Eelgrass Zostera marina populations in northern Norwegian fjords are genetically isolated and diverse

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-132

  Olsen, Jeanine L ^a   Coyer, James A ^b   Stam, Wytze T ^a   Moy, Frithjof E ^c   Christie, Hartvig ^d   Jørgensen, Nina Mari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Leading edge; Management; Populations; Seagrass; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; DEMOGRAPHY; FJORD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INBREEDING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84880263623     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10373     Document Type: Article

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