Cryptic diversity in smooth-shelled mussels on Southern Ocean islands: connectivity, hybridisation and a marine invasion

• Published in: Frontiers in Zoology
• Main Authors: Zbawicka, Małgorzata, Gardner, Jonathan P A, Wenne, Roman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: aquatic invasion; marine invasion; Southern Ocean; Campbell Island; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; New Zealand; Auckland Islands; Ocean Island
• Online Access: https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q92579708; http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q92579708; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685288; https://doi.org/10.1186/S12983-019-0332-Y

BackgroundLarge numbers of endemic species inhabit subantarctic continental coasts and islands that are characterised by highly variable environmental conditions. Southern hemisphere populations of taxa that are morphologically similar to northern counterparts have traditionally been considered to b...