Asymmetric dispersal of southern bull-kelp (Durvillaea antarctica) adults in coastal New Zealand: Testing an oceanographic hypothesis

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Collins, Catherine J., Ashcroft, Anna, Waters, Jonathan, Fraser, Ceridwen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; article; DNA sequence; genetics; kelp; New Zealand; oceanography; phylogeography; water flow; DNA; Mitochondrial; Sequence Analysis; Water Movements; Durvillaea antarctica Biogeography; Cytochrome c oxidase I; Marine ecology; Rafting; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79580; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04842.x; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/79580/5/10_Collins_-_Asymmetric_dispersal.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/79580/7/01_Collins_Asymmetric_dispersal_of_2010.pdf.jpg

Coastal populations are often connected by unidirectional current systems, but the biological effects of such asymmetric oceanographic connectivity remain relatively unstudied. We used mtDNA analysis to determine the phylogeographic origins of beach-cast