Professor Cynthia Riginos
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Cynthia Riginos

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Background

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.

Availability

Professor Cynthia Riginos is:
Not available for supervision
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Fields of research

Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Biological Sciences Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology Ecology Environmental Sciences Fisheries sciences Genetics

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Arizona
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Arizona

Research interests

  • Connectivity across land and seascapes

    How do habitat landscapes, ocean depth, and oceanography affect movements of individuals and genes? Can we identify source and linking populations in order to prioritize areas for conservation? How does environmentally mediated selection shape spatial patterns of population genetic variation?

  • Stochasticity in planktonic dispersal

    How does high temporal variability in sources of juvenile settlers affect evolutionary dynamics especially local adaptation? Does phenotypic plasticity allow niche specialization in the face of high gene flow?

  • Biological invasions, historical and modern

    What factors facilitate species expanding their ranges and colonizing new habitat? How do colonizing populations adapt to novel environments? Does hybridization with local species enhance invasiveness and rapid evolution?

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127 works between 1999 and 2025
All (127) Journal Article (113) Book Chapter (2) Conference Publication (4) Other Outputs (8)

21 - 40 of 127 works

2023

Journal Article

Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential

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

Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential

2023

Journal Article

Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code

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

Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code

2023

Journal Article

Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes

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

Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes

2023

Other Outputs

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

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

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

2022

Journal Article

Comparative phylogeography in the genomic age: opportunities and challenges

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

Comparative phylogeography in the genomic age: opportunities and challenges

2022

Journal Article

Cryptic diversity and spatial genetic variation in the coral Acropora tenuis and its endosymbionts across the Great Barrier Reef

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

Cryptic diversity and spatial genetic variation in the coral Acropora tenuis and its endosymbionts across the Great Barrier Reef

2022

Journal Article

Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity

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

Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity

2022

Journal Article

Deep connections: divergence histories with gene flow in mesophotic Agaricia corals

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

Deep connections: divergence histories with gene flow in mesophotic Agaricia corals

2022

Journal Article

Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)

Bonham, Vicki, Shields, Jody and Riginos, Cynthia (2022). Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel). CABI Compendium, CABI Compendium. doi: 10.1079/cabicompendium.73756

Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)

2022

Journal Article

Can sea snakes slither through seascape structure? Comparative phylogeography and population genetics of Hydrophis group sea snakes in Australia and Southeast Asia

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

Can sea snakes slither through seascape structure? Comparative phylogeography and population genetics of Hydrophis group sea snakes in Australia and Southeast Asia

2022

Book Chapter

Incorporating genetic measures of connectivity and adaptation in marine spatial planning for corals

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

Incorporating genetic measures of connectivity and adaptation in marine spatial planning for corals

2021

Other Outputs

Selecting coral species for reef restoration

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, Suggett, David J. and van Oppen, Madeleine J. H. (2021). Selecting coral species for reef restoration. doi: 10.1101/2021.11.03.467181

Selecting coral species for reef restoration

2021

Journal Article

Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance

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

Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance

2021

Journal Article

Global connections with some genomic differentiation occur between Indo‐Pacific and Atlantic Ocean wahoo, a large circumtropical pelagic fish

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

Global connections with some genomic differentiation occur between Indo‐Pacific and Atlantic Ocean wahoo, a large circumtropical pelagic fish

2021

Journal Article

Women in biogeography

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

Women in biogeography

2021

Journal Article

Green, yellow or black? Genetic differentiation and adaptation signatures in a highly migratory marine turtle

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

Green, yellow or black? Genetic differentiation and adaptation signatures in a highly migratory marine turtle

2021

Journal Article

Skeletal deformities and meristic trait variations are common in the intertidal fish Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes‐Gobiidae)

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

Skeletal deformities and meristic trait variations are common in the intertidal fish Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes‐Gobiidae)

2021

Journal Article

Genetic and phenotypic variation exhibit both predictable and stochastic patterns across an intertidal fish metapopulation

