Historical demography and contemporary spatial genetic structure of an estuarine crab in the northeast Pacific (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Hemigrapsus oregonensis</Emphasis>) |
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Authors: | Christine H Petersen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;(2) National Marine Fisheries Service, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA |
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Abstract: | Discrete estuary subpopulations of the mud crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Dana, 1851) are connected via larval dispersal. Sequence variation at the mtDNA COI locus was examined in eight populations
sampled in 2001–2002 from central California through northern Oregon in the northeast Pacific (36.6–45.8°N) to infer patterns
of dispersal and historical connectivity in the region. Strong evidence for persistence since the mid-Pleistocene, with no
range truncation resulting from southward shifting temperature isoclines, was provided by a phylogeographic pattern of haplotypes
of an older clade distributed throughout the sampled range. A recently derived clade became widespread only north of Cape
Blanco after the last glacial maximum. Its clear pattern of restriction to the northern area, in the absence of similarly
restricted southern clades, suggests that contemporary dispersal around Cape Blanco is rare (population F
ST = 0.192). Low pairwise differentiation within Oregon and within central California, as well as contrasts between northern
and southern groups in the shape of the pairwise mismatch distribution, nucleotide diversity, and Tajima’s D suggest that these regions reflect different demographic histories. Potential mechanisms explaining this latitudinal break
include contemporary coastal circulation patterns, selection, and ancient patterns of larval dispersal in the California Current. |
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