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Sánchez O, Oficialdegui FJ, Torralba‐Burrial A, Arbesú R, Valle‐Artaza JM, Fernández‐González Á, Ardura A, Arias A. Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017: A new threat to Iberian inland waters. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11362. [PMID: 38774140 PMCID: PMC11106043 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024] Open
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An eco-monitoring programme to assess faunal biodiversity in the main rivers of the northern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) reveals the first occurrence of the marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in Iberian inland waters. Iberian specimens have been identified by combining morphological and genetic traits. We discuss the most plausible pathways and introduction vectors, its potential invasiveness and subsequent impacts on host localities. Our preliminary results raise concern about the potential threat of P. virginalis to native fauna and ecosystem dynamics, as P. virginalis was found in an area of great cultural and ecological importance with relevant populations of endangered species. Due to the invasive history of the marbled crayfish, eradication of these individuals is urgent. This study confirms the importance of early warning systems for exotic species, keeping the population, forest guards and field technicians informed about potential invasive species to execute a rapid and effective response.
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- Omar Sánchez
- Department of Organisms and Systems Biology (Zoology)University of OviedoOviedoSpain
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of HydrocenosesUniversity of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceVodňanyCzech Republic
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Territorial Planning (Indurot) – University of OviedoMieresSpain
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- Sección de Recursos Naturales, Servicio de Vida SilvestreDirección General de Planificación Agraria, Consejería de Medio Rural y Política Agraria, Gobierno del Principado de AsturiasOviedoSpain
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- Department of Functional Biology (Genetic)University of OviedoOviedoSpain
- University Centre for Water Research and Development (CUIDA) – University of OviedoMieresSpain
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- Department of Organisms and Systems Biology (Zoology)University of OviedoOviedoSpain
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Baltazar‐Soares M, Britton JR, Pinder A, Harrison AJ, Nunn AD, Quintella BR, Mateus CS, Bolland JD, Dodd JR, Almeida PR, Dominguez Almela V, Andreou D. Seascape genomics reveals limited dispersal and suggests spatially varying selection among European populations of sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus). Evol Appl 2023; 16:1169-1183. [PMID: 37360030 PMCID: PMC10286227 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus is an anadromous and semelparous fish without homing behaviors. Despite being a freshwater, free-living organism for a large part of their life cycle, its adulthood is spent as a parasite of marine vertebrates. In their native European range, while it is well-established that sea lampreys comprise a single nearly-panmictic population, few studies have further explored the evolutionary history of natural populations. Here, we performed the first genome-wide characterization of sea lamprey's genetic diversity in their European natural range. The objectives were to investigate the connectivity among river basins and explore evolutionary processes mediating dispersal during the marine phase, with the sequencing of 186 individuals from 8 locations spanning the North Eastern Atlantic coast and the North Sea with double-digest RAD-sequencing, obtaining a total of 30,910 bi-allelic SNPs. Population genetic analyses reinforced the existence of a single metapopulation encompassing freshwater spawning sites within the North Eastern Atlantic and the North Sea, though the prevalence of private alleles at northern latitudes suggested some limits to the species' dispersal. Seascape genomics suggested a scenario where oxygen concentration and river runoffs impose spatially varying selection across their distribution range. Exploring associations with the abundance of potential hosts further suggested that hake and cod could also impose selective pressures, although the nature of such putative biotic interactions was unresolved. Overall, the identification of adaptive seascapes in a panmictic anadromous species could contribute to conservation practices by providing information for restoration activities to mitigate local extinctions on freshwater sites.
