Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Microsatellite DNA Data, Pacific Coast of North America, 2000-2009

Publication Date

2016-04-18

Start Date

2000

End Date

2009

Talbot, S.L., 2016, Eelgrass (Zostera marina) microsatellite DNA data, Pacific coast of North America, 2000-2009: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GQ6VTK.

Type: Related Primary Publication

The central aim of this study is to characterize genetic structure in largely undisturbed natural populations of eelgrass along the northwestern-most Pacific coast of North America. Data from microsatellite DNA loci were used to (1) quantify levels of genetic diversity and structuring within and among natural undisturbed populations of Z. marina along the North Pacific and Bering Sea coasts of Alaska, which are geographically separated by the Alaska Peninsula; (2) test for polarity of gene flow among populations within the Eastern Bering Sea Large Marine Ecosystem and the Gulf of Alaska Large Marine Ecosystem; and (3) test for association between genetic and latitudinal gradients among populations along the Pacific coast of North America.

• Alaska Science Center (ASC)

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