A brief snapshot of some FBI related...
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A brief snapshot of some marine FBI projects
Sophie von der Heyden with Jessica Toms, Alisa Volkmann, Romina Henriques
EMAIL: [email protected]
FACEBOOK: facebook/vonderheydenlab
Marine Biodiversity research that can be also be applied
Phylogenetic Diversity Fisheries Management
SeaKeys FBI Small Grants Programme
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
- Diverse range of taxa; nudibranchs, chitons, sparids - Examined phylogenetic diversity (PD) and species richness patterns (SR) - Allows the inclusion of evolutionary processes into spatial planning
SR
PD
PD vs SR suggest that using SR underestimates conservation prioritisation - esp along the west coast
Contribution to biodiversity mapping and barcoding
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
MSc student Jessica Toms
Node labels: PP (MrBayes) / BS (RAxML)
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
Sodwana Bay