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- Miguel Baltazar‐Soares
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyBournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreISPA – Instituto UniversitárioLisbonPortugal
- Department of BiologyUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyBournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyBournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyBournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- University of HullHull International Fisheries InstituteHullUK
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- MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreUniversity of ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
- Department of Animal BiologyFaculty of Sciences, University of LisbonLisbonPortugal
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- MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreUniversity of ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
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- University of HullHull International Fisheries InstituteHullUK
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- MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreUniversity of ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and TechnologyUniversity of ÉvoraÉvoraPortugal
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyBournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyBournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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Haas TF, Castro-Santos T, Miehls SM, Deng ZD, Bruning TM, Wagner CM. Survival, healing, and swim performance of juvenile migratory sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus) implanted with a new acoustic microtransmitter designed for small eel-like fishes. ANIMAL BIOTELEMETRY 2023; 11:9. [PMID: 36937100 PMCID: PMC10008077 DOI: 10.1186/s40317-023-00318-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the transformer stage of the parasitic lampreys, a brief but critical period that encompasses juvenile out-migration from rivers to lakes or oceans to begin parasitic feeding. Information about this life stage could have significant conservation implications for both imperiled and invasive lampreys. We investigated tag retention, survival, wound healing, and swim performance of newly transformed sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) implanted with a new micro-acoustic transmitter, the eel-lamprey acoustic transmitter (ELAT), in a controlled laboratory environment. RESULTS The 61-day survival of our tagged subjects was 71%, within the range reported in similar studies of juvenile lampreys. However, survival was significantly lower in the tagged animals (vs control), with no effect statistically attributable to measures of animal length, mass, condition, or population of origin (Great Lakes vs. Atlantic drainage). Mortality in tagged fish was concentrated in the first four days post-surgery, suggesting injury from the surgical process. An unusually long recovery time from anesthesia may have contributed to the increased mortality. In a simple burst swim assay, tagged animals swam significantly slower (- 22.5%) than untagged animals, but were not significantly different in endurance swim tests. A composite wound healing score at day four was a significant predictor of maximum burst swim speed at day 20, and wound condition was related to animal mass, but not length, at the time of tagging. CONCLUSIONS Impairments to survival and swim performance of juvenile sea lamprey implanted with the ELAT transmitter were within currently reported ranges for telemetry studies with small, difficult to observe fishes. Our results could be improved with more refined anesthesia and surgical techniques. The ability to track migratory movements of imperiled and pest populations of parasitic lampreys will improve our ability to estimate vital rates that underlie recruitment to the adult population (growth, survival) and to investigate the environmental factors that regulate the timing and rates of movement, in wild populations.
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- Taylor F. Haas
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, S.O. Conte Research Laboratory, Turners Falls, MA USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Hammond Bay Biological Station, Millersburg, MI USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Hammond Bay Biological Station, Millersburg, MI USA
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI USA
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Baltazar‐Soares M, Pinder AC, Harrison AJ, Oliver W, Picken J, Britton JR, Andreou D. A noninvasive eDNA tool for detecting sea lamprey larvae in river sediments: Analytical validation and field testing in a low-abundance ecosystem. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2022; 100:1455-1463. [PMID: 35441403 PMCID: PMC9322552 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities are increasingly threatening aquatic biodiversity, especially anadromous species. Monitoring and conservation measures are thus required to protect, maintain and restore imperilled populations. While many species can be surveyed using traditional capture and visual census techniques, species that use riverine habitats in a less conspicuous manner, such as sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus, can be more challenging to monitor. Sea lamprey larvae (ammocoetes) can spend several years in freshwater burrowed within soft sediments, inhibiting their detection and assessment. Here, we present a qPCR assay based on the detection of environmental DNA (eDNA) to identify the presence of ammocoetes burrowed in the sediment. We present an extensively validated method that ensured both species-specificity of the assay as well as the capacity to detect ammocoetes when abundances are low. Experiments on burrowing activity suggested that most of the DNA released into the sediment occurs during burrowing. Overall, we demonstrate this new molecular-based tool is an efficient and effective complement to traditional monitoring activities targeting larval stages of sea lampreys.
