Article
Oceanic variability and coastal topography shape genetic structure in a long-dispersing sea urchin.
Ecology - 1 Dec 2007
Banks Sam C, Piggott L Maxine P, Williamson Jane E, Bové Ulysse, Holbrook Neil J, Beheregaray Luciano B
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the scale of marine population connectivity is critical for the conservation and sustainable management of marine resources. For many marine species adults are benthic and relatively immobile, so patterns of larval dispersal and recruitment provide the key to understanding marine population connectivity. Contrary to previous expectations, recent studies have often detected unexpectedly low dispersal...
Topics
- Animals
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Demography
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Geography
- Oceans and Seas
- Population Dynamics
- Sea Urchins