The central role of dispersal in the maintenance and persistence of seagrass populations

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-65

  Kendrick, Gary A ^a   Waycott, Michelle ^b   Carruthers, Tim J B ^c   Cambridge, Marion L ^a   Hovey, Renae ^a   Krauss, Siegfried L ^a   Lavery, Paul S ^d   Les, Donald H ^e   Lowe, Ryan J ^a   Vidal, Oriol Mascar I ^f   Ooi, Jillian L S ^a   Orth, Robert J ^g   Rivers, David O ^a   Ruiz Montoya, Leonardo ^a   Sinclair, Elizabeth A ^a   Statton, John ^a   Van Dijk, Jent Kornelis ^h   Verduin, Jennifer J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Long distance dispersal; Microsatellite DNA diversity; Pollen; Seagrass; Seed

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84856160131     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.1.10     Document Type: Review

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