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Gómez R, Neri-Bazán RM, Posadas-Mondragon A, Vizcaíno-Dorado PA, Magaña JJ, Aguilar-Faisal JL. Molecular Assessments, Statistical Effectiveness Parameters and Genetic Structure of Captive Populations of Tursiops truncatus Using 15 STRs. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12141857. [PMID: 35883404 PMCID: PMC9312175 DOI: 10.3390/ani12141857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The bottlenose dolphins are one of the most used species in entertainment, assisted therapy, education, and research on welfare. However, their maintenance in captivity requires powerful and sensitive tools for preserving their diversity. The number of genetic markers for this purpose remains controversial, restraining the marine species’ genetic diversity determination. We aimed to select 15 hypervariable molecular markers whose statistical parameters were made in 210 captive dolphins from 18 Mexican centers to support their usefulness. The proposed set of markers allowed us to obtain a genetic fingerprint of each dolphin. Additionally, we identified the structure of the captive population, analyzing the groups according to the capture location. Such characterization is key for maintaining the captive species’ biodiversity rates within conservation and reintroduction programs. However, these 15 genetic markers can also be helpful for small- isolated populations, subspecies and other genera of endangered and vulnerable species. Abstract Genetic analysis is a conventional way of identifying and monitoring captive and wildlife species. Knowledge of statistical parameters reinforcing their usefulness and effectiveness as powerful tools for preserving diversity is crucial. Although several studies have reported the diversity of cetaceans such as Tursiops truncatus using microsatellites, its informative degree has been poorly reported. Furthermore, the genetic structure of this cetacean has not been fully studied. In the present study, we selected 15 microsatellites with which 210 dolphins were genetically characterized using capillary electrophoresis. The genetic assertiveness of this set of hypervariable markers identified one individual in the range of 6.927e13 to 1.806e16, demonstrating its substantial capability in kinship relationships. The genetic structure of these 210 dolphins was also determined regarding the putative capture origin; a genetic stratification (k = 2) was found. An additional dolphin group of undetermined origin was also characterized to challenge the proficiency of our chosen markers. The set of markers proposed herein could be a helpful tool to guarantee the maintenance of the genetic diversity rates in conservation programs both in Tursiops truncatus and across other odontocetes, Mysticeti and several genera of endangered and vulnerable species.
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- Rocío Gómez
- Departamento de Toxicología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City 07360, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina-Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ESM-IPN), Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (R.M.N.-B.); (A.P.-M.)
- Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación-Luis Guillermo Ibarra-Ibarra (INR-LGII), Mexico City 14389, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina-Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ESM-IPN), Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (R.M.N.-B.); (A.P.-M.)
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- Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación-Luis Guillermo Ibarra-Ibarra (INR-LGII), Mexico City 14389, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación-Luis Guillermo Ibarra-Ibarra (INR-LGII), Mexico City 14389, Mexico;
- Departamento de Bioingenieria, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey-Campus Ciudad de México (ITESM-CCM), Mexico City 14380, Mexico
- Correspondence: (J.J.M.); (J.L.A.-F.)
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- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina-Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ESM-IPN), Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (R.M.N.-B.); (A.P.-M.)
- Correspondence: (J.J.M.); (J.L.A.-F.)
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OUP accepted manuscript. Zool J Linn Soc 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Dinis A, Molina C, Tobeña M, Sambolino A, Hartman K, Fernandez M, Magalhães S, Dos Santos RP, Ritter F, Martín V, Aguilar de Soto N, Alves F. Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: dolphins with an international courtyard. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11069. [PMID: 33828915 PMCID: PMC8005289 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wide-ranging connectivity patterns of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are generally poorly known worldwide and more so within the oceanic archipelagos of Macaronesia in the North East (NE) Atlantic. This study aimed to identify long-range movements between the archipelagos of Macaronesia that lie between 500 and 1,500 km apart, and between Madeira archipelago and the Portuguese continental shelf, through the compilation and comparison of bottlenose dolphin’s photo-identification catalogues from different regions: one from Madeira (n = 363 individuals), two from different areas in the Azores (n = 495 and 176), and four from different islands of the Canary Islands (n = 182, 110, 142 and 281), summing up 1791 photographs. An additional comparison was made between the Madeira catalogue and one catalogue from Sagres, on the southwest tip of the Iberian Peninsula (n = 359). Results showed 26 individual matches, mostly between Madeira and the Canary Islands (n = 23), and between Azores and Madeira (n = 3). No matches were found between the Canary Islands and the Azores, nor between Madeira and Sagres. There were no individuals identified in all three archipelagos. The minimum time recorded between sightings in two different archipelagos (≈ 460 km apart) was 62 days. Association patterns revealed that the individuals moving between archipelagos were connected to resident, migrant and transient individuals in Madeira. The higher number of individuals that were re-sighted between Madeira and the Canary Islands can be explained by the relative proximity of these two archipelagos. This study shows the first inter-archipelago movements of bottlenose dolphins in the Macaronesia region, emphasizing the high mobility of this species and supporting the high gene flow described for oceanic dolphins inhabiting the North Atlantic. The dynamics of these long-range movements strongly denotes the need to review marine protected areas established for this species in each archipelago, calling for joint resolutions from three autonomous regions belonging to two EU countries.
