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Atmore LM, Martínez-García L, Makowiecki D, André C, Lõugas L, Barrett JH, Star B. Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2208703119. [PMID: 36282902 PMCID: PMC9659336 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208703119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
Abstract
The world's oceans are currently facing major stressors in the form of overexploitation and anthropogenic climate change. The Baltic Sea was home to the first "industrial" fishery ∼800 y ago targeting the Baltic herring, a species that is still economically and culturally important today. Yet, the early origins of marine industries and the long-term ecological consequences of historical and contemporary fisheries remain debated. Here, we study long-term population dynamics of Baltic herring to evaluate the past impacts of humans on the marine environment. We combine modern whole-genome data with ancient DNA (aDNA) to identify the earliest-known long-distance herring trade in the region, illustrating that extensive fish trade began during the Viking Age. We further resolve population structure within the Baltic and observe demographic independence for four local herring stocks over at least 200 generations. It has been suggested that overfishing at Øresund in the 16th century resulted in a demographic shift from autumn-spawning to spring-spawning herring dominance in the Baltic. We show that while the Øresund fishery had a negative impact on the western Baltic herring stock, the demographic shift to spring-spawning dominance did not occur until the 20th century. Instead, demographic reconstructions reveal population trajectories consistent with expected impacts of environmental change and historical reports on shifting fishing targets over time. This study illustrates the joint impact of climate change and human exploitation on marine species as well as the role historical ecology can play in conservation and management policies.
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- Lane M. Atmore
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Archaeology and Human Paleoecology, Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Marine Sciences–Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, 452 96 Strömstad, Sweden
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- Archaeological Research Collection, Tallinn University, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Archaeology and Cultural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7012 Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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Farrell ED, Andersson L, Bekkevold D, Campbell N, Carlsson J, Clarke MW, Egan A, Folkvord A, Gras M, Lusseau SM, Mackinson S, Nolan C, O'Connell S, O'Malley M, Pastoors M, Pettersson ME, White E. A baseline for the genetic stock identification of Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, in ICES Divisions 6.a, 7.b-c. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:220453. [PMID: 36133150 PMCID: PMC9449477 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Atlantic herring in International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Divisions 6.a, 7.b-c comprises at least three populations, distinguished by temporal and spatial differences in spawning, which have until recently been managed as two stocks defined by geographical delineators. Outside of spawning the populations form mixed aggregations, which are the subject of acoustic surveys. The inability to distinguish the populations has prevented the development of separate survey indices and separate stock assessments. A panel of 45 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, derived from whole-genome sequencing, were used to genotype 3480 baseline spawning samples (2014-2021). A temporally stable baseline comprising 2316 herring from populations known to inhabit Division 6.a was used to develop a genetic assignment method, with a self-assignment accuracy greater than 90%. The long-term temporal stability of the assignment model was validated by assigning archive (2003-2004) baseline samples (270 individuals) with a high level of accuracy. Assignment of non-baseline samples (1514 individuals) from Divisions 6.a, 7.b-c indicated previously unrecognized levels of mixing of populations outside of the spawning season. The genetic markers and assignment models presented constitute a 'toolbox' that can be used for the assignment of herring caught in mixed survey and commercial catches in Division 6.a into their population of origin with a high level of accuracy.
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- Edward D. Farrell
- EDF Scientific Limited, Rathaha, Ladysbridge, Cork, Ireland
- Area 52 Research Group, School of Biology and Environmental Science/Earth Institute, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Marine Scotland Science, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, Scotland
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- Area 52 Research Group, School of Biology and Environmental Science/Earth Institute, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Marine Scotland Science, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, Scotland
- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Willemoesvej 2, Hovedbygning, 067, 9850 Hirtshals, Denmark
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- Scottish Pelagic Fishermen's Association, Heritage House, 135-139 Shore Street, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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- Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland
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- Marine Scotland Science, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, Scotland
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- Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association, Louis Braillelaan 80, 2719 EK Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland
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Kongsstovu SÍ, Mikalsen SO, Homrum EÍ, Jacobsen JA, Als TD, Gislason H, Flicek P, Nielsen EE, Dahl HA. Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) population structure in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. FISHERIES RESEARCH 2022; 249:106231. [PMID: 36798657 PMCID: PMC7614180 DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The Atlantic herring Clupea harengus L has a vast geographical distribution and a complex population structure with a few very large migratory units and many small local populations. Each population has its own spawning ground and/or time, thereby maintaining their genetic integrity. Several herring populations migrate between common feeding grounds and over-wintering areas resulting in frequent mixing of populations. Thus, many herring fisheries are based on mixed populations of different demographic status. In order to avoid over-exploitation of weak populations and to conserve biodiversity, understanding the population structure and population mixing is important for maintaining biologically sustainable herring fisheries. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic population structure of herring in the Faroese and surrounding waters, and to develop genetic markers for distinguishing between four herring management units (often called stocks), namely the Norwegian spring-spawning herring (NSSH), Icelandic summer-spawning herring (ISSH), North Sea autumn-spawning herring (NSAH), and Faroese autumn-spawning herring (FASH). Herring from the four stocks were sequenced at low coverage, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were called and used for population structure analysis and individual assignment. An ancestry-informative SNP panel with 118 SNPs was developed and tested on 240 individuals. The results showed that all four stocks appeared to be genetically differentiated populations, but at lower levels of differentiation between FASH and ISSH than the other two populations. Overall assignment rate with the SNP panel was 80.7%, and agreement between the genetic and traditional visual assignment was 75.5%. The NSAH and NSSH samples had the highest assignment rate (100% and 98.3%, respectively) and highest agreement between traditional and genetic assignment methods (96.6% and 94.9%, respectively). The FASH and ISSH samples had substantially lower assignment rates (72.9% and 51.7%, respectively) and agreement between traditional and genetic methods (39.5% and 48.4%, respectively).
