Genetic assignment of recruits reveals short- And long-distance larval dispersal in Pocillopora damicornis on the Great Barrier Reef

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5821-5834

  Torda, G ^a,b,c   Lundgren, P ^b,d,e   Willis, B L ^a,b   Van Oppen, M J H ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c AIMSatJCU   (Australia)

^d GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

connectivity; damicornis; dispersal; Pocillopora; population genetics; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SQUAMATA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONNECTIVITY; DAMICORNIS; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVA; METHODOLOGY; POCILLOPORA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; RECRUITMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CONNECTIVITY; DAMICORNIS; DISPERSAL; POCILLOPORA; POPULATION GENETICS; RECRUITMENT;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; ISLANDS; LARVA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888636779     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12539     Document Type: Article

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