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- Miguel Baltazar‐Soares
- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesFaculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreISPA – Instituto UniversitárioLisbonPortugal
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- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesFaculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesFaculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft LaboratoryLowestoftUK
- School of Biological and Chemical SciencesQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
- Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustSalmon and Trout Research CentreWarehamUK
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- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesFaculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesFaculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth UniversityDorsetUK
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Dynamics of Two Anadromous Species in a Dam Intersected River: Analysis of Two 100-Year Datasets. FISHES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/fishes6020021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Long-term time-series datasets are key for assessing the population dynamics of fish species with economic interest. This study examines two 100-year datasets for sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus and allis shad Alosa alosa from the Minho River. This basin on the Iberian Peninsula is home to one of the largest populations at the southern distribution limit of these critically endangered anadromous fish species. Besides assessing the importance of the environmental drivers of fish capture data (temperature, salinity, upwelling, precipitation, and climatic oscillation), this study also assesses how dam construction affected these populations using intervention analysis—A statistical tool to detect significant breakpoints in time series data. Results showed contrasting trends between sea lamprey and allis shad, with the number of captured fish from the first progressively improving from 1914 to 2017, and the latter recording a significant decline over time. Although no significant correlations were detected between fishing data and environmental variables, some of the identified breakpoints in the time series data matched the dates when the major dams in Minho River were built. Other historical activities associated with mining might explain the notable changes detected in the trends, while issues associated with illegal, unreported, and unregulated capture data are also discussed.
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Elliott SAM, Deleys N, Rivot E, Acou A, Réveillac E, Beaulaton L. Shedding light on the river and sea lamprey in western European marine waters. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2021. [DOI: 10.3354/esr01113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Lampreys are ancestral jawless vertebrates with particularly complex life histories. Population declines resulting from increased anthropogenic pressure have been observed. For semelparous diadromous lampreys, the marine phase remains largely a black box, making targeted management and conservation measures difficult to implement. Here, we collated a database of 168904 hauls from both fisheries-dependent and fisheries-independent surveys between 1965 and 2019. Lampreys were observed in only 254 hauls (<1% lamprey presence); 421 sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus and 300 European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis were identified. Sizes ranged from 13 to 92 cm and from 14 to 42 cm, respectively. The majority of lampreys (61%) were caught by mobile demersal gear types. The highest presence of both species was recorded within the Greater North Sea, followed by the Bay of Biscay. L. fluviatilis was observed closer to the coast than P. marinus. For both lampreys, there was an increase in size with distance from the coast. P. marinus were predominantly <60 cm and observed from August to February, indicating that these were sexually immature juveniles migrating out to sea. For L. fluviatilis, the majority were thought to be adults (>20 cm) and occurred in autumn, indicating inshore migration. Our observations provide insight into the ecology of lampreys at sea and highlight study locations and gear types, which may be more pertinent for future research. Greater awareness is needed during surveys to collate catch information on lampreys and improve understanding of their ecology and phenology at sea.
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- SAM Elliott
- Management of Diadromous Fish in their Environment OFB-INRAE-Institut Agro-UPPA, 35042 Rennes, France
- UMR ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Institut Agro, INRAE, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Management of Diadromous Fish in their Environment OFB-INRAE-Institut Agro-UPPA, 35042 Rennes, France
- French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) VIGIES, 44311 Nantes, France
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- Management of Diadromous Fish in their Environment OFB-INRAE-Institut Agro-UPPA, 35042 Rennes, France
- UMR ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Institut Agro, INRAE, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Management of Diadromous Fish in their Environment OFB-INRAE-Institut Agro-UPPA, 35042 Rennes, France
- UMS OFB-CNRS-MNHN PatriNat, Station marine du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 35800 Dinard, France
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- Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266, La Rochelle Université-CNRS, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- Management of Diadromous Fish in their Environment OFB-INRAE-Institut Agro-UPPA, 35042 Rennes, France
- OFB, DRAS, 35042 Rennes, France
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Boulêtreau S, Carry L, Meyer E, Filloux D, Menchi O, Mataix V, Santoul F. High predation of native sea lamprey during spawning migration. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6122. [PMID: 32273527 PMCID: PMC7145853 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62916-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a unique jawless vertebrate among the most primitive of all living vertebrates. This migratory fish is endangered in much of its native area due to dams, overfishing, pollution, and habitat loss. An introduced predator, the European catfish (Silurus glanis), is now widespread in Western and Southern European freshwaters, adding a new threat for sea lamprey migrating into freshwater to spawn. Here, we use a new prototype predation tag coupled with RFID telemetry on 49 individuals from one of the largest sea lamprey European populations (Southwestern France) to quantify the risk of predation for adult sea lampreys during its spawning migration in rivers with large populations of European catfish. We found that at least 80% of tagged sea lampreys (39 among 49) were preyed upon within one month, and that 50% of the released lampreys were rapidly consumed on average 8 days after tagging. This very high predation rate suggests that the European catfish represents a supplementary serious threat of extirpation for the native sea lamprey population we studied. This threat is likely to happen throughout most of the native lamprey distribution area, as the European catfish is becoming established almost everywhere the sea lamprey is.
