Pollen limitation in a dioecious seagrass: evidence from a field experiment.

Autor: Tussenbroek, Brigitta I. van, Montero, Manuela Muhlia, Wong, Ricardo, Santos, M. Guadalupe Barba, Guzmáin, Judith Márquez
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Zdroj: Marine Ecology Progress Series; 11/30/2010, Vol. 419, p283-288, 6p
Abstrakt: The article presents a study on the impact of experimental pollen reduction or addition of pollen on the fruit and seed-set of Thalassia testudinum at Puerto Morelos reef lagoon in Mexico. For the study, researchers examined flowers and flower buds at pre-anthesis in April of 2008 and 2009. They analyzed pollen production and potential restriction of pollen availability in the seagrass. They observed a decline of fruit production from 83 to 60 percent following experimental removal of half of the male flowers in April 2008.
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