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2012

Palumbi, S.R. and A.R. Palumbi. 2012. Shark and Awe: The Extreme Life of the Sea. Princeton University Press.

Pespeni, M., E. Sanford, B. Gaylord, T.M. Hill, J.D. Hosfelt, H. Jaris, M. LaVigne, E. Lenz, A.D. Russell, M.K. Young, and S.R. Palumbi. 2012. Evolutionary change during experimental ocean acidification. In prep.

2011

Barshis, D.J., E.E. Sotka, R.P. Kelly, A. Sivasundar, B.A. Menge, J.A. Barth, and S.R. Palumbi. 2011. Coastal upwelling is linked to temporal genetic variability in the acorn barnacle Balanus glandula. Marine Ecology Progress Series 439: 139-150.

Oliver, T. and S.R. Palumbi. 2011. Do fluctuating temperature environments elevate coral thermal tolerance? Coral Reefs 30: 429-440.

Pinsky, M.L, O.P. Jensen, D. Ricard, D, and S.R. Palumbi. 2011. Unexpected patterns of fisheries collapse in the world's oceans. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 108: 8317-8322.

Pespeni, M., D.A. Garfield, M. Manier, and S.R. Palumbi. 2011. Genome-wide polymorphisms show unexpected targets of natural selection. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1823

Sanders, J.G. and S.R. Palumbi. 2011. Populations of Symbiodinium muscatinei show strong biogeographic structuring in the intertidal anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. Biol. Bull. 220: 199-208.

Oliver, T.A. and S.R. Palumbi. 2011. Many corals host thermally resistant symbionts in high-temperature habitat. Coral Reefs 30: 241-250.  

2010

Pespeni, M.H., T.A. Oliver, M.K. Manier, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Restriction Site Tiling Analysis: accurate discovery and quantitative genotyping of genome-wide polymorphisms using nucleotide arrays. Genome Biology 11: R44. View PDF

Galindo, H.M., A.S. Pfeiffer-Herbert, M.A. McManus, Y. Chao, F. Chai, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Seascape genetics along a steep cline: using genetic patterns to test predictions of marine larval dispersal. Molecular Ecology 19: 3692–3707. View PDF

Biermann, C.H., T.A. White, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Strongylocentrotus sea urchin eggs choose conspecific over heterospecific fertilization. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50(1): E12.

Kelly, R.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Genetic Structure Among 50 Species of the Northeastern Pacific Rocky Intertidal Community. PLoS One 5(1): e8594.

Kelly, R.P., T.A. Oliver, A. Sivasundar, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. A Method for Detecting Population Genetic Structure in Diverse, High Gene-Flow Species. Journal of Heredity 101: 423-436.

Palumbi, S.R. and C. Sotka. 2010. The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A story of revival. Island Press.

Palumbi S.R. November 2010 – April 2011. Weekly serialization of The Death and Life of Monterey Bay. Monterey Herald.

Oliver, T.A., D. Garfield, M. Manier, R. Haygood, G. Wray, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Whole-genome positive selection and habitat-driven evolution in a shallow and deep-sea urchin. Genome Biology and Evolution 2: 800-814.

Foley, M.M., B.S. Halpern, F. Micheli, M.H. Armsby, M.R. Caldwell, C.M. Crain, E. Prahler, N. Rohr, D. Sivas, and M.W. Beck. 2010. Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning. Marine Policy 34: 955-966.

Gaines, S.D., C. White, M.H. Carr, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Designing marine reserve networks for both conservation and fisheries management. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107: 18286-18293.

Pespeni, M.H. and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. The purple sea urchin genome suggests local adaptation along a latitudinal gradient despite high gene flow. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50(1): E136.

Pinsky, M.L., H.R. Montes, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Using isolation by distance and effective desnity to estimate dispersal scales in anemonefish. Evolution 64: 2688-2700.

Ruegg, K.C., E.C. Anderson, C.S. Baker, M. Vant, J.A. Jackson, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Are
Antarctic minke whales unusually abundant because of 20th century whaling? Molecular
Ecology 19: 281-291.

Sanchirico, J.N., J. Eagle, S.R. Palumbi, and B.H. Thompson. 2010. Comprehensive planning, dominant-use zones, and user rights: a new era in ocean governance. Bulletin of Marine Science 86: 273-285.

