Faculty Projects and Publications

Refereed Publications

Moon, J.C., E.D. McCoy, H.R. Mushinsky, and S.A. Karl. Multiple Paternity and Breeding System in the Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus. Accepted, 11/2005, Journal of Heredity.

Severance, E.G. and S.A. Karl. Dispersal-based conservation and a coral conundrum. In revision 7/2005.

Bass, A.L., H. Dewar, T. Thys, J.T. Streelman, and S.A. Karl. In press. Evolutionary divergence among lineages of the ocean sunfish family, Molidae. Marine Biology.

Pierce, S.K., N.E. Curtis, S.E. Massey, A.L. Bass, S.A. Karl, and C.M. Finney. A new species of kleptoplastic sea slug from the Florida Keys. Submitted, 5/2005.

Bass, A.L. and S.A. Karl. In Press. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genera in the family Plakobranchidae (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa). Proceedings of the Special Symposium on the Biology and Systematics of Opisthobranch Mollusks, The World Congress Of Malacology.

Schwartz, T.S. and S.A. Karl. Population and Conservation Genetics of the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). In press, Conservation Genetics.

Cattell, M. and S.A. Karl. 2004. Genetics and morphology in a Borrichia frutescens and B. arborescens (Asteraceae) hybrid zone. American Journal of Botany, 91: 1757-1766

Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite markers from the gastropod genus Melongena. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes, 4: 755-757.

Roberts, M., T. Schwartz and S.A. Karl. 2004. Global population structure and male-mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): Microsatellite analysis. Genetics, 166: 1857-1870.

Seminoff, J.A., S.A. Karl, T. Schwartz, and A. Resendiz. 2004. Hybridization of Chelonia mydas and Eretmochelys imbricata in the Pacific Ocean: Indication of an absence of gender bias in the directionality of crosses. In press, Bulletin of Marine Science, 73: 643-652.

Severance, E.G., A.M. Szmant, and S.A. Karl. 2004. Single-copy gene markers isolated from the Caribbean coral, Montastraea annularis. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes, 4: 167-169.

Severance, E.G., A.M. Szmant, and S.A. Karl. 2004. Microsatellite loci isolated from the Caribbean coral, Montastraea annularis. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes, 4: 74-76.

Streelman, J.T., C. Puchulutegui, A.L. Bass, T. Thys, H. Dewar, and S.A. Karl. 2003. Microsatellites from the world’s heaviest bony fish, the giant Mola mola. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes, 3: 247-249.

Schwartz, T.S., M. Osentoski, T. Lamb, and S.A. Karl. 2003. Microsatellite loci for the genus Gopherus (Testudines: Testudinidae) and their applicability to other turtle species. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes, 3: 283-286

Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood, and S.A. Karl. 2002. Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: Biogeography, ecomorphology, and comparative diversity. Evolution, 56: 961–971.

Karl, S.A. and D.S. Wilson. 2001. Phylogeography and systematics of the mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii. Copeia, 101: 797-801.

Schulze, S.R, S.A. Rice, J. L. Simon, and S.A. Karl. 2000. Evolution of poecilogony and the biogeography of North American populations of the polychaete, Streblospio. Evolution, 54: 1247-1259.

Non-Refereed Publications

Wilson, D.S. and S.A. Karl. 2001. Genetic relatedness of populations of the mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii, from mainland Florida and the upper and lower Florida Keys. Chelonia Conservation and Biology, 4: 228-230.

Bowen B.W. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Meeting report: Taxonomic status of the East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia agassizii). Marine Turtle Newsletter, 89: 20-22.

In Preparation

Jansen, K.P. and S.A. Karl. Systematics of the salt marsh snakes: recent speciation and an old taxonomy. In revision, Copeia.

Dewar, H., T. Thys, J. O’Sullivan, C. Farwell, A. Wallis, T. Tobayama, Y. Kondo, J.T. Streelman, A.L. Bass, C. Puchulutegui and S.A. Karl. Basking and diving in Japanese waters: movements and behaviors of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola). In revision, Marine Biology.

Severance, E.G. and S.A. Karl. Reconstructing gene flow and evolution in the Caribbean coral, Montastraea faveolata. In preparation, Conservation Genetics.

Curtis, C., B.S. Stewart, and S.A. Karl. Molecular identification of the sex of pinnipeds. In preparation, Conservation Genetics.

Karl, S.A., C. Curtis, and M. Cattell. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the surfperch family (Embiotocidae). In preparation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Jansen, K.J. and S.A. Karl. Population genetics of the mangrove salt marsh snake, Nerodia clarkii compressicauda, in a fragmented, linear habitat. In preparation, Conservation Genetics.

Colson-Moon, J.C. S.A. Karl, E.D. McCoy, and H.R. Mushinsky. Molecular assessment of multiple paternity and breeding systems in the gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus. In preparation, Journal of Heredity.

Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. Mitochondrial phylogeny of crown conchs: The Corona complex simplified. In preparation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

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Presentations ( presenter listed first )

Invited

Karl, S. A. 2004. Complex population structure in turtles. Workshop on the Use of molecular markers for the study of marine biodiversity. Horta, Azores. July 2004

Karl, S. A. 2002. A talk in two parts: Evolution of larval life history in a Polychaete worm, and genetics and the ocean sunfish, Mola mola: Millstone or milestone? Presented to the University of South Carolina, Marine Science Program. Columbia, SC, USA, 5 April.

Karl, S. A., A.L. Bass, M.H. Zacks. 2000. Marine turtles and international considerations for listing ESUs. Presented to the Society for Conservation Biology. Missoula, MT, USA, 8-12 June.

Zacks, M.H. and S.A. Karl. 2000. [De]constructing archetypes of the pristine. Presented to the Latin American Studies Association, 12th International Congress. Miami, FL, USA, 16-18 March.

Karl, S.A. 2000. Evolutionary genetics of Chelonia. Special Symposium at the XX Presented to the International Symposium on Turtle Biology, Orlando, FL, USA, 29 February - 4 March.

Other

Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2002. Evolution of the “Corona Complex” in the genus Melongena (Gastropoda: Melongenidae). Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of Florida Association of Benthologists. St. Augustine, Florida. 21 November.

Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2001. Evolution of the “Corona Complex” in the genus Melongena (Gastropoda: Melongenidae). Presented to the 14th International Congress of Unitas Malacologica and the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Society. Vienna, Austria. 19-25. August.

Schwartz, T. and S.A. Karl. 2001. Population genetics of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in Florida. Presented to the Annual Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology. Chicago, IL, USA, 3-7 January.

Schwartz, T. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Genetic Structure of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations in Florida using microsatellites. Poster presented to the Annual Suncoast Biomolecular Symposium. Tampa, FL, USA, 20 October.

Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Evolution of the “Corona Complex” in the genus Melongena (gastropoda: melongenidae): Patterns from internal transcribed spacer regions and microsatellite data. Poster presented to the Annual Suncoast Biomolecular Symposium. Tampa, FL, USA, 20 October.

Severance, E. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Molecular evolution of Scleractinian diversity: How panmictic are coral populations of the Western Atlantic? Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Bloomington. ID, USA, 23-27 June.

Schwartz, T., S.A. Karl, H. Mushinsky, and E. McCoy. 2000. Genetic Structure of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations in Florida using microsatellites. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Bloomington, ID, USA, 23-27 June.

Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Evolution of the “Corona Complex” in the genus Melongena (Gastropoda: Melongenidae): Evidence from internal transcribed spacer regions and microsatellite data. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Bloomington, ID, USA, 23-27 June.