Professor Cynthia Riginos
Professor
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 52152
Researcher biography
Ecological and evolutionary genomics
My research group uses genetic markers as tools for understanding dispersal and gene flow, often with conservation implications and most frequently focusing on highly dispersive marine animals such as fishes, mussels, and corals. We also study how gene flow and natural selection affect genomic variation and limit gene exchange across genomes, populations, and species.
Publications
Book Chapters
Riginos, Cynthia and Beger, Maria (2022). Incorporating genetic measures of connectivity and adaptation in marine spatial planning for corals. Coral reef conservation and restoration in the omics age. (pp. 7-33) edited by Madeleine J. H. van Oppen and Manuel Aranda Lastra. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-07055-6_2
Liggins, Libby, Treml, Eric A. and Riginos, Cynthia (2019). Seascape genomics: contextualizing adaptive and neutral genomic variation in the ocean environment. Population Genomics: Marine Organisms. (pp. 171-218) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/13836_2019_68
Journal Articles
Sequeira, Ana M.M., Bates, Amanda E., Hays, Graeme, Sims, David W., Andrzejaczek, Samantha, Audzijonyte, Asta, Baum, Julia K., Beal, Martin, Block, Barbara, Cinner, Joshua, Cowley, Kaitlyn, Gilman, Eric, Gleason, Arthur, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Hudson, Charlotte, Ishimura, Gakushi, Jabado, Rima W., Landrum, Jason P., Mangubhai, Sangeeta, McClenachan, Loren, Meagher, Laura, Riginos, Cynthia, Serrão, Ester A., Sherley, Richard B., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Wambiji, Nina and Marley, Sarah A. (2024). A framework for optimising opportunistic collaborative syntheses to propel ecological conservation. Biological Conservation, 298 110717, 110717. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110717
Zhang, Jia, Schneller, Nadja M., Field, Matt A., Chan, Cheong Xin, Miller, David J., Strugnell, Jan M., Riginos, Cynthia, Bay, Line and Cooke, Ira (2024). Chromosomal inversions harbour excess mutational load in the coral, Acropora kenti, on the Great Barrier Reef. Molecular Ecology, 33 (16) e17468, e17468. doi: 10.1111/mec.17468
Prata, Katharine E., Bongaerts, Pim, Dwyer, John M., Ishida, Hisatake, Howitt, Samantha M., Hereward, James P., Crandall, Eric D. and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). Some reef-building corals only disperse metres per generation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291 (2027) 20231988, 20231988. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1988
Fabricius, Katharina E., Cooley, Sarah R., Golbuu, Yimnang, Riginos, Cynthia, Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel, Heron, Scott F., Mead, David, Cinner, Joshua and Schaffelke, Britta (2024). Research priorities to support coral reefs during rapid climate change. PLOS Climate, 3 (7), e0000435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000435
Schmid, Sarah, Bachmann Salvy, Marianne, Garcia Jimenez, Alberto, Bertrand, Joris A. M., Cortesi, Fabio, Heim, Sara, Huyghe, Filip, Litsios, Glenn, Marcionetti, Anna, O'Donnell, James L., Riginos, Cynthia, Tettamanti, Valerio and Salamin, Nicolas (2024). Gene flow throughout the evolutionary history of a colour polymorphic and generalist clownfish. Molecular Ecology, 33 (14) e17436, e17436. doi: 10.1111/mec.17436
Byrne, Ilha, Riginos, Cynthia, Uthicke, Sven, Brookes, Dean and Popovic, Iva (2024). DNA metabarcoding as a tool for characterising the spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic larvae in the phylum Echinodermata. Coral Reefs, 43 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00338-024-02496-7
Ishida, Hisatake, Riginos, Cynthia and Chan, Cheong Xin (2024). Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes. Frontiers in Protistology, 2. doi: 10.3389/frpro.2024.1376877
Popovic, Iva, Bergeron, Lucie A., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie, Howitt, Samantha M., Damjanovic, Katarina, Patel, Frances, Cabrera, Maria G., Wörheide, Gert, Uthicke, Sven and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator. PLOS Genetics, 20 (2) e1011129, e1011129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011129
Meziere, Zoe, Popovic, Iva, Prata, Katharine, Ryan, Isobel, Pandolfi, John and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). Exploring coral speciation: Multiple sympatric Stylophora pistillata taxa along a divergence continuum on the Great Barrier Reef. Evolutionary Applications, 17 (1) ARTN e13644, e13644. doi: 10.1111/eva.13644
Riginos, Cynthia and Jahnke, Marlene (2023). Comparative landscape genomics has arrived with a splash. Molecular Ecology, 32 (24), 6725-6728. doi: 10.1111/mec.17204
Crandall, Eric D., Toczydlowski, Rachel H., Liggins, Libby, Holmes, Ann E., Ghoojaei, Maryam, Gaither, Michelle R., Wham, Briana E., Pritt, Andrea L., Noble, Cory, Anderson, Tanner J., Barton, Randi L., Berg, Justin T., Beskid, Sofia G., Delgado, Alonso, Farrell, Emily, Himmelsbach, Nan, Queeno, Samantha R., Trinh, Thienthanh, Weyand, Courtney, Bentley, Andrew, Deck, John, Riginos, Cynthia, Bradburd, Gideon S. and Toonen, Robert J. (2023). The importance of timely metadata curation to the global surveillance of genetic diversity. Conservation Biology, 37 (4) e14061, e14061. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14061
