Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas
Abstract Determining the mechanisms that generate population structure is essential to the understanding of speciation and the evolution of biodiversity. Here, we investigate a geographical range that transects two habitat gradients, the North Sea to North Atlantic transition, and the temperate to s...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02461.x 2023-12-03T10:23:46+01:00 Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas DE LUNA, C. J. GOODMAN, S. J. THATCHER, O. JEPSON, P. D. ANDERSEN, L. TOLLEY, K. HOELZEL, A. R. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02461.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1420-9101.2012.02461.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02461.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Evolutionary Biology volume 25, issue 4, page 674-681 ISSN 1010-061X 1420-9101 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2012 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02461.x 2023-11-09T13:50:23Z Abstract Determining the mechanisms that generate population structure is essential to the understanding of speciation and the evolution of biodiversity. Here, we investigate a geographical range that transects two habitat gradients, the North Sea to North Atlantic transition, and the temperate to subpolar regions. We studied the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ), a small odontocete inhabiting both subpolar and temperate waters. To assess differentiation among putative populations, we measured morphological variation at cranial traits ( N = 462 individuals) and variation at eight microsatellite loci for 338 of the same individuals from Norwegian, British and Danish waters. Significant morphological differentiation reflected the size of the buccal cavity. Porpoises forage in relatively shallow waters preying mainly on benthic species in British and Danish waters, and on mesopelagic and pelagic fish off the coast of Norway. We suggest that the observed differentiation may be explained by resource specialization and either adaptation or developmental responses to different local habitats. Article in Journal/Newspaper Harbour porpoise North Atlantic Phocoena phocoena Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Norway Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 4 674 681 |
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics DE LUNA, C. J. GOODMAN, S. J. THATCHER, O. JEPSON, P. D. ANDERSEN, L. TOLLEY, K. HOELZEL, A. R. Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas |
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Abstract Determining the mechanisms that generate population structure is essential to the understanding of speciation and the evolution of biodiversity. Here, we investigate a geographical range that transects two habitat gradients, the North Sea to North Atlantic transition, and the temperate to subpolar regions. We studied the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ), a small odontocete inhabiting both subpolar and temperate waters. To assess differentiation among putative populations, we measured morphological variation at cranial traits ( N = 462 individuals) and variation at eight microsatellite loci for 338 of the same individuals from Norwegian, British and Danish waters. Significant morphological differentiation reflected the size of the buccal cavity. Porpoises forage in relatively shallow waters preying mainly on benthic species in British and Danish waters, and on mesopelagic and pelagic fish off the coast of Norway. We suggest that the observed differentiation may be explained by resource specialization and either adaptation or developmental responses to different local habitats. |
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DE LUNA, C. J. GOODMAN, S. J. THATCHER, O. JEPSON, P. D. ANDERSEN, L. TOLLEY, K. HOELZEL, A. R. |
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DE LUNA, C. J. GOODMAN, S. J. THATCHER, O. JEPSON, P. D. ANDERSEN, L. TOLLEY, K. HOELZEL, A. R. |
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Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas |
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Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas |
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Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas |
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Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas |
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Phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the North Sea and adjacent seas |
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phenotypic and genetic divergence among harbour porpoise populations associated with habitat regions in the north sea and adjacent seas |
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