Experimental evidence of pollination in marine flowers by invertebrate fauna

BI Van Tussenbroek, N Villamil… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Pollen transport by water-flow (hydrophily) is a typical, and almost exclusive, adaptation of
plants to life in the marine environment. It is thought that, unlike terrestrial environments …

[KNIHA][B] Aquatic monocotyledons of north America

DH Les - 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America (Les, 2017) and follows a similar format by providing
a comprehensive overview of the life history, ecology, and systematics of those …

Disturbance is an important driver of clonal richness in tropical seagrasses

KM McMahon, RD Evans, KJ Van Dijk… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Clonality is common in many aquatic plant species, including seagrasses, where
populations are maintained through a combination of asexual and sexual reproduction. One …

Population genetic structure and connectivity of the seagrass Thalassia hemprichii in the Western Indian Ocean is influenced by predominant ocean currents

M Jahnke, M Gullström, J Larsson… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study is the first large‐scale genetic population study of a widespread climax species of
seagrass, Thalassia hemprichii, in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). The aim was to …

[HTML][HTML] Population dynamics of a fragmented subtidal Zostera marina population affected by shell fishing

C Baranano, E Fernández, P Morán, P Urbieta… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This investigation illustrates the spatial and temporal dynamics of a Zostera marina seagrass
meadow affected by clam harvesting. Photointerpretation of satellite imagery corresponding …

Managing biotic interactions during early seagrass life stages to improve seed‐based restoration

E Balestri, V Menicagli, C Lardicci - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses are declining globally, and effective restoration actions to promote the recovery
of degraded meadows are urgently needed. Harnessing positive plant interactions during …

Variation in reproductive effort, genetic diversity and mating systems across Posidonia australis seagrass meadows in Western Australia

EA Sinclair, JM Edgeloe, JM Anthony, J Statton… - AoB Plants, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Populations at the edges of their geographical range tend to have lower genetic diversity,
smaller effective population sizes and limited connectivity relative to centre of range …

Restricted Dispersal and Phenotypic Response to Water Depth in a Foundation Seagrass

EE Sotka, AR Hughes, TC Hanley… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species conservation and management benefit from precise understanding of natural
patterns of dispersal and genetic variation. Using recent advances in indirect genetic …

Fine‐scale genetic structure and flowering output of the seagrass Enhalus acoroides undergoing disturbance

S Yu, Y Wu, EA Serrao, J Zhang, Z Jiang… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass are under great stress in the tropical coast of Asia, where Enhalus acoroides is
frequently the dominant species with a large food web. Here, we investigate the question of …

Limited pollen dispersal, small genetic neighborhoods, and biparental inbreeding in Vallisneria americana

MW Lloyd, HR Tumas, MC Neel - American Journal of Botany, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study Pollen dispersal is a key process that influences ecological and
evolutionary dynamics of plant populations by facilitating sexual reproduction and gene flow …