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WATER
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w14040594
Keywords
water fleas; zoogeography; phylogeography; biological invasions; Australia
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- Russian Science Foundation [18-14-00325]
- Russian Science Foundation [18-14-00325] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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Biotic introductions continue to disrupt ecosystems, and this study assesses recent introductions of the Chydorus sphaericus group in Australia, suggesting that recent cross-hemisphere dispersal is more common than previously believed.
Biotic introductions are an ongoing disruption for many ecosystems. For passively dispersed freshwater zooplankton, transcontinental introductions have been common but are poorly studied in the southern hemisphere. Here we assess the hypothesis of recent introduction for populations of the Chydorus sphaericus group (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Australia. We analyzed 254 sequences (63 original sequences) from the cytochrome oxidase I region of mitochondrial DNA of Chydorus sp., which included global representation. Three Australian populations were connected with separate clades in the northern hemisphere, suggesting multiple colonization events for Australia. The timescale of the divergences was consistent with recent (Quaternary) dispersal. As Australian populations are exposed to migrating birds from the northern hemisphere, both avian and anthropogenic sources are candidates for dispersal vectors. We concluded that recent cross-hemisphere dispersal in the Chydorus sphaericus group is more common than previously believed.
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