Contrasting clonal structure among Pocillopora (Scleractinia) communities at two environmentally distinct sites in the Gulf of California

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 765-777

  Pinzon J H ^a,c   Reyes Bonilla, H ^b   Baums, I B ^a   LaJeunesse, T C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal reproduction; Eastern Tropical Pacific; Microsatellites; Pocillopora; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GENET; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TURBIDITY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CALIFORNIA; GAVIOTA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LA PAZ BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84865647935     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0887-y     Document Type: Article

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