Connectivity of marine populations: Open or closed?

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5454, 2000, Pages 857-859

  Cowen, Robert K ^a   Lwiza, Kamazima M M ^b   Sponaugle, Su ^a   Paris, Claire B ^b   Olson, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BARBADOS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

EID: 0034602948     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5454.857     Document Type: Article

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