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- Ana Dinis
- Mare-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigac˛ão Tecnologia e Inovac˛ão (ARDITI), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.,OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.,Department of Animal Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centro I&D Okeanos, University of Azores, Horta, Azores, Portugal
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- Mare-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigac˛ão Tecnologia e Inovac˛ão (ARDITI), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.,OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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- Risso's Dolphin Research Center, Nova Atlantis Foundation, Pico, Azores, Portugal
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- Mare-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigac˛ão Tecnologia e Inovac˛ão (ARDITI), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.,cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
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- SECAC Society for the Study of Cetaceans in the Canary Archipelago, Lanzarote, Canary Island, Spain
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- BIOECOMAC, Department of Animal Biology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
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- Mare-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigac˛ão Tecnologia e Inovac˛ão (ARDITI), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.,OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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Nykänen M, Kaschner K, Dabin W, Brownlow A, Davison NJ, Deaville R, Garilao C, Kesner-Reyes K, Gilbert MTP, Penrose R, Islas-Villanueva V, Wales N, Ingram SN, Rogan E, Louis M, Foote AD. Postglacial Colonization of Northern Coastal Habitat by Bottlenose Dolphins: A Marine Leading-Edge Expansion? J Hered 2020; 110:662-674. [PMID: 31211393 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esz039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Oscillations in the Earth's temperature and the subsequent retreating and advancing of ice-sheets around the polar regions are thought to have played an important role in shaping the distribution and genetic structuring of contemporary high-latitude populations. After the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), retreating of the ice-sheets would have enabled early colonizers to rapidly occupy suitable niches to the exclusion of other conspecifics, thereby reducing genetic diversity at the leading-edge. Bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops) form distinct coastal and pelagic ecotypes, with finer-scale genetic structuring observed within each ecotype. We reconstruct the postglacial colonization of the Northeast Atlantic (NEA) by bottlenose dolphins using habitat modeling and phylogenetics. The AquaMaps model hindcasted suitable habitat for the LGM in the Atlantic lower latitude waters and parts of the Mediterranean Sea. The time-calibrated phylogeny, constructed with 86 complete mitochondrial genomes including 30 generated for this study and created using a multispecies coalescent model, suggests that the expansion to the available coastal habitat in the NEA happened via founder events starting ~15 000 years ago (95% highest posterior density interval: 4 900-26 400). The founders of the 2 distinct coastal NEA populations comprised as few as 2 maternal lineages that originated from the pelagic population. The low effective population size and genetic diversity estimated for the shared ancestral coastal population subsequent to divergence from the pelagic source population are consistent with leading-edge expansion. These findings highlight the legacy of the Late Pleistocene glacial cycles on the genetic structuring and diversity of contemporary populations.
