Exploring the role of Micronesian islands in the maintenance of coral genetic diversity in the Pacific Ocean

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-82

  Davies, S W ^a   Treml, E A ^b   Kenkel, C D ^a   Matz, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Biophysical model; Dispersal; Genetic diversity; Isolation by distance; Stepping stone

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICRONESIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84920934578     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13005     Document Type: Article

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