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Schizas, Nikolaos V.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- Infaunal organisms inhabiting the calcareous sponge Clathrina sp. nov. (Gray 1867) in southwest Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science . 2017
- Genetic seascape of the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, on the Puerto Rico Shelf . Marine Ecology . 2014
- Morphological and genetic evaluation of the hydrocoral Millepora species complex in the Caribbean. Zoological Studies. 53:1-15. 2014
- New species of Cumella (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) from mesophotic habitats of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea . Cahiers de Biologie Marine . 55. 2014
- Three new Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) species from a Caribbean mesophotic ecosystem . Zootaxa. 3765:360-370. 2014
- Two new species of the genus Cumella (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) associated with mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Caribbean Sea . Cahiers de Biologie Marine . 54:257-262. 2013
- A new species of Pontarachna (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Pontarachnidea) from a mesophotic coral ecosystem off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea . Zootaxa. 3440:63-67. 2012
- Archeolourinia, a new genus and species of Louriniidae Monard, 1927 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from a Caribbean mesophotic zone . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom . 651-658. 2012
- Misconceptions regarding nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) may obscure detection of mitochondrial evolutionary novelties . Aquatic Biology . 17:91-96. 2012
- New genus and new species of Cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Cumacea) from the mesophotic coral ecosystem of SW Puerto Rico . Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa . 3476:55-61. 2012
- Description of Tisbe alaskensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Copepoda) Combining Structural and Molecular Traits . Zoological Studies. 50:103-117. 2011
- Population status of the long-spined urchin Diadema antillarum in Puerto Rico 20 years after a mass mortality event. Bulletin of Marine Science . 87:113-127. 2011
- Two distinct, geographically overlapping lineages of the corallimorpharian Ricordea florida (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Ricordeidae) . Coral Reefs . 30:391-396. 2011
- No two reefs are created equal: fine-scale population structure in the threatened coral species Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis. Aquatic Biology . 10:69-83. 2010
- Phylogeography of the copepod Acartia hudsonica in estuaries of the northeastern United States. Hydrobiologia. 2010
- The evolution of euhermaphroditism in caridean shrimps: a molecular perspective of sexual systems and systematics. BMC Evolutionary Biology . 10:1-14. 2010
- Genetic diversity of Chelonibia caretta, commensal barnacles of the endangered hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata from the Caribbean (Puerto Rico) . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom . 89:719-725. 2009
- Naupliar development among Tisbidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with a phylogenetic analysis and naupliar description of Tisbe thailandensis from Thailand . Zoological Studies . 48:780-796. 2009
- Not any two will do: DNA divergence and interpopulation reproductive compatibility in a simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni. Marine Ecology: Progress Series. 388:185-195. 2009
- Phylogenetic inferences of Tisbe Lilljeborg, 1853 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with a new species of Tisbe thailandensis from Bangsaen Beach, Thailand . Hydrobiologia. 626:1-17. 2009
- Marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from the Caribbean Sea, with description of one new species . Cahiers de Biologie Marine . 49:253-259. 2008
- Phenotypic plasticity or speciation? A case from a clonal marine organism . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 8. 2008
- Meiofaunal colonization of decaying leaves of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle, in southwestern Puerto Rico . Caribbean Journal of Science . 43:127-137. 2007
- Apolethon hippoperus, (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)- a new species from southeastern Alaska . Journal of Crustacean Biology . 26:341-354. 2006
- Mitochondrial gene diversity of Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis in impoundments of the Upper Coastal Plain near Aiken, South Carolina, USA . Archiv fur Hydrobiologie. 158:215-231. 2005
