Is the genetic structure of Mediterranean Ruppia shaped by bird-mediated dispersal or sea currents?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-184

  Triest, Ludwig ^a   Sierens, Tim ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CpDNA microsatellites; Dispersal; Genetic diversity; ITS; RbcL; Ruppia; Seagrass; TrnH psbA

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; FRUIT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOT SPOT; LEAF; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SEAGRASS;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; RUPPIA; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA; RUPPIA DREPANENSIS; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 84870297263     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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