Robertson, Ross
Scientist Emeritus
Co-principal Investigator On
Selected Publications
Article
Taylor, Brett M., Prince, Jeremy, Mutz, Stephanie, Pardee, Cassandra, Wiley, John, Robertson, D. R., and Choat, J. H. 2024. "A widespread, consistent, and perplexing biphasic pattern in log catch‐at‐age data from a widely harvested family of tropical reef fishes ." Fish and Fisheries , https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12853 .
2024
Bernal-Hernández, Moises Emanuel, Beltrán-López, Rosa Gabriela, Robertson, D. R., Baldwin, Carole C., Espinoza, Eduardo, Martínez-Gómez, Juan Esteban, Barraza, Enrique, Angulo, Arturo, Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan, Acosta, Adrian F. González, and Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar. 2024. "Cryptic Diversity in Scorpaenodes xyris (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) Throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific ." Journal of Molecular Evolution , https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-024-10212-w .
2024
Torres-García, Rolando Quetzalcoatl, Gaither, Michelle R., Robertson, D. R., Torres-Hernández, Eloisa, Caselle, Jennifer E., Durand, Jean-Dominique, Angulo, Arturo, Espinoza-Herrera, Eduardo, García-De León, Francisco J., Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan, and Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar. 2024. "Geographic genetic variation in the Coral Hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Cirrhitidae), in relation to biogeographic barriers across the Tropical Indo-Pacific ." PeerJ , 12. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18058 .
2024
Palmerin-Serrano, Paola N., Pineros, Victor J., Robertson, D. Ross, Angulo, Arturo, Espinoza, Eduardo, Barraza, Enrique, Martinez-Gomez, Juan E., Solis-Guzman, Maria G., Calderon-Cortes, Nancy, Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan, and Dominguez-Dominguez, Omar. 2023. "Comparative phylogeography and demographic histories of five widely distributed tropical eastern Pacific fishes ." Marine Biology , 170, (12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04299-w .
2023
Baldwin, Carole C., Arcila, Dahiana, Robertson, D. R., and Tornabene, Luke. 2023. "Description of the First Species of Polylepion (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Atlantic Ocean with Analysis of Evolutionary Relationships of the New Species ." Ichthyology & Herpetology , 111, (2). https://doi.org/10.1643/i2022075 .
2023
Schreiber, Lennart, Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. Ross, Torchin, Mark, Chavarria, Karina, Laakmann, Silke, and Saltonstall, Kristin. 2023. "Environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals potential for interoceanic fish invasions across the Panama Canal ." Ecology and Evolution , 13, (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9675 .
2023
Bernardi, Giacomo, Cohn, Francesca, Dominguez-Dominguez, Omar, Kingon, Kelly, Tornabene, Luke, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2023. "Establishment genomics of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos, in the Greater Caribbean ." Biological Invasions , https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03226-w .
2023
Carvalho-Filho, Alfredo, Baldwin, Carole C., Fischer, Luciano G., Robertson, D. Ross, Bertoncini, Athila, Garcia, Lucas Canes, Silva, Jodir Pereira DA, and Sampaio, Claudio L. S. 2023. "Generic reassignment of Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 (Teleostei: Serranidae), with re-description of the species and comments on its geographical range and sexual system ." Zootaxa , 5346, (1) 51–73. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.1.3 .
2023
Lea, Robert N., Frable, Benjamin W., and Robertson, D. R. 2023. "Misidentification of Ophidion imitator Lea, 1997 as Otophidium indefatigabile Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae) ." Zootaxa , 5230, (1) 95–96. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5230.1.7 .
2023
Martínez-Servín, Francisco, López-Arroyo, Yareli Margarita, Moreno-Vázquez, Aurora Lizeth, Robertson, D. R., Arredondo-Chávez, Alfrancis Teresa, Sánchez-Jiménez, Juan Antonio, Ávila-Morales, Oscar Gabriel, Madrigal-Guridi, Xavier, Caballero-Vázquez, Jose Adan, Schmitter-Soto, Juan, Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar, and Solís-Guzmán, María Gloria. 2023. "New records of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from Puerto Morelos Reef National Park (Mexican Caribbean) ." Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria , 53 107–122. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.53.101239 .
2023
Fuentes, Katlyn M., Baldwin, Carole C., Robertson, D. Ross, Lardizabal, Claudia C., and Tornabene, Luke. 2023. "Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup)." Zookeys , 1180 159–180. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.107551 .
