No leading-edge effect in North Atlantic harbor porpoises:Evolutionary and conservation implications

• Main Authors: Ben Chehida, Yacine, Loughnane, Roisin, Thumloup, Julie, Kaschner, Kristin, Garilao, Cristina, Rosel, Patricia E., Fontaine, Michael C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Cetacea; Conservation genetics; Marine dispersal; Marine glacial refugia; Migration-drift equilibrium; Philopatry; Phylogeography; Seascape genetics; Freed; Greenland; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/58d7e8e0-4d0e-4789-9d5b-26339c9a2c2b; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/58d7e8e0-4d0e-4789-9d5b-26339c9a2c2b; https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.03.366542; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/178367092/eva.13227_1_.pdf

Understanding species responses to past environmental changes can help forecast how they will cope with ongoing climate changes. Harbor porpoises are widely distributed in the North Atlantic and were deeply impacted by the Pleistocene changes with the split of three sub‐species. Despite major impact...