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- Milaja Nykänen
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße, Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé. UMR 7372 CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-Bois, France.,Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462 CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, 5 allées de l'Océan, La Rochelle, France
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- Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, SRUC Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Inverness, UK
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- Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, SRUC Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Inverness, UK
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- UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, The Wellcome Building, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, UK
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- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Marine Environmental Monitoring, Penwalk, Llechryd, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
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- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Marine Vertebrate Research Group, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, UK
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, Cork, Ireland
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé. UMR 7372 CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-Bois, France.,Scottish Oceans Institute, East Sands, St Andrews, UK
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, Cork, Ireland.,Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Alves F, Dromby M, Baptista V, Ferreira R, Correia AM, Weyn M, Valente R, Froufe E, Rosso M, Sousa-Pinto I, Dinis A, Dias E, Teodósio MA. Ecophysiological traits of highly mobile large marine predators inferred from nucleic acid derived indices. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4752. [PMID: 32179865 PMCID: PMC7075925 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61769-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Nucleic acid-derived indices such as RNA/DNA ratios have been successfully applied as ecophysiological indicators to assess growth, nutritional condition and health status in marine organisms given that they provide a measure of tissue protein reserves, which is known to vary depending on changes in the environment. Yet, the use of these biochemical indices on highly mobile large predators is scarce. In this study, we tested the applicability of using nucleic acids to provide insights on the ecophysiological traits of two marine mammal species (common bottlenose dolphins and short-finned pilot whales) and explored potential related factors (species, sex, season, and residency pattern), using skin tissue (obtained from biopsy darts) of apparently healthy and adult free-ranging animals. Significantly higher RNA/DNA ratios were obtained for bottlenose dolphins (p < 0.001), and for visitor pilot whales when compared with resident pilot whales (p = 0.001). No significant changes were found between the sexes. Based on the percentile approach, the samples contain individuals in a general good condition (as the 10th percentile is not closer to the mean than the 75th percentile), suggesting that the studied region of Macaronesia may be considered an adequate habitat. The combination of this effective tool with genetic sexing and photographic-identification provided an overall picture of ecosystem health, and although with some limitations and still being a first approach, it has the applicability to be used in other top predators and ecosystems.
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- F Alves
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARDITI, Madeira, Portugal. .,OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal.
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- OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal.,Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- CCMAR - Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARDITI, Madeira, Portugal.,OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto - FCUP, Porto, Portugal
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- OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal.,Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto - FCUP, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto - FCUP, Porto, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARDITI, Madeira, Portugal.,OOM - Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal.,CCMAR - Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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Costa APB, Fruet PF, Secchi ER, Daura-Jorge FG, Simões-Lopes PC, Di Tullio JC, Rosel PE. Ecological divergence and speciation in common bottlenose dolphins in the western South Atlantic. J Evol Biol 2019; 34:16-32. [PMID: 31808214 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Coastal and offshore ecotypes of common bottlenose dolphins have been recognized in the western South Atlantic, and it is possible that trophic niche divergence associated with social interactions is leading them to genetic and phenotypic differentiation. The significant morphological differentiation observed between these ecotypes suggests they represent two different subspecies. However, there is still a need to investigate whether there is congruence between morphological and genetic data to rule out the possibility of ecophenotypic variation accompanied by gene flow. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequence data and 10 microsatellite loci collected from stranded and biopsied dolphins sampled in coastal and offshore waters of Brazil as well as 106 skulls for morphological analyses were used to determine whether the morphological differentiation was supported by genetic differentiation. There was congruence among the data sets, reinforcing the presence of two distinct ecotypes. The divergence may be relatively recent, however, given the moderate values of mtDNA nucleotide divergence (dA = 0.008), presence of one shared mtDNA haplotype and possibly low levels of gene flow (around 1% of migrants per generation). Results suggest the ecotypes may be in the process of speciation and reinforce they are best described as two different subspecies until the degree of nuclear genetic divergence is thoroughly evaluated: Tursiops truncatus gephyreus (coastal ecotype) and T. t. truncatus (offshore ecotype). The endemic distribution of T. t. gephyreus in the western South Atlantic and number of anthropogenic threats in the area reinforces the importance of protecting this ecotype and its habitat.
