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Genes, shells, and AI: using computer vision to detect cryptic morphological divergence between genetically distinct populations of limpets

Hollister et al. 2026. Sci Rep 16, 1051. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-30613-1

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Structural differences between conic and predator-induced bent morphs of  Tetraclita rubescens Nilsson-Cantell, 1931 (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha:  Tetraclitidae) revealed by CT scanning

Walker et al. 2025. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2025, 45(4), ruaf066 https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaf066

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The Effects of Latitudinal Gradients, Climatic Anomalies, and Size-Selective Harvesting on the Adaptive Potential of an Intertidal Gastropod

Nielsen et al. 2025. Evolutionary Applications 18(9). https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70159

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Classifying the seascape of eastern tropical pacific based on physicochemical variables

Bolaños-Durán et al. 2025. Marine Environmental Research 210, 107294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107294

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Combining Environmental DNA Data With Oceanography, Life History and Ecology for Detecting Climate-Induced Range Shifts

Zarzyczny et al. 2025. Diversity and Distributions 31(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70064

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​Morphological traits and machine learning for genetic lineage prediction of two reef-building corals

Mitushasi et al. 2025. PLoS One 20(6): e0326095. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326095

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Quantitative imaging datasets of micro to mesoplankton communities and surface microplastic across the Pacific Ocean from the Tara Pacific Expedition

Mériguet et al. 2025.Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2761-2025

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Calcification and growth of the reef coral Porites panamensis in a shallow hydrothermal field in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Tortolero-Langarica et al. 2024. Reg Environ Change 24, 156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02311-7

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Microbiomes of three coral species in the Mexican Caribbean and their shifts associated with the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

Arriaga-Piñon et al. 2024. PLoS ONE 19(8): e0304925. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304925

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Pushed waves, trailing edges, and extreme events: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of a geographic range shift in the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea

Nielsen et al. 2024. Global Change Biology 30:e1741

https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17414

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Isolation by disturbance: a pattern of genetic structure of the coral Pocillopora grandis in the Gulf of California

Dennis et al. 2024. MEPS 733: 43-57

https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14553

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Opposing genetic patterns of range shifting temperate and tropical gastropods in an area undergoing tropicalisation

Zarzyczny et al. 2024. Journal of Biogeography 51(2): 246-262 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14716

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Predator-induced defences under tropicalisation: A biogeographic approach

Fenberg et al. 2023. Journal of Biogeography 290: 20231021

https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14716

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High physiological function for corals with thermally tolerant, host-adapted symbionts

Turnham et al. 2023. Proc. R. Soc. B. 290: 20231021

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.1021

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Bioeconomic analysis of stock rebuilding strategies for the green abalone
fishery in Mexico under climate uncertainty

Vergara-Solana et al. 2023. Ocean and Coastal Management
243: 106759

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106759

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Host transcriptomic plasticity and
photosymbiotic fidelity underpin
Pocillopora acclimatization across
thermal regimes in the Pacific Ocean

Armstrong et al. 2023. Nature Communications 14, 3056.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38610-6

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Diversity of the Pacific Ocean coral reef
microbiom
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Galand et al. 2023. Nature Communications 14, 3039. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38500-x

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Ecology of Endozoicomonadaceae in three coral genera across the Pacific Ocean

Hochart et al. 2023. Nature Communications 14, 3037. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38502-9

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Telomere DNA length regulation is
influenced by seasonal temperature
differences in short-lived but not in longlived reef-building corals

Rouan et al. 2023. Nature Communications 14 3038.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38499-1

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Integrative omics framework for characterization of coral reef
ecosystems from the Tara Pacific
expedition

Belser et al. 2023. Scientific Data 10, 326 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02204-0

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Open science resources from the Tara Pacific expedition across coral reef and surface ocean ecosystems

Lombard et al. 2023. Scientific Data 10, 324https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01757-w

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Disparate genetic divergence patterns in three corals across a pan-Pacific environmental gradient highlight
species-specific adaptation

Voolstra et al. 2023. npj biodiversity 2:15.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00020-8

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Innovative approaches to coral reef science by early career researchers

Paz-García et al. 2023. Frontiers in Marine Science

doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1322657

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Sexual dimorphism in corallite size and modularity of a broadcast spawning
coral, Porites lobata

Pedraza-Pohlenz et al. 2023. Frontiers in Marine Science

doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1068391

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Microbiome of a reef-building coral
displays signs of acclimation to a
stressful shallow hydrothermal vent
habitat

Reigel et al. 2021. Frontiers in Marine Science

doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.652633

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Phylogenomics, Origin and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)

