Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation
Antarctic notothenioid fishes represent a rare example of a marine species flock. They evolved special adaptations to the extreme environment of the Southern Ocean including antifreeze glycoproteins. Although lacking a swim bladder, notothenioids have diversified from their benthic ancestor into a w...
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ftunivbasel:oai:edoc.unibas.ch:22536 2023-05-15T13:36:10+02:00 Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation Rutschmann, S. Matschiner, M. Damerau, M. Muschick, M. Lehmann, M. F. Hanel, R. Salzburger, W. 2011 http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5849094 https://edoc.unibas.ch/22536/ https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011 unknown Blackwell Rutschmann, S. and Matschiner, M. and Damerau, M. and Muschick, M. and Lehmann, M. F. and Hanel, R. and Salzburger, W. (2011) Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation. Molecular ecology, Vol. 20, no. 22. pp. 4707-4721. info:pmid/21951675 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011. urn:ISSN:0962-1083 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Article PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivbasel https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011 2023-03-05T06:58:08Z Antarctic notothenioid fishes represent a rare example of a marine species flock. They evolved special adaptations to the extreme environment of the Southern Ocean including antifreeze glycoproteins. Although lacking a swim bladder, notothenioids have diversified from their benthic ancestor into a wide array of water column niches, such as epibenthic, semipelagic, cryopelagic and pelagic habitats. Applying stable carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotope analyses to gain information on feeding ecology and foraging habitats, we tested whether ecological diversification along the benthic–pelagic axis followed a single directional trend in notothenioids, or whether it evolved independently in several lineages. Population samples of 25 different notothenioid species were collected around the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Orkneys and the South Sandwich Islands. The C and N stable isotope signatures span a broad range (mean δ13C and δ15N values between −25.4‰ and −21.9‰ and between 8.5‰ and 13.8‰, respectively), and pairwise niche overlap between four notothenioid families was highly significant. Analysis of isotopic disparity-through-time on the basis of Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood phylogenies, performed on a concatenated mitochondrial (cyt b) and nuclear gene (myh6, Ptr and tbr1) data set (3148 bp), showed that ecological diversification into overlapping feeding niches has occurred multiple times in parallel in different notothenioid families. This convergent diversification in habitat and trophic ecology is a sign of interspecific competition and characteristic for adaptive radiations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula South Sandwich Islands Southern Ocean University of Basel: edoc Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic notothenioid fishes represent a rare example of a marine species flock. They evolved special adaptations to the extreme environment of the Southern Ocean including antifreeze glycoproteins. Although lacking a swim bladder, notothenioids have diversified from their benthic ancestor into a wide array of water column niches, such as epibenthic, semipelagic, cryopelagic and pelagic habitats. Applying stable carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotope analyses to gain information on feeding ecology and foraging habitats, we tested whether ecological diversification along the benthic–pelagic axis followed a single directional trend in notothenioids, or whether it evolved independently in several lineages. Population samples of 25 different notothenioid species were collected around the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Orkneys and the South Sandwich Islands. The C and N stable isotope signatures span a broad range (mean δ13C and δ15N values between −25.4‰ and −21.9‰ and between 8.5‰ and 13.8‰, respectively), and pairwise niche overlap between four notothenioid families was highly significant. Analysis of isotopic disparity-through-time on the basis of Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood phylogenies, performed on a concatenated mitochondrial (cyt b) and nuclear gene (myh6, Ptr and tbr1) data set (3148 bp), showed that ecological diversification into overlapping feeding niches has occurred multiple times in parallel in different notothenioid families. This convergent diversification in habitat and trophic ecology is a sign of interspecific competition and characteristic for adaptive radiations. |
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Rutschmann, S. Matschiner, M. Damerau, M. Muschick, M. Lehmann, M. F. Hanel, R. Salzburger, W. Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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Rutschmann, S. Matschiner, M. Damerau, M. Muschick, M. Lehmann, M. F. Hanel, R. Salzburger, W. |
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Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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parallel ecological diversification in antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula South Sandwich Islands Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula South Sandwich Islands Southern Ocean |
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Rutschmann, S. and Matschiner, M. and Damerau, M. and Muschick, M. and Lehmann, M. F. and Hanel, R. and Salzburger, W. (2011) Parallel ecological diversification in Antarctic notothenioid fishes as evidence for adaptive radiation. Molecular ecology, Vol. 20, no. 22. pp. 4707-4721. info:pmid/21951675 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011. urn:ISSN:0962-1083 |
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