Luiz A Rocha

Summary

Affiliation: Smithsonian Institution
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes
    Luiz A Rocha
    Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922, NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 272:573-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Recent invasion of the tropical Atlantic by an Indo-Pacific coral reef fish
    Luiz A Rocha
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO, AA 34002 0948, USA
    Mol Ecol 14:3921-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae)
    Luiz A Rocha
    University of Florida, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653 3071, USA
    Mol Ecol 11:243-52. 2002
  4. ncbi Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic reef fishes indicates both origin and accumulation of diversity in the Caribbean
    Luiz A Rocha
    Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P, O, 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 8:157. 2008
  5. ncbi Historical biogeography and speciation in the reef fish genus Haemulon (Teleostei: Haemulidae)
    Luiz A Rocha
    University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 48:918-28. 2008

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes
    Luiz A Rocha
    Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922, NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 272:573-9. 2005
    ..This mechanism can explain the long-standing enigma of high biodiversity in coral reef faunas...
  2. ncbi Recent invasion of the tropical Atlantic by an Indo-Pacific coral reef fish
    Luiz A Rocha
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO, AA 34002 0948, USA
    Mol Ecol 14:3921-8. 2005
    ..Census data show a contemporary range expansion in the northeastern Atlantic linked to global warming...
  3. ncbi Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae)
    Luiz A Rocha
    University of Florida, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653 3071, USA
    Mol Ecol 11:243-52. 2002
    ..bahianus has not been collected over deep sponge bottoms, and rarely settles outside shallow reefs. Overall, adult habitat preferences seem to be the factor that differentiates phylogeographical patterns in these reef-associated species...
  4. ncbi Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic reef fishes indicates both origin and accumulation of diversity in the Caribbean
    Luiz A Rocha
    Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P, O, 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 8:157. 2008
    ..The relative importance of these processes has long intrigued marine biogeographers but rarely has been tested...
  5. ncbi Historical biogeography and speciation in the reef fish genus Haemulon (Teleostei: Haemulidae)
    Luiz A Rocha
    University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 48:918-28. 2008
    ..We conclude that both vicariance between biogeographic provinces, and ecological mechanisms of speciation within provinces contribute to species richness in the genus Haemulon...