Genetic differentiation, reproductive mode, and gene flow in the brooding coral Pocillopora damicornis along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 175-187

  Ayre, David J ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^b   Standish, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Corals; Gene flow; Life history; Population genetics; Recruitment; Sex

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CORAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS;

EID: 0031590562     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159175     Document Type: Article

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