Revisiting the connectivity puzzle of the common coral Pocillopora damicornis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5805-5820

  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; Great Barrier Reef; Pocillopora; population genetics

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONNECTIVITY; DAMICORNIS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POCILLOPORA; POPULATION GENETICS;

CONNECTIVITY; DAMICORNIS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; POCILLOPORA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84888640177     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12540     Document Type: Article

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