2023
Torres-Hernandez, Eloisa, Betancourt-Resendes, Isai, Angulo, Arturo, Robertson, D. Ross, Barraza, Enrique, Espinoza, Eduardo, Diaz-Jaimes, Pindaro, and Dominguez-Dominguez, Omar. 2022. "A multi-locus approach to elucidating the evolutionary history of the clingfish Tomicodon petersii (Gobiesocidae) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific ." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107316 .
2022
Tornabene, Luke, Manning, Rachel, Robertson, D. Ross, Van Tassell, James L., and Baldwin, Carole C. 2022. "A new lineage of deep-reef gobies from the Caribbean, including two new species and one new genus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini) ." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac013 .
2022
Puebla, Oscar, Coulmance, Floriane, Estape, Carlos J., Estape, Allison Morgan, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2022. "A review of 263 years of taxonomic research on Hypoplectrus (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a redescription of Hypoplectrus affinis (Poey, 1861)." Zootaxa , 5093, (2) 101–141. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.2.1 .
2022
Robertson, D. Ross, Estapé, Carlos J., Estapé, Allison M., Richter, Lee, Peña, Ernesto, and Victor, Benjamin C. 2022. "Addendum and Corrigendum: An updated, illustrated inventory of the marine fishes of the US Virgin Islands (vol 1103, pg 79, 2022) ." Zookeys , (1112) 219–221. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1112.87591 .
2022
Robertson, D. Ross, Estapé, Carlos J., Estapé, Allison M., Richter, Lee, Peña, Ernesto, and Victor, Benjamin. 2022. "An updated, illustrated inventory of the marine fishes of the US Virgin Islands ." ZooKeys , 1103 79–122. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1103.83795 .
2022
Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. R., Sharpe, Diana M. T., and Torchin, Mark E. 2022. "Author Correction: A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals." Nature Ecology & Evolution , 6, (8) 1239–1239. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01849-1 .
2022
Torres-Hernandez, Eloísa, Betancourt-Resendes, Isai, Gloria Solís-Guzmán, Maria, Robertson, D. Ross, Angulo, Arturo, Martínez-Gómez, Juan E., Espinoza, Eduardo, and Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar. 2022. "Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the Panamic Clingfish Gobiesox adustus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific ." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107496 .
2022
Robertson, D. Ross, Tornabene, Luke, Lardizabal, Claudia C., and Baldwin, Carole C. 2022. "Submersibles Greatly Enhance Research on the Diversity of Deep-Reef Fishes in the Greater Caribbean ." Frontiers in Marine Science , 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.800250 .
2022
Stuthmann, Lara E., Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo A., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2022. "The functional ecology of mangrove fishes across the Isthmus of Panama ." Diversity and Distributions , https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13519 .
2022
Vilizzi, Lorenzo, Copp, Gordon H., Hill, Jeffrey E., Adamovich, Boris, Aislabie, Luke, Akin, Daniel, Al-Faisal, Abbas J., Almeida, David, Azmai, M. N. Amal, Bakiu, Rigers, Bellati, Adriana, Bernier, Renee, Bies, Jason M., Bilge, Gokcen, Branco, Paulo, Bui, Thuyet D., Canning-Clode, João, Cardoso Ramos, Henrique Anatole, Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo A., Castro, Nuno, Chaichana, Ratcha, Chainho, Paula, Chan, Joleen, Cunico, Almir M., Curd, Amelia et al. 2021. "A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions ." Science of the Total Environment , 788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147868 .
2021
McFarland, Emily P., Baldwin, Carole C., Robertson, D. Ross, Rocha, Luiz A., and Tornabene, Luke. 2021. "Correction to A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) (vol 1008, pg 107, 2020) ." Zookeys , (1036) 171–172. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1036.65739 .
2021
Beldade, Ricardo, Longo, Gary C., Clements, Kendall D., Robertson, D. Ross, Perez-Matus, Alejandro, Itoi, Shiro, Sugita, Haruo, and Bernardi, Giacomo. 2021. "Evolutionary origin of the Atlantic Cabo Verde nibbler (Girella stuebeli), a member of a primarily Pacific Ocean family of antitropical herbivorous reef fishes." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107021 .
2021
Robertson, D. Ross, Dominguez-Dominguez, Omar, Solís-Guzmán, María G., and Kingon, Kelly C. 2021. "Origins of isolated populations of an Indo-Pacific damselfish at opposite ends of the Greater Caribbean ." Aquatic Invasions , 16, (2) 269–280. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.04 .
