Short-distance dispersal of black coral larvae: Inference from spatial analysis of colony genotypes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 225-233

  Miller, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Black coral; Larval dispersal; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

BLACK CORAL; CORAL LARVA; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

DOUBTFUL SOUND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANTIPATHES FIORDENSIS;

EID: 0032510573     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163225     Document Type: Article

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