Sivasundar, A. and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Life history, ecology and the biogeography of strong genetic breaks among 15 species of Pacific rockfish, Sebastes. Marine Biology 157: 1433-1452.

Sivasundar, A. and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Parallel amino acid replacements in the rhodopsins of the rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) associated with shifts in habitat depth. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1159-1169.

2009

Worm B., R. Hilborn, J.K. Baum, T.A. Branch, J.S. Collie, C. Costello, M.J. Fogarty, E.A. Fulton, J.A. Hutchings, S. Jennings, O.P. Jensen, H.K. Lotze, P.M. Mace, T.R. McClanahan, C. Minto, S.R. Palumbi, A.M. Parma, D. Ricard, A.A. Rosenberg, R. Watson, and D. Zeller. 2009. Rebuilding global fisheries. Science 325: 578-585. View PDF

Palumbi S.R., P.A. Sandifer, J.D. Allan, M.W. Beck, D.G. Fautin, M.J. Fogarty, B.S. Halpern, L.S. Incze, J.A. Leong, E. Norse, J.J. Stachowicz, and D.H. Wall. 2009. Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 204-211. View PDF

Kelly R.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 2009. General-use polymerase chain reaction primers for amplification and direct sequencing of enolase, a single-copy nuclear gene, from different animal phyla. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 144-147. View PDF

Palumbi S.R. 2009. Speciation and the evolution of gamete recognition genes: pattern and process. Heredity 102: 66-76. View PDF

Alter S.E., S.F. Ramirez, S. Nigenda, J.U. Ramirez, L.R. Bracho, and S.R. Palumbi. 2009. Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genetic Variation across Calving Lagoons in Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Journal of Heredity 100: 34-46. View PDF

Oliver T.A. and S.R. Palumbi. 2009. Distributions of stress-resistant coral symbionts match environmental patterns at local but not regional scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 378: 93-103. View PDF

Alter S.E., and S.R. Palumbi. 2009. Comparing Evolutionary Patterns and Variability in the Mitochondrial Control Region and Cytochrome b in Three Species of Baleen Whales. Journal of Molecular Evolution 68: 97-111. View PDF

Jackson J.A., C.S. Baker, M. Vant, D.J. Steel, L. Medrano-Gonzalez, and S.R. Palumbi. 2009. Big and Slow: Phylogenetic Estimates of Molecular Evolution in Baleen Whales (Suborder Mysticeti). Molecular Biology and Evolution 26: 2427-2440.

Kelly, R.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 2009. General-use polymerase chain reaction primers for amplification and direct sequencing of enolase, a single-copy nuclear gene, from different animal phyla. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 144-147.

2008

Sanders, J.G., J.E. Cribbs, H.G. Fienberg, G.C. Hulburd, L.S. Katz, and S.R. Palumbi. 2008. The tip of the tail: molecular identification of seahorses for sale in apothecary shops and curio stores in California. Conservation Genetics 9: 65-71.

Dodge, R.E., C. Birkeland, M. Hatziolos, J. Kleypas, S.R. Palumbi, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, R. Van Woesik, J.C. Ogden, R.B. Aronson, B.D. Causey, and F. Staub. 2008. A call to action for coral reefs. Science 322: 189-190.

Geller, J., E.E. Sotka, R. Kado, S.R. Palumbi, and E. Schwindt. 2008. Sources of invasions of a northeastern Pacific acorn barnacle, Balanus glandula, in Japan and Argentina. Marine Ecology Progress Series 358: 211-218.

Logan, C.A., S.E. Alter, A.J. Haupt, K. Tomalty, and S.R. Palumbi. 2008. An impediment to consumer choice: Overfished species are sold as Pacific red snapper. Biological Conservation 141: 1591-1599.

Manier M.K. and S.R. Palumbi. 2008. Intraspecific divergence in sperm morphology of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: implications for selection in broadcast spawners. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 283.

