Characterisation of microsatellite loci in the subtidal habitat-forming alga, Phyllospora
comosa (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) |
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Authors: | Melinda A. Coleman Gaynor Dolman Brendan P. Kelaher Peter D. Steinberg |
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Affiliation: | (1) Center for Marine Bioinnovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia;(2) The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Darling Building, DX 650 418, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia;(3) Department of Environmental Sciences and Institute for Water and Environmental Resource Management, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia |
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Abstract: | Habitat-forming macroalgae play a central role in the ecology of temperate reefs worldwide but there exists a critical lack
of knowledge about important processes such as dispersal and gene flow. Understanding dispersal and gene flow of habitat-forming
seaweeds is particularly pertinent given that loss of habitat-forming algae is an increasingly prevalent problem worldwide.
Here, we develop 10 microsatellite markers for the monotypic Phyllospora comosa, an important habitat-forming macroalga that has undergone massive declines on urbanised coastlines of Sydney, Australia.
We characterise population genetic diversity and structure and estimate levels of dispersal and gene flow between the geographically
isolated northern and southern populations in this subtidal macroalga. |
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Keywords: | Microsatellites Fucoid
Phyllospora comosa
Algae Dispersal |
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