Connectivity dominates larval replenishment in a coastal reef fish metapopulation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1720, 2011, Pages 2954-2961

  Saenz Agudelo, Pablo ^a,b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^b   Thorrold, Simon R ^c   Planes, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fish larvae; Marine protected area; Microsatellites; Parentage analysis; Self recruitment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; JUVENILE; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; NATAL DISPERSAL; OPTIMIZATION; PARENTAGE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SUBPOPULATION;

NATIONAL CAPITAL DISTRICT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PORT MORESBY;

AMPHIPRION POLYMNUS; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 80052231614     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2780     Document Type: Article

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