Characterization of microsatellite loci in the marine seaweed <i>Ascophyllum nodosum</i> (Phaeophyceae; Fucales)

Abstract Ascophyllum nodosum L. dominates rocky intertidal shores throughout the temperate North Atlantic. Six microsatellite loci were developed for A. nodosum using enriched libraries. The number of alleles ranged from 9 to 24 and heterozygosities from 0.2213 to 0.7785. Ascophyllum is monotypic. There was no cross‐reactivity observed with Fucus serratus , F. vesiculosus or F. evanescens.