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- Sunnvør í Kongsstovu
- Amplexa Genetics A/S, Hoyvíksvegur 51, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- University of the Faroe Islands, Faculty of Science and Technology, Vestara Bryggja 15, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- University of the Faroe Islands, Faculty of Science and Technology, Vestara Bryggja 15, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Faroe Marine Research Institute, Nóatún 1, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Faroe Marine Research Institute, Nóatún 1, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- University of the Faroe Islands, Faculty of Science and Technology, Vestara Bryggja 15, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- DTU Aqua – National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Vejlsøvej 39, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Amplexa Genetics A/S, Hoyvíksvegur 51, FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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Robinet T, Roussel V, Cheze K, Gagnaire PA. Spatial gradients of introgressed ancestry reveal cryptic connectivity patterns in a high gene flow marine fish. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:3857-3871. [PMID: 32853456 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Assessing genetic connectivity among populations in high gene flow species is sometimes insufficient to evaluate demographic connectivity. Genetic differentiation quickly becomes zero as soon as a few dozen migrants are exchanged per generation. This provides little information to determine whether migration can ensure demographic coupling. The resulting difficulties in delineating conservation units for the management of commercially exploited marine fish species are well illustrated in the case of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Previous attempts to assess connectivity patterns in the northeast Atlantic have been hampered by a lack of spatial genetic structure. In contrast, mark-recapture data suggested low migration rates between regional spawning areas. Here, we show how a spatial gradient of introgressed Mediterranean ancestry across the northeast Atlantic reflects cryptic patterns of genetic and demographic connectivity. Using a 1K SNP chip data set in 827 individuals sampled from Portugal to the North Sea, we found null overall genetic differentiation across the northeast Atlantic. We however detected a subtle latitudinal admixture gradient originating at the edge of the contact zone with the Mediterranean sea bass lineage. Two significant breaks in the ancestry gradient at the tip of Galicia and northern Brittany indicated barriers to effective dispersal between demographically distinct units. Moreover, a northward expansion signal in Irish and North Seas was revealed by the surfing of rare Mediterranean alleles at the edge of the species range. Our results show that introgressed ancestry gradients offer a powerful alternative to assess genetic and demographic connectivity when the neutral migration-drift balance is not informative.
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- Tony Robinet
- Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Station marine, Concarneau, France
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- Institut GéoArchi EA7462, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
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- Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Station marine, Concarneau, France
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Wenne R, Bernaś R, Kijewska A, Poćwierz-Kotus A, Strand J, Petereit C, Plauška K, Sics I, Árnyasi M, Kent MP. SNP genotyping reveals substructuring in weakly differentiated populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from diverse environments in the Baltic Sea. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9738. [PMID: 32546719 PMCID: PMC7298039 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is one of the most important fish species in northern Europe for several reasons including its predator status in marine ecosystems, its historical role in fisheries, its potential in aquaculture and its strong public profile. However, due to over-exploitation in the North Atlantic and changes in the ecosystem, many cod populations have been reduced in size and genetic diversity. Cod populations in the Baltic Proper, Kattegat and North Sea have been analyzed using a species specific single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. Using a subset of 8,706 SNPs, moderate genetic differences were found between subdivisions in three traditionally delineated cod management stocks: Kattegat, western and eastern Baltic. However, an FST measure of population differentiation based on allele frequencies from 588 outlier loci for 2 population groups, one including 5 western and the other 4 eastern Baltic populations, indicated high genetic differentiation. In this paper, differentiation has been demonstrated not only between, but also within western and eastern Baltic cod stocks for the first time, with salinity appearing to be the most important environmental factor influencing the maintenance of cod population divergence between the western and eastern Baltic Sea.
