High diversity of Ruppia meadows in saline ponds and lakes of the western Mediterranean

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 634, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Triest, Ludwig ^a   Sierens, Tim ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Coastal; Conservation; Phylogeography; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; COSMOPOLITAN SPECIES; HABITAT DIVERSITY; HAPLOTYPE DIVERSITY; HAPLOTYPES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAGOON SYSTEMS; LOW SALINITY; MACROPHYTES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SALINE HABITATS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT MARSHES; SEAGRASSES; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; WATERBODIES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WETLAND AREA;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; ECOLOGY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPLAST; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAGOON; MACROPHYTE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ANATIDAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; RUPPIA; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA; RUPPIA DREPANENSIS; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 71349083404     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9892-8     Document Type: Article

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