A modelling study of the role of marine protected areas in metapopulation genetic connectivity in Delaware Bay oysters

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 645-666

  Munroe, Daphne M ^a   Klinck, John M ^b   Hofmann, Eileen E ^b   Powell, Eric N ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Genetic connectivity; Marine protected area; Oyster; Population connectivity; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84908001431     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2400     Document Type: Article

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