Host population genetic structure and zooxanthellae diversity of two reef-building coral species along the Florida Reef Tract and wider Caribbean

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 835-842

  Baums, I B ^a   Johnson, M E ^b   Devlin Durante, M K ^a   Miller, M W ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora cervicornis; Bahamas; Honduras; Mexico; Montastraea faveolata; Symbiodinium Clade D

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COLONY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORAL REEF; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 78649324984     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0645-y     Document Type: Article

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