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- EDF, Développement Durable, 4 rue Claude Marie Perroud, 31096, Toulouse, France
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Sard NM, Smith SR, Homola JJ, Kanefsky J, Bravener G, Adams JV, Holbrook CM, Hrodey PJ, Tallon K, Scribner KT. RAPTURE (RAD capture) panel facilitates analyses characterizing sea lamprey reproductive ecology and movement dynamics. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:1469-1488. [PMID: 32076528 PMCID: PMC7029094 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Genomic tools are lacking for invasive and native populations of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Our objective was to discover single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci to conduct pedigree analyses to quantify reproductive contributions of adult sea lampreys and dispersion of sibling larval sea lampreys of different ages in Great Lakes tributaries. Additional applications of data were explored using additional geographically expansive samples. We used restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) to discover genetic variation in Duffins Creek (DC), Ontario, Canada, and the St. Clair River (SCR), Michigan, USA. We subsequently developed RAD capture baits to genotype 3,446 RAD loci that contained 11,970 SNPs. Based on RAD capture assays, estimates of variance in SNP allele frequency among five Great Lakes tributary populations (mean F ST 0.008; range 0.00-0.018) were concordant with previous microsatellite-based studies; however, outlier loci were identified that contributed substantially to spatial population genetic structure. At finer scales within streams, simulations indicated that accuracy in genetic pedigree reconstruction was high when 200 or 500 independent loci were used, even in situations of high spawner abundance (e.g., 1,000 adults). Based on empirical collections of larval sea lamprey genotypes, we found that age-1 and age-2 families of full and half-siblings were widely but nonrandomly distributed within stream reaches sampled. Using the genomic scale set of SNP loci developed in this study, biologists can rapidly genotype sea lamprey in non-native and native ranges to investigate questions pertaining to population structuring and reproductive ecology at previously unattainable scales.
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- Nicholas M. Sard
- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan
- Biology DepartmentSUNY OswegoOswegoNew York
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan
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- Great Lakes Science CenterU.S. Geological SurveyAnn ArborMichigan
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- Great Lakes Science CenterHammond Bay Biological StationU.S. Geological SurveyMillersburgMichigan
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- Fisheries and Oceans CanadaSault Ste. MarieONCanada
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan
- Department of Integrative BiologyState UniversityEast LansingMichigan
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Braga HO, Pereira MJ, Morgado F, Soares AMVM, Azeiteiro UM. Ethnozoological knowledge of traditional fishing villages about the anadromous sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Minho river, Portugal. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 2019; 15:71. [PMID: 31881979 PMCID: PMC6935102 DOI: 10.1186/s13002-019-0345-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a diadromous fish compromised by various stressors, which can lead to population decline and the urgency of stronger conservation regulation. In the absence of documentation of direct knowledge of local populations, a broader zoological and ecological understanding of sea lamprey fishing has become vital for the preservation of traditional practices and conservation of this migratory fish. To this purpose, we collected data from the P. marinus about the artisanal fisheries profile, folk taxonomy, habitat, reproduction, migration, and displacement using a low-cost methodology, through ethnobiology tools, in the four riverine fishing villages in Portugal. METHODS A total of 40 semi-structured interviews were carried out during the winter of 2019 in crucial fishing villages in the Minho river. Fishers were selected by random sampling and the snowball technique when appropriate. Interviews applied contained four parts (fisher's profile, projective test, knowledge about fishing, and ethnozoological knowledge about the sea lamprey). Informal knowledge was analyzed following an emic-etic approach and the set-theoretical Union of all individual competences. The Code of Ethics of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) was the main parameter for the conduction of this ethnozoological research and related activities in the Cooperminho project. RESULTS This first ethnobiological study of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in Portugal showed a sample of predominantly