Population genetics and plant growth experiments as prerequisite for conservation measures of the rare European aquatic plant Luronium natans (Alismataceae).

ABSTRACT: Information provided by population genetic studies is often necessary to effectively protect endangered species. In general, such data is scarce for aquatic plants and this holds also for Luronium natans, an aquatic macrophyte endemic to northwestern and western Europe. It is threatened across its whole distribution range due to human influences, in particular due to eutrophication and intensive fish farming. In spite of habitat protection populations continue to decline and re-introductions are one possibility to prevent the species' extinction. Therefore, insights in genetic diversity and relatedness of source populations is warranted. Thus, we performed Amplified Fragment-Length Polymorphism (AFLP) on two large populations in Saxony, Germany (Großenhainer Pflege and Nie

SUBMITTER: Makuch WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880460 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature