Journal
CONSERVATION GENETICS
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 657-660Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9603-4
Keywords
Ecklonia radiata; Microsatellites; Kelp; Habitat forming
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- Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Habitat forming algae play an important role in the ecology of temperate reefs worldwide. Despite this, our understanding of levels of gene flow within and among populations of algae is largely limited to studies on intertidal species; we know comparatively little about important habitat-forming subtidal algae. Here, we develop eight polymorphic microsatellite markers for the characterisation of population genetic diversity and structure in the subtidal kelp, Ecklonia radiata. This large macroalga is the most abundant habitat-forming kelp on the subtidal rocky reefs of temperate Australia and New Zealand where it forms extensive forests that support an astounding diversity of associated taxa.
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