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Overview

Nerida G. Wilson is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Materials Chemistry.

The research topics that Nerida G. Wilson has extensively contributed to include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

They have published numerous papers, some of the recent ones being:

  • Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial, 2023, Science
  • A hybrid-capture approach to reconstruct the phylogeny of Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia), 2023, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Detecting glacial refugia in the Southern Ocean, 2020, Ecography
  • Using ultraconserved elements to track the influence of sea-level change on leafy seadragon populations, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Mimicry and mitonuclear discordance in nudibranchs: New insights from exon capture phylogenomics, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Nerida G. Wilson frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Bill J. Baker
  • Jan M. Strugnell
  • Greg W. Rouse
  • Sally C. Y. Lau
  • Juan Moles

Their work appears regularly in a select group of publication venues, including:

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Journal of Biogeography

Best Publications

  • Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools

    Stephen A. Smith;Nerida G. Wilson;Nerida G. Wilson;Freya E. Goetz;Caitlin Feehery;Caitlin Feehery

  • Phylogenomic analyses of deep gastropod relationships reject Orthogastropoda

    Felipe Zapata;Nerida G. Wilson;Mark Howison;Sónia C. S. Andrade

  • Molecular phylogeny of extant Holothuroidea (Echinodermata).

    Allison K. Miller;Alexander M. Kerr;Gustav Paulay;Mike Reich

  • Barcoding against a paradox? Combined molecular species delineations reveal multiple cryptic lineages in elusive meiofaunal sea slugs

    Katharina M Jörger;Jon L Norenburg;Nerida G Wilson;Michael Schrödl

  • Ocean barriers and glaciation: evidence for explosive radiation of mitochondrial lineages in the Antarctic sea slug Doris kerguelenensis (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)

    Nerida G. Wilson;M. Schrödl;Kenneth M. Halanych

  • Multiple lineages and absence of panmixia in the “circumpolar” crinoid Promachocrinus kerguelensis from the Atlantic sector of Antarctica

    N. G. Wilson;N. G. Wilson;R. L. Hunter;S. J. Lockhart;K. M. Halanych

  • New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha

    Greg W. Rouse;Nerida G. Wilson;Nerida G. Wilson;Nerida G. Wilson;Jose I. Carvajal;Robert C. Vrijenhoek

  • Fixed, free, and fixed: The fickle phylogeny of extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) and their Permian–Triassic origin

    Greg W. Rouse;Lars S. Jermiin;Lars S. Jermiin;Nerida G. Wilson;Igor Eeckhaut

  • Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management: An Introductory Guide

    Tundi Agardy;John Davis;Kristin Sherwood;Ole Vestergaard

  • Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos: a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding

    Stefanie Kaiser;Simone N. Brandao;Saskia Brix;David K.A. Barnes

  • Comprehensive sampling reveals circumpolarity and sympatry in seven mitochondrial lineages of the Southern Ocean crinoid species Promachocrinus kerguelensis (Echinodermata)

    Lenaïg Hemery;Marc Eléaume;Valérie Roussel;N. Ameziane

  • Bye bye "Opisthobranchia"! A review on the contribution of mesopsammic sea slugs to euthyneuran systematics

    M Schrödl;K. M Jörger;A Klussmann-Kolb;N. G Wilson

  • Assessing the molluscan hypothesis Serialia (Monoplacophora+Polyplacophora) using novel molecular data.

    Nerida G. Wilson;Greg W. Rouse;Gonzalo Giribet

  • Spawning and development in Osedax boneworms (Siboglinidae, Annelida)

    Greg W. Rouse;Nerida G. Wilson;Shana K. Goffredi;Shannon B. Johnson

  • A species flock driven by predation? Secondary metabolites support diversification of slugs in antarctica.

    Nerida G. Wilson;Nerida G. Wilson;J. Alan Maschek;Bill J. Baker

  • Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research

    J. Gutt;E. Isla;A.N. Bertler;A.N. Bertler;G.E. Bodeker

  • Cryptic species of Archinome (Annelida: Amphinomida) from vents and seeps

    Elizabeth Borda;Elizabeth Borda;Jerry D. Kudenov;Pierre Chevaldonné;James A. Blake

  • A spectacular new species of seadragon (Syngnathidae).

    Josefin Stiller;Nerida G. Wilson;Greg W. Rouse

  • Species Selection Favors Dispersive Life Histories in Sea Slugs, but Higher Per-Offspring Investment Drives Shifts to Short-Lived Larvae.

    Patrick J. Krug;Jann E. Vendetti;Ryan A. Ellingson;Cynthia D. Trowbridge

  • Shagenes A and B, New Tricyclic Sesquiterpenes Produced by an Undescribed Antarctic Octocoral

    Jacqueline L. von Salm;Nerida G. Wilson;Brian A. Vesely;Dennis E. Kyle

  • Ringiculid bubble snails recovered as the sister group to sea slugs (Nudipleura).

    Yasunori Kano;Bastian Brenzinger;Alexander Nützel;Nerida G. Wilson

  • Distribution of Defensive Metabolites in Nudibranch Molluscs.

    Anne E. Winters;Andrew M. White;Ariyanti S. Dewi;I. Wayan Mudianta

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg W. Rouse
Greg W. Rouse University of California, San Diego
Gonzalo Giribet
Gonzalo Giribet Harvard University
Jan M. Strugnell
Jan M. Strugnell James Cook University
Zoe Richards
Zoe Richards Curtin University
Bill J. Baker
Bill J. Baker University of South Florida
Kenneth M. Halanych
Kenneth M. Halanych University of North Carolina Wilmington
Stefano Schiaparelli
Stefano Schiaparelli University of Genoa
Dennis E. Kyle
Dennis E. Kyle University of Georgia
Huw J. Griffiths
Huw J. Griffiths British Antarctic Survey
Craig M. Young
Craig M. Young University of Oregon

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