Fine-scale genetic structure in short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) along the East Australian Current

被引：49

作者：

Moeller, Luciana ^{[1
,2
]}

Valdez, Fernanda Pedone ^{[3
]}

Allen, Simon ^{[3
,4
]}

Bilgmann, Kerstin ^{[2
]}

Corrigan, Shannon

Beheregaray, Luciano B. ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Flinders Univ S Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Mol Ecol Lab, Bedford Pk, SA 5042, Australia

[2] Macquarie Univ, Grad Sch Environm, Marine Mammal Res Grp, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

[3] Macquarie Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Mol Ecol Lab, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

[4] Murdoch Univ, Sch Biol Sci & Biotechnol, Ctr Fish & Fisheries Res, Murdoch Univ Cetacean Res Unit, Perth, WA 6150, Australia

来源：

MARINE BIOLOGY | 2011年 / 158卷 / 01期

关键词：

BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS; SEX-BIASED DISPERSAL; TURSIOPS-ADUNCUS; POPULATION-STRUCTURE; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; MICROSATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; ATLANTIC-OCEAN; NORTH-ATLANTIC;

D O I：

10.1007/s00227-010-1546-x

中图分类号：

Q17 [水生生物学];

学科分类号：

071004 ;

摘要：

Oceanographic processes play a significant role in shaping the genetic structure of marine populations, but it is less clear whether they affect genetic differentiation of highly mobile vertebrates. We used microsatellite markers and mtDNA control region sequences to investigate the spatial genetic structure of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in southeastern Australia, a region characterised by complex oceanographic conditions associated with the East Australian Current (EAC). A total of 115 biopsy samples of dolphins were collected from six localities spanning approximately 1,000 km of the New South Wales (NSW) coastline. We found evidence for contrasting genetic diversity and fine-scale genetic structure, characterised by three genetically differentiated populations with varying levels of admixture. Spatial genetic structure was not explained by a model of isolation by distance, instead it coincides with main patterns of oceanographic variation along the EAC. We propose that common dolphins along the EAC may be adapted to three water masses recently characterised in this region.

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