Genetic diversity enhances the resistance of a seagrass ecosystem to disturbance

By A. R. Hughes, JJ Stachowicz, David Tilman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2004

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Subfields: Genetics, Oceanography

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Why biodiversity is important to oceanography: potential roles of genetic, species, and trophic diversity in pelagic ecosystem processes (2006, background): “…associated with transplantation, resulting in more stable seagrass biomass and higher abundances of invertebrates and other associated species (Hughes & Stachowicz 2004); similar stabilizing effects of genetic diversity against temperature extremes were demonstrated in Baltic eelgrass (Reusch…”
Plant genetic diversity yields increased plant productivity and herbivore performance (2010, background): “…plant invasions (Crutsinger, Souza & Sanders 2008), enhance plant community resistance to extreme climatic events (Reusch et al. 2005) and grazing (Hughes & Stachowicz 2004), accelerate litter decomposition rates (Schweitzer et al. 2005), maintain long-term species diversity (Booth & Grime 2003;…”
The role of genotypic diversity in determining grassland community structure under constant environmental conditions (2007, background): “Populations possessing a greater variety of genotypes could in addition be more resistant ( Hughes & Stachowicz 2004 ) or resilient (Reusch et al. 2005) to environmental challenges, buffering their communities against fluctuation in composition and species loss.”
Filling key gaps in population and community ecology (2007, background): “Similarly, genetic diversity speeds the recovery of eelgrass communities after grazing by geese (Hughes and Stachowicz 2004).”
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecological Responses of Species and Communities (2010, background): “…was shown to positively affect seagrass ecosystem functioning against global warning (Ehlers et al. 2008), enhancing ecosystem recovery (biomass production, faunal abundance) after large perturbations caused by climatic extremes or massive herbivory (Hughes & Stachowicz 2004, Reusch et al. 2005).”
Sizing up community genetics: it's a matter of scale (2012, background): “These studies reveal effects of intraspecific genetic diversity on an astonishing array of responses, including primary productivity (Hughes and Stachowicz 2004, Crutsinger et al. 2006, Harmon et al. 2009, Bassar et al. 2010), community structure (Crutsinger et al. 2006, Johnson et al. 2006, Harmon…”
Contribution of genetics and genomics to seagrass biology and conservation (2007, background): “marina, experimental manipulation of genotypic diversity was associated with larger biomass and faster recovery following grazing by brant geese (Hughes and Stachowicz, 2004), and in another case following a natural heat wave in the western Baltic (Reusch et al.”
Importance of genetic diversity in eelgrass Zostera marina for its resilience to global warming (2008, background): “…role to species diversity in these environments, i.e. more genotypically diverse populations show enhanced resilience to different disturbances or settling success compared to less diverse communities (Hughes & Stachowicz 2004, Gamfeldt et al. 2005, Reusch et al. 2005, Reusch & Hughes 2006).”