2021
Long, Douglas J., Ebert, David A., Tavera, Jose, Acero P., Arturo, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2021. "Squatina mapama n. sp., a new cryptic species of angel shark (Elasmobranchii: Squatinidae) from the southwestern Caribbean Sea ." Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation , 38 113–130. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.5806693 .
2021
Robertson, D. Ross, Kingon, Kelly C., Baksh, Solomon, Estapé, Carlos J., and Estapé, Allison Morgan. 2021. "The Indo-Pacific damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos at Trinidad, southeast Caribbean ." Aquatic Invasions , 16. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.03 .
2021
Carlon, David B., Robertson, D. Ross, Barron, Robert L., Choat, John Howard, Anderson, David J., Schwartz, Sonja A., and Sanchez-Ortiz, Carlos A. 2021. "The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs ." Bmc Ecology and Evolution , 21, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01731-3 .
2021
McFarland, Emily P., Baldwin, Carole C., Robertson, D. Ross, Rocha, Luiz A., and Tornabene, Luke. 2020. "A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) ." Zookeys , (1008) 107–138. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.58805 .
2020
Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. Ross, and Torchin, Mark E. 2020. "A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals ." Nature Ecology & Evolution , 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01301-2 .
2020
Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo and Robertson, D. Ross. 2020. "A tropical fish out of water ." Frontiers EcoPics , https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2247 .
2020
Clarke, Tayler M., Reygondeau, Gabriel, Wabnitz, Colette, Robertson, D. Ross, Ixquiac-Cabrera, Manuel, Lopez, Myrna, Ramirez Coghi, Ana Rosa, del Rio Iglesias, Jose Luis, Wehrtmann, Ingo, and Cheung, William W. L. 2020. "Climate change impacts on living marine resources in the Eastern Tropical Pacific ." Diversity and Distributions , https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13181 .
2020
Chollett, Iliana and Robertson, D. Ross. 2020. "Comparing biodiversity databases: Greater Caribbean reef fishes as a case study ." Fish and Fisheries , Article faf.12497. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12497 .
2020
Robertson, D. Ross, Angulo, Arturo, Baldwin, Carole C., Pitassy, Diane, Driskell, Amy, Weigt, Lee, and Navarro, Ignacio J. F. 2020. "Misidentification of Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892) as Prionotus ruscarius Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) ." Zootaxa , 4852, (1) 142. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.8 .
2020
Robertson, D. Ross, Estapé, Carlos J., Estapé, Allison M., Peña, Ernesto, Tornabene, Luke, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2020. "The marine fishes of St Eustatius Island, northeastern Caribbean: an annotated, photographic catalog ." ZooKeys , 1007 145–180. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.58515 .
2020
Robertson, D. Ross, Pérez-España, Horacio, Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar, Estapé, Carlos J., and Estapé, Allison Morgan. 2019. "An update to the inventory of shore-fishes from the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Veracruz, México ." ZooKeys , 882 127–157. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.882.38449 .
2019
Robertson, D. Ross, Baldwin, Carole C., Bellwood, David, Pyle, Richard, Smith-Vaniz, William, Tornabene, Luke, and Van Tassell, James L. 2019. "Aspiration or Expiration: Hypoxia and the Interpretation of Fish Predation in the Fossil Record ." Palaios , 34, (5) 245–247. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.027 .
2019
Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. Ross, Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Angulo, Arturo, and Chong-Montenegro, Carolina. 2019. "Atlantic Tarpon in the Tropical Eastern Pacific 80 years after it first crossed the Panama Canal ." Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries , 29, (2) 401–416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-019-09565-z .
2019
Robertson, D. Ross and Collin, Rachel. 2019. "Corrigendum: Inter- and Intra-specific variation in egg size among reef fishes across the Isthmus of Panama ." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 7 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00083 .
2019
Uiblein, Franz, Nielsen, Jørgen G., Baldwin, Carole C., Quattrini, Andrea M., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2019. "Discovery of a Distinctive Spotted Color Pattern in the Cuskeel Neobythites unicolor (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) Based on Underwater-Vehicle Dives, with New Records from the Southern and Eastern Caribbean ." Copeia , 107, (2) 277–286. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-18-148 .
2019
Linardich, Christi, Ralph, Gina M., Robertson, D. Ross, Harwell, Heather, Polidoro, Beth A., Lindeman, Kenyon C., and Carpenter, Kent E. 2019. "Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico ." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems , 29, (1) 85–101. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2959 .
