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Highly restricted dispersal in habitat-forming seaweed may impede natural recovery of disturbed populations.
Scientific reports - 18 Aug 2021
Riquet Florentine, De Kuyper Christiane-Arnilda, Fauvelot Cécile, Airoldi Laura, Planes Serge, Fraschetti Simonetta, Mačić Vesna, Milchakova Nataliya, Mangialajo Luisa, Bottin Lorraine
Abstract excerpt
Cystoseira sensu lato (Class Phaeophyceae, Order Fucales, Family Sargassaceae) forests play a central role in marine Mediterranean ecosystems. Over the last decades, Cystoseira s.l. suffered from a severe loss as a result of multiple anthropogenic stressors. In particular, Gongolaria barbata has faced multiple human-induced threats, and, despite its ecological importance in structuring rocky communities and...
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