Madin, Joshua S., McWilliam, Michael, Quigley, Kate, Bay, Line K., Bellwood, David, Doropoulos, Christopher, Fernandes, Leanne, Harrison, Peter, Hoey, Andrew S., Mumby, Peter J., Ortiz, Juan C., Richards, Zoe T., Riginos, Cynthia, Schiettekatte, Nina M. D., Suggett, David J. and van Oppen, Madeleine J. H. (2023). Selecting coral species for reef restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60 (8), 1537-1544. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14447
Richards, Thomas J., McGuigan, Katrina, Aguirre, J. David, Humanes, Adriana, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Mumby, Peter J. and Riginos, Cynthia (2023). Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential. Global Change Biology, 29 (14), 3869-3882. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16719
Jenkins, Gareth B., Beckerman, Andrew P., Bellard, Céline, Benítez‐López, Ana, Ellison, Aaron M., Foote, Christopher G., Hufton, Andrew L., Lashley, Marcus A., Lortie, Christopher J., Ma, Zhaoxue, Moore, Allen J., Narum, Shawn R., Nilsson, Johan, O'Boyle, Bridget, Provete, Diogo B., Razgour, Orly, Rieseberg, Loren, Riginos, Cynthia, Santini, Luca, Sibbett, Benjamin and Peres‐Neto, Pedro R. (2023). Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (5) e9961, e9961. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9961
Cumming, Graeme S., Adamska, Maja, Barnes, Michele L., Barnett, Jon, Bellwood, David R., Cinner, Joshua E., Cohen, Philippa J., Donelson, Jennifer M., Fabricius, Katharina, Grafton, R. Quentin, Grech, Alana, Gurney, Georgina G., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Hoey, Andrew S., Hoogenboom, Mia O., Lau, Jacqueline, Lovelock, Catherine E., Lowe, Ryan, Miller, David J., Morrison, Tiffany H., Mumby, Peter J., Nakata, Martin, Pandolfi, John M., Peterson, Garry D., Pratchett, Morgan S., Ravasi, Timothy, Riginos, Cynthia, Rummer, Jodie L., Schaffelke, Britta ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2023). Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes. Regional Environmental Change, 23 (2) 66, 66. doi: 10.1007/s10113-023-02051-0
McGaughran, Angela, Liggins, Libby, Marske, Katharine A., Dawson, Michael N, Schiebelhut, Lauren M., Lavery, Shane D., Knowles, L. Lacey, Moritz, Craig and Riginos, Cynthia (2022). Comparative phylogeography in the genomic age: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Biogeography, 49 (12), 2130-2144. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14481
Matias, Ambrocio Melvin A., Popovic, Iva, Thia, Joshua A., Cooke, Ira R., Torda, Gergely, Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi, Bay, Line K., Kim, Sun W. and Riginos, Cynthia (2022). Cryptic diversity and spatial genetic variation in the coral Acropora tenuis and its endosymbionts across the Great Barrier Reef. Evolutionary Applications, 16 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1111/eva.13435
McLean, Dianne L., Ferreira, Luciana C., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Miller, Karen J., Schläppy, Marie-Lise, Ajemian, Matthew J., Berry, Oliver, Birchenough, Silvana N. R., Bond, Todd, Boschetti, Fabio, Bull, Ann S., Claisse, Jeremy T., Condie, Scott A., Consoli, Pierpaolo, Coolen, Joop W. P., Elliott, Michael, Fortune, Irene S., Fowler, Ashley M., Gillanders, Bronwyn M., Harrison, Hugo B., Hart, Kristen M., Henry, Lea-Anne, Hewitt, Chad L., Hicks, Natalie, Hock, Karlo, Hyder, Kieran, Love, Milton, Macreadie, Peter I., Miller, Robert J. ... Thums, Michele (2022). Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity. Global Change Biology, 28 (11), 3515-3536. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16134
Prata, Katharine E., Riginos, Cynthia, Gutenkunst, Ryan N., Latijnhouwers, Kelly R. W., Sánchez, Juan A., Englebert, Norbert, Hay, Kyra B. and Bongaerts, Pim (2022). Deep connections: divergence histories with gene flow in mesophotic Agaricia corals. Molecular Ecology, 31 (9), 2511-2527. doi: 10.1111/mec.16391
Bonham, Vicki, Shields, Jody and Riginos, Cynthia (2022). Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel). CABI Compendium, CABI Compendium. doi: 10.1079/cabicompendium.73756
Garcia, Vhon Oliver, Riginos, Cynthia and Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi (2022). Can sea snakes slither through seascape structure? Comparative phylogeography and population genetics of Hydrophis group sea snakes in Australia and Southeast Asia. Frontiers of Biogeography, 14 (3) 56342. doi: 10.21425/f5fbg56342
Toczydlowski, Rachel H., Liggins, Libby, Gaither, Michelle R., Anderson, Tanner J., Barton, Randi L., Berg, Justin T., Beskid, Sofia G., Davis, Beth, Delgado, Alonso, Farrell, Emily, Ghoojaei, Maryam, Himmelsbach, Nan, Holmes, Ann E., Queeno, Samantha R., Trinh, Thienthanh, Weyand, Courtney A., Bradburd, Gideon S., Riginos, Cynthia, Toonen, Robert J. and Crandall, Eric D. (2021). Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (34) e2107934118, 1-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2107934118
Haro‐Bilbao, Isabel, Riginos, Cynthia, Baldwin, John D., Zischke, Mitchell, Tibbetts, Ian R., Thia, Joshua A. and Bernardi, Giacomo (2021). Global connections with some genomic differentiation occur between Indo‐Pacific and Atlantic Ocean wahoo, a large circumtropical pelagic fish. Journal of Biogeography, 48 (8), 2053-2067. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14135
