Hoban, ML, Walsh, CAJ, Kosaki, RK, Bowen, BW 2026. Origins and relationships of endemic Hawaiian saber-toothed blennies in the genus Plagiotremus (Blennioidei: Blenniidae). Journal of Fish Biology. In review
Wishingrad, V., M. L.Hoban, C. A. J.Walsh, et al. 2025. “Metabarcoding Primers for Indo-Pacific Fishes.” Environmental DNA7, no. 5: e70205. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70205.
Hoban, M.L., Hurley, K.K.C., Reardon, K. et al. Cryptobenthic crab assemblages are more distinct across a 90 m depth gradient than 2500 km of shallow marine habitat in the Hawaiian archipelago. Sci Rep 15, 27419 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-10232-6
Timmers, M. A., Viehl, K., Angulo, C., Hoban, M. L., Toonen, R. J., Walsh, C. A. J., Wishingrad, V., & Bowen, B. W. (2024). Proteinase K is not essential for marine eDNA metabarcoding. Environmental DNA, 6, e523. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.523
Hoban, M. L., Bunce, M., & Bowen, B. W. (2023). Plumbing the depths with environmental DNA (eDNA): Metabarcoding reveals biodiversity zonation at 45–60 m on mesophotic coral reefs. Molecular Ecology, 32, 5590–5608. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17140
Coleman, R. R., Kraft, D. W., Hoban, M. L., Toonen, R. J., & Bowen, B. W. (2023). Genomic assessment of larval odyssey: self-recruitment and biased settlement in the Hawaiian surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis. Journal of Fish Biology, 102(3), 581–595. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15294
Copus, Joshua M., Cameron A. J. Walsh, Mykle L. Hoban, Anne M. Lee, Richard L. Pyle, Randall K. Kosaki, Robert J. Toonen, and Brian W. Bowen. 2022. “Phylogeography of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: Squirrelfish and Soldierfish (Holocentriformes: Holocentridae)” Diversity 14, no. 8: 691. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14080691
Hoban ML, Whitney J, Collins AG, Meyer C, Murphy KR, Reft AJ, Bemis KE. 2022. Skimming for barcodes: rapid production of mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal repeat reference markers through shallow shotgun sequencing. PeerJ 10:e13790 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13790
Hoban, ML. 2022. Dimensions in Marine Biodiversity: Traditional and Molecular Approaches to Unraveling the Mysteries of the Deep. Doctoral Dissertation. https://www.proquest.com/openview/cc0b357c82661686df4b3ad9639c39b0/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
Hoban ML, Williams JT. 2020. Cirripectes matatakaro, a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of the Hawaiian fish fauna. PeerJ 8:e8852 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8852
Brian W Bowen, Zac H Forsman, Jonathan L Whitney, Anuschka Faucci, Mykle Hoban, Sean J Canfield, Erika C Johnston, Richard R Coleman, Joshua M Copus, Jan Vicente, Robert J Toonen, Species Radiations in the Sea: What the Flock?, Journal of Heredity, Volume 111, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 70–83, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz075
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