Phylogeographic structure and northward range expansion in the barnacle Chthamalus fragilis

The barnacle Chthamalus fragilis is found along the US Atlantic seaboard historically from the Chesapeake Bay southward, and in the Gulf of Mexico. It appeared in New England circa 1900 coincident with warming temperatures, and is now a conspicuous member of rocky intertidal communities extending th...

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Main Authors: Govindarajan, Annette F., Bukša, Filip, Bockrath, Katherine, Wares, John P., Pineda, Jesús
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419548/