期刊
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
卷 26, 期 3, 页码 766-780出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13960
关键词
conservation biology; habitat degradation; landscape genetics; population genetics - empirical
资金
- MARES Grant (Doctoral Programme in Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation) [EU-512002-1-2010-1-BE-EMJD]
- Ghent University [FPA 2011-0016]
- FCT (Portugal)
- project TETRIS
- [SFRH/BPD/63703/2009]
- [SFRH/BPD/107878/2015]
- [SFRH/BPD/111003/2015]
Effective predictive and management approaches for species occurring in a metapopulation structure require good understanding of interpopulation connectivity. In this study, we ask whether population genetic structure of marine species with fragmented distributions can be predicted by stepping-stone oceanographic transport and habitat continuity, using as model an ecosystem-structuring brown alga, Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta. To answer this question, we analysed the genetic structure and estimated the connectivity of populations along discontinuous rocky habitat patches in southern Italy, using microsatellite markers at multiple scales. In addition, we modelled the effect of rocky habitat continuity and ocean circulation on gene flow by simulating Lagrangian particle dispersal based on ocean surface currents allowing multigenerational stepping-stone dynamics. Populations were highly differentiated, at scales from few metres up to thousands of kilometres. The best possible model fit to explain the genetic results combined current direction, rocky habitat extension and distance along the coast among rocky sites. We conclude that a combination of variable suitable habitat and oceanographic transport is a useful predictor of genetic structure. This relationship provides insight into the mechanisms of dispersal and the role of life-history traits. Our results highlight the importance of spatially explicit modelling of stepping-stone dynamics and oceanographic directional transport coupled with habitat suitability, to better describe and predict marine population structure and differentiation. This study also suggests the appropriate spatial scales for the conservation, restoration and management of species that are increasingly affected by habitat modifications.
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