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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 524:213-224 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11177 Genetic differentiation in the barnacle Catomerus polymerus despite migration across a biogeographic barrier L. A. Aguilar*, D. G. Roberts, T. E. Minchinton, D. J. Ayre Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia *Corresponding author: laa045@uowmail.edu.au ABSTRACT: Biogeographic barriers can set range limits for marine organisms by restricting migration, or because subsequent recruitment may be prevented by post-settlement selection. We used microsatellite and mtDNA data for adults and juveniles of the barnacle Catomerus polymerus to test the hypothesis that persistent differentiation of populations occurring to the northeast as compared with south and west of the southeast Australian biogeographic barrier (SEABB) is maintained by selection rather than dispersal limitation. We also explored the dispersal of C. polymerus along uninterrupted linear stretches of coastline (1440 km) to the east and west (120 km) of the SEABB. Within the regions flanking the SEABB, we found little genetic differentiation (FST < 0.006), implying strong gene flow. In contrast, adults to the northeast were significantly differentiated from those to the south and southwest of the SEABB (FST = 0.10), confirming some restriction of gene flow by the SEABB. Similarly, Bayesian analyses revealed eastern and western clusters of adults and juveniles, with the great majority assigning strongly to their region of collection. Nevertheless, 5 of 556 adults, and 10 of 537 juveniles, had genotypes that aligned more strongly with the genetic cluster of the opposite side of the SEABB, implying that migration does occur. Mitochondrial DNA sequence data (n = 71) revealed one additional eastern adult with an immigrant western haplotype. Our data imply that differentiation of eastern and western lineages reflects both restricted dispersal and possibly regional-scale selection acting on immigrant genotypes. KEY WORDS: Australia · Gene flow · Marine invertebrate · Recruitment · Rocky intertidal shores · Range limits Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Aguilar LA, Roberts DG, Minchinton TE, Ayre DJ (2015) Genetic differentiation in the barnacle Catomerus polymerus despite migration across a biogeographic barrier. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 524:213-224. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11177 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 524. Online publication date: March 30, 2015 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2015 Inter-Research.
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