Random mating in the brooding coral Acropora palifera

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 307, Issue , 2006, Pages 155-160

  Ayre, David J ^a   Miller, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Gamete dispersal; Inbreeding; Internal fertilisation; Outcrossing; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CORAL; INBREEDING; OUTCROSSING; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPORA PALIFERA;

EID: 33644518441     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps307155     Document Type: Article

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