Ecologically relevant dispersal of corals on isolated reefs: Implications for managing resilience

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-29

  Underwood, Jim N ^a   Smith, Luke D ^a,c   Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^b   Gilmour, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora tenuis; Disturbance; Gene flow; Genetic connectivity; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; Microsatellites; Northwest Australia; Recruitment; Reef building coral; Rowley shoals; Scott reef; Scriatopora hystrix

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACROPORA TENUIS; ANTHOZOA; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX;

EID: 63849160276     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1461.1     Document Type: Article

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