Delineating barriers to connectivity is important in marine reserve design as they describe the strength and number of connections among a reserve's constituent parts, and ultimately help characterize the resilience of the system to perturbations at each node. Here we demonstrate the utility of multi-taxa phylogeography in the design of a system of marine protected areas within Fiji. Gathering ...

Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent, marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of the planet. We quantified the genetic variability within and among populations of the widespread scleractinian coral, Plesiastrea versipora along the eastern Australian seaboard (4145 km) and the Ryukyu Archipela...

PETER J. HUNDT*, PETER B. BERENDZEN and ANDREW M. SIMONS Conservation Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul MN, 55108, USA Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul MN, 55108, USA Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, ...