Genotypic variation influences reproductive success and thermal stress tolerance in the reef building coral, Acropora palmata

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 703-717

  Baums, I B ^a   Devlin Durante, M K ^a   Polato, N R ^a   Xu, D ^a   Giri, S ^a   Altman, N S ^a   Ruiz, D ^a   Parkinson, J E ^a   Boulay, J N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Compatibility; Egg provisioning; Genotype by environment interaction; Larval development; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DISPERSAL; EGG SIZE; GAMETE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERMAPHRODITE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARENTAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF FORMATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SWIMMING;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881238320     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1012-6     Document Type: Article

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