Evolutionary Ecology of the coral genus Madracis - an illustration of the nature of species in scleractinian corals

Thesis

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Thesis outline and Summary

Chapter 2 Scleractinian stony corals (hexacorals)

Chapter 3 Species-specific population structure of closely related coral morphospecies along a depth gradient (5-60m) over a Caribbean reef slope

Chapter 4 Inferring demographic processes from population size structure in corals

Chapter 5 How are coral populations structured by light? Marine light regimes and the distribution of Madracis

Chapter 6 Patterns in fluorescence over a Caribbean reef slope: the coral genus Madracis

Chapter 7 Three-dimensional morphological analysis of growth forms of Madracis mirabilis (preliminary results)

Chapter 8 Patterns in reproductive biology of closely related coral species: gametogenesis in Madracis

Chapter 9 Variation in planulae release of closely related coral species

Chapter 10 Corals on the move: rambling of Madracis pharensis polyps early after settlement

Chapter 11 A new species of Scleractinian coral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), Madracis carmabi n.sp. from the Southern Caribbean

Chapter 12 Morphological variation related to habitat heterogeneity suggests genetic structure at a small spatial scale in a Caribbean coral species

Chapter 13 Development of population structure in corals: temporal and spatial sources of variation

Chapter 14 Coral settlement revisited: A 100-fold decrease on a Caribbean reef over the last 20 years

Chapter 15 General discussion

Samenvatting (Dutch Summary)

Acknowledgements

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