Mercer R. Brugler

About Mercer R. Brugler

Mercer R. Brugler, With an exceptional h-index of 23 and a recent h-index of 19 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of South Carolina-Beaufort, specializes in the field of Marine Invertebrates, Black Corals, eDNA, Mitogenomics, Evolution.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Complete mitochondrial genomes of the black corals Alternatipathes mirabilis Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and Parantipathes larix (Esper, 1788) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia …

Environmental DNA Isolation, Validation, and Preservation Methods

Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time

One of the Deepest Genera of Antipatharia: Taxonomic Position Revealed and Revised

An Environmental DNA Primer for Microbial and Restoration Ecology

New genus and species of black coral from the SW Pacific and Antarctica (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae)

Contrasting Modes of Mitochondrial Genome Evolution in Sister Taxa of Wood-Eating Marine Bivalves (Teredinidae and Xylophagaidae)

Mitogenomics reveals low variation within a trigeneric complex of black corals from the North Pacific Ocean

Mercer R. Brugler Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Marine Biology

Citations(all)

2509

Citations(since 2020)

1513

Cited By

1608

hIndex(all)

23

hIndex(since 2020)

19

i10Index(all)

34

i10Index(since 2020)

32

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Mercer R. Brugler Skills & Research Interests

Marine Invertebrates

Black Corals

eDNA

Mitogenomics

Evolution

Top articles of Mercer R. Brugler

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Journal

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Publication Date

Complete mitochondrial genomes of the black corals Alternatipathes mirabilis Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and Parantipathes larix (Esper, 1788) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia …

ZooKeys

Brendan A Cruz

Anneau Cappelmann

Hope Chutjian

Jude C Roman

Mason A Reid

...

2024/3/22

Environmental DNA Isolation, Validation, and Preservation Methods

Seth W Cunningham

Michael Tessler

Jicayla Johnson-Rosemond

Iesha S Whittaker

Mercer R Brugler

2024/4/30

Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Jeremy Horowitz

Andrea M Quattrini

Mercer R Brugler

David J Miller

Kristina Pahang

...

2023/10/4

One of the Deepest Genera of Antipatharia: Taxonomic Position Revealed and Revised

Diversity

Tina N Molodtsova

Dennis M Opresko

Michael O’Mahoney

Ulyana V Simakova

Galina A Kolyuchkina

...

2023/3/16

An Environmental DNA Primer for Microbial and Restoration Ecology

Microbial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02168-5

Michael Tessler

Seth W Cunningham

Melissa R Ingala

Sally D Warring

Mercer R Brugler

2023/2/3

New genus and species of black coral from the SW Pacific and Antarctica (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae)

Zootaxa

Dennis M Opresko

Rob Stewart

Tatiana Voza

Di Tracey

Mercer R Brugler

2022/7/27

Contrasting Modes of Mitochondrial Genome Evolution in Sister Taxa of Wood-Eating Marine Bivalves (Teredinidae and Xylophagaidae)

Genome Biology and Evolution

Yuanning Li

Marvin A Altamia

J Reuben Shipway

Mercer R Brugler

Angelo Fraga Bernardino

...

2022/6/1

Mitogenomics reveals low variation within a trigeneric complex of black corals from the North Pacific Ocean

Organisms Diversity & Evolution

Yessenia M Bledsoe-Becerra

Iesha S Whittaker

Jeremy Horowitz

Katherine Medina Naranjo

Jicayla Johnson-Rosemond

...

2022/1/7

Transcriptomics of a Greenlandic Snailfish Reveals Exceptionally High Expression of Antifreeze Protein Transcripts

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

John A Burns

David F Gruber

Jean P Gaffney

John S Sparks

Mercer R Brugler

2022/8/16

Phylogenomics, Origin and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)

Systematic Biology

Catherine S McFadden

Andrea M Quattrini

Mercer R Brugler

Peter F Cowman

Luisa F Dueñas

...

2021/1/28

Phylum Cnidaria: Class Anthozoa

Andrea M Quattrini

Danielle M DeLeo

Mercer R Brugler

2021/5/24

Description of two new genera and two new species of antipatharian corals in the family Aphanipathidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia)

Zootaxa

Dennis M Opresko

Marzia Bo

David P Stein

Ann Evankow

Daniel L Distel

...

2021/5/3

Ultra-gentle soft robotic fingers induce minimal transcriptomic response in a fragile marine animal

Current Biology

Michael Tessler

Mercer R Brugler

John A Burns

Nina R Sinatra

Daniel M Vogt

...

2020/2/24

Scale‐dependent patterns of metacommunity structuring in aquatic organisms across floodplain systems

Journal of Biogeography

Fernando M Lansac‐Tôha

Luis M Bini

Jani Heino

Bianca R Meira

Bianca T Segovia

...

2021/4

Widest geographic distribution of a shallow and mesophotic antipatharian coral (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): Antipathes grandis VERRILL, 1928 – confirmed by morphometric and …

Marine Biodiversity Records

Erika Gress

Dennis M Opresko

Mercer R Brugler

Daniel Wagner

Igor Eeckhaut

...

2020/12/10

Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Andrea M Quattrini

Estefanía Rodríguez

Brant C Faircloth

Peter F Cowman

Mercer R Brugler

...

2020/8/31

Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Blastopathes) from Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa

Jeremy Horowitz

Mercer R Brugler

Tom CL Bridge

Peter F Cowman

2020/8/2

Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of black coral from Elvers Bank, north-western Gulf of Mexico (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia …

ZooKeys

William A Hopkins

William E Moser

David W Garst

Dennis J Richardson

Charlotte I Hammond

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2014

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