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Divers using Tri-Mix Rebreathers, Mona,
Puerto Rico, 2010, Photo by N Schizas
Agaricia lamarcki, 270ft, Photo by Michael Nemeth
Contact info:
Nikolaos V. Schizas
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Isla Magueyes Laboratories
Call Box 9000, Mayaguez, PR 00681
Mayaguez, PR 00681
E-mail: nschizas [at] gmail dot com
Tel (Office): 1-787-899-2048 ext. 242
Tel (Lab) : 1-787-899-2048 ext 225
Fax: 1-787-899-5500
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(*)Rojas M., NV Schizas. Genetic population structure of two Caribbean brittle stars with contrasting life histories
NV Schizas. Misconceptions regarding nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) (Aquatic Biology, In revision)
Hans-U. Dahms, N.V. Schizas. Molecular phylogeny of calanoid copepods from the high Antarctic Weddell Sea.
NV Schizas, WE Browne. Genetic patterns of polymorphism and divergence of Caribbean and Hawaiian populations of the banded coral shrimp Stenopus hispidus.
(*)H Torres-Pratts, T Lado-Insua, AL Rhyne, L Rodriguez-Matos, NV Schizas (2011). Two distinct,
geographically overlapping lineages of the corallimorpharian Ricordea florida (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Ricordeidae). Coral Reefs DOI:
10.1007/s00338-010-0709-z. (pdf)
The final publication is available
at www.springerlink.com
(*)DV Ruiz-Ramos, EA Hernandez-Delgado, NV Schizas (2011). Population status of the long-spined urchin Diadema antillarum in
Puerto Rico 20 years after a mass mortality event. Bulletin of Marine Science. 87: 113-127
(pdf) or if you
do not have access to the journal
(pdf)
GC Fiedler, AL Rhyne, R Segawa, T Aotsuka, NV Schizas (2010). The evolution of euhermaphroditism in caridean shrimps: a molecular perspective of sexual systems and systematics. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:297 (pdf)
(*)J Garcia Reyes, NV Schizas (2010). No two reefs are created equal: fine-scale population structure in the threatened coral species Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis. Aquatic Biology. doi: 10.3354/ab00254. (pdf)
PJ Milligan, EA Stahl, NV Schizas, JT Turner (2010). Phylogeography of the copepod
Acartia hudsonica in estuaries of the northeastern United States. Hydrobiologia doi: 10.1007/s10750-010-0097-y
(pdf) or if you
do not have access to the journal
(pdf)
Biological Oceanography (CIMA 6618)
Special Topics: DNA data analysis (CMOB 8998)
Current topics seminar (CMOB 8785)
Matt Lucas, Ph.D. student (Population genomics of mesophotic corals)
Luis Rodriguez, M.S. student (Population genetics of the octocoral Gorgonia
ventalina)
Daphne Pagan, M.S. student
Alexandra Galindo, M.S. student (Co-Advisor)
Mariel Cruz, M.S. student
Alexandre Jassoud, Awarded an M.S. in Marine Sciences August 2010 (Genetic structure of Caribbean and
Mediterranean populations of Octopus vulgaris)
Hernan Torres-Pratts, Awarded a PhD in Marine Sciences in December
2009. Now a research scientist at a biotech company in Puerto Rico.
(Molecular ecology of benthic invertebrates)
Dannise Ruiz, Awarded M.S. in Spring 2009 (Molecular ecology of Millepora). Now
pursuing a PhD at Penn State
Joselyd Garcia, Awarded M.S. in Spring 2008.
Tania Lado-Insua, visiting student, 2007 Universidad de Vigo, Spain
(Genetic variation in Caribbean Corallimorpharia)
Carlos Prada, Research Associate 2005-2008(Patterns of genetic variation in the gorgonian Plexaura
flexuosa). Now pursuing a PhD at LSU
Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, September 2005
Research cruise with the R/V
Chapman, May 2004
Lab Instrumentation and Layout
Puerto Rico Technical Diving Center
Caribbean Coral Reef Institute
International Association of
Meiobenthologists
Archipelagos - Institute of Marine & Environmental Research of the Aegean Sea
Jeff Levinton's
Marine Biology Web site
Lab People
Martha Ricaurte, Ph.D. student (Coral genomics) Alumni of the Lab
Monica Rojas, Awarded an M.S. in Marine Sciences, May 2010. (Population structure of Caribbean
ophiurids)
Joselyd was the recipient of the 2008 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Currently: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits, Conservation and Education Division,
F/PR1
Currently at the Univ of Rhode Island pursuing a PhD in Marine Engineering
Field Activities
Field trip to Tenerife, Canary Islands (November 28 - December 6, 2011). Exploration of shallow and mesophotic
reefs.
Useful Links
Research Program of Rodrigo Riera, Meiobenthologist">
Last updated: October 2011
Contact Nick Schizas nschizas [at] gmail dot com