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- Ana P B Costa
- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA
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- Museu Oceanográfico 'Prof. Eliézer C. Rios', Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil.,Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha (EcoMega), Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil.,Kaosa, Rio Grande, Brazil.,Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Aquáticos - ICMBio/CMA, Santos, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha (EcoMega), Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos (LAMAQ), Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos (LAMAQ), Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Museu Oceanográfico 'Prof. Eliézer C. Rios', Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil.,Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha (EcoMega), Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil.,Kaosa, Rio Grande, Brazil
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- National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
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Oliveira LRD, Fraga LD, Ott PH, Siciliano S, Lopes F, Almeida R, Wickert JC, Milmann L, Danilewicz D, Emin-Lima NR, Meirelles AC, Luz V, Do Nascimento LF, De Thoisy B, Tavares M, Zerbini AN, Baumgarten M, Valiati VH, Bonatto SL. Population structure, phylogeography, and genetic diversity of the common bottlenose dolphin in the tropical and subtropical southwestern Atlantic Ocean. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Larissa Rosa de Oliveira
- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genômica e Biologia Molecular, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul (GEMARS), Rua Bento Gonçalves, Torres, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Conservação, Unidade do Litoral Norte, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), Rua Machado de Assis, Osório, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Enterobactérias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Pav. Rocha Lima, 3º andar, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genômica e Biologia Molecular, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
- Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul (GEMARS), Rua Bento Gonçalves, Torres, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul (GEMARS), Rua Bento Gonçalves, Torres, RS, Brazil
- Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos e Marinhos (CECLIMAR), Campus Litoral Norte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Imbé, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul (GEMARS), Rua Bento Gonçalves, Torres, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada a Conservação, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Salobrinho, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul (GEMARS), Rua Bento Gonçalves, Torres, RS, Brazil
- Instituto Aqualie, Sala, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Setor de Mastozoologia, Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos da Amazônia (GEMAM) and Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Terra Firme, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Associação de Pesquisa e Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos (AQUASIS), Praia de Iparana, Caucaia, CE, Brazil
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- Associação de Pesquisa e Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos (AQUASIS), Praia de Iparana, Caucaia, CE, Brazil
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- Kwata NGO, Cayenne, French Guiana and Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos e Marinhos (CECLIMAR), Campus Litoral Norte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Imbé, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Herpetologia e Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul(UFRGS), Bloco IV, Prédio, Sala, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto Aqualie, Sala, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NE, Seattle, WA, USA
- Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA, USA
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- Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Conservação, Unidade do Litoral Norte, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), Rua Machado de Assis, Osório, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica e Biologia Molecular, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Pérez-Alvarez MJ, Vásquez RA, Moraga R, Santos-Carvallo M, Kraft S, Sabaj V, Capella J, Gibbons J, Vilina Y, Poulin E. Home sweet home: social dynamics and genetic variation of a long-term resident bottlenose dolphin population off the Chilean coast. Anim Behav 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Bayas-Rea RDLÁ, Félix F, Montufar R. Genetic divergence and fine scale population structure of the common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus, Montagu) found in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4589. [PMID: 29707430 PMCID: PMC5916226 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is widely distributed along the western coast of South America. In Ecuador, a resident population of bottlenose dolphins inhabits the inner estuarine area of the Gulf of Guayaquil located in the southwestern part of the country and is under threat from different human activities in the area. Only one genetic study on South American common bottlenose dolphins has been carried out to date, and understanding genetic variation of wildlife populations, especially species that are identified as threatened, is crucial for defining conservation units and developing appropriate conservation strategies. In order to evaluate the evolutionary link of this population, we assessed the phylogenetic relationships, phylogeographic patterns, and population structure using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The sampling comprised: (i) 31 skin samples collected from free-ranging dolphins at three locations in the Gulf of Guayaquil inner estuary, (ii) 38 samples from stranded dolphins available at the collection of the “Museo de Ballenas de Salinas,” (iii) 549 mtDNA control region (mtDNA CR) sequences from GenBank, and (iv) 66 concatenated sequences from 7-mtDNA regions (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, NADH dehydrogenase subunit I–II, cytochrome oxidase I and II, cytochrome b, and CR) obtained from mitogenomes available in GenBank. Our analyses indicated population structure between both inner and outer estuary dolphin populations as well as with distinct populations of T. truncatus using mtDNA CR. Moreover, the inner estuary bottlenose dolphin (estuarine bottlenose dolphin) population exhibited lower levels of genetic diversity than the outer estuary dolphin population according to the mtDNA CR. Finally, the estuarine bottlenose dolphin population was genetically distinct from other T. truncatus populations based on mtDNA CR and 7-mtDNA regions. From these results, we suggest that the estuarine bottlenose dolphin population should be considered a distinct lineage. This dolphin population faces a variety of anthropogenic threats in this area; thus, we highlight its fragility and urge authorities to issue prompt management and conservation measures.
