Genetic assessment of connectivity in the common reef sponge, Callyspongia vaginalis (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) reveals high population structure along the Florida reef tract

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  DeBiasse, M B ^a,b   Richards, V P ^a   Shivji, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef connectivity; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit one (COI); Dispersal; Genetic diversity; Porifera

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SPONGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CALLYSPONGIA; CALLYSPONGIA VAGINALIS; DEMOSPONGIAE; HAPLOSCLERIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 76149137387     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0554-0     Document Type: Article

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