Fine-scale genetic structure in short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) along the East Australian Current

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-126

  Möller, Luciana ^a,b   Valdez, Fernanda Pedone ^b   Allen, Simon ^c   Bilgmann, Kerstin ^b   Corrigan, Shannon ^b   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COAST; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 85027955721     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1546-x     Document Type: Article

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