Palumbi, S.R., K.L. McLeod, and D. Grunbaum. 2008.  Ecosystems in Action: Lessons from Marine Ecology about Recovery, Resistance, and Reversibility. Bioscience 58: 1. View PDF

Howard, D.J., S.R. Palumbi, L. Birge, and M.K. Manier. 2008. Sperm and speciation. InSperm Biology: An Evolutionary Perspective, T. Birkhead, D. Hosken, S. Pitnick, Eds. Elsevier Press.

2007

Palumbi, S.R. 2007 Economic ecology - In the market for minke whales. Nature 447: 267-268.

Worm, B., E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern, J.B.C. Jackson, H.K. Lotze, F. Micheli, S.R. Palumbi, E. Sala, K.A. Selkoe, J.J. Stachowicz, and R. Watson. 2007a Biodiversity loss in the ocean: How bad is it? Response. Science 316: 1282-1284.

Worm, B., E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern, J.B.C. Jackson, H.K. Lotze, F. Micheli, S.R. Palumbi, E. Sala, K.A. Selkoe, J.J. Stachowicz, and R. Watson. 2007b Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Response. Science 316: 1285.

Alter, S.E., E. Rynes, and S.R. Palumbi. 2007. DNA evidence for historic population size and past ecosystem impacts of gray whales.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(38): 15162-15167. View PDF

Vollmer, S.V., and S.R. Palumbi. 2007. Restricted gene flow in the Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicomis: Implications for the recovery of endangered reefs. Journal of Heredity 98: 40-50.

2006

Barber, P.H., M.V. Erdmann, and S.R. Palumbi. 2006. Comparative phylogeography of three codistributed stomatopods: Origins and timing of regional lineage diversification in the coral triangle. Evolution 60(9): 1825-1839.

Galindo, Heather M., D.B. Olson, and S.R. Palumbi, 2006. Seascape Genetics: A Coupled Oceanographic-Genetic Model Predicts Population Structure of Caribbean Corals. Current Biology 16(16): 1622-1626. View PDF

Worm, B., E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern, J.B.C. Jackson, H.K. Lotze, F. Micheli, S.R. Palumbi, E. Sala, K.A. Selkoe, J.J. Stachowicz, and R. Watson. 2006. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314(5800): 787-779. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and E.E. Sotka. 2006.  The use of genetic clines to estimate dispersal distances of marine larvae.  Ecology 87(5): 1094-1103. View PDF

2005

Palumbi, S.R. 2005. Coral Gardens: Paternity and Drug Testing on the Reef. Current Biology 15(14): 544-545. View PDF

Geyer, L. and S.R. Palumbi. 2005. Conspecific sperm precedence in two species of tropical sea urchins. Evolution 59 (1): 97-104. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2005. Germ theory for ailing corals. Nature 434(7034): 713-715. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and H.A. Lesios. 2005. Evolutionary animation: how do molecular phylogenies compare to Mayr's reconstruction of speciation patterns in the sea? Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 102(1): 6566-6572. View PDF

Palmer, M.A., E.S. Bernhardt, E.A. Chornesky, S.L. Collins, A.P. Dobson, C.S. Duke, B.D. Gold, R.B. Jacobson, S.E. Kingsland, R.H. Kranz, M.J. Mappin, M.L. Martinez, F. Micheli, J.L. Morse, M.L. Pace, M. Pascual, S.R. Palumbi, O.J. Reichman, A.R. Townsend, and M.G. Turner. 2005. Ecological science and sustainability in the 21st century. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 4-11.

2004

Duda T.F. and S.R. Palumbi. 2004 Gene expression and feeding ecology: evolution of piscivory in the venomous gastropod genus Conus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London-Biological Science 271: 1165-1174. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2004. Marine Reserves and Ocean Neighborhoods: The Spatial Scale of Marine Populations and Their Management. Annual Review of Environmental Resources 29: 31-68. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2004. Why mothers matter. Nature 430(7000): 621-622. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and J. Roman. 2004. Counting Whales in the North Atlantic. Response. Science 303: 4. View PDF

Roman, J. and S.R. Palumbi. 2004. A global invader at home: population structure of the green crab, Carcinus maenas, in Europe. Molecular Ecology 13(10): 2891-2898. View PDF

