Limited contemporary gene flow and high self-replenishment drives peripheral isolation in an endemic coral reef fish

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1653-1666

  van der Meer, Martin H ^a   Horne, John B ^a   Gardner, Michael G ^b,c   Hobbs, Jean Paul A ^d,e   Pratchett, Morgan ^a   van Herwerden, Lynne ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaetodon; Coral reefs; Extinction risk; Lord Howe Island; Marine dispersal; Norfolk Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886291693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.584     Document Type: Article

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