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- Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.,Museo de Ballenas, Salinas, Ecuador
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- Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Pratt EAL, Beheregaray LB, Bilgmann K, Zanardo N, Diaz-Aguirre F, Möller LM. Hierarchical metapopulation structure in a highly mobile marine predator: the southern Australian coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops cf. australis). CONSERV GENET 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-1043-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fruet PF, Secchi ER, Di Tullio JC, Simões‐Lopes PC, Daura‐Jorge F, Costa APB, Vermeulen E, Flores PAC, Genoves RC, Laporta P, Beheregaray LB, Möller LM. Genetic divergence between two phenotypically distinct bottlenose dolphin ecotypes suggests separate evolutionary trajectories. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:9131-9143. [PMID: 29177038 PMCID: PMC5689489 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Due to their worldwide distribution and occupancy of different types of environments, bottlenose dolphins display considerable morphological variation. Despite limited understanding about the taxonomic identity of such forms and connectivity among them at global scale, coastal (or inshore) and offshore (or oceanic) ecotypes have been widely recognized in several ocean regions. In the Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SWA), however, there are scarce records of bottlenose dolphins differing in external morphology according to habitat preferences that resemble the coastal-offshore pattern observed elsewhere. The main aim of this study was to analyze the genetic variability, and test for population structure between coastal (n = 127) and offshore (n = 45) bottlenose dolphins sampled in the SWA to assess whether their external morphological distinction is consistent with genetic differentiation. We used a combination of mtDNA control region sequences and microsatellite genotypes to infer population structure and levels of genetic diversity. Our results from both molecular marker types were congruent and revealed strong levels of structuring (microsatellites FST = 0.385, p < .001; mtDNA FST = 0.183, p < .001; ΦST = 0.385, p < .001) and much lower genetic diversity in the coastal than the offshore ecotype, supporting patterns found in previous studies elsewhere. Despite the opportunity for gene flow in potential "contact zones", we found minimal current and historical connectivity between ecotypes, suggesting they are following discrete evolutionary trajectories. Based on our molecular findings, which seem to be consistent with morphological differentiations recently described for bottlenose dolphins in our study area, we recommend recognizing the offshore bottlenose dolphin ecotype as an additional Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) in the SWA. Implications of these results for the conservation of bottlenose dolphins in SWA are also discussed.
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- Pedro F. Fruet
- Museu Oceanográfico ‘Prof. Eliézer de C. Rios’Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha – ECOMEGAInstituto de OceanografiaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Oceanografia BiológicaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Molecular Ecology LaboratoryFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
- KaosaRio GrandeRSBrazil
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- Museu Oceanográfico ‘Prof. Eliézer de C. Rios’Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha – ECOMEGAInstituto de OceanografiaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Oceanografia BiológicaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
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- Museu Oceanográfico ‘Prof. Eliézer de C. Rios’Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha – ECOMEGAInstituto de OceanografiaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Oceanografia BiológicaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- KaosaRio GrandeRSBrazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos (LAMAQ)Departamento de Ecologia e ZoologiaUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)FlorianópolisSCBrazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos (LAMAQ)Departamento de Ecologia e ZoologiaUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)FlorianópolisSCBrazil
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayetteLAUSA
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- Whale UnitMammal Research InstituteUniversity of PretoriaHatfield PretoriaSouth Africa
- WhalefishLancefield QuayGlasgowUK
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- Museu Oceanográfico ‘Prof. Eliézer de C. Rios’Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha – ECOMEGAInstituto de OceanografiaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Oceanografia BiológicaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)Rio GrandeRSBrazil
- Molecular Ecology LaboratoryFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
- KaosaRio GrandeRSBrazil
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- Yaqu Pacha Uruguay – Organización para la Conservación de MamíferosPunta del DiabloRochaUruguay
- Centro Universitario Regional del EsteUniversidad de la RepúblicaRochaUruguay
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- Molecular Ecology LaboratoryFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
- Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution LaboratoryFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
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Kelley JL, Brown AP, Therkildsen NO, Foote AD. The life aquatic: advances in marine vertebrate genomics. Nat Rev Genet 2016; 17:523-34. [DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2016.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Allen SJ, Bryant KA, Kraus RHS, Loneragan NR, Kopps AM, Brown AM, Gerber L, Krützen M. Genetic isolation between coastal and fishery-impacted, offshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiopsspp.) populations. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2735-53. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Simon J. Allen
- Cetacean Research Unit; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences; Murdoch University; Perth Western Australia 6150 Australia
