Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and clonal distribution of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1135-1148

  Dahl, M P ^a   Pereyra, R T ^a   Lundalv T ^b   Andre C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonality; Cold water coral; Connectivity; Conservation genetics; Genotypic diversity; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; COLD WATER; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORAL REEF; DEEP WATER; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 84869166120     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0937-5     Document Type: Article

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