Genetic Connectivity among and Self-Replenishment within Island Populations of a Restricted Range Subtropical Reef Fish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  van der Meer, Martin H ^a   Hobbs, Jean Paul A ^b,c   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   van Herwerden, Lynne ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPRION MCCULLOCHI; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REEF FISH; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIPRION MCCULLOCHI; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84869744693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049660     Document Type: Article

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