- Naupliar evolutionary novelties of Stenhelia peniculata (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Alaska affirming taxa belonging to different categorical rank . Invertebrate Zoology . 2:1-14. 2005
- Effect of salinity variation and pesticide exposure on an estuarine harpacticoid copepod, Microarthridion littorale (Poppe), in the southeastern US . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 278:101-110. 2002
- Sympatry of distinct mitochondrial lineages in a copepod inhabiting estuarine creeks in the southeastern USA . Marine Biology. 140:585-594. 2002
- Differential survival of three mitochondrial lineages in a marine copepod exposed to a mixture of pesticides . Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 35:535-538. 2001
- Ecotoxicology and Population Genetics: The Emergence of Phylogeographic and Evolutionary Ecotoxicology . Ecotoxicology . 10:217-222. 2001
- Efficiencies of genes and accuracy of tree-building methods in recovering a known Drosophila genealogy . Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing . 6:606-617. 2001
- Tolerance and genetic relatedness of three meiobenthic copepod populations exposed to sediment-associated contaminant mixtures: Role of environmental history . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 19:912-919. 2000
- Molecular population structure of the benthic copepod Microarthridion littorale along the Southeastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. Marine Biology . 135:399-405. 1999
- A culture-based assessment of the effects of chlorpyrifos on multiple meiobenthic copepods using microcosms of intact estuarine sediments . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 16:2339-2346. 1997
- An efficient DNA extraction method for small metazoans . Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology. 6:381-383. 1997
- Seasonal changes in structure of an Alaskan intertidal meiofauna assemblage . Marine Ecology: Progress Series. 133:115-124. 1996
- Acrenhydrosoma maccalli, (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) a new species from Auke Bay, Alaska . Crustaceana. 67:329-340. 1994
- Autecology of an intertidal Alaskan harpacticoid copepod, Apolethon sp. . Hydrobiologia. 292:361-367. 1994
- Elapholaophonte decaceros n gen and n sp (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Philippines . Journal of the American Microscopical Society . 113:127-141. 1994
- Onychocamptus krusensterni (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae) a new species from Krusenstern Lagoon, Alaska. Crustaceana. 66:227-239. 1994
- Two new species of Laophontodes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica . Zoologica Scripta . 23:205-216. 1994
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chapter
- Exploring the mesophotic zone: Diving operations and scientific highlights of three research cruises across Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Proceedings of the 2013 AAUS/ESDP Curacao Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium. Ed. Lang, M. A. . American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Curacao. 297-312. 2013
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conference paper
- Exploring the mesophotic zone: Diving operations and scientific highlights of three research cruises (2010-2012) across Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Proceedings of the AAUS Symposium Proceedings, Curacao. 2013
- Exploring the mesophotic zone: Diving operations and scientific highlights of three research cruises across Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands . Proceedings of the 2013 AAUS/AEDP Curacao Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium. 297-312. 2013
- Meiofaunal recolonization experiment with oiled sediments: major meiofauna taxa . Exxon Valdez Oil Symposium, Anchorage AK, USA. 350-353. 1993
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conference poster
- Depth-related changes in coral zooxanthellae. International Conference on Challenges in Aquatic Sciences, Keelung, Taiwan. 2013
- Mesophotic reefs in the Caribbean as a biodiversity hotspot . FIFTIMCo, Seoul, Korea. 2013
- Metagenomic analysis of whole gut contents of the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in Puerto Rico . Joint Genome Instituteâs Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics Workshop, Walnut Creek, California . 2013
- Morphologic and Molecular Characterization of Benthic Ostracods from Caribbean Mesophotic Reefs . Evolution 2013, Snowbird, Utah, USA. 2013
- Depth-related changes in coral zooxanthellae . SMBE, Dublin, Ireland . 2012
