Genetic discontinuity among regional populations of Lophelia pertusa in the North Atlantic Ocean

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 713-729

  Morrison, Cheryl L ^a   Ross, Steve W ^b   Nizinski, Martha S ^c   Brooke, Sandra ^d   Järnegren, Johanna ^e   Waller, Rhian G ^f   Johnson, Robin L ^a   King, Tim L ^a  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d Marine Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold water coral; Connectivity; Dispersal barriers; Gene flow; Isolation by distance

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURE RESERVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MEXICO; NEW ENGLAND SEAMOUNTS;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 79955841020     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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