David B. Carlon
Associate Professor
Department of Zoology
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1995
Lab Website
carlon@hawaii.edu

Research Interests

Population biology, adaptation, speciation

Selected Publications

Carlon, D. B. and C. Lippé. 2007. Isolation and characterization of 17 new microsatellite markers for the Ember parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus), and cross-amplification in four other parrotfish species. Molecular Ecology Notes 7:613-616.
Edmunds, P. J., Bruno, J., and D. B. Carlon. 2004. Effects of depth and microhabitat on growth and survivorship of juvenile corals in the Florida Keys. Marine Ecology Progress Series 278:115-124.
Carlon, D. B. and A. F. Budd. 2002. Incipient speciation across a depth gradient in a scleractinian coral. EVOLUTION 56(11): 2227-2242.
Carlon, D. B. 2002. Production and supply of larvae as determinants of zonation in a brooding tropical coral. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 268(1): 33-46.
Carlon, D. B. 2001. Depth-related patterns of coral recruitment and cryptic suspension-feeding invertebrates on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE 68(3): 525-541.
Carlon, D. B. 1999. The evolution of mating systems in tropical reef corals. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 14(12): 491-495.
Carlon, D. B. 1996. Calcification rates in corals (Correspondence). SCIENCE 274:117.
Carlon, D. B. and J. P. Ebersole. 1995. Life history variation among three temperate hermit crabs: the importance of size in reproductive strategies. BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 188: 329-337.
Carlon, D. B. and R. R. Olson. 1993. Short distance dispersal as an explanation of spatial pattern in two Caribbean reef corals. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 173(2): 247-263.
Olson, R. and D. Carlon. 1993. Dispersal of Caribbean coral larvae. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION 9(3): 379-380.