Sex change and the genetic structure of marine fish populations

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-343

  Chopelet, Julien ^a   Waples, Robin S ^b   Mariani, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Hermaphroditism; Life history; Population connectivity; Random genetic drift; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FISHING; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL; SKEWNESS;

EID: 68849112182     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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