Luiz A. Rocha
California Academy of Sciences
157 Papers
570 Citations
Luiz A. Rocha is an academic researcher from California Academy of Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Population. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 148 publications. Previous affiliations of Luiz A. Rocha include Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & University of Texas at Austin.
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Papers
Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution
Sergio R. Floeter,Sergio R. Floeter,Luiz A. Rocha,D. R. Robertson,Jean-Christophe Joyeux,W. F. Smith-Vaniz,Peter Wirtz,Alasdair J. Edwards,João P. Barreiros,Carlos E. L. Ferreira,João Luiz Gasparini,Alberto Brito,J.M. Falcón,Brian W. Bowen,Giacomo Bernardi +14 more
TL;DR: Both historical events and relatively recent dispersal have had a strong influence on Atlantic tropical marine biodiversity and have contributed to the biogeographical patterns observed today; however, examples of the latter process outnumber those of the former.
Fish biodiversity and conservation in South America.
Roberto E. Reis,James S. Albert,F. Di Dario,Michael Maia Mincarone,Paulo Petry,Luiz A. Rocha +5 more
TL;DR: The figures suggest that the conservation status of South American freshwater fish faunas is better than in most other regions of the world, but the marine fishes are as threatened as elsewhere.
The origins of tropical marine biodiversity
TL;DR: Biodiversity hotspots such as the Caribbean Sea and the Indo-Pacific Coral Triangle produce and export species, but can also accumulate biodiversity produced in peripheral habitats, which benefits both hotspots and peripheral ecosystems in a process dubbed biodiversity feedback.
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Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery
Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson,Matthew T. Craig,Áthila A. Bertoncini,Kent E. Carpenter,William W. L. Cheung,William W. L. Cheung,John Howard Choat,Andrew S. Cornish,S Fennessy,Beatrice Padovani Ferreira,Philip C Heemstra,Min Liu,R Myers,David Pollard,Kevin L. Rhodes,Luiz A. Rocha,Barry C. Russell,Melita Samoilys,Jonnell C. Sanciangco +18 more
TL;DR: Given that the major threat is overfishing, accompanied by a general absence and/or poor application of fishery management, the prognosis for restoration and successful conservation of Threatened species is poor.
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Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes
TL;DR: The concordance of evolutionary partitions with habitat types, rather than conventional biogeographical barriers, indicates parapatric ecological speciation, in which adaptation to alternative environmental conditions in adjacent locations overwhelms the homogenizing effect of dispersal.