Coastal topography drives genetic structure in marine mussels

Nicastro, Katy R; Zardi, Gerardo I; McQuaid, Christopher D; Teske, Peter R; Barker, Nigel P

Title: Coastal topography drives genetic structure in marine mussels
Creator: Nicastro, Katy R, Zardi, Gerardo I, McQuaid, Christopher D, Teske, Peter R, Barker, Nigel P
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 2008
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/445634
Identifier: vital:74409
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07607
Description: Understanding population connectivity is fundamental to ecology, and, for sedentary organisms, connectivity is achieved through larval dispersal. We tested whether coastal topography influences genetic structure in Perna perna mussels by comparing populations inside bays and on the open coast. Higher hydrodynamic stress on the open coast produces higher mortality and thus genetic turnover. Populations on the open coast had fewer private haplotypes and less genetic endemism than those inside bays. Gene flow analysis showed that bays act as source populations, with greater migration rates out of bays than into them. Differences in genetic structure on scales of 10s of kilometres show that coastal configuration strongly affects selection, larval dispersal and haplotype diversity.
Format: 7 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Marine Ecology Progress Series, Nicastro, K.R., Zardi, G.I., McQuaid, C.D., Teske, P.R. and Barker, N.P., 2008. Coastal topography drives genetic structure in marine mussels. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 368, pp.189-195, Marine Ecology Progress Series volume 368 number 1 189 195 2008 1616-1599
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