Niche divergence by deep-sea octocorals in the genus Callogorgia across the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4123-4140

  Quattrini, Andrea M ^a   Georgian, Samuel E ^a   Byrnes, Luke ^a   Stevens, Alex ^a   Falco, Rosalia ^a   Cordes, Erik E ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

cnidarians; cold water corals; deep sea; ecological speciation; molecular evolution; niche modelling

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CALLOGORGIA; CNIDARIA; PRIMNOIDAE;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CNIDARIA; COLD WATER CORALS; DEEP SEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GULF OF MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NICHE MODELLING; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CNIDARIANS; COLD WATER CORALS; DEEP SEA; ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NICHE MODELLING;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GULF OF MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880801339     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12370     Document Type: Article

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