Ecological and genetic evidence of the vulnerability of shallow-water populations of the stylasterid hydro coral Errina novaezelandiae in New Zealand's fiords

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-94

  Miller, Karen J ^a,b   Mundy, Craig N ^b,d   Chadderton, W Lindsay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diver impacts; Gene flow; Growth; Hydrocoral; Larval dispersal; Marine reserves; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DAMAGE; FJORD; MARINE PARK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCUBA DIVING; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; TE AWAATU MARINE RESERVE;

ANTHOZOA; ERRINA; ERRINA NOVAEZELANDIAE; ILEX COOKII; INVERTEBRATA; STYLASTERIDAE;

EID: 0942278745     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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