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COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
卷 5, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04038-9
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- University College Postgraduate Research Scholarship from UNSW Canberra
- ARC Linkage [LP150100093]
- Taronga Conservation Society
- Australian Government's Environmental Water Holder
- Australian Research Council [LP150100093] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
Major dams act as significant barriers to platypus movement, disrupting gene flow and dispersal. Genetic differentiation across dams is much higher compared to undammed rivers, and similar to differentiation between adjacent river systems.
Major dams are found to disrupt platypus gene flow and dispersal, with higher genetic differentiation found across dams than along similar stretches of undammed rivers, indicating that they act as significant barriers to platypus movement. The evolutionarily unique platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has experienced major declines and extinctions from a range of historical and recent interacting human-mediated threats. Although spending most of their time in the water, platypuses can move over land. Nevertheless, uncertainties remain whether dams are barriers to movement, thus limiting gene flow and dispersal, essential to evolution and ecology. Here we examined disruption of gene flow between platypus groups below and above five major dams, matched to four adjacent rivers without major dams. Genetic differentiation (F-ST) across dams was 4- to 20-fold higher than along similar stretches of adjacent undammed rivers; F-ST across dams was similar to differentiation between adjacent river systems. This indicates that major dams represent major barriers for platypus movements. Furthermore, F-ST between groups was correlated with the year in which the dam was built, increasing by 0.011 every generation, reflecting the effects of these barriers on platypus genetics. This study provides evidence of gene flow restriction, which jeopardises the long-term viability of platypus populations when groups are fragmented by major dams. Mitigation strategies, such as building of by-pass structures and translocation between upstream and downstream of the dam, should be considered in conservation and management planning.
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