Meynard, Christine N., Bernardi, Giacomo, Fraser, Ceridwen, Masters, Judith, Riginos, Cynthia, Sanmartin, Isabel, Tolley, Krystal A., Dawson, Michael N and Kreft, Holger (2021). Women in biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, 48 (9) jbi.14223, 2117-2120. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14223
Álvarez-Varas, Rocío, Rojas-Hernández, Noemi, Heidemeyer, Maike, Riginos, Cynthia, Benítez, Hugo A., Araya-Donoso, Raúl, Reséndiz, Eduardo, Lara-Uc, Mónica, Godoy, Daniel A., Muñoz-Pérez, Juan Pablo, Alarcón-Ruales, Daniela E., Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Ortiz-Alvarez, Clara, Mangel, Jeffrey C., Vianna, Juliana A. and Véliz, David (2021). Green, yellow or black? Genetic differentiation and adaptation signatures in a highly migratory marine turtle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1954) 20210754, 20210754. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0754
Malard, Lucie, Riginos, Cynthia and McGuigan, Katrina (2021). Skeletal deformities and meristic trait variations are common in the intertidal fish Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes‐Gobiidae). Journal of Fish Diseases, 44 (6), 665-673. doi: 10.1111/jfd.13327
Thia, Joshua A., McGuigan, Katrina, Liggins, Libby, Figueira, Will F., Bird, Christopher E., Mather, Andrew, Evans, Jennifer L. and Riginos, Cynthia (2021). Genetic and phenotypic variation exhibit both predictable and stochastic patterns across an intertidal fish metapopulation. Molecular Ecology, 30 (18) mec.15829, 4392-4414. doi: 10.1111/mec.15829
Popovic, Iva, Bierne, Nicolas, Gaiti, Federico, Tanurdžić, Miloš and Riginos, Cynthia (2020). Pre‐introduction introgression contributes to parallel differentiation and contrasting hybridization outcomes between invasive and native marine mussels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34 (1) jeb.13746, 175-192. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13746
Marden, Emily, Abbott, Richard J., Austerlitz, Frederic, Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel, Baucom, Regina S., Bongaerts, Pim, Bonin, Aurelie, Bonneaud, Camille, Browne, Luke, Alex Buerkle, C., Caicedo, Ana L., Coltman, David W., Cruzan, Mitchell B., Davison, Angus, DeWoody, J. Andrew, Dumbrell, Alex J., Emerson, Brent C., Fountain-Jones, Nicholas M., Gillespie, Rosemary, Giraud, Tatiana, Hansen, Michael M., Hodgins, Kathryn A., Heuertz, Myriam, Hirase, Shotaro, Hooper, Rebecca, Hohenlohe, Paul, Kane, Nolan C., Kelley, Joanna L., Kinziger, Andrew P. ... Rieseberg, Loren H. (2020). Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research. Molecular Ecology, 30 (5) mec.15702, 1103-1107. doi: 10.1111/mec.15702
Riginos, Cynthia, Crandall, Eric D., Liggins, Libby, Gaither, Michelle R., Ewing, Rodney B., Meyer, Christopher, Andrews, Kimberly R., Euclide, Peter T., Titus, Benjamin M., Overgaard Therkildsen, Nina, Salces‐Castellano, Antonia, Stewart, Lucy C., Toonen, Robert J. and Deck, John (2020). Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data and metadata for biodiversity research. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20 (6) 1755-0998.13269, 1458-1469. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13269
Viard, Frédérique, Riginos, Cynthia and Bierne, Nicolas (2020). Anthropogenic hybridization at sea: three evolutionary questions relevant to invasive species management. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 375 (1806) 20190547, 20190547. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0547
Álvarez-Varas, Rocío, Heidemeyer, Maike, Riginos, Cynthia, Benítez, Hugo A, Reséndiz, Eduardo, Lara-Uc, Mónica, Godoy, Daniel A, Muñoz-Pérez, Juan Pablo, Alarcón-Ruales, Daniela E, Vélez-Rubio, Gabriela M, Fallabrino, Alejandro, Piovano, Susanna, Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Ortiz-Alvarez, Clara, Mangel, Jeffrey C, Esquerré, Damien, Zárate, Patricia, Medrano, Carol, León Miranda, Fabiola, Guerrero, Felipe, Vianna, Juliana A and Véliz, David (2020). Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: challenges for management and conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 191 (2), 434-453. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa066
da Silva, Carmen R. B., van den Berg, Cedric P., Condon, Nicholas D., Riginos, Cynthia, Wilson, Robbie S. and Cheney, Karen L. (2020). Intertidal gobies acclimate rate of luminance change for background matching with shifts in seasonal temperature. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89 (7), 1735-1746. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13226
Popovic, Iva and Riginos, Cynthia (2020). Comparative genomics reveals divergent thermal selection in warm‐ and cold‐tolerant marine mussels. Molecular Ecology, 29 (3) mec.15339, 519-535. doi: 10.1111/mec.15339
Ambrose, Luke, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Riginos, Cynthia, Xu, Weixin, Fordyce, Sarah, Cooper, Robert D. and Beebe, Nigel W. (2019). Population genetics of Anopheles koliensis through Papua New Guinea: new cryptic species and landscape topography effects on genetic connectivity. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (23), 13375-13388. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5792
