Genetic variation and clonal structure in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 753-759

  Adjeroud, M ^a,b   Tsuchiya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOTYPE; JAPAN;

GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; RYUKYU; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0032847903     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050592     Document Type: Article

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