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Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific
- G. R. Allen, D. R. Robertson
- Geology
- 1994
A comprehensive, color-illustrated guide to the marine fishes of the region extending from the central Gulf of California, southward to Ecuador. It covers 680 species, primarily species that inhabit… Expand
Spread of Diadema Mass Mortality Through the Caribbean
- H. Lessios, D. R. Robertson, J. Cubit
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 19 October 1984
Populations of the ecologically important sea urchin Diadema antillarum suffered severe mass mortalities throughout the Caribbean. This mortality was first observed at Panama in January 1983; by… Expand
Social Control of Sex Reversal in a Coral-Reef Fish
- D. R. Robertson
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 15 September 1972
Males of Labroides dimidiatus control the process of sex reversal within social groups. Each group consists of a male with a harem of females, among which larger individuals dominate smaller ones.… Expand
PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TRUMPETFISHES (AULOSTOMUS): RING SPECIES COMPLEX ON A GLOBAL SCALE
- B. Bowen, A. Bass, L. A. Rocha, W. S. Grant, D. R. Robertson
- Biology, Medicine
- Evolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 May 2001
Abstract The distribution of circumtropical marine species is limited by continental boundaries, cold temperate conditions, and oceanic expanses, but some of these barriers are permeable over… Expand
PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PANTROPICAL SEA URCHIN EUCIDARIS IN RELATION TO LAND BARRIERS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
- H. Lessios, B. D. Kessing, D. R. Robertson, G. Paulay
- Biology, Medicine
- Evolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 June 1999
The pantropical sea urchin genus Eucidaris contains four currently recognized species, all of them allopatric: E. metularia in the Indo‐West Pacific, E. thouarsi in the eastern Pacific, E.… Expand
Sexual patterns in the labroid fishes of the Western Caribbean, II, the parrotfishes (Scaridae)
- D. R. Robertson, R. Warner
- Geography
- 1978
Warner, Robert R., and D. Ross Robertson. Sexual Patterns in the Labroid Fishes of the Western Caribbean, I: The Wrasses (Labridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 254, 27 pages, 11… Expand
Temporal Coupling of Production and Recruitment of Larvae of a Caribbean Reef Fish
- D. R. Robertson, D. Green, B. Victor
- Biology
- 1 April 1988
Variation in larval recruitment is thought to have profound effects on the structure of coral reef fish communities, and planktonic processes often are cited as the major factor controlling the… Expand
Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes
- L. A. Rocha, D. R. Robertson, J. Roman, B. Bowen
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 22 March 2005
The high biodiversity in tropical seas provides a long-standing challenge to allopatric speciation models. Physical barriers are few in the ocean and larval dispersal is often extensive, a… Expand