Evolutionary significance of local genetic differentiation in plants

YB Linhart, MC Grant - Annual review of ecology and …, 1996 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The study of natural plant populations has provided some of the strongest and
most convincing cases of the operation of natural selection currently known, partly because …

Molecular marker technologies for plant improvement

P Winter, G Kahl - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1995 - Springer
The exploitation of DNA polymorphisms by an ever-increasing number of molecular marker
technologies has begun to have an impact on plant genome research and breeding …

Natural and human-induced disturbance of seagrasses

FT Short, S Wyllie-Echeverria - Environmental conservation, 1996 - cambridge.org
Many natural and human-induced events create disturbances in seagrasses throughout the
world, but quantifying losses of habitat is only beginning. Over the last decade, 90000 ha of …

The report of the Ecological Society of America committee on the scientific basis for ecosystem management

NL Christensen, AM Bartuska, JH Brown… - Ecological …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem management is management driven by explicit goals, executed by policies,
protocols, and practices, and made adaptable by monitoring and research based on our …

Marine biodiversity: patterns, threats and conservation needs

JS Gray - Biodiversity & Conservation, 1997 - Springer
Marine biodiversity is higher in benthic rather than pelagic systems, and in coasts rather
than the open ocean since there is a greater range of habitats near the coast. The highest …

[LIVRE][B] Guidelines for the conservation and restoration of seagrasses in the United States and adjacent waters

MS Fonseca - 1998 - books.google.com
This document presents an overview of the current state of seagrass conservation and
restoration in the United States, discusses issues that should be addressed in planning …

[LIVRE][B] Managing seagrasses for resilience to climate change

M Björk, F Short, E Mcleod, S Beer - 2008 - books.google.com
Seagrasses are flowering plants that thrive in shallow oceanic and estuarine waters around
the world. Although there are only about 60 species of seagrasses worldwide, these plants …

Seagrass taxonomy and identification key

J Kuo, C Den Hartog - Global seagrass research methods, 2001 - books.google.com
Ascherson (1871) probably was the first scientist to use the term" Seagrasses" or"
Seegräser" to refer to the marine flowering plants (“phanerogame Meergewächse") in the …

Water quality in the Great Barrier Reef region: responses of mangrove, seagrass and macroalgal communities

B Schaffelke, J Mellors, NC Duke - Marine pollution bulletin, 2005 - Elsevier
Marine plants colonise several interconnected ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef region
including tidal wetlands, seagrass meadows and coral reefs. Water quality in some coastal …

Assessing genetic diversity in clonal organisms: low diversity or low resolution? Combining power and cost efficiency in selecting markers

S Arnaud-Haond, F Alberto, S Teixeira… - Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The increasing use of molecular tools to study populations of clonal organisms leads us to
question whether the low polymorphism found in many studies reflects limited genetic …