Special Issue on marine speciation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology has published a special issue on speciation in marine environments. Guest editors Rui Faria, Kerstin Johannesson and Sean Stankowski have assembled contributions to highlight the need to learn more about marine speciation.

The editorial is a broad review of current research on marine speciation. The authors point out some specific research issues that are important for reaching a more comprehensive knowledge about the origin of species in the sea. Also, they conclude that enhanced understanding of marine speciation will improve marine biodiversity forecasting, and lead to more informed conservation measures for many marine organisms.

"We hope this special issue will highlight the many interesting examples of speciation that are available in the marine habitat, and encourage future research programmes to build on this with much new knowledge", says Kerstin Johannesson.

FACTS
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 
Special Issue on Speciation in marine environments
Volume 34,  Issue 1, January 2021

Editorial
Diving under the surface. By Faria R, Johannesson K, Stankowski S. 

Editors choice 
Genomic landscape of reproductive isolation in Lucania killifish: The role of sex loci and salinity. By Berdan EL, Fuller RC, Kozak GM. 

This special issue was inspired by the presentations and discussions at the conference Marine Evolution, organized by CeMEB in May 2018.