Expressed sequence tag-derived microsatellites for the cool-water marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus

• Published in: Molecular Ecology Notes
• Main Authors: Provan, Jim, Beatty, Gemma, Maggs, Christine, Savidge, Graham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300; Biochemistry; Genetics and Molecular Biology(all); /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1303; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2303; Ecology; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action; SDG 13 - Climate Action; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Norwegian Sea; Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/24d82bf6-927d-44ab-adb5-6a612d6c1507; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01889.x; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35848930983&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The copepod Calanus finmarchicus is the major contributor to zooplankton biomass in the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea, but recent studies have shown a 70% decrease in abundance as well as a northward shift in the species' range. Insights into dispersal capabilities gained from population genetic studies will be crucial in predicting the response of C. finmarchicus communities to climate change and, consequently, we have developed a set of expressed sequence tag-derived microsatellite markers to allow fine-scale elucidation of population structuring and dispersal. Ten polymorphic markers displayed between two and 19 alleles, with levels of expected heterozygosity ranging from 0.044 to 0.924.