- Diapause in freshwater copepods from Thailand . International Workshop FISA, Mahasarakam, Thailand. 2012
- Genetic variation of Symbiodinium spp. of the coral host Agaricia lamarcki (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) between shallow and mesophotic habitats . SMBE, Dublin, Ireland . 2012
- Genetic diversity and connectivity of shallow and mesophotic habitats. 35th AMLC meeting, Costa Rica . 2011
- Genetic diversity and connectivity of shallow and mesophotic reefs . ASLO, San Juan, PR. 2011
- Genetic variation of Symbiodinium spp. of the coral host Agaricia lamarcki between shallow and mesophotic habitats . Evolution 2011, Norman, Oklahoma . 2011
- Preliminary proteomic analysis of bleached and healthy Caribbean corals . ASLO, San Juan, PR. 2011
- Two distinct, geographically overlapping lineages of the corallimorpharian Ricordea florida (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Ricordeidae) . ASLO, San Juan, PR. 2011
- Genetic Population Structure of two Brittle Stars (Ophiocoma echinata and Amphipholis squamata) with Contrasting Life Histories . SICB 2010 Meeting, Seattle WA . 2010
- Preliminary findings on the copepod fauna associated with the Caribbean mesophotic coral ecosystem of Puerto Rico. 7th International Crustacean Conference, Qingdao China . 2010
- Microsatellite and mitochondrial markers show low genetic structure in the elkhorn coral of Puerto Rico . Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean 34th Scientific Conference, Dominica. 2009
- Genetic variability of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata in Puerto Rico . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl. 2008
- Genetic variation of the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis across the Caribbean . 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 2008
- Is Mona Passage a biogeographic barrier? A hydrocorals perspective . Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl. 2008
- Patterns of Genetic Variation of the Corallimopharian Ricordea florida . 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Forth Lauderdale, USA . 2008
- Any Two Do? Genes and interbreeding studies with Lysmata wurdemanni . The Crustacean Society, Coquimbo Chile. 2007
- Any two wont do, genes and interbreeding experiments with Lysmata wurdemanni . SICB 2007 Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. 2007
- Patterns of genetic polymorphism in the firecoral hydrozoan Millepora . Benthic Ecology Meeting, Georgia. 2007
- Apolethon hippoperus, (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) A new species from Southeastern Alaska. TWIMCO (Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference) in Ravenna, Italy . 2004
- The effect of population subdivision on some neutrality tests . Evolution 2000, Bloomington, IN. 2000
- A computational evaluation of the statistical properties of the neutral theory of molecular evolution . LJIS 1999, La Jolla, CA. 1999
- Sediment contaminant effects on genetic diversity on estuarine meiofauna: New techniques and preliminary data . SETAC 18th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 1997
- Summary of chlorpyrifos effects on estuarine meiobenthos cultured in whole sediment microcosms . SETAC 17th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 1996
- Autecology of an intertidal Alaskan harpacticoid copepod, Apolethon sp. . 5th International Conference on Copepoda, Baltimore, MD. 1993
editor of
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academic article
presentations
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invited talk
- Diversity of benthic ostracods from Caribbean mesophotic reefs , Speaker, ASLO, New Orleans, Louisiana 2013
- ITS-1 Gene Reveals Population Differences of The Copepod Calanus sinicus , Speaker, International Conference on Challenges in Aquatic Sciences, Keelung, Taiwan 2013
- Genetic Population Structure of two Brittle Stars (Ophiocoma echinata and Amphipholis squamata) with Contrasting Life Histories , Speaker, ASLO, San Juan, PR 2011
- Genetic variation of Symbiodinium of the coral host Agaricia lamarcki between shallow and mesophotic habitats , Speaker, 35th AMLC meeting, Costa Rica 2011
- One or two are not enough! A multispecies approach to the analysis of population structure of Caribbean fauna , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Texas 2009
- One or two are not enough! A multispecies approach to the analysis of population structure of Caribbean fauna , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Texas 2009
- Patterns of genetic variability of brittle stars with contrasting life histories, Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Texas 2009
