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Matthew P. Hare

Associate Professor

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

Matt Hare`s current research examines (i) intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms maintaining a genetic step cline in oyster populations along eastern Florida, (ii) effective population size and demographic connectivity among Chesapeake Bay oyster populations, (iii) impacts of hatchery-based supportive breeding on the genetic health of Chesapeake oyster populations, (iv) discovery and description of cryptic species, and (v) phylogeography of marine parasites

Research Grants

  • COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PATTERNS OF LARVAL DISPERSAL AND POST SETTLEMENT SELECTION SHAPING CONNECTIVITY OF OYSTER POPULATIONS ALONG AN ECOTONE

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Kruse, I. and M.P. Hare. In press. Genetic diversity and expanding non-indigenous range of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei parasitizing mud crabs in the western North Atlantic. J. Parasitology.

     

  • Murray, M. and M.P. Hare. 2006. Genomic evidence for divergent selection between Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Molecular Ecology 15: 4229-4242.

     

  • Hare, M. P., S. K. Allen Jr., P. Bloomer, M. D. Camara, M. D. Carnegie, J. Murfree, M. W. Luckenbach, D. Merritt, C. Morrison, K. T. Paynter, K. S. Reece, and C. G. Rose. 2006. A genetic test for recruitment enhancement in Chesapeake Bay oysters, Crassostrea virginica, after population supplementation with a disease tolerant strain. Conservation Genetics 7: 717-734.

     

  • Rose, C. G., K. T. Paynter, and M. Hare. 2006. Isolation by distance in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in Chesapeake Bay. J. Heredity 97(2):158-170.

     

  • Gaines, C.A., M.P. Hare, S.E. Beck and H.C. Rosenbaum. 2005. Nuclear markers confirm taxonomic status and relationships among highly endangered and closely related right whale species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272:533-542.

     

  • Hare, M.P., C. Guenther and W.F. Fagan. 2005. Nonrandom larval dispersal can steepen marine clines. Evolution 59:2509-2517.

     

  • Hare, M.P. and J. Weinberg. 2005. Phylogeography of surf clams, Spisula solidissima, in the western North Atlantic based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Marine Biology 146:707-716.