Sotka, E.E., J.P. Wares, J.A. Barth, R.K. Grosberg, and S.R. Palumbi. 2004. Strong genetic clines and geographical variation in gene flow in the rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula. Molecular Ecology 13: 2143-2156. View PDF

Vollmer, S.V. and S.R. Palumbi. 2004. Testing the utility of internally transcribed spacer sequences in coral phylogenetics. Molecular Ecology 13(10): 2763-2772. View PDF

Palmer, M., E. Bernhardt, E. Chornesky, S. Collins, A. Dobson, C. Duke, B. Gold, R. Jacobson, S. Kingsland, R. Kranz, M. Mappin, M. L. Martinez, F. Micheli, J. Morse, M. Pace, M. Pascual, S. Palumbi, O. J. Reichman, A. Simons, A. Townsend, and M. Turner. 2004. Ecology for a crowded planet. Science 304: 1251-1252.

2003

Palumbi, S.R., S.D. Gaines, H. Leslie, and R.R. Warner. 2003. New wave: high-tech tools to help marine reserve research. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 73-79. View PDF

Biermann, C.H., B.D. Kessing, and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. Phylogeny and development of marine model species: strongylocentrotid sea urchins. Evolution & Development 5: 360-371. View PDF

Gerber, L.R., L.W. Botsford, A. Hastings, H.P. Possingham, S.D. Gaines, S.R. Palumbi, and S. Andelman. 2003. Population models for marine reserve design: A retrospective and prospective synthesis. Ecological Applications 13: S47-S64. View PDF

Geyer, L.B. and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. Reproductive character displacement and the genetics of gamete recognition in tropical sea urchins. Evolution 57: 1049-1060. View PDF

Hare, M.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. High intron sequence conservation across three mammalian orders suggests functional constraints. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 969-978. View PDF

Hughes, T.P., A.H. Baird, D.R. Bellwood, M. Card, S.R. Connolly, C. Folke, R. Grosberg, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, J.B.C. Jackson, J. Kleypas, J.M. Lough, P. Marshall, M. Nystrom, S.R. Palumbi, J.M. Pandolfi, B. Rosen, and J. Roughgarden. 2003a. Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs. Science 301: 929-933. View PDF

Hughes, T.P., A.H. Baird, D.R. Bellwood, S.R. Connolly, C. Folke, R. Grosberg, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, J.B.C. Jackson, J. Kleypas, J.M. Lough, P. Marshall, M. Nystrom, S.R. Palumbi, J. M. Pandolfi, B. Rosen, and J. Roughgarden. 2003b. Causes of coral reef degradation - Response. Science 302: 1503-1504. View PDF

Landry, C., L.B. Geyer, Y. Arakaki, T. Uehara, and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. Recent speciation in the Indo-West Pacific: rapid evolution of gamete recognition and sperm morphology in cryptic species of sea urchin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 270: 1839-1847. View PDF

Lubchenco, J., S.R. Palumbi, S.D. Gaines, and S. Andelman. 2003. Plugging a hole in the ocean: The emerging science of marine reserves. Ecological Applications 13: S3-S7. View PDF

Neafsey, D.E. and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. Genome size evolution in pufferfish: A comparative analysis of diodontid and tetraodontid pufferfish genomes. Genome Research 13: 821-830. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2003a. Ecological subsidies alter the structure of marine communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100: 11927-11928. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2003b. Population genetics, demographic connectivity, and the design of marine reserves. Ecological Applications 13: S146-S158. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and R.R. Warner. 2003. Why gobies are like hobbits. Science 299: 51-52. View PDF

Roman, J. and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. Whales before whaling in the North Atlantic. Science 301: 508-510. View PDF

Warner, R.R. and S.R. Palumbi. 2003. Larvae retention: Genes or oceanography? Science 300: 1658-1658. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2003. Marine Reserves: A tool for ecosystem management and conservation. Pew Oceans Commission.
Norse, E.A., C.B. Grimes, S. Ralston, R. Hilborn, J.C. Castilla, S.R. Palumbi, D. Fraser, and P. Kareiva, 2003. Marine reserves: the best option for our oceans? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 495-502.

