Reduced genetic diversity in eelgrass transplantations affects both population growth and individual fitness

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1472-1488

  Williams, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelgrass growth; Genetic diversity; Mitigation, coastal; Restoration genetics; Seagrass mitigation; Seed germination, eelgrass; Transplantation, eelgrass; Vegetative growth, eelgrass; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CALIFORNIA; CHESAPEAKE BAY; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0034793639     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1472:RGDIET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (113)

1. Heterozygosity and fitness in natural populations of animals
2. Genotypic and phenotypic variability of Zostera marina on the west coast of North America
3. A matrix model for short-term dynamics of seeded populations of sea scallops
4. Fish assemblages in natural versus well-established recolonized seagrass meadows
5. Hybrid breakdown in physiological response: A mechanistic approach
6. Hybrid breakdown in developmental time in the copepod Tigriopus californicus
7. Clonal plants and environmental change: Introduction to the proceedings and summary
8. Epistasis and the evolution of additive genetic variance in populations that pass through a bottleneck
9. Field studies on seed germination and seedling development in Zostera marina L.
10. Some reasons for not using the Yates continuity correction on 2 × 2 contingency tables
11. Surface and submarine pollination in the seagrass Zostera marina L.
12. Quantifying the effects of green crab damage to eelgrass transplants
13. Role of daily light period in the depth distribution of Zostera marina (eelgrass)
14. Hopes for the future: Restoration ecology and conservation biology
15. Gene flow by pollen into small populations: Data from experimental and natural stands of wild radish
16. Population genetic consequences of small population size: Implications for plant conservation
17. Genetic considerations for plant population restoration and conservation
18. Effects of predation on Zostera marina L. seed abundance
19. Restoring seagrass systems in the United States
20. Development of planted seagrass beds in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. I. Plant components
21. A low-cost planting technique for eelgrass (Zostera marina L.)
22. Restoration and management of seagrass systems: A review
23. Failure-time analysis: Emergence, flowering, survivorship, and other waiting times
24. Outplanting and differential source population success in Lupinus guadalupensis
25. Genetic variation and the reintroduction of Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus to Sweetwater Marsh, California
26. Inbreeding depression, environmental stress, and population size variation in scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)
27. Seed-bank development, germination and early seedling survival of two seagrass species from The Netherlands: Zostera marina L. and Zostera noltii Hornem
28. Using fixed-effects model multivariate analysis of variance in marine biology and ecology
29. Cropweed hybridization in the radish (Raphanus sativus): Effects of distance and population size
30. Genetic structure and gene flow in Elymus glaucus (blue wildrye): Implications for native grassland restoration
31. Comparison of isozymes and quantitative traits for evaluating patterns of genetic variation in purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)
32. Genetic heterozygosity and growth rate in Mytilus edulis
33. GPI genotypic effect on quantitative traits in the northern bay scallop. Argopecten irradians irradians
34. Loss of genetic diversity from managed populations: Interacting effects of drift, mutation, immigration, selection, and population subdivision
35. Risk of population extinction from fixation of new deleterious mutations
36. Strategies for population reintroduction: Effects of genetic variability on population growth and size
37. Heterozygosity, heterosis, and fitness in outbreeding plants
38. Are small populations of plants wort̊h preserving?
39. Ecological genetics and the restoration of plant communities: Mix or match?
40. Evolutionary significance of local genetic differentiation in plants
41. Eelgrass transplanting in south San Diego Bay, California
42. Quantitative evaluation of restoration experiments: Research design, statistical analysis, and data management considerations
43. Climate change, hurricanes and tropical storms, and rising sea level in coastal wetlands
44. The one-migrantper-generation rule in conservation and management
45. Demographic consequences of inbreeding in remnant populations
46. The molecular basis of quantitative genetic variation in natural populations
47. Quantitative genetics in natural plant populations: A review of the theory
48. Associations among protein heterozygosity, growth rate, and developmental homeostasis
49. Population structure, genetic diversity, and clone formation in Quercus chrysolepis (Fagaceae)
50. Transplantation of the subshrub Lotus scoparius: Test of the home site advantage hypothesis