- Phylogeny of the Mithrax-Mithraculus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) crab complex , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Texas 2009
- Phylogeography of the copepod Acartia hudsonica in estuaries of the northeastern United States , Speaker, 10th International Conference on Copepoda (ICOC), Pattaya, Thailand 2008
- Phylogeography of the copepod Acartia hudsonica in estuaries of the northeastern United States , Speaker, 10th International Conference on Copepoda (ICOC), Pattaya, Thailand 2008
- Patterns of phenotypic and genetic variability in the gorgonian Plexaura flexuosa , Speaker, Evolution 2006, Stony Brook University, New York 2006
- The genetic population structure of Caribbean populations of the banded coral shrimp Stenopus hispidus , Speaker, SICB 2006 Meeting, Orlando, FL 2006
- Genetic divergence between Caribbean and Hawaiian populations of the coral red-banded shrimp Stenopus hispidus , Speaker, Evolution 2005, Fairbanks, Alaska 2005
- Succession of meiofaunal taxa on fallen, decaying leaves of red mangroves , Speaker, V Congress of the Caribbean Biodiversity, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2005
- The population genetic structure of meiobenthic taxa inhabiting Caribbean mangroves , Speaker, V Congress of the Caribbean Biodiversity, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2005
- The population genetic structure of meiobenthic taxa inhabiting Caribbean mangroves , Speaker, V Congress of the Caribbean Biodiversity, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2004
- Efficiencies of different genes and different tree-building methods in recovering a known Drosophila genealogy , Speaker, Evolution 2000, Bloomington, IN 2000
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presentation
- Diversity of benthic ostracods from Caribbean Mesophotic Reefs , Speaker, 8th Caribbean Biodiversity Congress, Santo Domingo 2014
- Using transcriptomics to delineate the status of Millepora species in the Caribbean , Speaker, 8th International Conference on Coelenterate Biology (ICCB 8), Eilat, Israel 2013
- Applications of Next Generation Sequencing in Environmental and Marine Sciences Workshop, Speaker, Genes and Genomes with Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) sequencing. UPR Mayaguez 2012
- Genetic connectivity of Symbiodinium and its coral host Agaricia lamarcki, Speaker, ICRS Cairns, Australia 2012
- Mesophotic coral ecosystems of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands , Speaker, Spanish Scientific Research Council Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 2012
- Nikolaos Schizas Dormancy regulation in polar regions â Genetic evidence from copepod diapause embryos, Speaker, 18th International Symposium on Polar Sciences, Jeju Island, Korea 2012
- Genetic variation of Symbiodinium spp of the coral host Agaricia lamarcki (Scleractinia:Cnidaria) between shallow and mesophotic habitats , Speaker, ASLO, San Juan, PR 2011
- Mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal phylogeny of the genus Lysmata Risso and other selected hippolytid shrimp genera: the evolution of unique sexual patterns in the Hippolytidae, Speaker, Crustacean Society Summer Meeting, Tokyo, Japan 2009
- Patterns of Genetic Variation of the Corallimopharian Ricordea florida , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Texas 2009
- Genetic Variability of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata in Puerto Rico , Speaker, 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Forth Lauderdale, USA 2008
- Living in sympatry: evidence from genetic lineages of Caribbean marine taxa, Speaker, Evolution 2008, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 2008
- Patterns of Genetic Variation of the Corallimopharian Ricordea florida , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Texas 2008
- Phylogenetic analysis of the Caribbean genera Eunicea and Plexaura (Octocorallia) , Speaker, 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Forth Lauderdale, USA 2008
- Distinct mitochondrial lineages in two Caribbean species with vastly different dispersal potential , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Georgia 2007
- Genetic Variation and Phenotypic Plasticity of the Gorgonian Plexaura flexuosa in Puerto Rico , Speaker, SICB 2007 Meeting, Phoenix, AZ 2007
- Larval settlement and population ecology of a newly described sponge dwelling peppermint shrimp, Lysmata pederseni , Speaker, SICB 2007 Meeting, Phoenix, AZ 2007
- Multi-data phylogeny of the caridean genus Lysmata , Speaker, The Crustacean Society, Coquimbo Chile 2007