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- Roman Wenne
- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland.
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- Department of Migratory Fishes in Rutki, Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, 10-719, Poland
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- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland
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- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland
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- Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Research Division 3: Marine Ecology, Research Unit: Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany
- Bruno-Lorenzen-Schule Schleswig, Spielkoppel 6, 24837, Schleswig, Germany
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- Fisheries Service under the Ministry of Agriculture Division of Fisheries Research & Science, Smiltynes 1, 91001, Klaipeda, Lithuania
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- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR", Riga, Latvia
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), Faculty of Life Sciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), PO Box, 5003, Aas, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), Faculty of Life Sciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), PO Box, 5003, Aas, Norway
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González‐Serna MJ, Cordero PJ, Ortego J. Insights into the neutral and adaptive processes shaping the spatial distribution of genomic variation in the economically important Moroccan locust ( Dociostaurus maroccanus). Ecol Evol 2020; 10:3991-4008. [PMID: 32489626 PMCID: PMC7244894 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Understanding the processes that shape neutral and adaptive genomic variation is a fundamental step to determine the demographic and evolutionary dynamics of pest species. Here, we use genomic data obtained via restriction site-associated DNA sequencing to investigate the genetic structure of Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus) populations from the westernmost portion of the species distribution (Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands), infer demographic trends, and determine the role of neutral versus selective processes in shaping spatial patterns of genomic variation in this pest species of great economic importance. Our analyses showed that Iberian populations are characterized by high gene flow, whereas the highly isolated Canarian populations have experienced strong genetic drift and loss of genetic diversity. Historical demographic reconstructions revealed that all populations have passed through a substantial genetic bottleneck around the last glacial maximum (~21 ka BP) followed by a sharp demographic expansion at the onset of the Holocene, indicating increased effective population sizes during warm periods as expected from the thermophilic nature of the species. Genome scans and environmental association analyses identified several loci putatively under selection, suggesting that local adaptation processes in certain populations might not be impeded by widespread gene flow. Finally, all analyses showed few differences between outbreak and nonoutbreak populations. Integrated pest management practices should consider high population connectivity and the potential importance of local adaptation processes on population persistence.
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- María José González‐Serna
- Grupo de Investigación de la Biodiversidad Genética y CulturalInstituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos – IREC – (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM)Ciudad RealSpain
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- Grupo de Investigación de la Biodiversidad Genética y CulturalInstituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos – IREC – (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM)Ciudad RealSpain
- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología Agroforestal y GenéticaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA)Universidad de Castilla‐La Mancha (UCLM)Ciudad RealSpain
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- Department of Integrative EcologyEstación Biológica de Doñana – EBD – (CSIC)SevilleSpain
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Kerr Q, Fuentes‐Pardo AP, Kho J, McDermid JL, Ruzzante DE. Temporal stability and assignment power of adaptively divergent genomic regions between herring ( Clupea harengus) seasonal spawning aggregations. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:500-510. [PMID: 30680131 PMCID: PMC6342187 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), a vital ecosystem component and target of the largest Northwest Atlantic pelagic fishery, undergo seasonal spawning migrations that result in elusive sympatric population structure. Herring spawn mostly in fall or spring, and genomic differentiation was recently detected between these groups. Here we used a subset of this differentiation, 66 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to analyze the temporal dynamics of this local adaptation and the applicability of SNP subsets in stock assessment. We showed remarkable temporal stability of genomic differentiation corresponding to spawning season, between samples taken a decade apart (2005 N = 90 vs. 2014 N = 71) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and new evidence of limited interbreeding between spawning components. We also examined an understudied and overexploited herring population in Bras d'Or lake (N = 97); using highly reduced SNP panels (N SNPs > 6), we verified little-known sympatric spawning populations within this unique inland sea. These results describe consistent local adaptation, arising from asynchronous reproduction in a migratory and dynamic marine species. Our research demonstrates the efficiency and precision of SNP-based assessments of sympatric subpopulations; and indeed, this temporally stable local adaptation underlines the importance of such fine-scale management practices.
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- Quentin Kerr
- Department of BiologyDalhousie UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
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- Department of BiologyDalhousie UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
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- Marine Fish and Mammals Section, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaGulf Fisheries CentreMonctonNew BrunswickCanada
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Weigand H, Leese F. Detecting signatures of positive selection in non-model species using genomic data. Zool J Linn Soc 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Hannah Weigand
- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße, Essen, Germany
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- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße, Essen, Germany
- Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße, Essen, Germany
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