Mangubhai, S., Morgan, L. (2022). Avoiding the misuse of other effective area-based conservation measures in the wake of the blue economy. One Earth 5(9), pp. 969-974. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.08.010.
Fidler, R.Y., Ahmadia, G.N., Amkieltiela, Awaludinnoer, Cox, C., Estradivari, Glew, L., Handayani, C., Mahajan, S.L., Mascia, M.B., Pakiding, F., Andradi-Brown, D.A., Campbell, S.J., Claborn, K., De Nardo, M., Fox, H.E., Gill, D., Hidayat, N.I., Jakub, R., Le, Duong T., Purwanto, V.A, Harborne, A.R. (2022). Participation, not penalties: Community involvement and equitable governance contribute to more effective multiuse protected areas. Science Advances 8(18), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl8929. OPEN ACCESS
Tranter, S.N., Estradivari, Ahmadia, G.N., Andradi-Brown, D.A., Muenzel, D., Agung, F., Amkieltiela, Ford, A.K., Habibi, A., Handayani, C.N., Iqbal, M., Krueck, N.C., Lazuardi, M.E., Muawanah, U., Papilaya, R.L., Razak, T.B., Sapari, A., Sjahruddin, F.F., Veverka, L., Yusri, S., Beger, M. (2022). The inclusion of fisheries and tourism in marine protected areas to support conservation in Indonesia. Marine Policy 146, pp. 105301. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105301.
Benestan, L., Loiseau, N., Guérin, P.‐E., Pérez‐Ruzafa, A., Forcada Aitor, E.A., Lenfant, P., Mallol, S., Goñi, R., Velez, L., Mouillot, D., Puebla, O., Manel, S. (2022). Contrasting influence of seascape, space and marine reserves on genomic variation in multiple species. Ecography, pp. e06127. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06127. OPEN ACCESS
Mtonga, C.J., Jiddawi, N., Benjamen, D. (2022). Recent rise in exploitation of Tanzanian octopuses: a policy and management challenge. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wiojms/article/view/215391. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 1/2022, pp. 107-118. DOI: 10.4314/wiojms.si2022.1.8. OPEN ACCESS
de Jonge, D.S.W., Merten, V., Bayer, T., Puebla, O., Reusch, T.B.H., Hoving, H.-J.T. (2021). A novel metabarcoding primer pair for environmental DNA analysis of Cephalopoda (Mollusca) targeting the nuclear 18S rRNA region. Royal Society Open Science 8(2), pp. 1-16. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201388. OPEN ACCESS
Benestan, L., Fietz, K., Loiseau, N., Guerin, P.E., Trofimenko, E., Rühs, S., Schmidt, C., Rath, W., Biastoch, A., Perez-Ruzafa, A., Baixauli, P., Forcada, A., Arcas, E., Lenfant, P., Mallol, S., Goñi, R., Velez, L., Höppner, M., Kininmonth, S., Mouillot, D., Puebla, O., Manel, S. (2021). Restricted dispersal in a sea of gene flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1951), pp. 20210458. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0458.
Marcos, C., Díaz, D., Fietz, K., Forcada, A., Ford, A., García-Charton, J.-A., Goñi, R., Lenfant, P., Mallol, S., Mouillot, D., Pérez-Marcos, M., Puebla, O., Manel, S., Pérez-R.A. (2021). Reviewing the Ecosystem Services, Societal Goods, and Benefits of Marine Protected Areas. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, pp. 613819. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.613819. OPEN ACCESS
Girard, E.B., Estradivari, Ferse, S., Ambo-Rappe, R., Jompa, J., Renema, W. (2021). Dynamics of large benthic foraminiferal assemblages: A tool to foreshadow reef degradation?. Science of The Total Environment, pp. 151396. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151396. OPEN ACCESS
Ahmadia, G.N., Cheng, S.H., Andradi-Brown, D.A., Baez, S.K., Barnes, M.D., Bennett, N.J, Campbell, S.J., Darling, E.S., Estradivari, Gill, D., Gress, E., Gurney, G.G., Horigue, V., Jakub, R., Kennedy, E., Mahajan, S.L., Mangubhai, S., Matsuda, S.B., Muthiga, N.A., Navarro, M.O., Santodomingo, N., Vallès, H, Veverka, L., Villagomez, A., Wenger, A.S., Wosu, A. (2021). Limited Progress in Improving Gender and Geographic Representation in Coral Reef Science. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, pp. 731037. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.731037. OPEN ACCESS
Gurney, G.G., Darling, E.S., Ahmadia, G.N., Agostini, V.N., Ban, N.C., Blythe, J., Claudet, J., Epstein, G., Estradivari, Himes-Cornell, A., Jonas, H.D., Armitage, D., Campbell, S.J., Cox, C., Friedman, W.R., Gill, D., Lestari, P., Mangubhai, S., McLeod, E., Muthiga, N.A., Naggea, J., Ranaivoson, R., Wenger, A., Yulianto, I., Jupiter, S.D. (2021). Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs. Nature 595(7869), pp. 646-649. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02041-4. OPEN ACCESS
Merten, V., Bayer, T., Reusch, T.B.H., Puebla, O., Fuss, J., Stefanschitz, J., Lischka, A., Hauss, H., Neitzel, P., Piatkowski, U., Czudaj, S., Christiansen, B., Denda, A., Hoving, H.-J.T. (2021). An Integrative Assessment Combining Deep-Sea Net Sampling, in situ Observations and Environmental DNA Analysis Identifies Cabo Verde as a Cephalopod Biodiversity Hotspot in the Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science(8), DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.760108. OPEN ACCESS
Fietz, K., Trofimenko, E., Guerin, P.-E., Arnal, V., Torres-Oliva, M., Lobréaux, S., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Manel, S., Puebla, O. (2020). New genomic resources for three exploited Mediterranean fishes. Genomics 112(6), pp. 4297-4303. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.06.041.