- Centre for Marine Futures; School of Animal Biology and Oceans Institute; University of Western Australia; Perth Western Australia 6009 Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences; Murdoch University; Murdoch Western Australia 6150 Australia
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- Department of Biology; University of Konstanz; 78457 Konstanz Germany
- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology; Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Am Obstberg 1 78315 Radolfzell Germany
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences; Murdoch University; Murdoch Western Australia 6150 Australia
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- Evolutionary Genetics Group; Department of Anthropology; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological; Earth and Environmental Sciences; University of New South Wales; Sydney New South Wales 2052 Australia
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- Cetacean Research Unit; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences; Murdoch University; Perth Western Australia 6150 Australia
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- Evolutionary Genetics Group; Department of Anthropology; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Evolutionary Genetics Group; Department of Anthropology; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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Evidence for distinct coastal and offshore communities of bottlenose dolphins in the north east Atlantic. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122668. [PMID: 25853823 PMCID: PMC4390239 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bottlenose dolphin stock structure in the northeast Atlantic remains poorly understood. However, fine scale photo-id data have shown that populations can comprise multiple overlapping social communities. These social communities form structural elements of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations, reflecting specific ecological and behavioural adaptations to local habitats. We investigated the social structure of bottlenose dolphins in the waters of northwest Ireland and present evidence for distinct inshore and offshore social communities. Individuals of the inshore community had a coastal distribution restricted to waters within 3 km from shore. These animals exhibited a cohesive, fission-fusion social organisation, with repeated resightings within the research area, within a larger coastal home range. The offshore community comprised one or more distinct groups, found significantly further offshore (>4 km) than the inshore animals. In addition, dorsal fin scarring patterns differed significantly between inshore and offshore communities with individuals of the offshore community having more distinctly marked dorsal fins. Specifically, almost half of the individuals in the offshore community (48%) had characteristic stereotyped damage to the tip of the dorsal fin, rarely recorded in the inshore community (7%). We propose that this characteristic is likely due to interactions with pelagic fisheries. Social segregation and scarring differences found here indicate that the distinct communities are likely to be spatially and behaviourally segregated. Together with recent genetic evidence of distinct offshore and coastal population structures, this provides evidence for bottlenose dolphin inshore/offshore community differentiation in the northeast Atlantic. We recommend that social communities should be considered as fundamental units for the management and conservation of bottlenose dolphins and their habitat specialisations.
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Drivers of Population Structure of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Evol Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-015-9309-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hillman SS, Drewes RC, Hedrick MS, Hancock TV. Physiological vagility and its relationship to dispersal and neutral genetic heterogeneity in vertebrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 217:3356-64. [PMID: 25013113 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.105908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vagility is the inherent power of movement by individuals. Vagility and the available duration of movement determine the dispersal distance individuals can move to interbreed, which affects the fine-scale genetic structure of vertebrate populations. Vagility and variation in population genetic structure are normally explained by geographic variation and not by the inherent power of movement by individuals. We present a new, quantitative definition for physiological vagility that incorporates aerobic capacity, body size, body temperature and the metabolic cost of transport, variables that are independent of the physical environment. Physiological vagility is the speed at which an animal can move sustainably based on these parameters. This meta-analysis tests whether this definition of physiological vagility correlates with empirical data for maximal dispersal distances and measured microsatellite genetic differentiation with distance {[F(ST)/[1-F(ST))]/ln distance} for amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals utilizing three locomotor modes (running, flying, swimming). Maximal dispersal distance and physiological vagility increased with body mass for amphibians, reptiles and mammals utilizing terrestrial movement. The relative slopes of these relationships indicate that larger individuals require longer movement durations to achieve maximal dispersal distances. Both physiological vagility and maximal dispersal distance were independent of body mass for flying vertebrates. Genetic differentiation with distance was greatest for terrestrial locomotion, with amphibians showing the greatest mean and variance in differentiation. Flying birds, flying mammals and swimming marine mammals showed the least differentiation. Mean physiological vagility of different groups (class and locomotor mode) accounted for 98% of the mean variation in genetic differentiation with distance in each group. Genetic differentiation with distance was not related to body mass. The physiological capacity for movement (physiological vagility) quantitatively predicts genetic isolation by distance in the vertebrates examined.
