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50
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8578
World Ranking
3884
National Ranking
1354

Overview

Paul H. Barber is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and molecular biology, with a significant focus on ecology and oceanography.

The scientist has contributed to a range of academic publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Environmental DNA, Conservation Genetics Resources, and Ecology and Evolution.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Education

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Marine and fisheries research

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Systemic racism in higher education, 2020, Science
  • Disparities in Remote Learning Faced by First-Generation and Underrepresented Minority Students during COVID-19: Insights and Opportunities from a Remote Research Experience, 2021, Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education

Although not the primary author on all papers, they have contributed to significant studies in eDNA metabarcoding and marine ecosystems alongside colleagues. Examples include:

  • eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Improving metabarcoding taxonomic assignment: A case study of fishes in a large marine ecosystem, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • eDNA captures depth partitioning in a kelp forest ecosystem, 2021, PLoS ONE

Their frequent collaborators include Zachary Gold, Peggy Fong, Caitlin R. Fong, Samuel Degregori, and Daniel T. Blumstein.

Best Publications

  • Biogeography. A marine Wallace's line?

    Paul H. Barber;Stephen R. Palumbi;Mark V. Erdmann;M. Kasim Moosa

  • MARSPEC: ocean climate layers for marine spatial ecology

    Elizabeth J. Sbrocco;Paul H. Barber

  • Genetic Approaches to Measuring Connectivity

    Dennis Hedgecock;Paul Barber;Suzanne Edmands

  • Sharp genetic breaks among populations of Haptosquilla pulchella (Stomatopoda) indicate limits to larval transport: patterns, causes, and consequences

    P. H. Barber;S. R. Palumbi;M. V. Erdmann;M. K. Moosa

  • Comparative Phylogeography of the Coral Triangle and Implications for Marine Management

    Kent E. Carpenter;Paul H. Barber;Eric D. Crandall;Ma. Carmen A. Ablan-Lagman

  • COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THREE CODISTRIBUTED STOMATOPODS: ORIGINS AND TIMING OF REGIONAL LINEAGE DIVERSIFICATION IN THE CORAL TRIANGLE

    Paul H. Barber;Mark V. Erdmann;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Contrasting demographic history and phylogeographical patterns in two Indo‐Pacific gastropods

    Eric D. Crandall;Melissa A. Frey;Richard K. Grosberg;Paul H. Barber

  • Biodiversity hotspots: evolutionary origins of biodiversity in wrasses (Halichoeres: Labridae) in the Indo-Pacific and new world tropics

    Paul H. Barber;David R. Bellwood

  • Estimating diversity of Indo-Pacific coral reef stomatopods through DNA barcoding of stomatopod larvae.

    Paul Barber;Sarah L Boyce

  • Increasing persistence in undergraduate science majors: a model for institutional support of underrepresented students.

    Brit Toven-Lindsey;Marc Levis-Fitzgerald;Paul H. Barber;Tama Hasson

  • eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas.

    Zachary Gold;Joshua Sprague;David J. Kushner;Erick Zerecero Marin

  • Expansion Dating: Calibrating Molecular Clocks in Marine Species from Expansions onto the Sunda Shelf Following the Last Glacial Maximum

    Eric D. Crandall;Elizabeth J. Sbrocco;Timery S. DeBoer;Paul H. Barber

  • Connectivity and the development of population genetic structure in Indo-West Pacific coral reef communities

    Johnathan T. Kool;Johnathan T. Kool;Claire B. Paris;Paul H. Barber;Robert K. Cowen

  • A threat to coral reefs multiplied? Four species of crown-of-thorns starfish

    Catherine Vogler;John Benzie;Harilaos Lessios;Paul Barber

  • DNA barcoding reveals targeted fisheries for endangered sharks in Indonesia

    Andrianus Sembiring;Ni Putu Dian Pertiwi;Angka Mahardini;Rizki Wulandari

  • A technique for the rapid extraction of microalgal DNA from single live and preserved cells.

    M. L. Richlen;P. H. Barber

  • Comparative phylogeography of two seastars and their ectosymbionts within the Coral Triangle.

    Eric D. Crandall;M. Elizabeth Jones;Martha M. Muñoz;Bolanle Akinronbi

  • Replicated hybrid zones of Xiphophorus swordtails along an elevational gradient

    Z. W. Culumber;H. S. Fisher;M. Tobler;M. Tobler;M. Mateos

  • Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information

    Maria Beger;Kimberly A Selkoe;Eric A Treml;Paul H Barber

  • Systemic racism in higher education

    Paul H. Barber;Tyrone B. Hayes;Tracy L. Johnson;Leticia Márquez-Magaña

  • Phylogeography and Limited Genetic Connectivity in the Endangered Boring Giant Clam across the Coral Triangle

    Timery S. DeBOER;Matthew D. Subia;Mark V. Erdmann;Katie Kovitvongsa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent Carpenter
Kent Carpenter Old Dominion University
Andrew C. Baker
Andrew C. Baker University of Miami
Eric A. Treml
Eric A. Treml Australian Institute of Marine Science
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Cynthia Riginos
Cynthia Riginos University of Queensland
Kimberly A. Selkoe
Kimberly A. Selkoe University of California, Santa Barbara
Gert Wörheide
Gert Wörheide Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stephen R. Palumbi
Stephen R. Palumbi Stanford University
Nathan J. B. Kraft
Nathan J. B. Kraft University of California, Los Angeles

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