Riginos, Cynthia, Hock, Karlo, Matias, Ambrocio M., Mumby, Peter J., van Oppen, Madeleine J. H. and Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi (2019). Asymmetric dispersal is a critical element of concordance between biophysical dispersal models and spatial genetic structure in Great Barrier Reef corals. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (11) ddi.12969, 1684-1696. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12969
Popovic, Iva, Matias, Ambrocio Melvin A., Bierne, Nicolas and Riginos, Cynthia (2019). Twin introductions by independent invader mussel lineages are both associated with recent admixture with a native congener in Australia. Evolutionary Applications, 13 (3) eva.12857, 515-532. doi: 10.1111/eva.12857
Riginos, Cynthia and Leis, Jeffrey M. (2019). Do tiny fish rule the reefs?. Science, 364 (6446), 1128-1130. doi: 10.1126/science.aax8961
da Silva, Carmen Rose Burke, Wilson, Robbie Stuart and Riginos, Cynthia (2019). Rapid larval growth is costly for post-metamorphic thermal performance in a Great Barrier Reef fish. Coral Reefs, 38 (5), 895-907. doi: 10.1007/s00338-019-01815-7
Crandall, Eric D., Riginos, Cynthia, Bird, Chris E., Liggins, Libby, Treml, Eric, Beger, Maria, Barber, Paul H., Connolly, Sean R., Cowman, Peter F., DiBattista, Joseph D., Eble, Jeff A., Magnuson, Sharon F., Horne, John B., Kochzius, Marc, Lessios, Harilaos A., Liu, Shang Yin Vanson, Ludt, William B., Madduppa, Hawis, Pandolfi, John M., Toonen, Robert J., Gaither, Michelle R. and , (2019). The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (7) geb.12905, 943-960. doi: 10.1111/geb.12905
da Silva, Carmen Rose Burke, Riginos, Cynthia and Wilson, Robbie Stuart (2019). An intertidal fish shows thermal acclimation despite living in a rapidly fluctuating environment. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 189 (3-4), 385-398. doi: 10.1007/s00360-019-01212-0
Blower, Dean C., Riginos, Cynthia and Ovenden, Jennifer R. (2019). neogen: a tool to predict genetic effective population size (N e) for species with generational overlap and to assist empirical N e study design. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19 (1), 260-271. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12941
Matias, Ambrocio Melvin A. and Riginos, Cynthia (2018). Revisiting the “Centre Hypotheses” of the Indo-West Pacific: idiosyncratic genetic diversity of nine reef species offers weak support for the Coral Triangle as a centre of genetic biodiversity. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (8), 1806-1817. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13376
Thia, Joshua A., Riginos, Cynthia, Liggins, Libby, Figueira, Will F. and McGuigan, Katrina (2018). Larval traits show temporally consistent constraints, but are decoupled from post-settlement juvenile growth, in an intertidal fish. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 87 (5), 1353-1363. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12844
Krueck, Nils C., Legrand, Christelle, Ahmadia, Gabby N., Estradivari,, Green, Alison, Jones, Geoffrey P., Riginos, Cynthia, Treml, Eric A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2018). Reserve sizes needed to protect coral reef fishes. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12415, e12415. doi: 10.1111/conl.12415
Keyse, Jude, Treml, Eric A., Huelsken, Thomas, Barber, Paul H., DeBoer, Timery, Kochzius, Marc, Nuryanto, Agus, Gardner, Jonathan P. A., Liu, Li-Lian, Penny, Shane and Riginos, Cynthia (2018). Historical divergences associated with intermittent land bridges overshadow isolation by larval dispersal in co-distributed species of Tridacna giant clams. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (4), 848-858. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13163
Evans, Jennifer L., Thia, Joshua A., Riginos, Cynthia and Hereward, James P. (2018). The complete mitochondrial genome of Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes, Gobiidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 3 (1), 217-219. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1437824
Mather, Andrew T., Hanson, Jeffrey O., Pope, Lisa C. and Riginos, Cynthia (2018). Comparative phylogeography of two co-distributed but ecologically distinct rainbowfishes of far-northern Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (1), 127-141. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13117
Hanson, Jeffrey O, Rhodes, Jonathan R, Riginos, Cynthia and Fuller, Richard A (2017). Environmental and geographic variables are effective surrogates for genetic variation in conservation planning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (48), 12755-12760. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711009114
Deck, John, Gaither, Michelle, Ewing, Rodney, Bird, Christopher, Davies, Neil, Meyer, Christopher, Riginos, Cynthia, Toonen, Robert and Crandall, Eric (2017). The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase. Proceedings of TDWG, 1, e20508. doi: 10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20508
