Publications

Submitted and in Preparation:

2022

• Ramírez-Castañeda, et al. (32 coauthors including MA Bernal). 2022. A set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122667119

• Bernal MA, DL Yule, W Stott, L Evrard, T Dowling, TJ Krabbenhoft. Accepted. Phenotypic, ecological and genetic differences between four forms of of freshwater salmonids (Coregonus).

• Chan SKN, S Suresh, P Munday, T Ravasi, MA Bernal, and C Schunter. 2022. The alternative splicing landscape of a coral reef fish during a marine heatwave. Ecology and Evolution. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35342554/

• Bernal MA, E Schmidt, JM Donelson, PM Munday, and T Ravasi. 2022. Molecular responses of brains to cross-generational warming in a coral reef fish. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.784418

• Bernal MA, T Ravasi, GG Rodgers PM Munday, JM Donelson. 2022. Plasticity to ocean warming is influenced by transgenerational, reproductive, and developmental exposure in a coral reef fish. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13337

• Eaton KM, A Hallaj, JA Stoeckel, MA Bernal. 2022. Ocean warming leads to increases in aerobic demand and changes to gene expression in the pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.809375

2021

• Turner L, NJ Backenstose, SJ Brandl, MA Bernal. 2021. Range expansion and complete mitochondrial genome of the highfin blenny (Lupinoblennius nicholsi). Molecular Biology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06932-7

• Pelosi J, MA Bernal, TJ Krabbenhoft, S Galbo, C Prada, MA Coffroth, HR Lasker. 2021. Fine-scale genomic, morphological, reproductive, and symbiont differences delimit the Caribbean octocorals Plexaura homomalla and P. kükenthali. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030410

2020

• Eaton K, MA Bernal, NJ Backenstose, and TJ Krabbenhoft. 2020. Nanopore amplicon sequencing reveals molecular convergence and local adaptation of opsin genes. Genome Biology and Evolution. evaa237, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa237. Cover of Volume 13.

• Bernal MA*, CM Schunter*, R Lehmann, D Lightfood, B Gibbs, H. Veilleux, J Rummer, P Munday and T Ravasi. 2020. Molecular Responses of Coral Reef Fishes to a Marine Heatwave. Science Advances. eaay3423, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay3423. *Denotes equal contribution. Press coverage by: KAUST discovery, Eureka Alert, Phys.org, SciMex, James Cook University

• Salas E, JP Hobbs, MA Bernal, WB Simison, ML Berumen, G Bernardi, and LA Rocha. 2020. Distinct patterns of cryptic hybridization across a suture zone in a coral reef fish (Dascyllus trimaculatus). Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6068

2019

• Bernal MA, GB Dixon, MV Matz and LA Rocha. PeerJ. Comparative transcriptomics of sympatric species of coral reef fishes (genus: Haemulon). e6541. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6541

• WB Ludt, Bernal MA, E Kenworthy, E Salas and P Chakrabarty. 2019. Investigating species limits of vagile surgeonfishes of the Eastern Pacific (Acanthuridae: Prionurus). Ecology and Evolution 9, 4001-4012. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5029

• Schunter C, R Lehmann, MA Bernal and T Ravasi. 2019. Unusual bilateral color pattern in a regal angelfish from the Red Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science 95, 113-1.

2018

• Bernal MA, Donelson JM, Veilleux HD, Ryu T, Munday PL and Ravasi T. 2018. Phenotypic and molecular consequences of step-wise temperature increase across generations in a coral reef fish. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.14884. Press coverage by: La Prensa Panamá

• Crandall ED, RJ Toonen, ToBo Laboratory^‡ and KA Selkoe. 2018. A coalescent sampler successfully detects biologically meaningful population structure overlooked by F‐statistics. Evolutionary Applications. doi:10.1111/eva.12712 ^‡Group of 18 collaborators including MA Bernal.