2019
Robertson, D. Ross, Domínguez-Dominguez, Omar, Aroyo, Yareli Margarita López, Mendoza, Rigoberto Moreno, and Simões, Nuno. 2019. "Reef-associated fishes from the offshore reefs of western Campeche Bank, Mexico, with a discussion of mangroves and seagrass beds as nursery habitats ." ZooKeys , 843 71–115. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.843.33873 .
2019
MacKenzie, KM, Robertson, D. Ross, Adams, JN, Altieri, AH, and Turner, BL. 2019. "Structure and nutrient transfer in a tropical pelagic upwelling food web: from isoscapes to the whole ecosystem ." Progress in Oceanography , 178 102145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102145 .
2019
Sandoval-Huerta, Edgar Raúl, Beltrán-López, Rosa Gabriela, Pedraza-Marrón, Carmen Del Rocío, Paz-Velásquez, María Alejandra, Angulo, Arturo, Robertson, D. Ross, Espinoza, Eduardo, and Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar. 2019. "The evolutionary history of the goby Elacatinus puncticulatus in the tropical eastern pacific: effects of habitat discontinuities and local environmental variability ." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 130 269–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.020 .
2019
Tornabene, Luke, Robertson, D. Ross, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2018. "A new species of Lipogramma from deep reefs of Roatan, Honduras (Teleostei, Grammatidae) ." ZooKeys , (809) 79–95. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.809.29280 .
2018
Robertson, D. Ross, Dominguez-Dominguez, Omar, Victor, Benjamin, and Simoes, Nuno. 2018. "An Indo-Pacific damselfish (Neopomacentrus cyanomos ) in the Gulf of Mexico: origin and mode of introduction ." PeerJ , 6 1–22. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4328 .
2018
Baldwin, Carole C., Tornabene, Luke, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2018. "Below the Mesophotic ." Scientific Reports , 8 4920–4920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23067-1 .
2018
Crane, Nicole L., Tariel, Juliette, Caselle, Jennifer E., Friedlander, Alan M., Robertson, D. Ross, and Bernardi, Giacomo. 2018. "Clipperton Atoll as a model to study small marine populations: Endemism and the genomic consequences of small population size ." PloS One , 13, (6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198901 .
2018
Barneche, Diego R., Robertson, D. Ross, White, Craig R., and Marshall, Dustin J. 2018. "Fish reproductive-energy output increases disproportionately with body size ." Science , 360, (6389) 642–645. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao6868 .
2018
Baldwin, Carole C., Tornabene, Luke, Robertson, D. Ross, Nonaka, Ai, and Gilmore, R. Grant. 2018. "More new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma ), with updates on the eco-evolutionary relationships within the genus ." Zookeys , (729) 129–161. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21842 .
2018
Campbell, Matthew A., Robertson, D. Ross, Vargas, Marta I., Allen, Gerald R., and McMillan, W. O. 2018. "Multilocus molecular systematics of the circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation ." PeerJ , 6, (e5357). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5357 .
2018
Wainwright, Peter C., Santini, Francesco, Bellwood, David R., Robertson, D. Ross, Rocha, Luiz A., and Alfaro, Michael E. 2018. "Phylogenetics and geography of speciation in New World Halichoeres wrasses ." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 121 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.028 .
2018
Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Moreno, Ximena, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2018. "Risks to eastern Pacific marine ecosystems from sea-cage mariculture of alien Coiba ." Management of Biological Invasions , 9, (3) 323–327. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2018.9.3.14 .
2018
Sánchez-Jiménez, Astrid, Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz, Rodríguez-Arrieta, Alexander, Quesada, Andrés J., Blum, Shmulik, McCosker, John E., Robertson, D. Ross, Auster, Peter J., and Cortés, Jorge. 2018. "Updated catalogue of bony fishes observed in deep waters at Isla del Coco National Park and Las Gemelas Seamount, Costa Rica (Eastern Tropical Pacific) ." Revista De Biología Tropical , 66 S1–S113.
2018
Robertson, D. Ross, Angulo, Arturo, Baldwin, Carole C., Pitassy, Diane E., Driskell, Amy, Weigt, Lee A., and Navarro, Ignacio J. F. 2017. "Deep-water bony fishes collected by the B/O Miguel Oliver on the shelf edge of Pacific Central America: an annotated, illustrated and DNA-barcoded checklist ." Zootaxa , 4348, (1) 1–125. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4348.1.1 .
