Invasion genetics of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas shaped by aquaculture stocking practices

• Published in: Journal of Sea Research
• Main Authors: Möhler, Jenny, Wegner, Mathias, Reise, Karsten, Jacobsen, Sabine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/24127/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/24127/1/Moehler_Journal_of_Sea_Research_2011.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.08.004; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.38906; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.38906.d001

As a result of aquaculture activities Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) have invaded the European Wadden Sea. Using a variable noncoding mitochondrial marker, we show that the invaded range is the result of two independent invasions. Haplotype frequencies point towards two separate...