Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic

Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans are uniquely holopelagic macroalgae, providing open ocean nursery and foraging habitat for commercially and ecologically important species. Recent basin‐wide changes in pelagic Sargassum diversity and distribution have manifested in proliferation of a previous...

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Main Authors: Dibner, Skye, Martin, Lindsay, Thibaut, Thierry, Aurelle, Didier, Blanfuné, Aurélie, Whittaker, Kerry, Cooney, Laura, Schell, Jeffrey M., Goodwin, Deborah S., Siuda, Amy N. S.
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171834
https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12691
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topic Sargassum natans VIII
genetic diversity
pelagic Sargassum
phylogeny
Sargassum fluitans III
Sargassum natans I
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science
spellingShingle Sargassum natans VIII
genetic diversity
pelagic Sargassum
phylogeny
Sargassum fluitans III
Sargassum natans I
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science
Dibner, Skye
Martin, Lindsay
Thibaut, Thierry
Aurelle, Didier
Blanfuné, Aurélie
Whittaker, Kerry
Cooney, Laura
Schell, Jeffrey M.
Goodwin, Deborah S.
Siuda, Amy N. S.
Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic
topic_facet Sargassum natans VIII
genetic diversity
pelagic Sargassum
phylogeny
Sargassum fluitans III
Sargassum natans I
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science
description Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans are uniquely holopelagic macroalgae, providing open ocean nursery and foraging habitat for commercially and ecologically important species. Recent basin‐wide changes in pelagic Sargassum diversity and distribution have manifested in proliferation of a previously rare morphotype, Sargassum natans VIII, to rival biomass levels of historically dominant S. natans I and S. fluitans III. Precise genetic identification of these morphotypes can improve accuracy and interpretation of ecological studies as well as clarify evolutionary history and population connectivity. For 139 field samples collected from the subtropical and tropical North Atlantic, three mitochondrial genes (cox3, nad6, and mt16S rRNA) were used to examine genetic divergence among the three common pelagic Sargassum morphotypes. These gene sequences successfully differentiated among morphotypes regardless of geographic origin, confirming in situ morphology‐based identifications. Sargassum natans I and S. natans VIII exhibited divergence consistent with that between the S. natans‐complex and S. fluitans III. Phylogenetic analysis of these samples also indicated evolutionary divergence between Sargassum morphologies. The genetic divergence among morphotypes, compared with benthic Sargassum species, suggested that taxonomic reclassification of the three most common pelagic morphotypes may be warranted. Peer Reviewed http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/171834/1/maec12691.pdf http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/171834/2/maec12691_am.pdf
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Dibner, Skye
Martin, Lindsay
Thibaut, Thierry
Aurelle, Didier
Blanfuné, Aurélie
Whittaker, Kerry
Cooney, Laura
Schell, Jeffrey M.
Goodwin, Deborah S.
Siuda, Amy N. S.
author_facet Dibner, Skye
Martin, Lindsay
Thibaut, Thierry
Aurelle, Didier
Blanfuné, Aurélie
Whittaker, Kerry
Cooney, Laura
Schell, Jeffrey M.
Goodwin, Deborah S.
Siuda, Amy N. S.
author_sort Dibner, Skye
title Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic
title_short Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic
title_full Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic
title_fullStr Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic
title_sort consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic sargassum morphotypes in the western north atlantic
publisher Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171834
https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12691
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genre_facet North Atlantic
op_relation Dibner, Skye; Martin, Lindsay; Thibaut, Thierry; Aurelle, Didier; Blanfuné, Aurélie
Whittaker, Kerry; Cooney, Laura; Schell, Jeffrey M.; Goodwin, Deborah S.; Siuda, Amy N. S. (2022). "Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic." Marine Ecology (1): n/a-n/a.
0173-9565
1439-0485
https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171834
doi:10.1111/maec.12691
Marine Ecology
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spelling ftumdeepblue:oai:deepblue.lib.umich.edu:2027.42/171834 2023-08-20T04:08:17+02:00 Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic Dibner, Skye Martin, Lindsay Thibaut, Thierry Aurelle, Didier Blanfuné, Aurélie Whittaker, Kerry Cooney, Laura Schell, Jeffrey M. Goodwin, Deborah S. Siuda, Amy N. S. 2022-02 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171834 https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12691 unknown Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dibner, Skye; Martin, Lindsay; Thibaut, Thierry; Aurelle, Didier; Blanfuné, Aurélie Whittaker, Kerry; Cooney, Laura; Schell, Jeffrey M.; Goodwin, Deborah S.; Siuda, Amy N. S. (2022). "Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic." Marine Ecology (1): n/a-n/a. 0173-9565 1439-0485 https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171834 doi:10.1111/maec.12691 Marine Ecology McCoy, S. J., Krueger‐Hadfield, S. A., & Mieszkowska, N. ( 2020 ). Evolutionary phycology: toward a macroalgal species conceptual framework. Journal of Phycology, 56 ( 6 ), 1404 – 1413. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13059 Larraín, M. A., Zbawicka, M., Araneda, C., Gardner, J. P. A., & Wenne, R. ( 2018 ). Native and invasive taxa on the Pacific coast of South America: Impacts on aquaculture, traceability and biodiversity of blue mussels ( Mytilus spp.). Evolutionary Applications, 11 ( 3 ), 298 – 311. