Spatial and temporal genetic structure of Symbiodinium populations within a common reef-building coral on the Great Barrier Reef

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3693-3708

  Howells, Emily J ^a,b   Willis, Bette L ^a   Bay, Line K ^a,b   Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

connectivity; coral; disturbance; population; Symbiodinium; zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISTURBANCE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; DISTURBANCE; POPULATION; SYMBIODINIUM; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84880150919     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12342     Document Type: Article

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