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Genetic connectivity among and self-replenishment within island populations of a restricted range subtropical reef fish.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
van der Meer Martin H, Hobbs Jean-Paul A, Jones Geoffrey P, van Herwerden Lynne
Abstract excerpt
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being advocated and implemented to protect biodiversity on coral reefs. Networks of appropriately sized and spaced reserves can capture a high proportion of species diversity, with gene flow among reserves presumed to promote long term resilience of populations to spatially variable threats. However, numerically rare small range species distributed among isolated...
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