Genetic connectivity of the scleractinian coral Goniastrea aspera around the Okinawa Islands

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 318-323

  Nishikawa, Akira ^a   Sakai, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Okinawa; Scleractinian coral

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CORAL BLEACHING; DIFFERENTIATION; GENE FLOW; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; KERAMA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [OKINAWA (PRF)]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA ASPERA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 21544448105     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0484-4     Document Type: Article

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