Visual discernment of sexual recruits is not feasible for Acropora palmata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 335, Issue , 2007, Pages 227-231

  Miller, M W ^a   Baums, I B ^b,d   Williams, D E ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acroporid coral; Caribbean Sea; Clones; Genetic screening; Microsatellites; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLONAL ORGANISM; CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FRAGMENTATION; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34249007570     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps335227     Document Type: Review

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