ABOUT

My primary research interests are in invasion biology and fisheries management. The majority of my publications focus on these topics. 

PDFs of available papers are found below. More recent papers will be posted as they become available.

PUBLICATIONS

• Willette DA, Santos MD, Leadbitter D. (2015) Longtail tuna Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) shows an atypical partitioning into multiple stocks across the Indo-Pacific based on mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Accepted. DOI 10.1007/s00338-015-1294-y
• Willette DA, Iniguez AR*, Kupriyanova EK, Starger C, Varman T, Toda AH, Maralit BA, Barber PH. (2015)  Christmas tree worms of Indo-Pacific coral reefs: untangling the Spirobranchus  corniculatus complex, Coral Reefs, In Press.
• Steiner SCC and Willette DA. (2015) Dimming sand halos on coral reefs in Dominica: new expansion corridors for the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Reef Encounters, 41:43-45.
• Rogers C, Willette DA, Miller J. (2014) Rapidly spreading seagrass invades the Caribbean with unknown ecological consequences. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12:546-547.
• Steiner SCC and Willette DA. (2014) Halophila stipulacea (Hydrochoritaceae, Angiospermae) is changing the seagrass landscape in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Naturalist, 22:1-19.
• Sienes PM*, Willette DA, Romena L, Alvior C*, and Estacion J. (2014) Biodiversity and the discovery of a cryptic species within a valued crab fishery in the Philippines. Philippine Science Letters, 7 (2): 317-323.
• Willette DA and Padin JIM*. (2014) Identifying the biodiversity of marine jacks (Carangidae) in the freshwater Taal Lake, Philippines using phenotypic features and mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 30: 490-495.
• Thomas RC Jr*., Willette DA, Carpenter KE, and Santos MD. (2014) Hidden diversity in sardines: Genetic and morphological evidence for cryptic species in the Goldstripe sardinella, Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker 1849). PLoS One, 9(1): e84719.
• Willette DA, Chaifour J, Debrot AO, Miller J, Oxenford HA, Steiner SCC, Vedie F. Continued expansion of the trans-Atlantic invasive marine angiosperm Halophila stipulacea in the Eastern Caribbean. Aquatic Botany, Accepted. 112: 98-102.  For a link in .pdf format, click here.
• Barber PH, Ablan M, Ambariyanto, Berlinck R, Cahyani D, Crandall E, Gotanco R, Junio-Menez A, Mahardika N, Shankar K, Starger C, Toha H, Wahyu A, and Willette DA. Advancing biodiversity research in developing countries: the need for a new paradigm. Bulletin of Marine Science, Accepted. 90, 187-210
• Willette DA, Allendorf FW, Barber PH, Barshis DJ, Carpenter KE, Cresko WA, Fernandez-Silva I, Matz MV, Meyer M, Santos MD, Seeb LW and Seeb JE. (2013) So, you want to use next-generation sequencing in marine systems?  Bulletin of Marine Science, Accepted. 90:79-122.

• Willette DA, Carpenter KE, and Santos MD. (2013) Evolution of the freshwater sardinella, Sardinella tawilis (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), in Lake Taal, Philippines and phylogeography of its sister-species, Sardinella hualiensis. Bulletin of Marine Science, Accepted. 90, 455-470. For a link in .pdf format, click here.
• Willette DA. (2013) Increasing the conservation yield from molecular fisheries research in the Philippines, Current Conservation, Accepted. 7(2): 7-15.

• Maralit BA*, Aguila RD*, Ventolero MFH*, Perez SKL, Willette DA, and Santos MD. (2013) Detection of mislabeled commercial fishery products in the Philippines using DNA barcodes and its implication to food traceability and safety, Journal of Food Control, 33: 119-125. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.  
• Willette DA and Santos MD. (2013) Correcting the widespread misidentifications of a highly abundant and commercially important sardine species Sardinella lemuru in the Philippines.  Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29: 881-885.  For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

• Willette DA and Ambrose RF. (2012) Effects of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea on the native seagrass and fish community in the Eastern Caribbean. Aquatic Botany, 103: 74-82. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

• Willette DA, Santos MD, and Aragon MA. (2011) First report of the Taiwan sardinella Sardinella hualiensis (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) in the Philippines, Journal of Fish Biology, 79: 2087-2094. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.
• Willette DA, Bognot EDC, Mutia TM, and Santos MD. (2011) Biology and Ecology of sardines in the Philippines: A review. NFRDI Technical Paper Series, Vol 13 (1), August 2011. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

• Steiner SCC and Willette DA (2010) The distribution and size of benthic marine habitats in Dominica, Lesser Antilles. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 58 (2): 589-602. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

• Steiner SCC, MacFarlane KJ*, Price LM*, Willette DA (2010) The distribution of seagrasses in Dominica, Lesser Antilles. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 58 (3) 89-98. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

• Willette DA and Ambrose RF (2009) The distribution and expansion of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea in Dominica, West Indies, with a preliminary report from St. Lucia.  Aquatic Botany, 91: 137-142. For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

• Willette DA, Janzen FJ, and Tucker JK (2005) Linking climate and physiology at the population level for a key life-history stage of turtles. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83: 845-850.  For a copy in .pdf format, click here.

* Indicates student author

PAPERS CURRENTLY IN REVIEW

•  Steiner SCC and Willette DA. Halophila stipulacea (Hydrochoritaceae, Angiospermae) is changing the seagrass landscape in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Lesser Antilles. In Review. 

JOURNAL REVIEWER

• Biodiversity and Conservation, Environmental Biology of Fish, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Journal of BioSciences, Marine Biodiversity Records, PLoS ONE
  

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