A bio-oceanographic filter to larval dispersal in a reef-building coral

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1969-1981

  Baums, Iliana B ^a,b   Paris, Claire B ^a   Chérubin, Laurent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; EDDY; FILTER; GENE FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE HISTORY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; MONA PASSAGE; PUERTO RICO;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33747180084     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.1969     Document Type: Article

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