Article
Ecological genetics in the North Atlantic: environmental gradients and adaptation at specific loci.
Ecology - 1 Nov 2008
Schmidt Paul S, Serrão Ester A, Pearson Gareth A, Riginos Cynthia, Rawson Paul D, Hilbish Thomas J, Brawley Susan H, Trussell Geoffrey C, Carrington Emily, Wethey David S, Grahame John W, Bonhomme François, Rand David M
Abstract excerpt
The North Atlantic intertidal community provides a rich set of organismal and environmental material for the study of ecological genetics. Clearly defined environmental gradients exist at multiple spatial scales: there are broad latitudinal trends in temperature, meso-scale changes in salinity along estuaries, and smaller scale gradients in desiccation and temperature spanning the intertidal range. The geology...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Atlantic Ocean
- Climate
- Ecosystem
- Environmental Monitoring
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Greenhouse Effect