2002

Barber, P.H., M.K. Moosa, and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Rapid recovery of genetic diversity of stomatopod populations on Krakatau: Temporal and spatial scales of marine larval dispersal. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 269(1500): 1591-1597. View PDF

Barber, P.H., S.R. Palumbi, M.V. Erdmann, and M.K. Moosa. 2002. Sharp genetic breaks among populations of Haptosquilla pulchella (Stomatopoda) indicate limits to larval transport: patterns, causes, and consequences. Molecular Ecology 11: 659-674. View PDF

Hare M.P., F. Cipriano, and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Genetic evidence on the demography of speciation in allopatric dolphin species. Evolution 56: 804-816. View PDF

Hare, M. and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Genetic distinctiveness of inshore and offshore Spisulaclams. Journal of Shellfish Research 21: 381.

Ingram, K.K. and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Characterization of microsatellite loci for the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and their potential for analysis of colony structure in invading Hawaiian populations. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 94-95. View PDF

Simmonds, M.P., K. Haraguchi, T. Endo, F. Cipriano, S.R. Palumbi, and G.M. Troisi. 2002. Human health significance of organochlorine and mercury contaminants in Japanese whale meat. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 65: 1211-1235. View PDF

Vollmer, S. and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Unisexual clones: Lizards and corals. Science 298: 2130-2131. View PDF
Vollmer, S.V. and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity. Science 296: 2023-2025. View PDF

Hellberg, M.E., R.S. Burton, J.E. Neigel, and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Genetic assessment of connectivity among marine populations. Bulletin of Marine Science 70: 273-290.

Palumbi, S.R. 2002. Evolution, Synthesized. Review of What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr, Basic Books. Harvard Magazine March-April 2002: 26-30.

2001

Palumbi, S.R. 2001. Humans as the world's greatest evolutionary force. Science 293(5536): 1786-1790. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2001. The Evolution Explosion: how humans cause rapid evolutionary change. Norton.

Duda, T.F., et al. 2001. Origins of diverse feeding ecologies within Conus, a genus of venomous marine gastropods. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73(4): 391-409.

Palumbi, S.R., F. Cipriano, and M.P. Hare. 2001. Predicting nuclear gene coalescence from mitochondrial data: the three-times rule. Evolution 55(5): 859-868. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 2001. The ecology of marine protected areas. In Marine Community Ecology, M. Bertness, S. Gaines, and M. Hay, Eds. Sinauer Press.

Palumbi, S.R. 2001. Amazing tails of electric lugworms: Metabolic physiology reaches out. Review of The Extended Organism, J. S. Turner, Harvard Univ. Press. American Scientist May-June 2001: 266-268.

2000

Baker, C.S., et al. 2000. Scientific whaling: Source of illegal products for market? Science 290(5497): 1695.

Baker, C.S., et al. 2000. Predicted decline of protected whales based on molecular genetic monitoring of Japanese and Korean markets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 267(1449): 1191-1199. View PDF

Barber, P.H, et al. 2000. Biogeography: a marine Wallace's line. Nature 406(6797): 692-693. View PDF

Duda, T.F. and S.R. Palumbi. 2000. Evolutionary diversification of multigene families: Allelic selection of toxins in predatory cone snails. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17(9): 1286-1293. View PDF

Hare, M.P, S.R. Palumbi, and C.A. Butman. 2000. Single-step species identification of bivalve larvae using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Marine Biology 137(5/6): 953-961. View PDF

1999

Hare, M.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 1999. The accuracy of heterozygous base calling from diploid sequence and resolution of haplotypes using allele-specific sequencing. Molecular Ecology 8: 1750-1752.

Palumbi, S. and F. Cipriano. 1999. Harpoons fly in whale wars - reply. Nature 398: 366.

