Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina)

• Published in: Nature Plants
• Main Authors: Yu, Lei, Khachaturyan, Marina, Matschiner, Michael, Healey, Adam, Bauer, Diane, Cameron, Brenda, Reiss, Katrin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Pacific; Kya
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/104372; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01464-3

Currents are unique drivers of oceanic phylogeography and thus determine the distribution of marine coastal species, along with past glaciations and sea-level changes. Here we reconstruct the worldwide colonization history of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), the most widely distributed marine flowering...