Weak genetic structure indicates strong dispersal limits: A tale of two coral reef fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1593, 2006, Pages 1483-1490

  Purcell, John F H ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a   Hughes, Colin R ^b   Williams, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish dispersal; Genetic population structure; Haemulon flavolineatum; Marine reserves; Microsatellites; Thalassoma bifasciatum

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; FISH; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVA; MARINE PARK; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORMES; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33746199884     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3470     Document Type: Article

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