Cipriano, F. and S.R. Palumbi. 1999. Genetic tracking of a protected whale. Nature 397(6717): 307-308. View PDF

Duda, T.F. and S.R. Palumbi. 1999. Molecular genetics of ecological diversification: Duplication and rapid evolution of toxin genes of the venomous gastropod Conus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(12): 6820-6823. View PDF

Duda, T.F. and S.R. Palumbi. 1999. Population structure of the black tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon, among western Indian Ocean and western Pacific populations. Marine Biology 134(4): 705-710. View PDF

Duda, T.F. and S.R. Palumbi. 1999. Developmental shifts and species selection in gastropods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(18): 10272-10277. View PDF

France, S.C. et al. 1999. Intraspecific genetic diversity in the marine shrimp Penaeus vannamei: Multiple polymorphic elongation factor-1 alpha loci revealed by intron sequencing. Marine Biotechnology 1(3): 261-268. View PDF

McMillan, W.O., L.A. Weigt, and S.R. Palumbi. 1999. Color pattern evolution, assortative mating, and genetic differentiation in brightly colored butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae). Evolution 53: 247-260. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 1999. All males are not created equal: Fertility differences depend on gamete recognition polymorphisms in sea urchins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(22): 12632-12637. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 1999. The Prodigal Fish. Nature. 402(6763): 733-735. View PDF

1998

Villablanca, F.X., G.K. Roderick, and S.R. Palumbi. 1998. Invasion genetics of the Mediterranean fruit fly: variation in multiple nuclear introns. Molecular Ecology 7: 547-560.

Palumbi, S.R. and F. Cipriano. 1998. Species identification using genetic tools: The value of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences in whale conservation. J. Heredity 89: 459-464.

Palumbi, S.R. 1998. Species formation and the evolution of gamete recognition loci. In Endless Forms: Species and Speciation, D.J. Howard and S.H. Berlocher, Eds. Oxford University Press.

1997

McMillan, W.O. and S.R. Palumbi. 1997. Rapid rate of control-region evolution in Pacific butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 45:473-484. View PDF

Romano, S.L. and Palumbi, S.R. 1997 Molecular evolution of a portion of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal gene region in scleractinian corals. Journal of Molecular Evolution 45: 397-411. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and C.S. Baker. 1997. Nuclear genetic analysis of population structure and genetic variation using intron primers. In Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation, T.B. Smith and R. Wayne, Eds. Oxford Surveys in Evol. Biol.

Palumbi, S.R. 1997. Molecular biogeography of the Pacific. Coral Reefs 16: S47-52.

Palumbi, S.R., G. Grabowsky, T. Duda, N. Tachino, and L. Geyer. 1997. Speciation and the evolution of population structure in tropical Pacific sea urchins. Evolution 51: 1506-1517.

Palumbi, S.R. 1997. A star is born. Nature 390: 556-557.

1996

Metz, E.C. and S.R. Palumbi. 1996. Positive selection and sequence rearrangements generate extensive polymorphism in the gamete recognition protein bindin. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13: 397-406. View PDF

Ferraris, J. and S.R. Palumbi, Eds. 1996. Molecular Zoology: Advances, Strategies and Protocols.Wiley-Liss.

Palumbi, S.R. 1996. PCR and molecular systematics. In Molecular Systematics, 2nd edition,D. Hillis, C. Moritz, and B. Mable, Eds. Sinauer Press.

Baker, C.S. and S.R. Palumbi. 1996. Population structure, molecular systematics and forensic identification of whales and dolphins. In Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature, J.C. Avise and J.L. Hamrick, Eds. Chapman and Hall.

Palumbi, S.R. 1996. Acrospatial genetic structure and speciation in marine taxa with high dispersal abilities. In Molecular Approaches to Zoology and Evolution, J. Ferraris and S.R. Palumbi, Eds. Wiley-Liss.

Romano, S.L. and S.R. Palumbi. 1996. Hidden evolution of two architectural strategies in Scleractinian corals inferred from molecular systematics. Science271: 640-642.

Palumbi, S.R. 1996. What can molecular genetics contribute to marine biogeography? An urchin's tale.J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 203: 75-92.

Baker, C.S., F. Cipriano, and S.R. Palumbi. 1996. Molecular genetic identification of whale and dolphin products from commercial markets in Korea and Japan. Molec Ecol.5: 671-685.

1995

McMillan, W.O. and S.R. Palumbi. 1995. Concordant evolutionary patterns among Indo-West Pacific Butterfly fish. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 260: 229-236. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 1995. Using genetics as an indirect estimator of larval dispersal. In Larval Ecology, L. McEdward, Ed.CRC Press.

Butman, C.A., J. Carlton, and S.R. Palumbi. 1995. Waiting for a whale: Effects of whaling on deep sea biodiversity. Conservation Biology 9: 462-464.

