Deep-water Corallium rubrum (L., 1758) from the Mediterranean Sea: Preliminary genetic characterisation

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-269

  Costantini, Federica ^a   Taviani, Marco ^b   Remia, Alessandro ^b   Pintus, Eleonora ^a   Schembri, Patrick J ^c   Abbiati, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Corallium rubrum; Deep water populations; Genetic diversity; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DEEP SEA; DISPERSAL; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; GORGONIA; URANIA; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 77957228224     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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