Marginal coral populations: the densest known aggregation of Pocillopora in the Galápagos Archipelago is of asexual origin

Marginal coral populations: the densest known aggregation of Pocillopora in the Galápagos Archipelago is of asexual origin

Coral populations at distributional margins frequently experience suboptimal and variable conditions. Recurrent El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) warming events have caused extensive mortality of reef-building corals in the Eastern Pacific, and particularly impacted branching pocilloporid corals i...

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Main Authors: Iliana B Baums, Meghann D Durante, Aren Ajeng Laing, Joshua eFeingold, Tyler eSmith, Andrew eBruckner, Joao eMonteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
coral
Clones
microsatellites
fragmentation
Enso
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2014.00059/full

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