Being abundant is not enough: A decrease in effective population size over eight generations in a Norwegian population of the seaweed, Fucus serratus

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 755-757

  Coyer, James A ^a   Hoarau, Galice ^a   Sjøtun, Kjersti ^b   Olsen, Jeanine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Fucus serratus; Genetic diversity; Ne N

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BROWN ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; POPULATION SIZE; SEAWEED; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUCUS SERRATUS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

FUCUS SERRATUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 58149250401     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0403     Document Type: Article

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