Dr. Ross Robertson
Contact Information
Address
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Box 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancon,
Republic of Panama
or
STRI
Unit 0948
APO AA 34002-0948, USA
Telephone: +507 212-8704
FAX: +507 212 8714 /8790/8791
e-mail: drr@stri.org
BSc University of Queensland, Australia 1966
PhD University of Queensland, 1974
Current Research
- Preparation of electronic guides and databases on the identification, biology, and zoogeography of the Shorefishes of the Neotropics (the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Greater Caribbean).
- Geographic variation in the demography of tropical reef fishes in the
- The biogeography of the shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific – relations to other regions, faunal structure, geographic patterns of diversity.
- The molecular historical biogeography of pantropical reef-fish genera, with particular reference to the origins and relationships of neotropical species.
- Assessing the effects of the rise of the isthmus of Panama on the life history characteristics of reef-fishes.
Online Information System
Robertson DR, Allen GR. 2008. Shorefishes of the tropical Eastern Pacific online information system.
www.neotropicalfishes.org/sftep;
www.stri.org/sftep