Temporal variations in the spatial distribution of shoot density in a Posidonia oceanica meadow and patterns of genetic diversity

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 328-338

  Zupo, Valerio ^a   Buia, Maria Cristina ^a   Gambi, Maria Cristina ^a   Lorenti, Maurizio ^a   Procaccini, Gabriele ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Kriging; Meadow structure; Posidonia oceanica; Shoot density

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MEADOW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISCHIA; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33751509669     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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