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University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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The lab

Monica near the Wall

Monica - standing while SCUBA

At Lee Stocking Island, September 2005
Nick Schizas (left) and Hernan Torres-Pratts (right)
Nick on the boat

Nikolaos V. Schizas
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Isla Magueyes Laboratories
P.O. Box 9013
Mayagüez, PR 00681-9013

E-mail: n_schizas [at] cima.uprm.edu
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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Curriculum Vitae

Lab People

Hernan Torres-Pratts, Ph.D. candidate (Molecular ecology of benthic invertebrates)

Edna Soto-Justiano, Ph.D. candidate (Phylogeography of Caribbean harpacticoid copepods)

Matt Lucas, Ph.D. student (Molecular Ecology of mesophotic scleractinian corals)

Monica Rojas, M.S. candidate (Population structure of Caribbean ophiurids)

Alexandre Jassoud, M.S. candidate (Genetic structure of Caribbean and Mediterranean populations of Octopus vulgaris)

Luis Rodriguez, new graduate student (from Univ of Puerto Rico Ponce),

Alumni of the Lab

Dannise Ruiz, Awarded M.S. in Spring 2009 (Molecular ecology of Millepora)
Now pursuing a PhD at PSU

Joselyd Garcia, Awarded M.S. in Spring 2008 (Molecular ecology of Acropora)
Joselyd is the recipient of the 2008 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Knauss Alumni)

Tania Insua, visiting student, Universidad de Vigo, Spain (Genetic variation in Caribbean Corallimorpharia)
Currently at the Univ of Rhode Island pursuing a PhD in Marine Engineering

Carlos Prada, Research Associate (Patterns of genetic variation in the gorgonian Plexaura flexuosa)
Now pursuing a PhD at LSU

Field Activities

September 22-26, 2005, sampling trip at Lee Stocking Island, Exuma, Bahamas

May 2004 cruise with the R/V Chapman

Lab Instrumentation and Layout

Selected Publications

Papers In Review

NV Schizas, WE Browne. Genetic patterns of polymorphism and divergence of Caribbean and Hawaiian populations of the banded coral shrimp Stenopus hispidus.

(*)J Garcia Reyes, NV Schizas. Genetic variability and fine-scale population structure in the threatened coral species Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis around Puerto Rico

(*)D Ruiz-Ramos, E Hernandez, NV Schizas. Population status of the long-spined urchin Diadema antillarum in Puerto Rico 20 years after a mass mortality event. Bulletin of Marine Science

Published Papers, (*) = Papers with students

PJ Milligan, EA Stahl, NV Schizas, JT Turner (In Press, 2009). Phylogeography of the copepod Acartia hudsonica in estuaries of the northeastern United States. Hydrobiologia

Andrew L. Rhyne, Dong Zhang, J Lin, NV Schizas (In Press, 2009). Not any two will do: DNA divergence and interpopulation reproductive compatibility in a simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni. Marine Ecology Progress Series Doi: 10.3354/meps08062 (pdf not yet available).

Hans-U. Dahms, S Chullasorn, NV Schizas, P Kangtia, W Anansatitporn, Wan-Xi Yang (In Press, 2009). Review of naupliar development among Tisbidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with a phylogenetic analysis and naupliar description of Tisbe thailandensis from Thailand. Zoological Studies 48(6) [Accepted Date: 2009.3.4] (pdf not yet available)

(*)H Torres-Pratts, MT Schärer and NV Schizas (2009) Genetic diversity of Chelonibia caretta, commensal barnacles of the endangered hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata from the Caribbean (Puerto Rico). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 89:(4) 719-725 (pdf)

S Chullasorn, H-U Dahms, NV Schizas, P Kangtia (2009). Phylogenetic inferences of Tisbe Lilljeborg, 1853 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with a new species of Tisbe thailandensis from Bangsaen Beach, Thailand. Hydrobiologia 627: 1-17 DOI 10.1007/s10750-009-9711-2 (pdf)

V Pesic, T Chatterjee, NV Schizas (2008). Marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from the Caribbean Sea, with description of one new species. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 49(3):253-259. (pdf)

(*)C Prada, NV Schizas, PM Yoshioka (2008). Phenotypic plasticity or speciation? A case from a clonal marine organism. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:47 (Featured article in BMC Evolutionary Biology, February 29 2008) (pdf)

(*)H Torres-Pratts, NV Schizas (2007). Meiofaunal colonization of decaying leaves of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle, in southwestern Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science, 43 (1): 127-137. (pdf). High resolution pictures of Figure 2 (here) and Figure 3 (here).

Reprints of some older papers ... Click here