BookMarjorie F. Oleksiak, Om P. Rajora, editors.
Summary: Population genomics has provided unprecedented opportunities to unravel the mysteries of marine organisms in the oceans' depths. The world's oceans, which make up 70% of our planet, encompass diverse habitats and host numerous unexplored populations and species. Population genomics studies of marine organisms are rapidly emerging and have the potential to transform our understanding of marine populations, species, and ecosystems, providing insights into how these organisms are evolving and how they respond to different stimuli and environments. This knowledge is critical for understanding the fundamental aspects of marine life, how marine organisms will respond to environmental changes, and how we can better protect and preserve marine biodiversity and resources. This book brings together leading experts in the field to address critical aspects of fundamental and applied research in marine species and share their research and insights crucial for understanding marine ecosystem diversity and function. It also discusses the challenges, opportunities and future perspectives of marine population genomics.
Contents:
Part I: Introduction
Marine Population Genomics: Challenges and Opportunities
Part II: Marine Microbes
Part III: Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Biogeography
Population Genomics of Marine Zooplankton
Population Genomics of Early-Splitting Lineages of Metazoans
Population Genomics and Biogeography of the Northern Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) Using Pooled Sequencing Approaches
Part IV: Seascape Genomics
Seascape Genomics: Contextualizing Adaptive and Neutral Genomic Variation in the Ocean Environment
Part V: Adaptation, Acclimation, and Speciation
Clinal Adaptation in the Marine Environment
The Population Genomics of Parallel Adaptation: Lessons from Threespine Stickleback
Mechanisms of Adaptive Divergence and Speciation in Littorina saxatilis: Integrating Knowledge from Ecology and Genetics with New Data Emerging from Genomic Studies
Ecological Speciation in Corals
Environmental Epigenomics and Its Applications in Marine Organisms
Part VI: Protection, Conservation, and Management of Marine Organisms
Marine Invasion Genomics: Revealing Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Biological Invasions
Population Genomics Applied to Fishery Management and Conservation
Marine Conservation and Marine Protected Areas
Index.