Deck, John, Gaither, Michelle R., Ewing, Rodney, Bird, Christopher E., Davies, Neil, Meyer, Christopher, Riginos, Cynthia, Toonen, Robert J. and Crandall, Eric D. (2017). The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe): a new repository for field and sampling event metadata associated with genetic samples. Plos Biology, 15 (8) e2002925, e2002925. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002925
Krueck, Nils C., Ahmadia, Gabby N., Green, Alison, Jones, Geoffrey P., Possingham, Hugh P., Riginos, Cynthia, Treml, Eric A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2017). Incorporating larval dispersal into MPA design for both conservation and fisheries. Ecological Applications, 27 (3), 925-941. doi: 10.1002/eap.1495
Bongaerts, Pim, Riginos, Cynthia, Brunner, Ramona, Englebert, Norbert, Smith, Struan R. and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2017). Deep reefs are not universal refuges: Reseeding potential varies among coral species. Science Advances, 3 (2) e1602373, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602373
Krueck, Nils C., Ahmadia, Gabby N., Possingham, Hugh P., Riginos, Cynthia, Treml, Eric A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2017). Marine reserve targets to sustain and rebuild unregulated fisheries. PLoS Biology, 15 (1) e2000537, e2000537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000537
Malard, Lucie A., McGuigan, Katrina and Riginos, Cynthia (2016). Site fidelity, size, and morphology may differ by tidal position for an intertidal fish, Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes-Gobiidae), in Eastern Australia. PeerJ, 2016 (7) e2263, e2263. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2263
Riginos, Cynthia, Crandall, Eric D., Liggins, Libby, Bongaerts, Pim and Treml, Eric A. (2016). Navigating the currents of seascape genomics: how spatial analyses can augment population genomic studies. Current Zoology, 62 (6), 581-601. doi: 10.1093/cz/zow067
Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi, Riginos, Cynthia and van Oppen, Madeleine J. H. (2016). Congruent patterns of connectivity can inform management for broadcast spawning corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Molecular Ecology, 25 (13), 3065-3080. doi: 10.1111/mec.13649
Giles, Jenny L., Riginos, Cynthia, Naylor, Gavin J. P., Dharmadi and Ovenden, Jennifer R. (2016). Genetic and phenotypic diversity in the wedgefish Rhynchobatus australiae, a threatened ray of high value in the shark fin trade. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 548, 165-180. doi: 10.3354/meps11617
Liggins, Libby, Treml, Eric A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Riginos, Cynthia (2016). Seascape features, rather than dispersal traits, predict spatial genetic patterns in co-distributed reef fishes. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (2), 256-267. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12647
Ab Rahim, Emi S., Nguyen, Thuy T. T., Ingram, Brett, Riginos, Cynthia, Weston, Kim J. and Sherman, Craig D. H. (2016). Species composition and hybridisation of mussel species (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 67 (12), 1955-1963. doi: 10.1071/MF15307
Kasimatis, Katja and Riginos, Cynthia (2015). A phylogenetic analysis of egg size, clutch size, spawning mode, adult body size, and latitude in reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 35 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1380-1
Blower, D. C., Corley, S., Hereward, J. P., Riginos, C. R. and Ovenden, J. R. (2015). Characterisation and cross-amplification of 19 novel microsatellite loci for the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 7 (4), 913-915. doi: 10.1007/s12686-015-0500-0
Blower, D. C., Corley, S., Hereward, J. P., Riginos, C. R. and Ovenden, J. R. (2015). Characterisation and cross-amplification of 21 novel microsatellite loci for the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 7 (4), 909-912. doi: 10.1007/s12686-015-0499-2
Crook, David A., Lowe, Winsor H., Allendorf, Frederick W., Eros, Tibor, Finn, Debra S., Gillanders, Bronwyn M., Hadwen, Wade L., Harrod, Chris, Hermoso, Virgilio, Jennings, Simon, Kilada, Rouf W., Nagelkerken, Ivan, Hansen, Michael M., Page, Timothy J., Riginos, Cynthia, Fry, Brian and Hughes, Jane M. (2015). Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation. Science of the Total Environment, 534, 52-64. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.034
Pope, Lisa C., Riginos, Cynthia, Ovenden, Jennifer, Keyse, Jude and Blomberg, Simon P. (2015). Population genetic diversity in the Australian 'seascape': a bioregion approach. PLoS One, 10 (9) e0136275, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136275
Pope, Lisa C., Liggins, Libby, Keyse, Jude, Carvalho, Silvia B. and Riginos, Cynthia (2015). Not the time or the place: the missing spatio-temporal link in publicly available genetic data. Molecular Ecology, 24 (15), 3802-3809. doi: 10.1111/mec.13254
Treml, Eric A., Roberts, Jason, Halpin, Patrick N., Possingham, Hugh P. and Riginos, Cynthia (2015). The emergent geography of biophysical dispersal barriers across the Indo-West Pacific. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (4), 465-476. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12307
