Genetic diversity and connectivity in the threatened staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) in Florida

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hemond, Elizabeth M ^a   Vollmer, Steven V ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLORIDA; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77649259286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008652     Document Type: Article

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