Genetic structure of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the Western Mediterranean: Ecological implications

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 153-160

  Procaccini, Gabriele ^a   Alberte, Randall S ^b   Mazzella, Lucia ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonality; DNA fingerprinting; Minisatellite polymorphism; Posidonia; RAPD; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; POSIDONIACEAE;

CLONALITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEAGRASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

EID: 0029664120     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140153     Document Type: Article

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