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)

41 - 60 of 127 works

2020

Journal Article

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

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

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

2020

Journal Article

Anthropogenic hybridization at sea: three evolutionary questions relevant to invasive species management

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

Anthropogenic hybridization at sea: three evolutionary questions relevant to invasive species management

2020

Journal Article

Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: challenges for management and conservation

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

Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: challenges for management and conservation

2020

Journal Article

Intertidal gobies acclimate rate of luminance change for background matching with shifts in seasonal temperature

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

Intertidal gobies acclimate rate of luminance change for background matching with shifts in seasonal temperature

2020

Journal Article

Comparative genomics reveals divergent thermal selection in warm‐ and cold‐tolerant marine mussels

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

Comparative genomics reveals divergent thermal selection in warm‐ and cold‐tolerant marine mussels

2019

Journal Article

Population genetics of Anopheles koliensis through Papua New Guinea: new cryptic species and landscape topography effects on genetic connectivity

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

Population genetics of Anopheles koliensis through Papua New Guinea: new cryptic species and landscape topography effects on genetic connectivity

2019

Journal Article

Asymmetric dispersal is a critical element of concordance between biophysical dispersal models and spatial genetic structure in Great Barrier Reef corals

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

Asymmetric dispersal is a critical element of concordance between biophysical dispersal models and spatial genetic structure in Great Barrier Reef corals

2019

Journal Article

Twin introductions by independent invader mussel lineages are both associated with recent admixture with a native congener in Australia

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

Twin introductions by independent invader mussel lineages are both associated with recent admixture with a native congener in Australia

2019

Journal Article

Do tiny fish rule the reefs?

Riginos, Cynthia and Leis, Jeffrey M. (2019). Do tiny fish rule the reefs?. Science, 364 (6446), 1128-1130. doi: 10.1126/science.aax8961

Do tiny fish rule the reefs?

2019

Journal Article

Rapid larval growth is costly for post-metamorphic thermal performance in a Great Barrier Reef fish

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

Rapid larval growth is costly for post-metamorphic thermal performance in a Great Barrier Reef fish

2019

Journal Article

The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns

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

The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns

2019

Journal Article

An intertidal fish shows thermal acclimation despite living in a rapidly fluctuating environment

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

An intertidal fish shows thermal acclimation despite living in a rapidly fluctuating environment

2019

Journal Article

neogen: a tool to predict genetic effective population size (N e) for species with generational overlap and to assist empirical N e study design

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

neogen: a tool to predict genetic effective population size (N e) for species with generational overlap and to assist empirical N e study design

2019

Conference Publication

Mytimap: a tool for making publication quality species distribution maps for Mytilus mussels

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.

Mytimap: a tool for making publication quality species distribution maps for Mytilus mussels

2019

Book Chapter

Seascape genomics: contextualizing adaptive and neutral genomic variation in the ocean environment

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

Seascape genomics: contextualizing adaptive and neutral genomic variation in the ocean environment

2019

Conference Publication

Twin introductions by divergent Mytilus galloprovincialis lineages are associated with high levels of genetic admixture with a native congener in Australia

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.

Twin introductions by divergent Mytilus galloprovincialis lineages are associated with high levels of genetic admixture with a native congener in Australia

2018

Other Outputs

Asymmetric dispersal is a critical element of concordance between biophysical dispersal models and spatial genetic structure in Great Barrier Reef corals

Riginos, C, Hock, K, Matias, AM, Mumby, PJ, van Oppen, MJH and Lukoschek, V. (2018). Asymmetric dispersal is a critical element of concordance between biophysical dispersal models and spatial genetic structure in Great Barrier Reef corals. doi: 10.1101/453001

Asymmetric dispersal is a critical element of concordance between biophysical dispersal models and spatial genetic structure in Great Barrier Reef corals

2018

Journal Article

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

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

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

2018

Journal Article

Larval traits show temporally consistent constraints, but are decoupled from post-settlement juvenile growth, in an intertidal fish

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

Larval traits show temporally consistent constraints, but are decoupled from post-settlement juvenile growth, in an intertidal fish

2018

Journal Article

Reserve sizes needed to protect coral reef fishes

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

Reserve sizes needed to protect coral reef fishes

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

  • 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

  • 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

    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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