Shulman Myra J, Bermingham Eldredge
Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024-1606.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama.
Evolution. 1995 Oct;49(5):897-910. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02325.x.
Tropical reef fishes, along with many benthic invertebrates, have a life cycle that includes a sedentary, bottom-dwelling reproductive phase and a planktonic stage that occurs early in development. The adult benthic populations occupy disjunct, patchy habitats; the extent of gene flow due to dispersal of the planktonic life stage is generally unknown.
热带珊瑚礁鱼类以及许多底栖无脊椎动物都有一个生命周期,其中包括一个定居于底部的繁殖阶段和一个在发育早期出现的浮游阶段。成年底栖种群占据不连续的、斑块状的栖息地;由于浮游生命阶段的扩散而导致的基因流动程度通常是未知的。