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- Title
Circumpolar sampling reveals high genetic connectivity of Antarctic toothfish across their spatial distribution.
- Authors
Maschette, D.; Wotherspoon, S.; Polanowski, A.; Deagle, B.; Welsford, D.; Ziegler, P.
- Abstract
Antarctic Toothfish are a circumpolar species which are targeted in multiple fisheries around Antarctica covering nine statistical areas within the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Despite this, it is still unclear whether the species forms a single stock across its circumpolar distribution, shows a pattern of isolation by distance, or exhibits discrete stock structure between different regions. Recent genetics studies of Antarctic toothfish have shown connectivity between two areas (Ross Sea and Antarctic Peninsula), but earlier studies with smaller number of markers produced inconsistent results with regards to genetic connectivity between other geographic locations. Here we present a range-wide population genetic study of Antarctic toothfish using > 11,000 nuclear single nucleotide polymorphisms from 715 fish collected. Our results indicate that genetic diversity of the Antarctic toothfish is very low, with only 0.1% of genetic variability associated with geographic location. Multiple clustering methods, both supervised and unsupervised, indicated no distinct breeding populations. These results are consistent with current theories of egg and larval dispersal by the predominant Antarctic currents.
- Subjects
ANTARCTICA; SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms; GENETIC variation; LARVAL dispersal; MARINE resources; MARINE resources conservation; ANIMAL products; FISHERY products
- Publication
Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 1, p295
- ISSN
0960-3166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11160-023-09756-9