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- Title
The possible origin of Zostera noltii in the Canary Islands and guidelines for restoration.
- Authors
Diekmann, O.; Gouveia, L.; Perez, J.; Gil-Rodriguez, C.; Serrão, E.
- Abstract
Seagrasses and their habitat are declining worldwide. Zostera noltii in the Canary Islands has been drastically reduced, mainly by anthropogenic disturbance, to three small surviving patches in a single harbor in Lanzarote. A previous genetic study, using neutral microsatellite markers, revealed that these patches consist of a single clonal individual. Here, an assignment test, using microsatellite data, was used to locate the most likely population of origin from a set of possible donor populations. Our results show that the Moulay Bousselham population in northern Morocco is assigned as the most likely population of origin (88%), although the probability of being at one generation time distance is low (2.7%). This result, however, allows locating the most closely related stands that may be the most successful donor populations for future restoration based on shoot or seed transplantation.
- Subjects
LANZAROTE (Canary Islands); CANARY Islands; MOROCCO; SEAGRASSES; HABITATS; ZOSTERA noltii; EFFECT of human beings on climate change; MARINE plants; POPULATION; SEEDS
- Publication
Marine Biology, 2010, Vol 157, Issue 9, p2109
- ISSN
0025-3162
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00227-010-1467-8