2017
Tornabene, Luke M., Robertson, D. Ross, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2016. "Varicus lacerta , a new species of goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) from a mesophotic reef in the southern CaribbeanZooKeys , 596 143–156. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.596.8217 .
2016
Baldwin, Carole C., Pitassy, Diane E., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2016. "A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes ) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relationships of western Atlantic members of the genus ." ZooKeys , 606 141–158. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.8590 .
2016
Angulo, Arturo, Baldwin, Carole C., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2016. "A new species of Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886 (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae) from the Pacific coast of Central America ." Zootaxa , 4066, (4) 493–500. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.10 .
2016
Robertson, D. Ross, Simoes, Nuno, Gutierrez Rodriguez, Carla, Pineros, Victor J., and Perez-Espana, Horacio. 2016. "An Indo-Pacific damselfish well established in the southern Gulf of Mexico: prospects for a wider, adverse invasion ." Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation , 19 1–17.
2016
Tornabene, Luke, Van Tassell, James L., Gilmore, Richard G., Robertson, D. Ross, Young, Forrest, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2016. "Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera ." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 177, (4) 764–812. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12394 .
2016
Tornabene, Luke M., Van Tassell, James L., Robertson, D. Ross, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2016. "Repeated invasions into the twilight zone: evolutionary origins of a novel assemblage of fishes from deep Caribbean reefs ." Molecular ecology , 25, (15) 3662–3682. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13704 .
2016
Robertson, D. Ross, Perez-España, Horacio, Nuñez Lara, Enrique, Puc Itza, Francisco, and Simoes, Nuno. 2016. "The fishes of Cayo Arcas (Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico): an updated checklist ." Zookeys , 640 139–155. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.640.10862 .
2016
Baldwin, Carole C., Robertson, D. Ross, Nonaka, Ai, and Tornabene, Luke M. 2016. "Two new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma ), with comments on the eco-evolutionary relationships of the genus ." ZooKeys , 638 45–82. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.638.10455 .
2016
Baldwin, Carole C. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2015. "A new, mesophotic Coryphopterus goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae ) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus ." Zookeys , 513 123–142. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.513.9998 .
2015
Robertson, D. Ross. 2015. "Coincidental resemblances among coral reef fishes from different oceans ." Coral Reefs , 34, (3) 977–977. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1309-8 .
2015
Robertson, D. Ross and Collin, Rachel. 2015. "Inter- and Intra-specific variation in egg size among reef fishes across the Isthmus of Panama ." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 2, (84) 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00084 .
2015
Luiz, Omar J., Allen, Andrew P., Robertson, D. Ross, Floeter, Sergio R., and Madin, Joshua S. 2015. "Seafarers or castaways: ecological traits associated with rafting dispersal in tropical reef fishes ." Journal of Biogeography , 42, (12) 2323–2333. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12574 .
2015
Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Paddack, Michelle J., Collen, Ben, Robertson, D. Ross, and Côté, Isabelle M. 2015. "Simplification of Caribbean Reef-Fish Assemblages over Decades of Coral Reef Degradation ." PloS One , 10, (4) 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126004 .
2015
Baldwin, Carole C. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2014. "A new Liopropoma sea bass (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Liopropomini) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on depth distributions of western Atlantic liopropomins ." ZooKeys , 409 71–92. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.409.7249 .
2014
Robertson, D. Ross and Cramer, Katie L. 2014. "Defining and Dividing the Greater Caribbean: Insights from the Biogeography of Shorefishes ." PLoS ONE , 9, (7) 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102918 .
2014
Robertson, D. Ross. 2014. "Smithsonian Fish ID Guides Apps." Reef Encounter: The News Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies , 29, (1) 24–26.
2014
Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, Carole C., Barclay, M. V. L., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolanos, F., Bowie, R. C. K., Britz, R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceriaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H., Clements, K. D., Collette, Bruce B. et al. 2014. "Specimen collection: An essential tool ." Science , 344, (6186) 814–815. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6186.814 .
2014
Baldwin, Carole C. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2013. "A new Haptoclinus blenny (Teleostei, Labrisomidae) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships of the genus ." ZooKeys , 306 71–81. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.306.5198 .
2013
Luiz, Osmar J., Allen, Andrew P., Robertson, D. Ross, Floeter, Sergio R., Kulbicki, Michel, Vigliola, Laurent, Becheler, Ronan, and Madin, Joshua S. 2013. "Adult and larval traits as determinants of geographic range size among tropical reef fishes ." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 110, (41) 16498–16502. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1304074110 .
