Limited genetic connectivity of Pavona gigantea in the Mexican Pacific

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 677-686

  Saavedra Sotelo, N C ^a   Calderon Aguilera, L E ^a   Reyes Bonilla, H ^b   Lopez Perez R A ^c   Medina Rosas, P ^d   Rocha Olivares, A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^d Centro Universitario de la Costa   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic structure; Hydrography; Mexican Pacific; Passive larval transport; Population connectivity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGRAPHY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MEROPLANKTON; MITOCHONDRION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; VULNERABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

ANTHOZOA; PAVONA GIGANTEA;

EID: 79961021814     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0742-6     Document Type: Article

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