Jonathan Geller
- Marine Science
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- 831-771-4436
- geller@mlml.cal state.edu
I'm a member of
- Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology
- CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology
Websites
- Lab Website (invert.mlml.calstate.edu)
- Home Page (invert.mlml.calstate.edu)
- Moss landing Marine Laboratories (mlml.calstate.edu)
About me
The Invertebrate Zoology & Molecular Ecology laboratory at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories consists of Dr. Jonathan Geller, his graduate students, affiliated faculty, and technicians. Our research interests are broadly concerned with the evolution and ecology of marine invertebrates. Much of our work uses molecular approaches; for example, we use molecular data to investigate phylogenetic relationships among species, to study population genetic structure, to identify larvae or members of sibling species complexes, and to study patterns of gene expression. Our studies are motivated by an interest in whole organisms and their natural history, and our phylogenetic, population genetic, and gene expression studies usually seek to extend our understanding of the adaptation of organisms to their environment. Graduate students are encouraged to develop expertise in both field and laboratory techniques, a general knowledge of the biology of invertebrates, and specific knowledge of the eastern Pacific invertebrate biota.
Recent publications (3 of 24 publications)
Widmer, C., G. Cailliet and J. Geller. 2010. life cycle of Earleria corachloeae n. sp (Cnidaria. Marine Biology (Berlin): 49-58.
Zabin, C., R. Obernolte, J. Mackie, J. Gentry, L. Harris and J. Geller. 2010. non-native bryozoan creates novel substrate on the mudflats in San Francisco Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 129-139.
Hoos, P., A. Whitman Miller, G. Ruiz, R. Vrijenhoek and J. Geller. 2010. Genetic and historical evidence disagree on likely sources of the Atlantic amethyst gem clam Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) in California. Diversity and Distributions: 582-592.
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Publications
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Widmer, C., G. Cailliet and J. Geller. 2010. life cycle of Earleria corachloeae n. sp (Cnidaria. Marine Biology (Berlin): 49-58.
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Zabin, C., R. Obernolte, J. Mackie, J. Gentry, L. Harris and J. Geller. 2010. non-native bryozoan creates novel substrate on the mudflats in San Francisco Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 129-139.
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Hoos, P., A. Whitman Miller, G. Ruiz, R. Vrijenhoek and J. Geller. 2010. Genetic and historical evidence disagree on likely sources of the Atlantic amethyst gem clam Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) in California. Diversity and Distributions: 582-592.
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Zabin, C., R. Obernolte, J. Mackie, J. Gentry, L. Harris and J. Geller. 2010. non-native bryozoan creates novel substrate on the mudflats in San Francisco Bay. Marine Ecology-progress Series: 129-139.
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Tepolt, C., J. Darling, M. Bagley, J. Geller, M. Blum and E. Grosholz. 2009. European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) in the northeastern Pacific. Diversity and Distributions: 997-1009.
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Lundsten, L., J. Barry, G. Cailliet, D. Clague, A. DeVogelaere and J. Geller. 2009. Benthic invertebrate communities on three seamounts off southern and central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 23-32.
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Darling, J., M. Bagley, J. Roman, C. Tepolt and J. Geller. 2008. Genetic patterns across multiple introductions of the globally invasive crab genus Carcinus. Molecular Ecology: 4992-5007.
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Geller, J., E. Sotka, R. Kado, S. Palumbi and E. Schwindt. 2008. Sources of invasions of a northeastern Pacific acorn barnacle, Balanus glandula, in Japan and Argentina. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 211-218.
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Tepolt, C., M. Bagley, J. Geller and M. Blum. 2006. Characterization of microsatellite loci in the European green crab (Carcinus maenas). Molecular Ecology Notes: 343-345.
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Johnson, S. and J. Geller. 2006. Larval settlement can explain the adult distribution of Mytilus californianus Conrad but not of M-galloprovincialis Lamarck or M-trossulus Gould in Moss Landing, central California. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology: 136-145.
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Tepolt, C., M. Bagley, J. Geller and M. Blum. 2006. Characterization of microsatellite loci in the European green crab (Carcinus maenas). Molecular Ecology Notes: 343-345.
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Geller, J., L. Fitzgerald and C. King. 2005. Fission in sea anemones. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 615-622.
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Meyer, C., J. Geller and G. Paulay. 2005. Fine scale endemism on coral reefs: archipelagic differentiation in turbinid gastropods. Evolution; international journal of organic evolution: 113-25.
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Feder, H., D. Norton and J. Geller. 2003. review of apparent 20th century changes in the presence of mussels (Mytilus trossulus) and macroalgae in Arctic Alaska, and of historical and paleontological evidence used to relate mollusc distributions to climate change. Arctic: 391-407.
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Geller, J. and E. Walton. 2001. Breaking up and getting together. Evolution: 1781-1794.
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Carlton, J., J. Geller, M. Reaka-Kudla and E. Norse. 1999. HISTORICAL EXTINCTIONS IN THE SEA. Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics 30: 515-538.
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Geller, J. 1999. Decline of a native mussel masked by sibling species invasion. Conservation Biology: 661-664.
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Pierce, R., J. Carlton, D. Carlton and J. Geller. 1997. Ballast water as a vector for tintinnid transport. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 1-3.
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Reid, D. and J. Geller. 1997. new ovoviviparous species of Tectarius (Gastropoda. Journal of Molluscan Studies: 207-233.
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Geller, J. and D. Powers. 1994. Site-directed mutagenesis with the polymerase chain reaction for identification of sibling species of Mytilus. Nautilus: 141-144.
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Geller, J. 1994. Sex-specific mitochondrial DNA haplotypes and heteroplasmy in Mytilus trossulus and Mytilus galloprovincialis populations. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology: 334-337.
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Geller, J. 1994. Marine biological invasions as models of dispersal. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports: 68-72.
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Geller, J., J. Carlton and D. Powers. 1993. Interspecific and intrapopulation variation in mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences of Mytilus spp. (Bivalvia. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology: 44-50.
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Cariton, J. and J. Geller. 1993. Ecological Roulette: The Global Transport of Nonindigenous Marine Organisms. Science (New York, N.Y.): 78-82.
Educational Background
1988 – Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Zoology)
1982 – MS, University of California at Davis (Ecology)
1980 – B.S., University of California at Davis (Zoology)