2013
Lessios, Harilaos A. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2013. "Speciation on a round planet: phylogeography of the goatfish genus Mulloidichthys ." Journal of Biogeography , 40, (12) 2373–2384. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12176 .
2013
Robertson, D. Ross. 2013. "Who Resembles Whom? Mimetic and Coincidental Look-Alikes among Tropical Reef Fishes ." PLoS ONE , 8, (1) e54939. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054939 .
2013
Tornabene, Luke, Van Tassell, James L., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2012. "Microgobius urraca (Teleostei:Gobiidae), a new species of goby from the tropical eastern PacificZootaxa , (3447) 41–55.
2012
Rocha, Luiz A., Brito, Alberto, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2012. "Sparisoma choa ti, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern AtlanticZootaxa , 3152 61–67.
2012
Luiz, Osmar J., Madin, Joshua S., Robertson, D. Ross, Rocha, Luiz A., Wirtz, Peter, and Floeter, Sergio R. 2012. "Ecological traits influencing range expansion across large oceanic dispersal barriers: insights from tropical Atlantic reef fishes ." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 279, (1730) 1033–1040. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1525 .
2012
Choat, John H., Klanten, Oya S., van Herwerden, Lynne, Robertson, D. Ross, and Clements, KendallD. 2012. "Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae) ." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 107, (3) 529–557. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01959.x .
2012
Polidoro, B. A., Brooks, T., Carpenter, K. E., Edgar, G. J., Henderson, S., Sanciangco, J., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2012. "Patterns of extinction risk and threat for marine vertebrates and habitat-forming species in the Tropical Eastern Pacific ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 448 93–104. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09545 .
2012
Lasso-Alcala, Oscar, Nunes, Jorge L. S., Lasso, Carlos, Posada, Juan, Robertson, D. Ross, Piorski, Nivaldo M., Van Tassell, James, Giarrizzo, Tommaso, and Gondolo, Guilherme. 2011. "Invasion of the Indo-Pacific blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Perciformes: Blenniidae) on the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America ." Neotropical Ichthyology , 9, (3) 571–578. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252011000300010 .
2011
Fitzpatrick, J. M., Carlon, D. B., Lippe, C., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2011. "The West Pacific diversity hotspot as a source or sink for new species? Population genetic insights from the Indo-Pacific parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus ." Molecular Ecology , 20, (2) 219–234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04942.x .
2011
Gaither, Michelle R., Bowen, Brian W., Toonen, Robert J., Planes, Serge, Messmer, Vanessa, Earle, John, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2010. "Genetic consequences of introducing allopatric lineages of Bluestriped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira ) to Hawaii ." Molecular ecology , 19, (6) 1107–1121. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04535.x .
2010
Gaither, Michelle R., Toonen, Robert J., Robertson, D. Ross, Planes, Serge, and Bowen, Brian W. 2010. "Genetic evaluation of marine biogeographical barriers: Perspectives from two widespread Indo-Pacific snappers (Lutjanus kasmira and Lutjanus fulvus ) ." Journal of Biogeography , 37, (1) 133–147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02188.x .
2010
Miloslavich, Patricia, Manuel Diaz, Juan, Klein, Eduardo, Jose Alvarado, Juan, Diaz, Cristina, Gobin, Judith, Escobar-Briones, Elva, Jose Cruz-Motta, Juan, Weil, Ernesto, Cortes Nunez, Jorge, Carolina Bastidas, Ana, Robertson, D. Ross, Zapata, Fernando, Martin, Alberto, Castillo, Julio, Kazandjian, Aniuska, and Ortiz, Manuel. 2010. "Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns ." Plos One , 5, (8) e11916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011916 .
2010
Alva-Campbell, Yvette, Floeter, Sergio R., Robertson, D. Ross, Bellwood, David R., and Bernardi, Giacomo. 2010. "Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Holacanthus angelfishes (Pomacanthidae) ." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 56, (1) 456–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.014 .
2010
Winters, Kate L., van Herwerden, Lynne, Choat, J. Howard, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2010. "Phylogeography of the Indo-Pacific parrotfish Scarus psittacus: isolation generates distinctive peripheral populations in two oceans ." Marine Biology , 157, (8) 1679–1691. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1442-4 .
2010
Robertson, D. Ross and Smith-Vaniz, William F. 2010. "Use of clove oil in collecting coral reef fishes for research ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 401, (2010) 295–302. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08374 .
