Genetic differentiation of the temperate-subtropical stony coral Leptopsammia pruvoti in the Mediterranean Sea

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-115

  Goffredo, Stefano ^a   Di Ceglie, Sabrina ^a   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cup corals; Inbreeding; Larval dispersal; Mediterranean Sea; Population genetic structure; Sleractinian corals; Wahlund effect

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; LEPTOPSAMMIA PRUVOTI; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 70349231016     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.55.2.99     Document Type: Article

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