- Multidata phylogeny of the Western Atlantic Lysmata , Speaker, SICB 2007 Meeting, Phoenix, AZ 2007
- Multigene phylogeny of the caridean shrimp genus Lysmata , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Georgia 2007
- Patterns of genetic polymorphism in the fire coral Millepora , Speaker, 33rd Scientific Conference of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, St Thomas, Virgin Islands 2007
- Revision of western Atlantic, peppermint shrimp, Lysmata spp. utilizing morphological and molecular characters, Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Georgia 2007
- Ecological genetics of a benthic copepod inhabiting contaminated and clean sediments , Speaker, Joint Meeting of The Society for the Study of Evolution, The American Society of Naturalists, The Society of Systematic Biologists, Madison, Wisconsin 1999
- Ecological genetics of a marine copepod inhabiting clean and contaminated intertidal mudflats , Speaker, SETAC 20th Annual Meeting,Philadelphia, PA, USA 1999
- Population genetics of a benthic copepod , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1999
- Recent advances on population genetic studies of meiofauna taxa inhabiting contaminated estuaries in southeast US , Speaker, SETAC 19th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC 1998
- Using genetic variation to detect contaminant effects on meiofauna , Speaker, Tenth International Meiofauna Conference University of Plymouth, UK 1998
- The effects of sediment toxicants in estuarine meiobenthos contained in whole sediment microcosms , Speaker, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Columbia, South Carolina 1996
- Genetic Variability of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata in Puerto Rico, Speaker
- Genetic Variability of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata in Puerto Rico , Speaker, 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Forth Lauderdale, USA
Research
other research activities
- Dormancy regulation in space: Genetic Evidence from Copepod Diapause Embryos PI 2011 -
- BRC: A New Infrastructure for Invertebrate Biodiversity Research in Puerto Rico Co-PI 2008 -
- Multigene phylogeny of the caridean shrimp genus Lysmata PI 2007 -
- Development of microsatellite DNA markers for the hermatypic corals Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata and the gorgonian Plexaura flexuosa PI 2006 -
- Population genetics of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata PI 2005 -
- The Population Genetic Structure of Meiobenthic Taxa Inhabiting Epibiont Algae on Caribbean Mangroves PI 2003 -
- Ecology, Integrity and Status of Deep Caribbean Coral Reefs Co-PI
- Connectivity between shallow and mesophotic ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: using corals and commensal fauna PI 2014 - 2016
- Genetic structure and diversity of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, off Puerto Rico Co-PI 2014 - 2016
- Linking microbial diversity to coral reef resilience and biodiversity under environmental change: a metagenomics and remote sensing approach PI 2012
- Nuclear phylogeny of the caridean shrimp genus Lysmata PI 2011
- Genetic Diversity of the Caribbean mesophotic coral Agaricia lamarcki and its endosymbiont (Symbiodinium spp.) PI 2010
- Cellular, mitochondrial and microarray probes as tools for toxicity assessment in the flat tree oyster Isognomon alatus PI 2004
- The extent of clonality in selected species of hermatypic corals in Puerto Rico PI 2004
- The population genetic structure of copepods and nematodes associated with mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) PI 2004
- A multi-gene phylogeny of copepods to facilitate comparative study of evolution parasitism PI 2003
Service
reviewer of
- Aquaculture Research (Journal)
- Caribbean Journal of Science (Journal)
- Journal of Crustacean Biology (Journal)
- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (Journal)
- Marine Biology (Journal)
- Marine Ecology: Progress Series (Journal)
- Micron (Journal)
- The Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (Journal)
- Vie et Milieu (Journal)
- Zoological Studies (Journal)
professional service activities
- University of Massachusetts Adjunct Professor 2011 -
- University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Professor 2003 -
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia , Ecological genetics of a marine copepod inhabiting clean and contaminated intertidal mudflats 1999
- M.S., University of Massachusetts 1995
- B.S., University of Chicago 1991
- University of Chicago 1999 - 2002
Contact
full name
- Nikolaos V. Schizas