2017

• Bernal MA, MR Gaither, B Simison and LA Rocha. 2017. Introgression and selection shaped the evolutionary history of sympatric sister species of coral-reef fishes (genus: Haemulon). Molecular Ecology 26:639–652. doi:10.1111/mec.13937

2016

• Selkoe KA, OE Gaggiotti, EA Treml, JL Wren, MK Donovan, Hawai‘i Reef Connectivity Consortium^§ and RJ Toonen. 2016. The DNA of coral reef biodiversity: predicting and protecting genetic diversity of reef assemblages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283. doi:1098/rspb.2016.0354. ^§Group of 31 collaborators including MA Bernal

2015

• Gaither MR, MA Bernal, I Fernandez-Silva, M Mwale, SA Jones, C Rocha and LA Rocha. 2015. Two deep evolutionary lineages in the circumglobal Glasseye, Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Teleostei, Priacanthidae) with admixture in the Western Indian Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology 87:715-727. doi:10.1111/jfb.12754

• Sellas AB, K Bassos-Hull, JC Perez-Jimenez, JA Angulo-Valdes, MA Bernal and RE Hurt. 2015. Population structure and seasonal migration of the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari. Journal of Heredity 106:266-275. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esv011

• Bernal MA, SR Floeter, MR Gaither, GO Longo, R Morais, CEL Ferreira, MJA Vermeij and LA Rocha. 2015. High prevalence of dermal parasites among coral reef fishes of Curacao. Marine Biodiversity. doi: 10.1007/s12526-015-0322-z

• Gaither MR, MA Bernal, R Coleman, B Bowen, S Jones, WB Simison and LA Rocha. 2015. Genomic signatures of geographic isolation and natural selection in coral reef fishes. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.13129. Cover of the issue. Press coverage by Molecular Ecologist

2014

• Selkoe KA, OE Gaggiotti, ToBo Laboratory^‡, BW Bowen, RJ Toonen. 2014. Emergent patterns of population genetic structure for a coral reef community. Molecular Ecology 23, 3064-3079. doi: 10.1111/mec.12804. ^‡Group of 19 collaborators including MA Bernal.

• Bernal MA, NL Sinai, C Rocha, MR Gaither, F Dunker and LA Rocha. 2014. Long-term sperm storage in the Brownbanded Bamboo Shark Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 (Chondrichthyes: Hesmiscyliidae). Journal of Fish Biology 86(3): 1171-1176. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12606. Press coverage by: Scientific American, BBC Earth, California Academy of Sciences, Washington Post, Science Codex, Phys.org, Yakima Herald, IOLscitech, IFLS, Scienceblog.com, The Earth Times.

2013-2011

• Rocha LA, MA Bernal, MR Gaither and ME Alfaro. 2013. Massively parallel DNA sequencing: the new frontier in biogeography. Frontiers of Biogeography 5.1

• Ludt W, MA Bernal, BW Bowen and LA Rocha. 2012. Living in the Past: Phylogeography and Population Histories of Indo-Pacific Wrasses (genus Halichoeres) in Shallow Lagoons versus Outer Reef Slopes. PLoS One 7(6): e38042. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038042

• Jones FA, DL Erickson, MA Bernal, E Bermingham, WJ Kress, EA Herre, HC Muller-Landau and BL Turner. 2011. The roots of diversity: below ground richness and rooting distributions in a tropical forest revealed by DNA barcodes and inverse modeling. PLoS One 6(9): e24506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024506

• Bernal MA and LA Rocha. 2011 Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860, a valid Western Atlantic species of surgeonfish (Teleostei, Acanthuridae), distinct from Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855. Zootaxa 2905: 63–68

Non-Peer Reviewed:

• Bernal MA and LA Rocha. 2012. Speciation with gene flow in coral reef fishes? Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 31st Symposium: 114-118. ·

• Bernal MA. 2008. Caracterización molecular de peces de arrecife del Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro utilizando códigos de barra de ADN mitochondrial. Undergradute Thesis, Universidad de Panamá.