Mechanisms of reproductive isolation among sympatric broadcast-spawning corals of the Montastraea annularis species complex

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-323

  Levitan, Don R ^a   Fukami, Hironobu ^b   Jara, Javier ^b   Kline, David ^c   McGovern, Tamara M ^d   McGhee, Katie E ^a   Swanson, Cheryl A ^a   Knowlton, Nancy ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Fertilization; Hybridization; Mass spawning; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HYBRIDIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPAWNING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTRAEA FRANKSI; MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; MONTASTREA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTREA FRANKSI; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 1642399827     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01647.x     Document Type: Article

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