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- Stanley S Hillman
- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
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- Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, USA
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
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Banguera-Hinestroza E, Evans PGH, Mirimin L, Reid RJ, Mikkelsen B, Couperus AS, Deaville R, Rogan E, Hoelzel AR. Phylogeography and population dynamics of the white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) in the North Atlantic. CONSERV GENET 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0578-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Louis M, Viricel A, Lucas T, Peltier H, Alfonsi E, Berrow S, Brownlow A, Covelo P, Dabin W, Deaville R, de Stephanis R, Gally F, Gauffier P, Penrose R, Silva MA, Guinet C, Simon-Bouhet B. Habitat-driven population structure of bottlenose dolphins,Tursiops truncatus, in the North-East Atlantic. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:857-74. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Marie Louis
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; UPR 1934; 79360 Villiers-en-Bois France
- Littoral; Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs); UMR 7266, CNRS/Université de La Rochelle; 2 rue Olympe de Gouges 17000 La Rochelle France
- GECC (Groupe d'Etude des Cétacés du Cotentin); Place des Justes 50130 Cherbourg-Octeville France
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- Littoral; Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs); UMR 7266, CNRS/Université de La Rochelle; 2 rue Olympe de Gouges 17000 La Rochelle France
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- Littoral; Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs); UMR 7266, CNRS/Université de La Rochelle; 2 rue Olympe de Gouges 17000 La Rochelle France
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- Observatoire PELAGIS; UMS 3462 CNRS/Université de La Rochelle; Ple Analytique; 5 allée de l'Océan 17000 La Rochelle France
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- Laboratoire d'Etude des Mammiféres Marins; Océanopolis; port de plaisance; BP 91039 29210 Brest Cedex 1 France
- Laboratoire BioGeMME (Biologie et Génétique des Mammiféres Marins dans leur Environnement); Université Européenne de Bretagne & Université de Bretagne Occidentale; Université de Brest; UFR Sciences et Techniques; 6 Av. Victor Le Gorgeu CS93837 29238 Brest Cedex 3 France
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- Irish Whale and Dolphin Group; Merchants Quay; Kilrush Co Clare Ireland
- Marine and Freshwater Research Centre; Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology; Dublin Road Galway Ireland
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- Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme; SAC Disease Surveillance Centre; Drummond Hill Inverness IV2 4JZ UK
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- CEMMA (Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamiferos Mariños); Aptdo. 15 36380 Gondomar (Pontevedra) Spain
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- Observatoire PELAGIS; UMS 3462 CNRS/Université de La Rochelle; Ple Analytique; 5 allée de l'Océan 17000 La Rochelle France
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London; Regent's Park London NWI 4RY UK
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC; Americo Vespuccio S/N; Isla de la Cartuja Sevilla 41092 Spain
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- GECC (Groupe d'Etude des Cétacés du Cotentin); Place des Justes 50130 Cherbourg-Octeville France
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- CIRCE (Conservation, Information and Research on Cetaceans); Cabeza de Manzaneda 3; Pelayo Algeciras 11390 Cadix Spain
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- Marine Environmental Monitoring; Penwalk; Llechryd; Cardigan West Wales SA43 2PS UK
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- Center of the Institute of Marine Research & Department of Oceanography and Fisheries; University of the Azores; 9901-862 Horta Portugal
- Laboratory of Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science; 9901-862 Horta Portugal
- Biology Department; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole MA 02543 USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; UPR 1934; 79360 Villiers-en-Bois France
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- Littoral; Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs); UMR 7266, CNRS/Université de La Rochelle; 2 rue Olympe de Gouges 17000 La Rochelle France
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Chapuis MP, Popple JAM, Berthier K, Simpson SJ, Deveson E, Spurgin P, Steinbauer MJ, Sword GA. Challenges to assessing connectivity between massive populations of the Australian plague locust. Proc Biol Sci 2011; 278:3152-60. [PMID: 21389030 PMCID: PMC3158929 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Linking demographic and genetic dispersal measures is of fundamental importance for movement ecology and evolution. However, such integration can be difficult, particularly for highly fecund species that are often the target of management decisions guided by an understanding of population movement. Here, we present an example of how the influence of large population sizes can preclude genetic approaches from assessing demographic population structuring, even at a continental scale. The Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is a significant pest, with populations on the eastern and western sides of Australia having been monitored and managed independently to date. We used microsatellites to assess genetic variation in 12 C. terminifera population samples separated by up to 3000 km. Traditional summary statistics indicated high levels of genetic diversity and a surprising lack of population structure across the entire range. An approximate Bayesian computation treatment indicated that levels of genetic diversity in C. terminifera corresponded to effective population sizes conservatively composed of tens of thousands to several million individuals. We used these estimates and computer simulations to estimate the minimum rate of dispersal, m, that could account for the observed range-wide genetic homogeneity. The rate of dispersal between both sides of the Australian continent could be several orders of magnitude lower than that typically considered as required for the demographic connectivity of populations.
