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Overview

John P. Wares is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of John P. Wares's scholarly work include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Their frequent publication venues reveal a focus on biological and ecological studies, including:

  • Biological Bulletin
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Recent papers by John P. Wares and collaborators include:

  • "Global biogeography of marine dispersal potential," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Evidence That Microorganisms at the Animal-Water Interface Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease," 2021, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "An initial comparative genomic autopsy of wasting disease in sea stars," 2020, published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Diversity, divergence and density: How habitat and hybrid zone dynamics maintain a genomic cline in an intertidal barnacle," 2021, published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "A Review of Asteroid Biology in the Context of Sea Star Wasting: Possible Causes and Consequences," 2022, published in Biological Bulletin

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Lauren M. Schiebelhut
  • Michael N Dawson
  • Paige Duffin
  • Melina Giakoumis
  • Ian Hewson

Best Publications

  • EVALUATING SIGNATURES OF GLACIAL REFUGIA FOR NORTH ATLANTIC BENTHIC MARINE TAXA

    Christine A. Maggs;Rita Castilho;David Foltz;Christy Henzler

  • Phylogeography and historical ecology of the North Atlantic intertidal

    John P. Wares;Clifford W. Cunningham

  • Strong genetic clines and geographical variation in gene flow in the rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula

    Erik E. Sotka;John P. Wares;John A. Barth;Richard K. Grosberg

  • CRYPTIC SPECIATION IN THE COSMOPOLITAN AND CLONAL HUMAN PATHOGENIC FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS

    A. Pringle;D. M. Baker;J. L. Platt;J. P. Wares

  • Genetic effective size is three orders of magnitude smaller than adult census size in an abundant, Estuarine-dependent marine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus).

    Thomas F Turner;John P Wares;John R Gold

  • A comparative study of asymmetric migration events across a marine biogeographic boundary.

    John P. Wares;Steven D. Gaines;Clifford W. Cunningham

  • Effects of exotic species on evolutionary diversification.

    Mark Vellend;Luke J. Harmon;Julie L. Lockwood;Margaret M. Mayfield

  • Community genetics in the Northwestern Atlantic intertidal

    J. P. Wares

  • Local selection and latitudinal variation in a marine predator-prey interaction.

    Eric Sanford;Eric Sanford;Eric Sanford;Melissa S. Roth;Melissa S. Roth;Melissa S. Roth;Glenn C. Johns;Glenn C. Johns;Glenn C. Johns;John P. Wares;John P. Wares;John P. Wares

  • The Apicomplexan Whole-Genome Phylogeny: An Analysis of Incongruence among Gene Trees

    Chih-Horng Kuo;John P. Wares;Jessica C. Kissinger

  • Patterns of speciation inferred from mitochondrial DNA in North American Chthamalus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Chthamaloidea).

    John P. Wares

  • Global biogeography of marine dispersal potential

    Mariana Álvarez-Noriega;Scott C. Burgess;James E. Byers;James M. Pringle

  • Going against the flow: maintenance of alongshore variation in allele frequency in a coastal ocean

    James M. Pringle;John P. Wares

  • Color Polymorphism and Genetic Structure in the Sea Star Pisaster ochraceus

    C. D. G. Harley;M. S. Pankey;J. P. Wares;R. K. Grosberg

  • Biogeography of Asterias: North Atlantic climate change and speciation.

    John P. Wares

  • Geographic and genetic variation in feeding preference for chemically defended seaweeds.

    Erik E. Sotka;John P. Wares;Mark E. Hay

  • Restricted gene flow in Chilean barnacles reflects an oceanographic and biogeographic transition zone

    C. Zakas;J. Binford;S. A. Navarrete;J. P. Wares

  • Refuting a controversial case of a human-mediated marine species introduction

    John P. Wares;Deena S. Goldwater;Bo Y. Kong;Clifford W. Cunningham

  • Natural distributions of mitochondrial sequence diversity support new null hypotheses.

    John P. Wares

  • Colonization and/or mitochondrial selective sweeps across the North Atlantic intertidal assemblage revealed by multi‐taxa approximate Bayesian computation

    Katriina L. Ilves;Wen Huang;John P. Wares;Michael J. Hickerson

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Clifford W. Cunningham
Clifford W. Cunningham Duke University
George N. Somero
George N. Somero Stanford University
James E. Byers
James E. Byers University of Georgia
Erik E. Sotka
Erik E. Sotka College of Charleston
Peter T. Raimondi
Peter T. Raimondi University of California, Santa Cruz
Ian Hewson
Ian Hewson Cornell University
Eric Sanford
Eric Sanford University of California, Davis
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Kenneth L. Jones
Kenneth L. Jones University of California, San Diego

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