2010
Beldade, Ricardo, Heiser, J. B., Robertson, D. Ross, Gasparini, Joao Luiz, Floeter, S. R., and Bernardi, Giacomo. 2009. "Historical biogeography and speciation in the Creole wrasses (Labridae, Clepticus ) ." Marine Biology , 156, (4) 679–687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1118-5 .
2009
Craig, Matthew T., Graham, Rita T., Torres, R. A., Hyde, J. R., Freitas, M. O., Ferreira, B. P., Hostim-Silva, M., Gerhardinger, L. C., Bertoncini, A. A., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2009. "How many species of goliath grouper are there? Cryptic genetic divergence in a threatened marine fish and the resurrection of a geopolitical species ." Endangered Species Research , 7, (3) 167–174. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00117 .
2009
Paddack, Michelle J., Reynolds, John D., Aguilar, Consuelo, Appeldoorn, Richard S., Beets, Jim, Burkett, Edward W., Chittaro, Paul M., Clarke, Kristen, Esteves, Rene, Fonseca, Ana C., Forrester, Graham E., Friedlander, Alan M., Garcia-Sais, Jorge, Gonzalez-Sanson, Gaspar, Jordan, Lance K. B., McClellan, David B., Miller, Margaret W., Molloy, Philip P., Mumby, Peter J., Nagelkerken, Ivan, Nemeth, Michael, Navas-Camacho, Raul, Pitt, Joanna, Polunin, Nicholas V. C., Reyes-Nivia, Maria Catalina et al. 2009. "Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance ." Current Biology , 19, (7) 590–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.041 .
2009
Robertson, D. Ross and Cramer, Katie L. 2009. "Shore fishes and biogeographic subdivisions of the Tropical Eastern Pacific ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 380 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07925 .
2009
Floeter, S. R., Rocha, Luiz A., Robertson, D. Ross, Joyeux, J. C., Smith-Vaniz, William F., Edwards, A. J., Barreiros, J. P., Ferreira, C. E. L., Gasparini, Joao Luiz, Brito, A., Falcon, J. M., Bowen, Brian W., and Bernardi, Giacomo. 2008. "Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution ." Journal of Biogeography , 35, (1) 22–47.
2008
Rocha, Luiz A., Rocha, Claudia R., Robertson, D. Ross, and Bowen, Brian W. 2008. "Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic reef fishes indicates both origin and accumulation of diversity in the Caribbean ." BMC Evolutionary Biology , 8 157. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-157 .
2008
Robertson, D. Ross. 2008. "Global biogeographical data bases on marine fishes: caveat emptor ." Diversity & Distributions , 14, (6) 891–892. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00519.x .
2008
Horne, John B., van Herwerden, Lynne, Choat, J. Howard, and Robertson, D. Ross. 2008. "High population connectivity across the Indo-Pacific: Congruent lack of phylogeographic structure in three reef fish congeners ." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , 49, (2) 629–638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.023 .
2008
Trip, Elizabeth L., Choat, J. Howard, Wilson, David T., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2008. "Inter-oceanic analysis of demographic variation in a widely distributed Indo-Pacific coral reef fish ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 373 97–109.
2008
Robertson, D. Ross and Smith-Vaniz, William F. 2008. "Rotenone: An essential but demonized tool for assessing marine fish diversity ." Bioscience , 58, (2) 165–170. https://doi.org/10.1641/B580211 .
2008
Domingues, V. S., Alexandrou, M., Almada, V. C., Robertson, D. Ross, Brito, A., Santos, R. S., and Bernardi, Giacomo. 2008. "Tropical fishes in a temperate sea: evolution of the wrasse Thalassoma pavo and the parrotfish Sparisoma cretense in the Mediterranean and the adjacent Macaronesian and Cape Verde Archipelagos ." Marine Biology , 154, (3) 465–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-0941-z .
2008
Craig, Matthew T., Eble, Jeff A., Bowen, Brian W., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2007. "High genetic connectivity across the Indian and Pacific oceans in the reef fish Myripristis berndti (Holocentridae) ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , (334) 245–254. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps334245 .
2007
Zapata, Fernando A. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2007. "How many species of shore fishes are there in the Tropical Eastern Pacific? " Journal of Biogeography , 34, (1) 38–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01586.x .
