Discernment of sexual recruits is not critical for assessing population recovery of Acropora palmata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 335, Issue , 2007, Pages 233-236

  Grober Dunsmore, R ^a   Bonito, V ^b   Frazer, T K ^c  

^a National Marine Protected Areas Center Science Institute   (United States)

^b Box 183 ^*  (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acroporid; Caribbean Sea; Clones; Microsatellites; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CORAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORIDAE;

EID: 34249028006     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps335233     Document Type: Review

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