Limited gene flow in the brooding coral Favia fragum (Esper, 1797)

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2591-2602

  Goodbody Gringley, Gretchen ^a,c   Vollmer, Steven V ^b   Woollacott, Robert M ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; REEF; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BERMUDA; CARIBBEAN SEA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA FRAGUM;

EID: 78449235665     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1521-6     Document Type: Article

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