The emerging role of genetic diversity for ecosystem functioning: Estuarine macrophytes as models
By Thorsten B. H. Reusch, A. Hughes. 2006
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Recent experiments in macrophyte dominated communities on the relationship between biological diversity and ecosystem functioning suggest that effects and mechanisms of genetic-genotypic and species diversity are analogous. As previously shown for species diversity, genotypic diversity enhances ecosystem productivity and recovery from disturbance. These findings generalize ecological theory, and provide an empirical basis for explicitly considering the maintenance of genetic or genotypic diversity for conservation strategies. Macrophyte systems such as seagrasses or salt-marshes may be excellent systems to test the interaction between diversity across several (genetic versus species) levels of biological organization because they are relatively species poor while simultaneously allowing the manipulation of genotypic diversity by taking advantage of clonal propagation in many species.
Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography
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- Contribution of genetics and genomics to seagrass biology and conservation (2007, background): “As discussed in the previous section, genetic and clonal diversity create more resilient and disturbance-tolerant seagrass communities including higher diversity of associated fauna and flora leading to greater “function” (Duffy, 2006; Reusch and Hughes, 2006).”
- Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in plant populations: susceptible signals in plant traits and methodological approaches (2008, background): “Conservation implications and future directions Conservation of genetic diversity within populations has direct implications not only for ecosystem functioning but also for providing resilience in the face of environmental change (Luck et al. 2003; Reusch & Hughes 2006).”