Going With the Flow – Population Genetics of the Kelp Saccharina latissima (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales)

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ribeiro, Pedro A, Næss, Tonje, Dahle, Geir, Asplin, Lars, Meland, Kenneth, Fredriksen, Stein, Sjøtun, Kjersti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2022
• Subjects: Lofoten; Norway; Porsanger; North Atlantic; North Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3019248; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.876420

Saccharina latissima is the most important habitat-forming kelp in sheltered areas of North-Atlantic, and there is also an increasing interest in cultivation and utilization of S. latissima. The cultivation activity may introduce a risk of “crop-to-wild” gene flow from the cultivated crops to natura...