Genetic Connectivity in Corals on the Flower Garden Banks and Surrounding Oil/Gas Platforms, Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Atchison, Amy D ^a,b   Sammarco, Paul W ^a,b   Brazeau, Daniel A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Broadcaster; Brooder; Connectivity; Coral; Diploria strigosa; Flower Garden Banks; genetic affinity; Madracis decactis; Meso scale; Molecular genetics; Montastraea cavernosa

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BROOD DESERTION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; FLOWER; GARDEN; GAS PLATFORM; GAS PRODUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; LARVA; OIL PLATFORM; POLYMORPHISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLOWER GARDEN BANKS; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; MADRACIS DECACTIS; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 51649105079     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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