A review on the distribution and habitat features of Chara canescens in the Iberian Peninsula: sexual populations revisited | Asociación Ibérica de Limnología (AIL) Chara canescens, mainly distributed in Europe and the African Mediterranean coast, is the only Charophyceae species capable of reproducing parthenogenetically, the asexual populations being common;…

🌿 Chara canescens is declining since 2010. #ProPartS ( #BiodivProtect) finds most populations in Spain's brackish waterbodies. Rare sexual populations are crucial for genetic diversity, highlighting the need for conservation.

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@FUNACTION_EU 🇸🇪 / #ProPartS 🇩🇪Collaboration now underway! I'm happy to welcome Johanna Weitzel from @unirostock for a visit to learn how to work with Chara-associated microbes.
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https://www.biodiversa.eu/2023/04/19/proparts/