Ecological impacts of genotypic diversity in the clonal seagrass Zostera marina

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1412-1419

  Hughes, A Randall ^a,b,c   Stachowicz, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem function; Clonal diversity; Community genetics; Disturbance stability; Eelgrass; Genetic diversity; Primary production; Richness; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT QUALITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SHOOT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOSTERACEAE;

ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; ZOSTERACEAE;

ALGAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 66149120252     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2030.1     Document Type: Article

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