Rise of oceanographic barriers in continuous populations of a cetacean: the genetic structure of harbour porpoises in Old World waters

Fontaine, Michael; Baird, Stuart; Piry, Sylvain; Ray, Nicolas; Tolley, Krystal; Duke, Sarah; Birkun, Alexei; Ferreira, Marisa; Jauniaux, Thierry; Llavona, Angela; Oeztuerk, Bayram; Oeztuerk, Ayaka; Ridoux, Vincent; Rogan, Emer; Sequeira, Marina; Siebert, Ursula; Vikingsson, Gisli; Bouquegneau, Jean-Marie; Michaux, Johan

doi:10.1186/1741-7007-5-30

Rise of oceanographic barriers in continuous populations of a cetacean: the genetic structure of harbour porpoises in Old World waters

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Fontaine M. C., Baird S. J. E., Piry S., Ray N., Tolley K. A., Duke S., ...Daha Fazla

BMC BIOLOGY, cilt.5, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2007
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-30
Dergi Adı: BMC BIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Understanding the role of seascape in shaping genetic and demographic population structure is highly challenging for marine pelagic species such as cetaceans for which there is generally little evidence of what could effectively restrict their dispersal. In the present work, we applied a combination of recent individual-based landscape genetic approaches to investigate the population genetic structure of a highly mobile extensive range cetacean, the harbour porpoise in the eastern North Atlantic, with regards to oceanographic characteristics that could constrain its dispersal.