期刊
HYDROBIOLOGIA
卷 783, 期 1, 页码 283-293出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2613-6
关键词
Dolly Varden; Arctic char; Bull trout; Geographic distribution; Taxonomy; Conservation
资金
- British Columbia Ministry of Environment
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
The Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) species complex has fascinated biologists for decades particularly with respect to how many species there are and their geographic distributions. I review recent research on the species complex, focussing on biodiversity within northwestern North America, which indicates (i) what was once considered a single taxon consists of three taxa: S. alpinus (Arctic char), S. malma (Dolly Varden), and S. confluentus (bull trout), (ii) morphological and genetic data indicate that S. alpinus and S. malma, and S. malma and S. confluentus exist as distinct biological species in sympatry, (iii) sympatric forms of S. alpinus exist in Alaska as in other areas of the Holarctic, (iv) Dolly Varden comprises two well-differentiated subspecies, S. m. malma and S. m. lordi, in the eastern Pacific and the northwestern Canadian Arctic that meet at a contact zone on the southern edge of the Alaska Peninsula, and (v) Dolly Varden and bull trout consist of several population assemblages that have legal status as distinct conservation units under US and Canadian law. This research has significantly revised what constitutes the S. alpinus species complex, provided insights into the ecology and genetics of co-existence, and promoted conservation assessment that better represents biodiversity within Salvelinus. A geographically and genetically comprehensive analysis of relationships among putative taxa of Pan-Pacific Salvelinus is still required to better quantify the number of taxa and their origins.
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