Comparative phylogeography of North American Atlantic salt marsh communities

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 828-839

  Díaz Ferguson, Edgardo ^a   Robinson, John D ^b   Silliman, Brian ^a   Wares, John P ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Geukensia demissa; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Littoraria irrorata; Phylogeography; Salt marsh; Uca pugilator; Uca pugnax

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INVERTEBRATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALTMARSH;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

CELUCA PUGILATOR; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; MINUCA PUGNAX; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 77953535211     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9220-6     Document Type: Article

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