Genetic evidence of peripheral isolation and low diversity in marginal populations of the Acropora hyacinthus complex

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1419-1432

  Suzuki, Go ^a   Keshavmurthy, Shashank ^b   Hayashibara, Takeshi ^a   Wallace, Carden C ^c   Shirayama, Yoshihisa ^d   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^b   Fukami, Hironobu ^e  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Cnidaria; Cryptic species; Kuroshio Current; Peripheral speciation; Ryukyu archipelago

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; PERIPHERAL REGION; REEF; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; CAROLINE ISLANDS; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU; PENGHU ISLANDS; QUEENSLAND; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAIWAN;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA;

EID: 84979517982     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1484-2     Document Type: Article

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