Climate change, genotypic diversity and gene flow in reef-building corals

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 273-278

  Ayre, David J ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Broadcast spawning; Brooding; Clonality; Dispersal; Global warming; Marine protected areas; Scleractinian corals

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLOBAL WARMING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 1842866325     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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