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CONSERVATION GENETICS
卷 17, 期 3, 页码 565-576出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0806-1
关键词
Phylogeography; Population genetics; Phylogentics; D-Loop; Fisheries management; Marine conservation
资金
- Azorean government
- European Science Foundation (ESF) under the EUROCORES programme [06-EuroDEEP-FP-008, SFRH-EuroDEEP/0002/2007]
- UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI)
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/72351/2010]
- Alasdair Downes Marine Conservation Fund
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/72351/2010] Funding Source: FCT
Skates and rays constitute the most speciose group of chondrichthyan fishes, yet are characterised by remarkable levels of morphological and ecological conservatism. They can be challenging to identify, which makes monitoring species compositions for fisheries management purposes problematic. Owing to their slow growth and low fecundity, skates are vulnerable to exploitation and species exhibiting endemism or limited ranges are considered to be the most at risk. The Madeira skate Raja maderensis is endemic and classified as 'Data Deficient' by the IUCN, yet its taxonomic distinctiveness from the morphologically similar and more wide-ranging thornback ray Raja clavata is unresolved. This study evaluated the sequence divergence of both the variable control region and cytochrome oxidase I 'DNA barcode' gene of the mitochondrial genome to elucidate the genetic differentiation of specimens identified as R. maderensis and R. clavata collected across much of their geographic ranges. Genetic evidence was insufficient to support the different species designations. However regardless of putative species identification, individuals occupying waters around the Azores and North African Seamounts represent an evolutionarily significant unit worthy of special consideration for conservation management.
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