scholarly journals Life cycle, population structure and vertical distribution of Metridia spp. (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Oyashio region (NW Pacific Ocean)

2004 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 181-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Padmavati ◽  
T Ikeda ◽  
A Yamaguchi
2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (33-34) ◽  
pp. 2081-2094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghasem M. Kashani ◽  
Alireza Sari ◽  
Shidokht Hosseinie ◽  
Masoumeh Malek ◽  
Ehsan Entezari

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Maja Cunningham ◽  
Michael Francis Canino ◽  
Ingrid Brigette Spies ◽  
Lorenz Hauser

Genetic population structure of Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus , was examined across much of its northeastern Pacific range by screening variation at 11 microsatellite DNA loci. Estimates of FST (0.005 ± 0.002) and RST (0.010 ± 0.003) over all samples suggested that effective dispersal is limited among populations. Genetic divergence was highly correlated with geographic distance in an isolation-by-distance (IBD) pattern along the entire coastal continuum in the northeastern Pacific Ocean (~4000 km; r2 = 0.83), extending from Washington State to the Aleutian Islands, and over smaller geographic distances for three locations in Alaska (~1700 km; r2 = 0.56). Slopes of IBD regressions suggested average dispersal distance between birth and reproduction of less than 30 km. Exceptions to this pattern were found in samples taken from fjord environments in the Georgia Basin (the Strait of Georgia (Canada) and Puget Sound (USA)), where populations were differentiated from coastal cod. Our results showed population structure at spatial scales relevant to fisheries management, both caused by limited dispersal along the coast and by sharp barriers to migration isolating smaller stocks in coastal fjord environments.


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