Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters
In the United Kingdom (UK), several harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations have been declining over the past decade. In order to understand the effect of these changes in abundance, this study seeks to determine the population structure of harbour seals in the UK, and in Scotland in particular, o...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/523016 2024-01-14T10:07:28+01:00 Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters Olsen, Morten Tange Islas, Valentina Graves, Jeff A. Onoufriou, Aubrie Vincent, Cecile Brasseur, Sophie Frie, Anne Kirstine Hall, Ailsa J. 2017 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/genetic-population-structure-of-harbour-seals-in-the-united-kingd https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2760 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/417129 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/genetic-population-structure-of-harbour-seals-in-the-united-kingd doi:10.1002/aqc.2760 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wageningen University & Research Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 27 (2017) 4 ISSN: 1052-7613 Phoca vitulina Seal Management Units coastal genetics mammal microsatellite loci info:eu-repo/semantics/article Article/Letter to editor info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2760 2023-12-20T23:17:08Z In the United Kingdom (UK), several harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations have been declining over the past decade. In order to understand the effect of these changes in abundance, this study seeks to determine the population structure of harbour seals in the UK, and in Scotland in particular, on a wider and finer spatial scale than has previously been reported. Harbour seals were genotyped from 18 different localities throughout the UK and neighbouring localities in mainland Europe, at 12 microsatellite loci. Results from Bayesian and frequency based tests of population structure suggested an initial structural division into two main groups consisting of localities in northern UK and southern UK-mainland Europe, respectively. These two clusters were further divided into four geographically distinct genetic clusters. An overall agreement between the genetic results and the existing management areas for UK harbour seals was observed, but it is also clear that an adaptive management approach should be adopted, in which the delineation of the current management areas is maintained until further genetic and ecological information has been accumulated and analysed Article in Journal/Newspaper harbour seal Phoca vitulina Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27 4 839 845 |
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In the United Kingdom (UK), several harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations have been declining over the past decade. In order to understand the effect of these changes in abundance, this study seeks to determine the population structure of harbour seals in the UK, and in Scotland in particular, on a wider and finer spatial scale than has previously been reported. Harbour seals were genotyped from 18 different localities throughout the UK and neighbouring localities in mainland Europe, at 12 microsatellite loci. Results from Bayesian and frequency based tests of population structure suggested an initial structural division into two main groups consisting of localities in northern UK and southern UK-mainland Europe, respectively. These two clusters were further divided into four geographically distinct genetic clusters. An overall agreement between the genetic results and the existing management areas for UK harbour seals was observed, but it is also clear that an adaptive management approach should be adopted, in which the delineation of the current management areas is maintained until further genetic and ecological information has been accumulated and analysed |
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Olsen, Morten Tange Islas, Valentina Graves, Jeff A. Onoufriou, Aubrie Vincent, Cecile Brasseur, Sophie Frie, Anne Kirstine Hall, Ailsa J. |
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Olsen, Morten Tange Islas, Valentina Graves, Jeff A. Onoufriou, Aubrie Vincent, Cecile Brasseur, Sophie Frie, Anne Kirstine Hall, Ailsa J. |
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Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters |
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Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters |
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Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters |
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Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters |
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Genetic population structure of harbour seals in the United Kingdom and neighbouring waters |
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genetic population structure of harbour seals in the united kingdom and neighbouring waters |
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