Genetic differentiation in the ice-dependent fish Pleuragramma antarctica along the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: AGOSTINI, CECILIA, PATARNELLO, TOMASO, ZANE, LORENZO, PAPETTI, CHIARA, Julian R. Ashford, Joseph J. Torres
• Other Authors: Agostini, Cecilia, Patarnello, Tomaso, Julian R., Ashford, Joseph J., Torre, Zane, Lorenzo, Papetti, Chiara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Limited 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Charcot; Larsen Ice Shelf; Joinville; Joinville Island; Charcot Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3153529; https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12497

Aim: Pleuragramma antarctica is an Antarctic notothenioid fish with a pelagic life-cycle. It plays a major trophic role in coastal Antarctic waters as a predator of krill and as prey for penguins and seals. A previous study, using mtDNA to investigate Pleuragramma population structure at multiple An...