51. Restoration biology: A population biology perspective
52. Zostera marina (eelgrass) growth and survival along a gradient of nutrients and turbidity in the lower Chesapeake Bay
53. Environmental regulation of seed germination in Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) in Chesapeake Bay: Effects of light, oxygen and sediment burial
54. Genetic diversity and resistance to marine pollution
55. Offspring fitness in relation to population size and genetic variation in the rare perennial plant species Gentiana pneumonanthe (Gentianaceae)
56. Seed dispersal in a marine macrophyte: Implications for colonization and restoration
57. Chesapeake Bay: An unprecedented decline in submerged aquatic vegetation
58. Seed germination and seedling growth of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) in the Chesapeake Bay
59. Demography, genetics, or statistics: Comments on a paper by Heschel and Paige
60. The significance of genetic erosion in the process of extinction. II. Morphological variation and fitness components in populations of varying size of Salvia pratensis L. and Scabiosa columbaria L.
61. Inbreeding depression in scarlet gilia: A reply to Ouborg and van Groenendael
62. The importance of reporting statistical power: The forest decline and acidic deposition example
63. Reproductive strategies of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.)
64. An experimental evaluation of the recovery potential of ryegrass populations from genetic stress resulting from restriction of population size
65. The role of genetics in mangrove conservation and restoration
66. Fixing compensatory mitigation: What will it take?
67. The wasting disease of eelgrass (Zostera marina) and its effects on environmental factors and fauna
68. An ancient eelgrass clone in the Baltic
69. Size and estimated age of genets in eelgrass, Zostera marina, assessed with microsatellite markers
70. Disturbance by ice and life-history adaptations of the seagrass Zostera marina
71. Estimates of outcrossing rates and of inbreeding depression in a population of the marine angiosperm Zostera marina
72. Estimation of genetic neighborhood parameters from pollen and seed dispersal in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina L.
73. Spatial scale of genetic structure and an indirect estimate of gene flow in eelgrass, Zostera marina
74. The demographic genetics of Liatris cylindracea
75. Evaluating approaches to the conservation of rare and endangered species
76. Fitness in the endangered Gila topminnow
77. Recurrence of the eelgrass wasting disease at the border of New Hampshire and Maine, USA
78. The effects of global climate change on seagrasses
79. Natural and human-induced disturbance of seagrasses
80. Restoration genetics workshop: Constructing coastal plant communities in Florida: plant selection and genetic diversity concerns in restoration and mitigation
81. The impact of possible climatic changes on estuarine ecosystems
82. Quantitative genetics: A promising approach for the assessment of genetic variation in endangered species
83. Heterosis at allozyme loci under inbreeding and crossbreeding in Pinus attenuata
84. Extinction of populations due to inbreeding depression with demographic disturbances
85. Studies of the development of Zostera marina L. II. Germination and seedling development
86. A review of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) transplanting projects in the Pacific Northwest
87. Multiple-locus heterozygosity, physiology and growth at two different stages in the life cycle of the Chilean oyster Ostrea chilensis
88. Restoration genetics workshop highlights
89. Should individual fitness increase with heterozygosity?
90. Comparative study on populations of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass): Experimental germination and growth
91. The significance of genetic erosion in the process of extinction. IV. Inbreeding depression and heterosis effects caused by selfing and outcrossing in Scabiosa columbaria
92. Within-population variation in demography of Taraxacum officinale: Maintenance of genetic diversity
93. Repeated-measures analysis: Growth and other time-dependent measures
94. Population structure, optimal outbreeding, and assortative mating in angiosperms
95. Adaptation at specific loci. I. Natural selection on phosphoglucose isomerase of Colias butterflies: Biochemical and population aspects
96. Tracking the long-term decline and recovery of an isolated population
97. Population genetic analyses of transplanted eelgrass (Zostera marina) reveal reduced genetic diversity in southern California
98. Genetic diversity and structure of natural and transplanted eelgrass populations in the Chesapeake and-Chincoteague Bays
99. Estuarine variability: An overview
100. The population genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation for plants
101. DNA fingerprint variation and reproductive fitness in the plain pigeon
102. Assessment of environmental suitability for growth of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) in San Francisco Bay