Global seagrass distribution and diversity: A bioregional model

Seagrass concceptual diagramIn this paper, seagrass bioregions at the scale of ocean basins are identified based on species distributions which are supported by genetic patterns of diversity. Seagrass bioregions provide a useful framework for interpreting ecological, physiological and genetic results collected in specific locations or from particular species. This paper co-authored by IAN staff is a product of an NCEAS synthesis on global seagrass trajectories, it appears in a special 2007 issue of the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 350, 3-20.