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- Marie-Pierre Chapuis
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Caballero S, Islas-Villanueva V, Tezanos-Pinto G, Duchene S, Delgado-Estrella A, Sanchez-Okrucky R, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. Phylogeography, genetic diversity and population structure of common bottlenose dolphins in the Wider Caribbean inferred from analyses of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences and microsatellite loci: conservation and management implications. Anim Conserv 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00493.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Scottish Oceans Institute; Sea Mammal Research Unit; University of St. Andrews; St. Andrews; Fife; UK
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- Ecology and Evolution Research Group; School of Biological Sciences; The University of Auckland; Auckland; New Zealand
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular de Vertebrados Acuáticos LEMVA; Universidad de los Andes; Bogotá; Colombia
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- Red Caribeña de Varamientos; Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico; Recinto de Bayamón; San Juan; Puerto Rico
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Mirimin L, Miller R, Dillane E, Berrow SD, Ingram S, Cross TF, Rogan E. Fine-scale population genetic structuring of bottlenose dolphins in Irish coastal waters. Anim Conserv 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00432.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The influence of glacial epochs and habitat dependence on the diversity and phylogeography of a coastal dolphin species: Lagenorhynchus albirostris. CONSERV GENET 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0075-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Andrews KR, Karczmarski L, Au WWL, Rickards SH, Vanderlip CA, Bowen BW, Gordon Grau E, Toonen RJ. Rolling stones and stable homes: social structure, habitat diversity and population genetics of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Mol Ecol 2010; 19:732-48. [PMID: 20089122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) exhibit different social behaviours at two regions in the Hawaiian Archipelago: off the high volcanic islands in the SE archipelago they form dynamic groups with ever-changing membership, but in the low carbonate atolls in the NW archipelago they form long-term stable groups. To determine whether these environmental and social differences influence population genetic structure, we surveyed spinner dolphins throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago with mtDNA control region sequences and 10 microsatellite loci (n = 505). F-statistics, Bayesian cluster analyses, and assignment tests revealed population genetic separations between most islands, with less genetic structuring among the NW atolls than among the SE high islands. The populations with the most stable social structure (Midway and Kure Atolls) have the highest gene flow between populations (mtDNA Phi(ST) < 0.001, P = 0.357; microsatellite F(ST) = -0.001; P = 0.597), and a population with dynamic groups and fluid social structure (the Kona Coast of the island of Hawai'i) has the lowest gene flow (mtDNA 0.042 < Phi(ST) < 0.236, P < 0.05; microsatellite 0.016 < F(ST) < 0.040, P < 0.001). We suggest that gene flow, dispersal, and social structure are influenced by the availability of habitat and resources at each island. Genetic comparisons to a South Pacific location (n = 16) indicate that Hawaiian populations are genetically depauperate and isolated from other Pacific locations (mtDNA 0.216 < F(ST) < 0.643, P < 0.001; microsatellite 0.058 < F(ST) < 0.090, P < 0.001); this isolation may also influence social and genetic structure within Hawai'i. Our results illustrate that genetic and social structure are flexible traits that can vary between even closely-related populations.
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- Kimberly R Andrews
- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, Hawai'i 96744, USA.
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Environmental and social influences on the genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Southeastern Australia. CONSERV GENET 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9968-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Quérouil S, Freitas L, Dinis A, Alves F, Cascão I, Prieto R, Silva MA, Magalhães S, Matos JA, Santos RS. Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0299-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Koizumi I, Yamamoto S, Nomoto K, Maekawa K. Synchrony in local population dynamics of stream-dwelling Dolly Varden: do genetically similar groups show similar demography? POPUL ECOL 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0108-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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