Liggins, Libby, Booth, David J., Figueira, Will F., Treml, Eric A., Tonk, Linda, Ridgway, Tyrone, Harris, David A. and Riginos, Cynthia (2015). Latitude-wide genetic patterns reveal historical effects and contrasting patterns of turnover and nestedness at the range peripheries of a tropical marine fish. Ecography, 38 (12), 1212-1224. doi: 10.1111/ecog.01398
Riginos, Cynthia (2015). Clones in space—how sampling can bias genetic diversity estimates in corals: editorial comment on the feature article by Gorospe et al.. Marine Biology, 162 (5), 913-915. doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2638-4
Mather, Andrew, Hancox, Daniel and Riginos, Cynthia (2015). Urban development explains reduced genetic diversity in a narrow range endemic freshwater fish. Conservation Genetics, 16 (3), 625-634. doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0688-7
Sims, C. A., Riginos, C., Blomberg, S. P., Huelsken, T., Drew, J. and Grutter, A. S. (2014). Cleaning up the biogeography of Labroides dimidiatus using phylogenetics and morphometrics. Coral Reefs, 33 (1), 223-233. doi: 10.1007/s00338-013-1093-2
Liggins, Libby, Gleeson, Lachlan and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). Evaluating edge-of-range genetic patterns for tropical echinoderms, Acanthaster planci and Tripneustes gratilla, of the Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 379-397. doi: 10.5343/bms.2013.1015
Crandall, Eric D., Treml, Eric A., Liggins, Libby, Gleeson, Lachlan, Yasuda, Nina, Barber, Paul H., Wörheide, Gert and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). Return of the ghosts of dispersal past: historical spread and contemporary gene flow in the blue sea star Linckia laevigata. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 399-425. doi: 10.5343/bms.2013.1052
Keyse, Jude, Crandall, Eric D., Toonen, Robert J., Meyer, Christopher P., Treml, Eric A. and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). The scope of published population genetic data for Indo-Pacific marine fauna and future research opportunities in the region. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 47-78. doi: 10.5343/bms.2012.1107
Beger, Maria, Selkoe, Kimberly A., Treml, Eric, Barber, Paul H., von der Heyden, Sophie, Crandall, Eric D., Toonen, Robert J. and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 159-185. doi: 10.5343/bms.2012.1106
Crandall, Eric D. and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). Magnificent dimensions, varied forms, and brilliant colors: The molecular ecology and evolution of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.5343/bms.2013.1086
Giles, Jenny L., Ovenden, Jennifer R., Dharmadi, AlMojil, Dareen, Garvilles, Elaine, Khampetch, Kanok-on, Manjebrayakath, Hashim and Riginos, Cynthia (2014). Extensive genetic population structure in the Indo-West Pacific spot-tail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90 (1), 427-454. doi: 10.5343/bms.2013.1009
Riginos, Cynthia, Buckley, Yvonne M., Blomberg, Simon P. and Treml, Eric A. (2014). Dispersal capacity predicts both population genetic structure and species richness in reef fishes. American Naturalist, 184 (1), 52-64. doi: 10.1086/676505
Huelsken, Thomas, Keyse, Jude, Liggins, Libby, Penny, Shane, Treml, Eric A. and Riginos, Cynthia (2013). A novel widespread cryptic species and phylogeographic patterns within several giant clam species (Cardiidae: Tridacna) from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. PLoS One, 8 (11) e80858, e80858.1-e80858.10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080858
Hereward, J. P., Walter, G. H., DeBarro, P. J., Lowe, A. J. and Riginos, C. (2013). Gene flow in the green mirid, Creontiades dilutus (Hemiptera: Miridae), across arid and agricultural environments with different host plant species. Ecology and Evolution, 3 (4), 807-821. doi: 10.1002/ece3.510
Riginos, Cynthia and Liggins, Libby (2013). Seascape genetics: populations, individuals, and genes marooned and adrift. Geography Compass, 7 (3), 197-216. doi: 10.1111/gec3.12032
Liggins, Libby, Treml, Eric A. and Riginos, Cynthia (2013). Taking the plunge: an introduction to undertaking seascape genetic studies and using biophysical models. Geography Compass, 7 (3), 173-196. doi: 10.1111/gec3.12031
Torkkola, Janne, Riginos, Cynthia and Liggins, Libby (2013). Regional patterns of mtDNA diversity in Styela plicata, an invasive ascidian, from Australian and New Zealand marinas. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64 (2), 139-145. doi: 10.1071/MF12289
Huelsken, Thomas, Tapken, Daniel, Dahlmann, Tim, Wägele, Heike, Riginos, Cynthia and Hollmann, Michael (2012). Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 12 (4), 349-375. doi: 10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5
Dinsdale, A., Schellhorn, N. A., DeBarro, P., Buckley, Y. M. and Riginos, C. (2012). Rapid genetic turnover in populations of the insect pest Bemisia tabaci Middle East: Asia Minor 1 in an agricultural landscape. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 102 (5), 539-549. doi: 10.1017/S0007485312000077
Ambrose, L., Riginos, C., Cooper, R. D., Leow, K. S., Ong, W. and Beebe, N. W. (2012). Population structure, mitochondrial polyphyly and the repeated loss of human biting ability in anopheline mosquitoes from the southwest Pacific. Molecular Ecology, 21 (17), 4327-4343. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05690.x
