Connectivity among fragmented populations of a habitat-forming alga, Phyllospora comosa (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) on an urbanised coast

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-70

  Coleman, Melinda A ^a,b   Kelaher, Brendan P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Connectivity; Decline; Dispersal; Fucoid; Microsatellites; Phyllospora comosa

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ALGAE; FUCALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PHYLLOSPORA COMOSA;

EID: 65649090563     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07977     Document Type: Article

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