1. The detection of spatial variation in widespread marine species: methods and bias in the analysis of population structure in the crown of thorns starfish (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

   • J. A. H. Benzie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 14

2. Preface

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 10

3. Introductory overview – Stability, equilibrium and molecular aspects of conservation in marine species

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 12

4. Molecular systematics of sponges (Porifera)

   • C. Borchiellini
   • C. Chombard
   • N. Boury-Esnault

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 27

5. Genetics and marine pollution

   • D. R. Dixon
   • J. T. Wilson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 43

6. Biotechnology and fish culture

   • F. Foresti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 47

7. Genetic differentiation in Chilean hake Merluccius gayi gayi (Pisces: Merlucciidae)

   • R. Galleguillos
   • L. Troncoso
   • M. Peñaloza

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54

8. An overview of marine fish cytogenetics

   • P. M. Galetti Jr.
   • C. T. Aguilar
   • W. F. Molina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 62

9. Genetics of marine bioinvasions

   • B. S. Holland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 71

10. Molecular genetic analyses of species boundaries in the sea

    • N. Knowlton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 90

11. Gene transfer technology in aquaculture

    • J. A. Levy
    • L. F. Marins
    • A. Sanchez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 94

12. Seven Hox gene sequences from the asterinid starfish Patiriella exigua (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

    • S. C. Long
    • V. B. Morris
    • M. Byrne

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 98

13. The karyotype of Nodipecten nodosus (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)

    • E. Pauls
    • P. R. A. M. Affonso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 102

14. Taxonomic status of the `Patella miniata' species complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa

    • T. M. Ridgway
    • G. M. Branch
    • A. N. Hodgson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 118

15. Techniques and statistical data analysis in molecular population genetics

    • E. P. Silva
    • C. A. M. Russo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 135

16. DNA tests of neutral theory: applications in marine genetics

    • D. O. F. Skibinski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 152

17. Molecular genetics and the management and conservation of marine organisms

    • N. A. Sweijd
    • R. C. K. Bowie
    • A. L. Lopata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 164

18. Exploited marine invertebrates: genetics and fisheries

    • J. P. Thorpe
    • A. M. Solé-Cava
    • P. C. Watts

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 184

19. Effects of copper on the fitness of the Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

    • L. Troncoso
    • R. Galleguillos
    • A. Larrain

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 189

20. Genetics in fisheries management

    • R. D. Ward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 201

21. Genetic population structure of the swimming crab Callinectes danae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in southern Brazil

    • L. I. Weber
    • J. A. Levy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 210

22. Genetic divergence and larval dispersal in two spider crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda)

    • L. I. Weber
    • R. G. Hartnoll
    • J. P. Thorpe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 219