Faculty Projects and Publications

Journal Publications

Toonen, R.J. & A.J. Tyre. In prep. If marine invertebrates were smart: a simple model for optimal settlement choices of competent larvae. (Manuscript available on request.)

Toonen, R.J. & R.K. Grosberg. In prep. The importance of testing novel primers: isolation and non-Mendelian inheritance patterns of microsatellite markers from the intertidal crab Petrolisthes cinctipes. (Manuscript available on request.)

Diehl, J.M., R.J. Toonen & L. Botsford. In prep. Interannual variability in the spatial pattern of recruitment of the sand crab, Emerita analoga, in California. (Manuscript available on request.)

Wares, J. P.H. Barber, J. Ross-Ibarra, E. Sotka & R.J. Toonen. Submitted, in review. Response to Bazin et al. (2006) Science. (Manuscript draft available on request.)

Toonen, R.J. & R.K. Grosberg. Submitted, in revision. Effects of coastal upwelling on genetic structure in an intertidal crab with planktonic larvae. Evolution. (Manuscript available on request.)

Faucci, A., R.J. Toonen & M.G. Hadfield. Submitted, in revision. Ecological speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch. Proceedings of the Royal Society.

Daly-Engel, T.S., R.D. Grubbs, B.W. Bowen & R.J. Toonen. Submitted. Frequency of multiple paternity in an unfished tropical population of sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) and implications for management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Concepcion, G., M. Medina & R.J. Toonen. In press. Novel mtDNA intron primers from scleractinian corals. Molecular Ecology Notes.

Daly-Engel, T.S., R.D. Grubbs, K. Holland, R.J. Toonen & B.W. Bowen. In press. Multiple paternity assessment in three congeneric species of carcharhinid sharks in Hawaii. Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Andrews, K.R., L. Karczmarski, W.W.L. Au, S.H. Rickards, C.A. Vanderlip, & R.J. Toonen. In press. Patterns of genetic diversity of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Atoll Research Bulletin.

Selkoe, K.A. & R.J. Toonen. 2006. Microsatellites for Ecologists: A practical guide to using and evaluating microsatellite markers. Ecology Letters, 9: 615-629.

Toonen, R.J. & C.B. Wee. 2005. An experimental comparison of sediment-based biological filtration designs for recirculating aquarium systems. Aquaculture, 250: 244–255.

Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, L. Soares, & R.J. Toonen. 2005. Conservation implications of complex population structure: Lessons from the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). Molecular Ecology, 14: 2389–2402.

Toonen, R.J. 2004. Genetic evidence of multiple paternity of broods in the intertidal crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 270: 259-263.

Toonen, R.J., M. Locke & R.K. Grosberg. 2004. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4(2): 30-32.

Toonen, R.J. & J.R. Pawlik. 2001. Foundations of gregariousness: A dispersal polymorphism among the planktonic larvae of a marine invertebrate. Evolution, 55: 2439-2454.

Toonen, R.J. & J.R. Pawlik. 2001. Settlement of the gregarious tube worm Hydroides dianthus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) I. Gregarious and nongregarious settlement. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 224: 103-114.

Toonen, R.J. & J.R. Pawlik. 2001. Settlement of the gregarious tube worm Hydroides dianthus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) II. Testing the desperate larva hypothesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 224: 115-131.

Toonen, R.J. & S. Hughes. 2001. Increased throughput for fragment analysis on an ABI 377 automated sequencer using a 100-lane RapidLoad membrane comb and STRand software. BioTechniques, 31: 1320-1324.

Toonen, R.J. & J.R. Pawlik. 1996. Settlement of the gregarious tube worm Hydroides dianthus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae): Cues for gregarious settlement. Marine Biology.

Pawlik, J.R., B. Chanas, R.J. Toonen & W.M. Fenical. 1995. Chemical defenses of Caribbean marine sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 127: 183-194.

Toonen, R.J. & J.R. Pawlik. 1994. Foundations of gregariousness. Nature, 370: 511-512.

Toonen, R. J. && F.S. Chia. 1993. Limitations of laboratory assessments of coelenterate predation: Container effects on the feeding preference of the Limnomedusa, Proboscidactyla flavicirrata. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 167: 215-235.

Toonen, R.J., 1992. Differential growth in aggregations of the gregarious tube worm, Hydroides dianthus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 12: 203-213.

Invited Reviews

Selkoe, K.A. & R.J. Toonen. 2006. Microsatellites for Ecologists: A practical guide to using and evaluating microsatellite markers. Ecology Letters, 9: 615-629.

Toonen, R.J., 2005. Foundations of gregariousness in barnacles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208: 1773-1774.

Invited Book Chapters

Hickman, C.P. Jr., L.S. Roberts, A. Larson and H. I’Anson, 2005. Integrated Principles of Zoology, 13th Edition. Chapter revisions for: 14 (Acoelomate Bilateral Animals), 15 (Pseudocoelomate Animals), 16 (Molluscs), 21 (Smaller Protostome Phyla) and 22 (Echinoderms and Hemichordates). McGraw Hill Higher Education, Dubuque, IA.

Toonen, R.J. and S. Hughes. 2003. Increased throughput for fragment analysis on an ABI 377 automated sequencer using a 100-lane RapidLoad membrane comb and STRand software. Section IV, Chapter 46 in: S.M. Brown (ed.) BioComputing: Computer Tools for Biologists, Eaton Publishing, Westborough, MA.