1994

Gillespie, R.G., H.B. Croom, and S.R. Palumbi. 1994. Multiple origins of a spider radiation in Hawaii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 91: 2290-2294. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. 1994. Genetic Divergence, Reproductive Isolation, and Marine Speciation. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 25: 547-572. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and C.S. Baker. 1994. Contrasting population structure from nuclear intron sequences and mtDNA of humpback whales. Molecular Biology and Evolution 11(3): 426-435. View PDF

Metz, E.C., R.E. Kane, H. Yanagimachi, and S.R. Palumbi. 1994. Specificity of gamete binding and early stages of fusion in closely related sea urchins (genus Echinometra). Biol. Bull. 187: 23-34.

Baker, C.S. and S.R. Palumbi. 1994. Which whales are hunted? Molecular genetic evidence for illegal whaling. Science 265: 1538-1539.

1993

Bowman, B.H. and S.R. Palumbi. 1993. Rapid production of single-stranded sequencing template from amplified DNA using magnetic beads. Methods in Enzymology 224: 399-406. View PDF

Martin, A.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 1993. Protein evolution in different cellular environments: cytochrome b in sharks and mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10(4): 873-891. View PDF

Martin, A.P. and S.R. Palumbi. 1993. Body size, metabolic rate, generation time and the molecular clock. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 90: 4087-4091. View PDF

Baker, C.S., A. Perry, J.L. Bannister, M.T. Weinrich, R.B. Abernethy, J. Calambokidis, J. Lien, R.H. Lambertsen, J. Urban R., O. Vasquez, P.J. Clapham, A. Alling, U. Arnason, S.J. O'Brien, and S.R. Palumbi. 1993. Abundant mitochondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 90: 8239-8243.

Baker, C.S., M.T. Weinrich, G. Early, and S.R. Palumbi. 1993. Genetic impact of an unusual group mortality among humpback whales. Journal of Heredity 85: 52-54.

Gillespie, R.G., H.B. Croom, and S.R. Palumbi. 1993. Multiple origins of a spider radiation in Hawaii. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 91: 2290-2294.

1992

Martin, A.P., G.J.P. Naylor, and S.R. Palumbi. 1992. Rates of mitochondrial DNA evolution in sharks are slow compared with mammals. Nature 357: 153-157. View PDF

Palumbi, S. R. 1992 Marine speciation on a small planet. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 7: 114-118. View PDF

McMillan, W.O., R.A. Raff, and S.R. Palumbi. 1992. Population genetic consequences of developmental evolution and reduced dispersal in sea urchins (genus Heliocidaris). Evolution 46: 1299-1312.

Martin, A.P., R. Humphreys, and S.R. Palumbi. 1992. Population genetic structure of the Armorhead, Pseudopentaceros wheeleri, in the North Pacific Ocean: Application of the Polymerase chain reaction to fisheries problems. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49: 2386-2391.

1991

Palumbi, S.R. and E.C. Metz. 1991. Strong reproductive isolation between closely related tropical sea urchins (genus Echinometra). Molecular Biology and Evolution 8(2): 227-239. View PDF

Palumbi, S.R. and E. Metz. 1991. Strong reproductive isolation in closely related tropical sea urchins (genus Echinometra). Molec. Biol. Evol. 8: 227-239.

Palumbi, S.R., A.P. Martin, B.D. Kessing, W.O. McMillan. 1991. Detecting population structure using mitochondrial DNA. In Genetic Ecology of Whales and Dolphins, A.R. Hoelzel, Ed. International Whaling Commission.

Palumbi, S.R. and J. Benzie. 1991. Large mitochondrial DNA differences between morphologically similar Penaeid shrimp. Molec. Mar. Biol. Biotech. 1: 27-34.

Metz, E.C., H. Yanagimachi, and S.R. Palumbi. 1991. Gamete compatibility and reproductive isolation of closely related Indo-Pacific sea urchins, genus Echinometra. In Proceedings of the 7th International Echinoderm Conference. Balkema Press.

Palumbi, S.R. and B.D. Kessing. 1991. Population biology of the trans-Arctic exchange: mtDNA sequence similarity between Pacific and Atlantic sea urchins. Evolution 45: 1790-1805.

