Marine dispersal determines the genetic population structure of migratory stream fauna of Puerto Rico: Evidence for island-scale population recovery processes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 709-718

  Cook, Benjamin D ^a   Bernays, Sofie ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^b   Hughes, Jane M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphidromy; Environmental flow; Freshwatermarine connectivity; Larval dispersal; Larval duration

Indexed keywords

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOLONIZATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RIVER FLOW; SPILLWAY;

PUERTO RICO;

CARIDEAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA;

EID: 74849109340     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-008.1     Document Type: Article

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