Phylogeography of Leptasterias species relative to an estuarine outflow in the Pacific Northwest

• Main Author: Jeyna Kim Perez
• Other Authors: C. Sarah Cohen, Greg S. Spicer, Eric Routman
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco State University 2019
• Subjects: San Juan; Pacific; Fraser River; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/214126

Comparing the phylogeography of sympatric species complexes can provide evidence of shared responses to historic events. Leptasterias is a genus of brooding, low-dispersing sea stars comprising several cryptic species complexes found from California to Alaska. Assessing their response to environment...