We are interested in marine ecological and evolutionary processes in the tropics and their implications in the context of global change, management and conservation. Such processes include for example dispersal, adaptation, speciation and adaptive radiation. We work mostly on reef fishes, but are keen to also consider other marine organisms. Our main tool is population genomics, which we often complement with other approaches such as behavior or theory. Recent and ongoing projects in the lab are as varied as the genomic bases of speciation and adaptive radiation, dispersal in the context of artisanal fisheries and marine protected areas, the analysis of color pattern in reef fishes, animal personality, mimicry or the evolution of egg trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites. We have strong links with the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg (https://uol.de/en/icbm), where my professorship is based, as well as with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama (https://stri.si.edu/) where I am a Research Associate. See our lab webpage (http://www.puebla-lab.org/) for further details, updates and news.
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WG Members
- Group Leader
Prof. Dr. Oscar Puebla - Scientists
Dr. Martin Helmkampf, Dr. Melanie Heckwolf, Viktor de Oliveira - Doctoral Candidates
Floriane Coulmance, Estradivari, Sabrin Abdelghany, Cretus Joseph Mtonga, Serra Örey - Alumni
Kirsti Burnett, Phuong Dung Doan, Kosmas Hench, Syrmalenia Kotronaki, Finn Opätz, Nina Rebecca Tombers
Publications WG Fish Ecology and Evolution
Publications WG Fisheries Biology
Research Projects
Research Projects
Expeditions (Selection)
News Archive
- "A unique research institute!" - Bremen Senator for Science Kathrin Moosdorf visits ZMT
- ZMT joins German-Colombian academic consortium CEMarin
- ZMT strengthens research capacity with new institute extension ‘TropEcS’
- New study on the benefits of conservation and other forms of management for coral reefs
- WWF Fellowship for ZMT doctoral candidate Estradivari
- ZMT welcomes delegation from Zoo Berlin
- Research in short: Colour patterns in hamlets
- New NAM Fellows start at ZMT
- International researchers demand: Listen to people in the tropics for ocean protection
- CEMarin at ZMT: Strengthening ties with marine research in Colombia
- Research in short: Co-designing Science
- OECMs: new instrument for the protection of biodiversity
- Origin of rapid species diversification in coral reefs
- Workshop "Fish Barcoding and Functional Ecology: Monitoring the Status of Marine Coastal Ecosystems"
- Top marks for Bremen institute: Successful evaluation of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
- Based on study by ZMT researcher: IUCN sets red list status for rare reef fish to ‘Endangered’
- Oscar Puebla appointed Professor of Fish Ecology
Events
- 08/08/2024 | Where do shrimpers go in German Territorial Sea? Fishing Behavior Groups from Vessel Movement Data
- 20/11/2023 | Coastal waters of southwestern Malaysian Borneo as Important Shark and Ray Area – insights from integrated data poor approaches and way forward
- 28/04/2021 | From communities to microbes: Spatial variation of coral reef fish functional roles in response to habitat degradation
- 20/05/2020 | Fish Ecology and Evolution @ ZMT
- 09/04/2020 | Getting fancy with ggplot2