Low genetic variability within and among populations of the brooding sponge rhopaloeides odorabile on the central great barrier reef

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-119

  Whalan, S ^a,b   de Nys, R ^a,b   Smith Keune, C ^a   Evans, B S ^a   Battershill, C ^b,c   Jerry, D R ^a,b  

^a University of California   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brooding sponge; Connectivity; Genetic variability; Larval dispersal

Indexed keywords

DICTYOCERATIDA; RHOPALOEIDES ODORABILE;

EID: 76249084792     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00066     Document Type: Article

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