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

• Published in: Journal of Sea Research
• Main Authors: Moehler, Jenny, Wegner, K. Mathias, Reise, Karsten, Jacobsen, Sabine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/12594/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/12594/1/JSR.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/12594/2/tables-1.xlsx; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.08.004

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...