Accurate estimation of connectivity among populations is fundamental for determining the
drivers of population resilience, genetic diversity, adaptation and speciation. However the …

Ecological restoration assists the recovery of degraded ecosystems; however, restoration
can have deleterious effects such as outbreeding depression when source material is not …

Genetic diversity and population structure reflect complex interactions among a diverse set
of processes that may vary temporally, limiting their potential to predict ecological and …

Seagrasses are a diverse group of clonal marine macrophytes. Their disappearance in
recent decades has been an alarming component of estuarine urbanization, effectively …

Seagrass meadows are important sites of nitrogen (N) transformations in estuaries,
however, the role of N loading in driving relative rates of N fixation and denitrification in …

Ottelia acuminata is an edible aquatic plant species that is endemic to southwestern China.
This plant has experienced habitat degradation resulting from environmental change and …

Roughly eight million people live on Long Island, including Brooklyn and Queens, and
despite improvements in wastewater treatment, nearly all its coastal waterbodies are …

Seagrasses are ecosystem engineers that offer important habitat for a large number of
species and provide a range of ecosystem services. Many seagrass ecosystems are …

Exposing Zostera marina to fertilized porewater has been shown to increase vegetative
shoot density and leaf growth rates, and affect shoot morphology. However, aside from …

Zostera marina is a cosmopolitan, temperate seagrass species capable of both sexual and
asexual (ie, clonal) reproduction. Until recently, the importance of sexual reproduction has …