Using genetic tools for sustainable management of kelps: A literature review and the example of Laminaria Digitata

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-483

  Valero, Myriam ^a,b   Destombe, Christophe ^a,b   Mauger, Stephane ^a,b   Ribout, Cecile ^a,b,c   Engel, Carolyn R ^a,b   Daguin Thiebaut, Claire ^a,b   Tellier, Florence ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Population connectivity; Seaweed harvesting; Spatial and temporal genetic variation

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KELP FOREST; LITERATURE REVIEW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LAMINARIALES;

EID: 80455163051     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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