Scaling of connectivity in marine populations

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5760, 2006, Pages 522-527

  Cowen, R K ^a   Paris, C B ^a   Srinivasan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE POPULATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; ISOLATED POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 31544454438     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122039     Document Type: Article

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