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

Genetic and phenotypic variation exhibit both predictable and stochastic patterns across an intertidal fish metapopulation

2020

Journal Article

Pre‐introduction introgression contributes to parallel differentiation and contrasting hybridization outcomes between invasive and native marine mussels

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

Pre‐introduction introgression contributes to parallel differentiation and contrasting hybridization outcomes between invasive and native marine mussels

2020

Journal Article

Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research

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

Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Empowering community-led coral reef restoration and prioritization in the Maldives (Coral Accelerator Program grant administered by SCU)
    Southern Cross University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Some like it hot: invasive species, hybridisation, and a warming world
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Control Innovation Program
    Great Barrier Reef Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    RRAP-ECO-01-V1 Integrated field-testing and sub-program management
    Australian Institute of Marine Science
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    RRAP-ECO-03-V1 Ecological and genetic adaptation: EcoRRAP (GBRF Funding Administered by AIMS)
    Australian Institute of Marine Science
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    RRAP-M&DS-04-V1: Modelling and Decision Support (M&DS)-ReefMod R&D
    Australian Institute of Marine Science
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2022
    Plankton specimen DNA extraction, purifications and sequencing.
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Systematic and taxonomic analyses of eastern Australian Symbiodiniaceae: the unification of research on coral-algal mutualisms
    Australian Biological Resources Study
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Tracking origins and spread of Crown-of-Thorns Seastars on the GBR
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Using genetic connectivity to improve source reef model outputs and predictions of recovery
    Great Barrier Reef Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Resolving the cryptic species identity of native Mytilus mussels and a marine global invader along Australia's temperate coastlines
    National Taxonomy Research Grant Program
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    Survival after arrival: how post-settlement mortality shapes population connectivity and climate change resilience in a coastal marine fish
    The Hermon Slade Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    Reconciling competing objectives for the design of marine reserve networks: biodiversity, food security, and local equity in benefits
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Shark Futures: Sustainable management of the NSW whaler shark fishery
    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Getting there and staying there: How important is larval dispersal versus local selection in determining the genetic composition of a coral reef fish population?
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2012
    High Throughput Genotyping using Paralleled and Miniaturized DNA amplification.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Building Capacity in Quantitative Genomics
    UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Coral reef connectivity: an empirical and theoretical synthesis
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2011
    Focusing regional marine conservation: merging seascape genetics and biophysical modeling within a graph-theoretic framework
    World Wildlife Fund, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Evaluating sources of selection on gamete recognition genes
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Sea-scape genetics - small scale larval dispersal of cunjevoi (Pyura stolonifera)
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Collaborative Research: Extreme discordance between allozyme and non-allozyme introgression in Baltic mussels. Selection on allozymes?
    Duke University
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Cynthia Riginos is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    Evaluating label accuracy in Australian seafood

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Carissa Klein

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Genomics of Hybridization and Introgression in Anemonefishes: Implications for Conservation and Evolutionary Dynamics

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Karen Cheney, Dr JP Hobbs

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Some like it hot: invasive species, hybridisation, and a warming world

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Katrina McGuigan

  • Master Philosophy

    Evaluating label accuracy in Australian seafood

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Carissa Klein

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Climate change and the genetic consequences of hybridisation in clownfishes

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Karen Cheney, Dr JP Hobbs

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Dispersal and adaptation in edge of range corals

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetics of climate-change adaptation in Great Barrier Reef corals

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Growth and survival dynamics of coral:The effects of various environmental influences on population level physiology in Acropora muricata and Galaxea fascicularis

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Hologenomic variation in the reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus across the Great Barrier Reef

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Cynthia Riginos directly for media enquiries about:

  • coral
  • fish
  • genetics
  • genomics
  • hybridization
  • invasive
  • landscape
  • marine
  • open data
  • reproducibility
  • seascape
  • spatial

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