2007
Book
Linardich, C., Ralph, G., Carpenter, K., Cox, N., Robertson, D. Ross, Harwell, H., Anderson, W., Jr., Acero, A., Barthelat, F., Bouchereau, J. -L, Brown, J. J., Buchanan, J., Buddo, D., Collette, Bruce B., Comeros-Raynal, M., Craig, M., Curtis, M., Defex, T., Dooley, J., Driggers III, W., Elfes Livsey, C., Fraser, T., Grijalba Bendeck, L., Gilmore, R., Jr., Kishore, R. et al. 2017. The Conservation Status of Marine Bony Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2017.RA.1.en .
2017
Choat, J. H. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2008. An Ecological Survey of the St. Helena and Ascension Island Populations of the Jack (Epinephelus Adscensionis ) with a Review of Management Options 2008
Chapter
Robertson, D. Ross and Motta, Jorge. 2019. "Organismos marinos." In Importancia médica de la flora y la fauna Panameña . Primera ed. López, Omar R. and Mainieri, Milagro, editors. 204–228. Panamá, República de Panamá: Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT).
2019
Macpherson, Enrique, Hastings, Philip A., and Robertson, D. Ross. 2009. "Macroecological patterns among marine fishes ." In Marine Macroecology . Witman, J. D. and Roy, Kaustuv, editors. 122–152. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
2009
Robertson, D. Ross. 2009. "Shorefishes of the tropical eastern pacific online information system ." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium . Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Ruetzler, Klaus, editors. 197–208. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences , 38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.197 .
2009
Robertson, D. Ross, Christy, John H., Collin, Rachel, Cooke, Richard G., D'Croz, Luis, Kaufmann, Karl W., Moreno, Stanley Heckadon, Maté, Juan L., O'Dea, Aaron, and Torchin, Mark E. 2009. "The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Marine Research, Education, and Conservation in Panama ." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium . 73–93. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences . https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.73 .
2009
Robertson, D. Ross. 2007. "Competencia interespecífica controla la abundancia y la utilización del hábitat de los peces territoriales Doncella en el Caribe." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos . Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando, editors. 507–525. Panama: Editora Nova Art.
2007
Santos-Granero, Fernando, Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Robertson, D. Ross, D'Croz, Luis, Herre, Edward Allen, and Jackson, Jeremy B. C. 2007. "Condiciones oceanográficas costeras que afectan a los arrecifes de coral en ambos lados del istmo de Panamá." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos . 309–317. Panama: Editora Nova Art.
2007
Lessios, Harilaos A., Robertson, D. Ross, and Cubit, John D. 2007. "Diseminación de la mortalidad masiva de Diadema en todo el Caribe." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos . Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando, editors. 526–530. Panama: Editora Nova Art.
2007
Dataset
Robertson, D. Ross and Peña, Ernesto. 2020. [Dataset] A set of six databases used in a study of the biogeography of Greater Caribbean reef fishes entitled: Comparing biodiversity databases: Greater Caribbean reef-fishes as a case study Iliana Chollett1, D. Ross Robertson2 1 Sea Cottage, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, Ireland 2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá . Distributed by Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.3606645 .
2020
McFarland, Emily, Baldwin, Carole C., Robertson, D. Ross, Rocha, Luiz, and Tornabene, Luke M. 2020. [Dataset] Alignments of Sequence Data for Phylogenetic Analysis of Damsel . Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.H9W0VT4GR .
2020
Robertson, D. Ross and Tornabene, Luke M. 2020. [Dataset] Reef-associated Bony Fishes of the Greater Caribbean: a Checklist; Version 2 . Distributed by Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3974538 .
2020
Paton, Steven and Robertson, D. Ross. 2019. [Dataset] SST_Bay of Panama, Isla Pacheca . Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10068107.V1 .
2019
Robertson, D. Ross and Paton, Steven. 2019. [Dataset] SST_Bay of Panama, Isla Taboguilla . Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10068038.V1 .
2019
Guzmán, Héctor M. and Robertson, D. Ross. 2019. [Dataset] SST_Coiba, Isla Catedral . Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10068053.V1 .
2019
Robertson, D. Ross. 2019. [Dataset] SST_Gulf of Chiriqui, Isla Roca Propsera . Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10068113.V1 .
2019
Paton, Steven and Robertson, D. Ross. 2019. [Dataset] SST_San Blas . Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10068065.V1 .
2019
Simoes, Nuno and Robertson, D. Ross. 2016. [Dataset] An Indo-Pacific damselfish on an oil-platform in the southwest Gulf of Mexico . Distributed by Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.58455 .
2016
