Marine population connectivity: Reconciling large-scale dispersal and high self-retention

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-211

  Nickols, Kerry J ^a   Wilson White, J ^b   Largier, John L ^a,c   Gaylord, Brian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval dispersal; Longdistance dispersal; Marine ecology; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84921769297     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679503     Document Type: Article

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