McFadden et al. 2021. Systematic Biology.

doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa103

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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time

Quattrini et al. 2020. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01291-1

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Coral Reef Resilience to Thermal Stress in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Romero-Torres et al. 2020. Global Change Biology doi:10.1111/gcb.15126 

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​The Eastern Tropical Pacific coral population connectivity and the role of the Eastern Pacific Barrier

Romero-Torres et al. 2018. Scientific Reports 8: 9354

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Evidence of sexual dimorphism in skeletal morphology of a gonochoric reef coral

González-Espinosa et al. 2018. Royal Society Open Science. 5 (5) 171843

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Anisotropic larval connectivity and metapopulation structure driven by directional oceanic currents in a marine fish targeted by small‑scale fisheries

Munguia-Vega et al. 2018. Marine Biology. 165, 16 

​https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3267-x

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Living on the edge: Diadema mexicanun in the upper Gulf of California

Paz-García et al. 2018. Marine Biodiversity 48(2): 1261-1264

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Spatio-temporal variability in coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) larval recruitment in the southern Gulf of California

Cabral-Tena et al. 2018. Pacific Science 72(4):435-447

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Atlas de Galápagos, Ecuador: Especies Nativas e Invasoras

Marti-Puig et al. 2018. Fundación Charles Darwin (FCD) y WWF-Ecuador.

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Characterization of 32 microsatellite loci for the Pacific red snapper Lutjanus peru through next generation sequencing

Paz-García et al. 2017. Molecular Biology Reports 44 (2): 251-256

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Variation in the whole mitogenome of reef-building Porites corals

Paz-García et al. 2016. Conservation Genetics Resources 8(2):123-127

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New record of the endemic coral
Porites sverdrupi (Gulf of California):
do fluctuations in seawater temperature regulate its southernmost range limit?

Paz-García & Balart 2016. Marine Biodiversity 46(2): 499-502

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The complete mitochondrial DNA of endemic Eastern Pacific coral
(Porites panamensis)

Del Río-Portilla et al. 2016. Mitochondrial DNA 27:738–739

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Morphological variation and different branch modularity across contrasting flow conditions in dominant Pocillopora
reef-building corals

Paz-García et al. 2015a. Oecologia 178: 207-218

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Switch between morphospecies of Pocillopora corals

Paz-García et al. 2015b. The American Naturalist 2015 186:3

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Difference in reproductive strategies of two scleractinian corals (branch vs massive) along the west coast of Mexico

Chávez-Romo et al. 2013. Ciencias Marinas 39(4): 387-400

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Testing the genetic predictions of a biogeographical model in a dominant endemic Eastern Pacific coral
(Porites panamensis) using a genetic seascape approach

Saavedra-Sotelo et al. 2013. Ecology and Evolution 3(12):4070-7091

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Initial spread of the invasive green alga Caulerpa verticillata over coral reef communities in the Gulf of California

Perez-Estrada et al. 2013. Coral Reefs 32: 865

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Different calcification rates in males and females of the coral Porites panamensis in the Gulf of California

Cabral-Tena et al. 2013. Marine Ecology Progress Series 276:1-8

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High predation by the corallivore sea snail Jenneria pustulata in a high-latitude reef in the Gulf of California

Paz-García et al. 2012. Marine Biodiversity Records 5(e94)

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Cold water bleaching of Pocillopora in the Gulf of California

Paz-García et al. 2012. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012 (Coral bleaching and climate change): 9A-10

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Genetic connectivity patterns of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Porites panamensis (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) along the Mexican Pacific

Paz-García et al. 2012. Pacific Science 66 (1): 43-61

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Genetic Structure of a Scleractinian Coral, Pocillopora damicornis, in the Mexican Pacific

Chávez-Romo et al. 2009. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008 : 429-433

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Genetic variation in two morphotypes of Porites panamensis from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Paz-García et al. 2009a. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008 : 444-448

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Genetic Structure of the Massive Coral Porites panamensis (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the Mexican Pacific

Paz-García et al. 2009b. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008 : 449-453

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Various Symbiodinium spp. distributed among differing Morphotypes and Genotypes of Porites panamensis from the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Paz-García et al. 2009c. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008 : 164-167

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Larval release from Tubastraea coccinea in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Paz-García et al. 2007. Coral Reefs 26 (2): 433

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Variaciones temporales en la tasa de regeneración a lesiones artificiales de dos morfotipos de Porites panamensis

Paz-García & Reyes-Bonilla 2006. Ciencias Marinas 32 (1B): 187-194

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