Ocean connectivity and habitat characteristics predict population genetic structure of seagrass in an extreme tropical setting.

ABSTRACT: Understanding patterns of gene flow and processes driving genetic differentiation is important for a broad range of conservation practices. In marine organisms, genetic differentiation among populations is influenced by a range of spatial, oceanographic, and environmental factors that are attributed to the seascape. The relative influences of these factors may vary in different locations and can be measured using seascape genetic approaches. Here, we applied a seascape genetic approach to populations of the seagrass, Thalassia hemprichii, at a fine spatial scale (~80 km) in the Kimberley coast, western Australia, a complex seascape with strong, multidirectional currents greatly influenced by extreme tidal ranges (up to 11 m, the world's largest tropical tides). We incorporated genet

SUBMITTER: Hernawan UE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10316484 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature