A brief snapshot of some marine FBI projects Sophie von der Heyden with Jessica Toms, Alisa Volkmann, Romina Henriques EMAIL: svdh@sun.ac.za FACEBOOK: facebook/vonderheydenlab
Marine Biodiversity research that can be also be applied Phylogenetic Diversity Fisheries Management FBI Small Grants Programme SeaKeys
Single or multiple stocks of kingklip? - Study based on mtDNA and nine microsatellites - One or two stocks implications for management - Analyses suggest two stocks with high gene flow - Requires separate management of west coast and east coast stocks and will have implications for the overall exploitation of stock
Phylogenetic diversity and species richness of marine taxa PD vs SR suggest that using SR underestimates - Diverse range of taxa; nudibranchs, chitons, sparids conservation prioritisation - esp along the west coast SR - Examined phylogenetic diversity (PD) and species richness patterns (SR) - Allows the inclusion of evolutionary processes into spatial planning PD
Contribution to biodiversity mapping and barcoding MSc student Jessica Toms 20 sampling localities from Port Nolloth to Sodwana >450 specimen records Potential for 180 barcodes Heavily involved with citizen science New species, old species that are new species, taxonomic madness! Exploring speciation, colonisation and biogeography, ecological and phylogenetic overlap Potential for many, many papers arising from her work
Combined Tree (Bayesian/ML) of concatenates South African Nudibranch Data (COI+16S+H3) Port Nolloth - Elands Bay West Coast Peninsula Cape Peninsula (west) False Bay (east & west) Walker Bay Mossel Bay Knysna Cape St Francis - Cape Recife Port Alfred - East London Transkei Durban South Coast Node labels: Sodwana Bay PP (MrBayes) / BS (RAxML)
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