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12553 Le Cam, S., Daguin‐Thiébaut, C., Bouchemousse, S., Engelen, A. H., Mieszkowska, N., & Viard, F. ( 2019 ). A genome‐wide investigation of the worldwide invader Sargassum muticum shows high success albeit (almost) no genetic diversity. Evolutionary Applications, 13 ( 3 ), 500 – 514. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12837 Liu, F., Li, X., & Che, Z. ( 2017 ). Mitochondrial genome sequences uncover evolutionary relationships of two Sargassum subgenera, Bactrophycus and Sargassum. Journal of Applied Phycology, 29, 3261 – 3270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811‐017‐1143‐1 Liu, F., & Pang, S. ( 2014 ). Complete mitochondrial genome of the invasive brown alga S argassum muticum (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 27 ( 2 ), 1129 – 1130. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2014.933333 Liu, F., & Pang, S. ( 2015 ). Mitochondrial genome of Sargassum thunbergii: conservation and variability of mitogenomes within the subgenus Bactrophycus. Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 27 ( 5 ), 3186 – 3188. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2015.1007328 Martin, L., Taylor, M., Huston, G., Goodwin, D., Schell, J. M., & Siuda, A. N. S. ( 2021 ). Pelagic Sargassum morphotypes support different rafting motile epifauna communities. Marine Biology, 168, 115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227‐021‐03910‐2 Mattio, L., & Payri, C. E. ( 2009 ). Taxonomic revision of Sargassum (fucales, Phaeophyceae) from New Caledonia based on morphological and molecular analysis. Journal of Phycology, 45 ( 6 ), 1374 – 1388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529‐8817.2009.00760.x Mattio, L., & Payri, C. E. ( 2011 ). 190 Years of Sargassum taxonomy, facing the advent of DNA phylogenies. The Botanical Review, 77, 31 – 70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229‐010‐9060‐x Mattio, L., Payri, C. E., & Stiger‐Pouvreau, V. ( 2008 ). Taxonomic revision of Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from French Polynesia based on morphological and molecular analyses. Journal of Phycology, 44 ( 6 ), 1541 – 1555. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529‐8817.2008.00597.x Mattio, L., Zubia, M., Loveday, B., Crochelet, E., Duong, N., Payri, C. E., Bhagooli, R., & Bolton, J. J. ( 2013 ). Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in Mauritius and Réunion, western Indian Ocean: Taxonomic revision and biogeography using hydrodynamic dispersal models. Phycologia, 52 ( 6 ), 578 – 594. https://doi.org/10.2216/13‐150.1 Maurer, A. S., De Neef, E., & Stapleton, S. ( 2015 ). Sargassum accumulation may spell trouble for nesting sea turtles. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13 ( 7 ), 394 – 395. https://doi.org/10.1890/1540‐9295‐13.7.394 Monroy‐Velázquez, V. L., Rodríguez‐Martínez, R. E., van Tussenbroek, B. I., Aguiar, T., Solís‐Weiss, V., & Briones‐Fourzán, P. ( 2019 ). Motile macrofauna associated with pelagic Sargassum in a Mexican reef lagoon. Journal of Environmental Management, 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109650 Moser, M. L., & Lee, D. S. ( 2012 ). Foraging over Sargassum by Western North Atlantic Seabirds. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124 ( 1 ), 66 – 72. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/41932801 Ody, A., Thibaut, T., Berline, L., Changeux, T., André, J.‐M., Chevalier, C., Blanfuné, A., Blanchot, J., Ruitton, S., Stiger‐Pouvreau, V., Connan, S., Grelet, J., Aurelle, D., Guéné, M., Bataille, H., Bachelier, C., Guillemain, D., Schmidt, N., Fauvelle, V., … Ménard, F. ( 2019 ). 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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 360 ( 1462 ), 1879 – 1888. Schell, J., Goodwin, D., & Siuda, A. ( 2015 ). Recent Sargassum inundation events in the caribbean: Shipboard observations reveal dominance of a previously rare form. Oceanography, 28 ( 3 ), 8 – 10. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.70 Schreiber, M., Himmelbach, A., Börner, A., & Mascher, M. ( 2019 ). Genetic diversity and relationship between domesticated rye and its wild relatives as revealed through genotyping‐by‐sequencing. Evolutionary Applications, 12 ( 1 ), 66 – 77. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12624 Sissini, M. N., de Barros Barreto, M. B. B., Széchy, M. T. M., de Lucena, M. B., Oliveira, M. C., Gower, J., Liu, G., & Horta, P. A. ( 2017 ). The floating Sargassum (Phaeophyceae) of the South Atlantic Ocean – likely scenarios. Phycologia, 56 ( 3 ), 321–328. https://doi.org/10.2216/16‐92.1 Spalding, M. D., Agostini, V. N., Rice, J., & Grant, S. M. ( 2012 ). 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Precise genetic identification of these morphotypes can improve accuracy and interpretation of ecological studies as well as clarify evolutionary history and population connectivity. For 139 field samples collected from the subtropical and tropical North Atlantic, three mitochondrial genes (cox3, nad6, and mt16S rRNA) were used to examine genetic divergence among the three common pelagic Sargassum morphotypes. These gene sequences successfully differentiated among morphotypes regardless of geographic origin, confirming in situ morphology‐based identifications. Sargassum natans I and S. natans VIII exhibited divergence consistent with that between the S. natans‐complex and S. fluitans III. Phylogenetic analysis of these samples also indicated evolutionary divergence between Sargassum morphologies. The genetic divergence among morphotypes, compared with benthic Sargassum species, suggested that taxonomic reclassification of the three most common pelagic morphotypes may be warranted. 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