Croom, H.B., R.G. Gillespie, and S.R. Palumbi. 1991. Mitochondrial DNA sequences coding for a portion of the RNA of the small ribosomal subunits of Tetragnatha mandibulata and Tetragnatha hawaiiensis (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). J. Arachnology 19: 210-214.

1990

Baker, C.S., S.R. Palumbi, R.H. Lambertsen, M.T. Weinrich, J. Calambokidis and S.J. O'Brien. 1990. The influence of seasonal migration on the geographic structure of mitochondrial DNA variation in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Nature 344: 238-240. View PDF

Martin, A.P., B.D. Kessing, and S.R. Palumbi. 1990. Accuracy of estimating genetic distance between species from short sequences of mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution 7(5): 485-488. View PDF
Palumbi, S.R. and A.C. Wilson. 1990. Mitochondrial DNA diversity in the sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and S. droebachiensis. Evolution 44: 403-415.

1989

Palumbi, S.R. 1989. Rates of molecular evolution and the proportion of nucleotide positions free to vary. J. Molec. Evol. 29: 180-187.

1988
Palumbi, S.R. and L.A. Freed. 1988. Agonistic interactions in a keystone predatory starfish. Ecology 69: 1624-1627.

1987
Kay, E.A. and S.R. Palumbi. 1987. Evolution and endemism in Hawaiian marine invertebrates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2: 183-186.

1986

Palumbi, S.R. 1986. Ecological importance of body plan limitations: Structural responses of a
demosponge to wave force. Ecology 67: 208-214.

1985
Grosberg, R.K., W.R. Rice, and S.R. Palumbi. 1985. Graft compatibility and clonal identity in invertebrates. Science 229: 487-489.

Palumbi, S.R. 1985. Spatial variation in an algal-sponge commensalism and the evolution of ecological interactions. Am. Nat. 126: 267-274.

Wilson, A.C., R. L. Cann, S. Carr, M. George, U. Gyllensten, K. Helm-Bychowski, R. Higuchi, S. R. Palumbi, E. Prager, R. D. Sage, and M. Stoneking. 1985. Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 26: 375-400.

1984
Palumbi, S.R. 1984. Tactics of acclimation: Morphological changes of sponges in an unpredictable environment. Science 225: 1478-1480.

Palumbi, S.R. 1984. Measuring intertidal wave forces. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 81: 171-179.
Takahata, N. and S.R. Palumbi. 1984. Extranuclear differentiation and gene flow in the finite island model. Genetics 109: 446-457.

1983

Palumbi, S.R. and J.B.C. Jackson. 1983. Aging in modular organisms: Ecology of zooid senescence in Steginoporella sp. (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata). Biol. Bull. 164: 267-278.

1982

Palumbi, S.R. and B.A. Johnson. 1982. A note on the influence of life history stage on metabolic adaptation: The responses of Limulus eggs and larvae to hypoxia. In Physiology and Biology of Horseshoe Crabs, J. Bonaventura, C. Bonaventura, and S. Tesh, Eds. A.R. Liss Press.

Palumbi, S.R. and J.B.C. Jackson. 1982. Ecology of cryptic coral reef communities II, Recovery from small disturbance events by encrusting bryozoa: The influence of "host" species and lesion size. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 64: 103-115.

1981

Palumbi, S.R. and J.B.C. Jackson. 1981. Intracolonial gradients and zooid senescence in two bryozoa from cryptic reef environments. In Recent and Fossil Bryozoa, G.P. Larwood and C. Nielson, Eds. Olsen and Olsen.

1980

Palumbi, S.R., B.D. Sidell, R. Van Beneden, G.D. Smith, and D.A. Powers. 1980. Glucosephosphate isomerase (GPI) of the teleost Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus): Isozymes, allozymes and their physiological roles. J. Comp. Physiol. B 138: 49-57.

1979

Jackson, J.B.C. and S.R. Palumbi. 1979. Regeneration and partial predation in cryptic coral reef environments: Preliminary experiments on sponges and ectoprocts. In Biology of Sponges, C. Levi and N. Boury-Esnault, Eds. CNRS.

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