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Richard K. Grosberg is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans numerous publications focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their work covers several subfields, notably:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The primary research topics explored by Grosberg include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Plant and animal studies

Grosberg has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, including:

  • Inbreeding shapes the evolution of marine invertebrates, 2020, Evolution
  • Pushed waves, trailing edges, and extreme events: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of a geographic range shift in the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea, 2024, Global Change Biology
  • Genomic responses to parallel temperature gradients in the eelgrass Zostera marina in adjacent bays, 2023, Molecular Ecology
  • Species' attributes predict the relative magnitude of ecological and genetic recovery following mass mortality, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • Population connectivity across east Australia's bioregions and larval duration of the range-extending sea star Meridiastra calcar, 2023, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Frequent publication venues where Grosberg's work appears include:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Global Change Biology
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Collaborations feature a number of frequent co-authors in Grosberg's research, such as:

  • Rachael A. Bay
  • Erica S. Nielsen
  • Samuel Walkes
  • Jacqueline L. Sones
  • David A. Paz-García

Best Publications

  • Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

    T.P. Hughes;A.H. Baird;D.R. Bellwood;M. Card

  • Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions

    Dov F. Sax;John J. Stachowicz;James H. Brown;John F. Bruno

  • The Evolution of Multicellularity: A Minor Major Transition?

    Richard K. Grosberg;Richard R. Strathmann

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • The genetic control and consequences of kin recognition by the larvae of a colonial marine invertebrate

    Richard K. Grosberg;James F. Quinn

  • Limited potential for adaptation to climate change in a broadly distributed marine crustacean

    Morgan W. Kelly;Eric Sanford;Richard K. Grosberg

  • Competitive ability influences habitat choice in marine invertebrates

    Richard K. Grosberg

  • Intertidal Zonation of Barnacles: The Influence of Planktonic Zonation of Larvae on Vertical Distribution of Adults

    Richard K. Grosberg

  • 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

  • The Evolution of Allorecognition Specificity in Clonal Invertebrates

    Richard K. Grosberg

  • Genetic diversity, asymmetrical aggression, and recognition in a widespread invasive species.

    Neil D. Tsutsui;Andrew V. Suarez;Richard K. Grosberg

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

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

  • LIMITED DISPERSAL AND PROXIMITY-DEPENDENT MATING SUCCESS IN THE COLONIAL ASCIDIAN BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI.

    Richard K. Grosberg

  • For adults only? Supply-side ecology and the history of larval biology

    Richard K. Grosberg;Don R. Levitan

  • When is dispersal for dispersal? Unifying marine and terrestrial perspectives

    Scott C. Burgess;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Richard K. Grosberg;Steven G. Morgan

  • SPERM‐MEDIATED GENE FLOW AND THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF A POPULATION OF THE COLONIAL ASCIDIAN BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI

    Richard K. Grosberg

  • Biodiversity in water and on land.

    Richard K. Grosberg;Geerat J. Vermeij;Peter C. Wainwright

  • One cell, two cell, red cell, blue cell : the persistence of a unicellular stage in multicellular life histories

    R.K. Grosberg;R.R. Strathmann

  • The Timing of Sexual Maturity in Clonal Animals

    C. Drew Harvell;Richard K. Grosberg

  • LIFE-HISTORY VARIATION WITHIN A POPULATION OF THE COLONIAL ASCIDIAN BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI. I. THE GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF SEASONAL VARIATION.

    Richard K. Grosberg

  • Mate selection and the evolution of highly polymorphic self/nonself recognition genes.

    Richard K. Grosberg;Michael W. Hart

  • The Great Divergence: When Did Diversity on Land Exceed That in the Sea?

    Geerat J. Vermeij;Richard K. Grosberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
John J. Stachowicz
John J. Stachowicz University of California, Davis
Michael N Dawson
Michael N Dawson University of California, Merced
Eric Sanford
Eric Sanford University of California, Davis
Don R. Levitan
Don R. Levitan Florida State University
Geerat J. Vermeij
Geerat J. Vermeij University of California, Davis
Susan L. Williams
Susan L. Williams University of California, Davis
Stephen R. Palumbi
Stephen R. Palumbi Stanford University
A. Randall Hughes
A. Randall Hughes Northeastern University
David J. Ayre
David J. Ayre University of Wollongong

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