Unexpectedly complex gradation of coral population structure in the Nansei Islands, Japan

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 5491-5505

  Zayasu, Yuna ^a   Nakajima, Yuichi ^a   Sakai, Kazuhiko ^b   Suzuki, Go ^c   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a   Shinzato, Chuya ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora tenuis; gene flow; genetic diversity; microsatellite; population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978923791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2296     Document Type: Article

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