Treml, Eric A., Roberts, Jason J., Chao, Yi, Halpin, Patrick N., Possingham, Hugh P. and Riginos, Cynthia (2012). Reproductive output and duration of the pelagic larval stage determine seascape-wide connectivity of marine populations. Integrative and Comparative Biology, Advance access (4), 525-537. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics101
Mirams, A.G.K., Treml, E.A., Shields, J.L., Liggins, L. and Riginos, C. (2011). Vicariance and dispersal across an intermittent barrier: population genetic structure of marine animals across the Torres Strait land bridge. Coral Reefs, 30 (4), 937-949. doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0767-x
Bongaerts, Pim, Riginos, Cynthia, Hay, Kyra B., van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove and Dove, Sophie (2011). Adaptive divergence in a scleractinian coral: physiological adaptation of Seriatopora hystrix to shallow and deep reef habitats. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (1) 303, 1-46. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-303
Riginos, Cynthia, Douglas, Kristin E., Jin, Young, Shanahan, Danielle F. and Treml, Eric A. (2011). Effects of geography and life history traits on genetic differentiation in benthic marine fishes. Ecography, 34 (4), 566-575. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06511.x
Shanahan, Danielle F., Possingham, Hugh P. and Riginos, Cynthia (2011). Models based on individual level movement predict spatial patterns of genetic relatedness for two Australian forest birds. Landscape Ecology, 26 (1), 137-148. doi: 10.1007/s10980-010-9542-6
Andris, Malvina, Aradottir, Gudbjorg I., Arnau, G., Audzijonyte, Asta, Bess, Emilie C., Bonadonna, Francesco, Bourdel, G., Bried, Joel, Bugbee, Gregory J., Burger, P. A., Chair, H., Charruau, P. C., Ciampi, A. Y., Costet, L., Debarro, Paul J., Delatte, H., Dubois, Marie-Pierre, Eldridge, Mark D. B., England, Phillip R., Enkhbileg, D., Fartek, B., Gardner, Michael G., Gray, Karen-Ann, Gunasekera, Rasanthi M., Hanley, Steven J., Havil, Nathan, Hereward, James P., Hirase, Shotaro, Hong, Yan ... Wright, Mark (2010). Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 June 2010-31 July 2010. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10 (6), 1106-1108. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02916.x
Riginos, Cynthia (2010). North Atlantic marine communities through time. Molecular Ecology, 19 (20), 4389-4390. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04800.x
David, Gwendolyn K., Marshall, Dustin J. and Riginos, Cynthia (2010). Latitudinal variability in spatial genetic structure in the invasive ascidian, Styela plicata. Marine Biology, 157 (9), 1955-1965. doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1464-y
Bongaerts, Pim, Riginos, Cynthia, Ridgway, Tyrone, Sampayo, Eugenia M., van Oppen, Madeleine J. H., Englebert, Norbert, Vermeulen, Francisca and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2010). Genetic divergence across habitats in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix and its associated Symbiodinium. PLoS One, 5 (5) e10871, e001087:1-e001087:11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010871
Dinsdale, A., Cook, L., Riginos, C., Buckley, Y. M. and De Barro, P. (2010). Refined global analysis of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae) Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 to identify species level genetic boundaries. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103 (2), 196-208. doi: 10.1603/AN09061
Riginos, Cynthia and Henzler, Christine M. (2009). Erratum to Patterns of mtDNA diversity in North Atlantic populations of the mussel Mytilus edulis (Mar Biol, (2008), 155, (399-412), 10.1007/s00227-008-1038-4). Marine Biology, 156 (12), 2649-2649. doi: 10.1007/s00227-009-1286-y
Riginos, Cynthia and Henzler, Christine M. (2008). Patterns of mtDNA diversity in North Atlantic populations of the mussel Mytilus edulis. Marine Biology, 155 (4), 399-412. doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-1038-4
Ridgway, Tyrone, Riginos, Cynthia, Davis, Jasmine and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2008). Genetic connectivity patterns of Pocillopora verrucosa in southern African Marine Protected Areas. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 354, 161-168. doi: 10.3354/meps07245
Riginos, Cynthia and Cunningham, Clifford W. (2007). Hybridization in postglacial marine habitats. Molecular Ecology, 16 (19), 3971-3972. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03505.x
Riginos, Cynthia, Wang, Duane and Abrams, A. Jeanine (2006). Geographic variation and positive selection on M7 lysin, an acrosomal sperm protein in mussels (Mytilus spp.). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23 (10), 1952-1965. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msl062
Riginos, Cynthia and Cunningham, Clifford W. (2005). Local adaptation and species segregation in two mussel (Mytilus edulis X M. trossulus) hybrid zones. Molecular Ecology, 14 (2), 381-400. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02379.x
Riginos, Cynthia (2005). Cryptic vicariance in Gulf of California fishes parallels vicariant patterns found in Baja, California mammals and reptiles. Evolution, 59 (12), 2678-2690. doi: 10.1554/05-257.1
