Genetic diversity in threatened Posidonia australis seagrass meadows

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 717-728

  Evans, Suzanna M ^a   Sinclair, Elizabeth A ^c,d   Poore, Alistair G B ^a   Steinberg, Peter D ^a,b   Kendrick, Gary A ^c   Vergés, Adriana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clonality; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite DNA; Multilocus genotypes; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MEADOW; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALIA;

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84900512451     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0573-4     Document Type: Article

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