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Overview

Suzanne T. Williams is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on marine biology and ecology. Their publication record reflects a multidisciplinary approach combining ecological, molecular, and oceanographic perspectives.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of marine biology, with main fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields of study highlight a strong emphasis on marine and ecological topics, such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Main research topics associated with their work encompass:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Their recent papers reflect diverse interests within marine and evolutionary biology. Notable publications include:

  • "The gene-rich genome of the scallop Pecten maximus", 2020, GigaScience
  • "The ecological and evolutionary consequences of tropicalisation", 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Eight new mitogenomes clarify the phylogenetic relationships of Stromboidea within the caenogastropod phylogenetic framework", 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "The marine gastropod Conomurex luhuanus (Strombidae) has high-resolution spatial vision and eyes with complex retinas", 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Accelerating ocean species discovery and laying the foundations for the future of marine biodiversity research and monitoring", 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors working alongside Suzanne T. Williams include:

  • Alison R. Irwin
  • Ellen E. Strong
  • Elizabeth M. Harper
  • Nicholas W. Roberts
  • Karolina Zarzyczny

Their publications appear regularly in several key venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molluscan Studies
  • GigaScience
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Molluscan shell colour

    Suzanne T. Williams

  • A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

    Joseph D. DiBattista;Joseph D. DiBattista;May B. Roberts;Jessica Bouwmeester;Jessica Bouwmeester;Brian W. Bowen

  • Mitochondrial Pseudogenes Are Pervasive and Often Insidious in the Snapping Shrimp Genus Alpheus

    Suzanne T. Williams;Nancy Knowlton

  • Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: A global phylogeny of snails of the genus Echinolittorina

    S. T. Williams;D. G. Reid

  • A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean

    S.T. Williams;D.G. Reid;D.T.J. Littlewood

  • EVIDENCE OF A BIOGEOGRAPHIC BREAK BETWEEN POPULATIONS OF A HIGH DISPERSAL STARFISH: CONGRUENT REGIONS WITHIN THE INDO-WEST PACIFIC DEFINED BY COLOR MORPHS, MTDNA, AND ALLOZYME DATA

    S. T. Williams;S. T. Williams;J. A. H. Benzie

  • GENETIC STRUCTURE OF GIANT CLAM (TRIDACNA MAXIMA) POPULATIONS IN THE WEST PACIFIC IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH DISPERSAL BY PRESENT-DAY OCEAN CURRENTS.

    John A. H. Benzie;Suzanne T. Williams

  • A molecular phylogeny of heterodont bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Heterodonta): new analyses of 18S and 28S rRNA genes

    John D. Taylor;Suzanne T. Williams;Emily A. Glover;Patricia Dyal

  • Did Tectonic Activity Stimulate Oligo–Miocene Speciation in the Indo-West Pacific?

    Suzanne T. Williams;Thomas F. Duda;Thomas F. Duda

  • Molecular phylogeny suggests polyphyly of both the turban shells (family Turbinidae) and the superfamily Trochoidea (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda).

    S.T. Williams;T. Ozawa

  • Mudwhelks and mangroves : The evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae)

    D.G. Reid;P. Dyal;P. Lozouet;M. Glaubrecht

  • Comparative phylogeography and species boundaries in Echinolittorina snails in the central Indo‐West Pacific

    David G. Reid;Kalpana Lal;Jacqueline Mackenzie-Dodds;Fontje Kaligis

  • Evidence for Three Major Clades within the Snapping Shrimp Genus Alpheus Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Sequence Data

    Suzanne T. Williams;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton;Lee A. Weigt;Javier A. Jara

  • A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Muricidae, a diverse family of carnivorous gastropods

    A. Barco;M. Claremont;M. Claremont;D.G. Reid;R. Houart

  • The complete mitochondrial genome of a turbinid vetigastropod from MiSeq Illumina sequencing of genomic DNA and steps towards a resolved gastropod phylogeny.

    S.T. Williams;P.G. Foster;D.T.J. Littlewood

  • Phylogeography unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era

    Brian W Bowen;Kartik Shanker;Nina Yasuda;Maria Celia (Machel) D Malay

  • Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined

    Suzanne T. Williams;Satoshi Karube;Tomowo Ozawa

  • Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea).

    S.T. Williams;K.M. Donald;H.G. Spencer;T. Nakano

  • Biotic evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia

    David Gower;Kenneth Johnson;James Richardson;Brian Rosen

  • Species boundaries in the starfish genus Linckia

    S. T. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Taylor
John D. Taylor Natural History Museum
Nancy Knowlton
Nancy Knowlton National Museum of Natural History
David J. Gower
David J. Gower Natural History Museum
Elizabeth M. Harper
Elizabeth M. Harper University of Cambridge
James A. Richardson
James A. Richardson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Peter G. Foster
Peter G. Foster Natural History Museum
Rafael Zardoya
Rafael Zardoya Spanish National Research Council
Kerstin Howe
Kerstin Howe European Bioinformatics Institute
Arnaud Couloux
Arnaud Couloux French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

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