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

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 5186 - 5195
• Main Authors: Yu, Shuo, Wu, Yunchao, Serrao, Ester A., Zhang, Jingping, Jiang, Zhijian, Huang, Chi, Cui, Lijun, Thorhaug, Anitra, Huang, Xiaoping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquaculture; Asexual reproduction; Biodiversity; clonal diversity; Decision making; Dispersion; disturbance; Dominant species; Ecosystems; Enhalus acoroides; Flowering; Food chains; Food webs; Genetic structure; Grasses; Original Research; Pollen; Pollution; Preservation; Reproduction (biology); Restoration; seagrass; Seed dispersal; Seeds; sexual output; Sexual reproduction; Spatial analysis; Species diversity; disturbance; clonal diversity; Enhalus acoroides; sexual output; seagrass

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 the fine‐scale genetic structure of this ecologically important foundation species, subject to severe anthropogenic di...