Variation in the strength of continental boundary currents determines continent-wide connectivity in kelp

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1026-1032

  Coleman, Melinda A ^a,b,c   Roughan, Moninya ^a,d   Macdonald, Helen S ^a   Connell, Sean D ^b   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^b   Kelaher, Brendan P ^c   Steinberg, Peter D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Environment   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecklonia radiata; Ecology; Gene flow; Marine; Oceanography; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; KELP FOREST; LATITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWEED; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ECKLONIA RADIATA;

EID: 79956347306     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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