A population genetic assessment of coral recovery on highly disturbed reefs of the Keppel Island archipelago in the southern Great Barrier Reef

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Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a,b,c   Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi ^c   Berkelmans, Ray ^a   Peplow, Lesa M ^a   Jones, Alison M ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora millepora; Coral reef management; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE FLOW; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 84937850644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1092     Document Type: Article

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