Complex genetic structure of a euryhaline marine fish in temporarily open/closed estuaries from the wider Gulf of Aden

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1113-1126

  Lavergne, Edouard ^a,b,c   Calvès, Isabelle ^c   Meistertzheim, Anne Leila ^d   Charrier, Grégory ^c   Zajonz, Uwe ^a,b   Laroche, Jean ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; PLEISTOCENE; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; HADRAMAWT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOCOTRA; YEMEN;

TERAPON JARBUA;

EID: 84899480664     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2404-z     Document Type: Article

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