Riginos, Cynthia, Hickerson, Michael J., Henzler, Christine M. and Cunningham, Clifford W. (2004). Differential patterns of Male and Female mtDNA exchange across the Atlantic Ocean in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis. Evolution, 58 (11), 2438-2451. doi: 10.1554/04-183
Riginos, Cynthia and McDonald, John H. (2003). Positive selection on an acrosomal sperm protein, M7 lysin, in three species of the mussel genus Mytilus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20 (2), 200-207. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msg021
Fernandes, C. C., Lundberg, J. G. and Riginos, C. (2002). Largest of All Electric-Fish Snouts: Hypermorphic Facial Growth in Male Apteronotus hasemani and the Identity of Apteronotus anas (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Copeia, 2002 (1), 52-61. doi: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0052:LOAEFS]2.0.CO;2
Riginos, Cynthia, Sukhdeo, Kumar and Cunningham, Clifford W. (2002). Evidence for selection at multiple allozyme loci across a mussel hybrid zone. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19 (3), 347-351. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004088
Riginos, Cynthia and Victor, Benjamin C. (2001). Larval spatial distributions and other early life-history characteristics predict genetic differentiation in eastern Pacific blennioid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268 (1479), 1931-1936. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1748
Riginos, C. and Nachman, M. W. (2001). Population subdivision in marine environments: the contributions of biogeography, geographic distance, and discontinuous habitat to genetic differentiation in a blennioid. Molecular Ecology, 10 (6), 1439-1453. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01294.x
Riginos, Cynthia and Nachman, Michael W. (1999). The origin of a Robertsonian chromosomal translocation in house mice inferred from linked microsatellite markers. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 16 (12), 1763-1773. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026088
Conference Papers
Riginos, C., Thia, J., Simon, A., Borsa, P. and Popovic, I. (2019). Mytimap: a tool for making publication quality species distribution maps for Mytilus mussels. Third International Symposium Advances in Marine Mussel Research, Chioggia, Italy, 26-28 August 2019. Modena, Italy: Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Popovic, I., Matias, A., Bierne, N. and Riginos, C. (2019). Twin introductions by divergent Mytilus galloprovincialis lineages are associated with high levels of genetic admixture with a native congener in Australia. Third International Symposium Advances in Marine Mussel Research, Chioggia, Italy, 26-28 August 2019. Modena, Italy: Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Deck, John, Gaither, Michelle, Ewing, Rodney, Bird, Christopher, Davies, Neil, Meyer, Chistopher, Riginos, Cynthia, Toonen, Robert and Crandall, Eric (2018). Planning for Field Based Biological Sample Collection: Using the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase Project Interface. TDWG Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2018. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. doi: 10.3897/biss.2.25651
Schmidt, Paul S., Serrão, Ester A., Pearson, Gareth A., Riginos, Cynthia, Rawson, Paul D., Hilbish, Thomas J., Brawley, Susan H., Trussell, Geoffrey C., Carrington, Emily, Wethey, David S., Grahame, John W., Bonhomme, François and Rand, David M. (2008). Ecological genetics in the North Atlantic: environmental gradients and adaptation at specific loci. Ithaca, NY, United States: Ecological Society of America. doi: 10.1890/07-1162.1
Research Report
Bay, Line, Ortiz, Juan, Humanes, Adriana, Riginos, Cynthia, Baums, Iliana, Scharfenstein, Hugo, Aranda, Manuel, Peixoto, Raquel, Niehaus, Amanda, Le Port, Agnès, van Oppen, Madeleine, Voolstra, Christian, Baker, Andrew, Kenkel, Carly, Aguirre, J. David, Guest, James, Lasky, Jesse, Hendry, Andrew, Schoepf, Verena, Reusch, Thorsten, Angilletta, Jr, Michael, Bhagooli, Ranjeet, Schmidt-Roach, Sebastian, Suggett, David, Wilson, Alastair, Abadi, Maram, Razak, Tries, Baria-Rodriguez, Maria, Duarte, Carlos ... Palumbi, Stephen (2023). CORDAP R&D Technology Roadmap for Understanding Natural Adaptation and Assisted Evolution of Corals to Climate Change. CORDAP. doi: 10.62542/gq8m3cy5
Data Collections
Riginos, Cynthia, Prata, Katharine and Bongaerts, Pim (2024). Shallow Agaricia genomic data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/62bc9a5
Riginos, Cynthia and Popovic, Iva (2024). Scripts and data from: High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ad122d0
Riginos, Cynthia, Prata, Katharine, Popovic, Iva, Byrne, Ilha, Howitt, Samantha, Ishida, Hisatake and Meziere, Zoe (2024). Data and scripts from - Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/76456b1
Riginos, Cynthia, Byrne, Ilha, Popovic, Iva and Uthicke, Sven (2023). Sequences and scripts. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/3076584
Riginos, Cynthia, Matias, Ambrocio, Popovic, Iva and Thia, Joshua (2023). Scripts and analyses from: Cryptic diversity and spatial genetic variation in the coral Acropora tenuis and its endosymbionts across the Great Barrier Reef, 2023, Evolutionary Applications. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0765ed7