The interaction of environment and genetic diversity within meadows of the seagrass Posidonia australis (Posidoniaceae)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 506, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-98

  Sinclair, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Krauss, Siegfried L ^a,b   Anthony, Janet ^a,b   Hovey, Renae ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaotic genetic patchiness; Inshore currents; Isolation by distance; Microsatellite DNA; Seagrass meadows; Windage

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MEADOW; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903286980     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10812     Document Type: Article

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