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Kool, J. | Kendrick, G.A.
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The aim of this study was to apply a seascape modelling approach to explain patterns of genetic patchiness across a complex coral reef system. We focus our analysis on the tabulate coral species Acropora spicifera, which is considered rare throughout the Indo-Pacific and East Indian Ocean, but dominates coral assemblages of the HAI at the southern extent of its range (Veron and Marsh 1988). We coupled population genetic data from a panel of microsatellites DNA markers with a biophysical dispersal model to test whether oceanographic processes could predict patterns of local genetic structure. Our results demonstrate that incorporating an estimate of resistance to connectivity imposed by regional oceanographic currents can predict patterns of genetic divergence and enhance our understanding of processes driving connectivity across complex seascapes.
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- Oceanography
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