Population genetics of dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii throughout its biogeographic range

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 281, Issue , 2004, Pages 51-62

  Coyer, J A ^a   Diekmann, O E ^b   Serrao E A ^b   Procaccini, G ^c   Milchakova, N ^d   Pearson, G A ^b   Stam, W T ^a   Olsen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos   (Italy)

^d A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Clonality; Genetic structure; Genets; Ice age; Microsatellites; Phylogeography; Ramets; Seagrasses; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEAGRASS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAURITANIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA JAPONICA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 9644281418     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps281051     Document Type: Article

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