Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area
One of the most prominent manifestations of the ongoing climate warming is the retreat of glaciers and ice sheets around the world. Retreating glaciers result in the formation of new ponds and lakes, which are available for colonization. The gradual appearance of these new habitat patches allows us...
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ftunivleuven:oai:lirias.kuleuven.be:123456789/559607 2023-05-15T14:58:42+02:00 Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area Haileselasie, Tsegazeabe Hadush Mergeay, Joachim Weider, Lawrence J Sommaruga, Ruben Davidson, Thomas A Meerhoff, Mariana Arndt, Hartmut Jürgens, Klaus Jeppesen, Erik De Meester, Luc 2016-12 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/559607 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13843 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/559607/4//Haileselasie_et_al-2016-Molecular_Ecology.pdf en eng Blackwell Science Molecular Ecology vol:25 issue:23 pages:5830-5842 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/559607 0962-1083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13843 1365-294X https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/559607/4//Haileselasie_et_al-2016-Molecular_Ecology.pdf 434130;intranet Article IT 434130;Article 2016 ftunivleuven https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13843 2017-06-02T19:42:44Z One of the most prominent manifestations of the ongoing climate warming is the retreat of glaciers and ice sheets around the world. Retreating glaciers result in the formation of new ponds and lakes, which are available for colonization. The gradual appearance of these new habitat patches allows us to determine to what extent the composition of asexual Daphnia (water flea) populations is affected by environmental drivers vs. dispersal limitation. Here, we used a landscape genetics approach to assess the processes structuring the clonal composition of species in the D. pulex species complex that have colonized periglacial habitats created by ice-sheet retreat in western Greenland. We analysed 61 populations from a young (<50 years) and an old cluster (>150 years) of lakes and ponds. We identified 42 asexual clones that varied widely in spatial distribution. Beta-diversity was higher among older than among younger systems. Lineage sorting by the environment explained 14% of the variation in clonal composition whereas the pure effect of geographical distance was very small and statistically insignificant (Radj2 = 0.010, P = 0.085). Dispersal limitation did not seem important, even among young habitat patches. The observation of several tens of clones colonizing the area combined with environmentally driven clonal composition of populations illustrates that population assembly of asexual species in the Arctic is structured by environmental gradients reflecting differences in the ecology of clones. status: published Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Ice Sheet KU Leuven: Lirias Arctic Greenland Molecular Ecology 25 23 5830 5842 |
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One of the most prominent manifestations of the ongoing climate warming is the retreat of glaciers and ice sheets around the world. Retreating glaciers result in the formation of new ponds and lakes, which are available for colonization. The gradual appearance of these new habitat patches allows us to determine to what extent the composition of asexual Daphnia (water flea) populations is affected by environmental drivers vs. dispersal limitation. Here, we used a landscape genetics approach to assess the processes structuring the clonal composition of species in the D. pulex species complex that have colonized periglacial habitats created by ice-sheet retreat in western Greenland. We analysed 61 populations from a young (<50 years) and an old cluster (>150 years) of lakes and ponds. We identified 42 asexual clones that varied widely in spatial distribution. Beta-diversity was higher among older than among younger systems. Lineage sorting by the environment explained 14% of the variation in clonal composition whereas the pure effect of geographical distance was very small and statistically insignificant (Radj2 = 0.010, P = 0.085). Dispersal limitation did not seem important, even among young habitat patches. The observation of several tens of clones colonizing the area combined with environmentally driven clonal composition of populations illustrates that population assembly of asexual species in the Arctic is structured by environmental gradients reflecting differences in the ecology of clones. status: published |
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Haileselasie, Tsegazeabe Hadush Mergeay, Joachim Weider, Lawrence J Sommaruga, Ruben Davidson, Thomas A Meerhoff, Mariana Arndt, Hartmut Jürgens, Klaus Jeppesen, Erik De Meester, Luc |
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Haileselasie, Tsegazeabe Hadush Mergeay, Joachim Weider, Lawrence J Sommaruga, Ruben Davidson, Thomas A Meerhoff, Mariana Arndt, Hartmut Jürgens, Klaus Jeppesen, Erik De Meester, Luc Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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Haileselasie, Tsegazeabe Hadush Mergeay, Joachim Weider, Lawrence J Sommaruga, Ruben Davidson, Thomas A Meerhoff, Mariana Arndt, Hartmut Jürgens, Klaus Jeppesen, Erik De Meester, Luc |
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Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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Environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of Arctic Daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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environment not dispersal limitation drives clonal composition of arctic daphnia in a recently deglaciated area |
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https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/559607 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13843 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/559607/4//Haileselasie_et_al-2016-Molecular_Ecology.pdf |
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Molecular Ecology vol:25 issue:23 pages:5830-5842 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/559607 0962-1083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13843 1365-294X https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/559607/4//Haileselasie_et_al-2016-Molecular_Ecology.pdf |
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