Effect of tropical storms on sexual and asexual reproduction in coral Pocillopora verrucosa subpopulations in the Gulf of California

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1157-1167

  Aranceta Garza, F ^a   Balart, E F ^a   Reyes Bonilla, H ^b   Cruz Hernandez P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Fragmentation; Gulf of California; Hermatypic coral; Microsatellites; Pocilloporaverrucosa

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; CORAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STORM; SUBPOPULATION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA;

EID: 84869155256     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0941-9     Document Type: Article

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