Vectored dispersal of Symbiodinium by larvae of a Caribbean gorgonian octocoral

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4413-4432

  Wirshing, Herman H ^a,c   Feldheim, Kevin A ^b   Baker, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; dispersal; octocoral; population genetics; specificity; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883217119     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12405     Document Type: Article

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