male fishers, averaging 57.13 years old, and average fishing experience of 37.18 years. The average income of fishers is about 688.28 Euros, and the level of education was predominantly basic. Data from artisanal fisheries showed the time and frequency of fishing, the characterization of fishing boats, and general information on catching lamprey in the Minho river. Three new folk names were attributed to P. marinus. Fishers mentioned sites with rock fragments and sandy bottoms and depth ranges ranging from 0 to 8 m as likely sea lamprey habitats. The villages of Monção and Melgaço are the last areas of the river where you could spot sea lamprey, as well as the last probable spawning grounds for this fish in the Minho river. The hydroelectric dams and predatory fisheries were considered the main obstacles to the migration of sea lamprey. Finally, local fishers also shared the lamprey migration season to feed and spawn. CONCLUSIONS Fishers shared a vast informal knowledge of sea lamprey zoology and ecology typical of anadromous species of the Petromyzontidae family, in the central traditional Portuguese communities on the Minho river. This fisher's knowledge becomes essential to preserve cultural practices of the sea lamprey, which is currently highly susceptible to anthropogenic pressures. Given the real warning of population extinction in the Portuguese rivers (such as the Minho river) and a similar trend in Spanish territory, ethnozoological studies of sea lamprey in Spanish fishing communities may support our findings. Also, this study may assist in the adaptive participatory management of these anadromous fish, as well as in documentation of local ecological knowledge (LEK) and centuries-old fishing practices that are also vulnerable in modern times on the international frontier Minho river.
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- Heitor Oliveira Braga
- Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-19 Aveiro, Portugal
- CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil (BEX: 8926/13-1), Caixa Postal 250, Brasília, DF 70040-020 Brazil
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- Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-19 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-19 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-19 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-19 Aveiro, Portugal
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Mateus CS, Almeida PR, Mesquita N, Quintella BR, Alves MJ. European Lampreys: New Insights on Postglacial Colonization, Gene Flow and Speciation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148107. [PMID: 26871930 PMCID: PMC4752455 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Ice ages are known to be the most dominant palaeoclimatic feature occurring on Earth, producing severe climatic oscillations and consequently shaping the distribution and the population structure of several species. Lampreys constitute excellent models to study the colonization of freshwater systems, as they commonly appear in pairs of closely related species of anadromous versus freshwater resident adults, thus having the ability to colonize new habitats, through the anadromous species, and establish freshwater resident derivates. We used 10 microsatellite loci to investigate the spatial structure, patterns of gene flow and migration routes of Lampetra populations in Europe. We sampled 11 populations including the migratory L. fluviatilis and four resident species, L. planeri, L. alavariensis, L. auremensis and L. lusitanica, the last three endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. In this southern glacial refugium almost all sampled populations represent a distinct genetic cluster, showing high levels of allopatric differentiation, reflecting long periods of isolation. As result of their more recent common ancestor, populations from northern Europe are less divergent among them, they are represented by fewer genetic clusters, and there is evidence of strong recent gene flow among populations. These previously glaciated areas from northern Europe may have been colonized from lampreys expanding out of the Iberian refugia. The pair L. fluviatilis/L. planeri is apparently at different stages of speciation in different locations, showing evidences of high reproductive isolation in the southern refugium, and low differentiation in the north.
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- Catarina Sofia Mateus
- MARE – Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência & Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- MARE – Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência & Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- MARE – Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência & Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ferreira-Martins D, Coimbra J, Antunes C, Wilson JM. Effects of salinity on upstream-migrating, spawning sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 4:cov064. [PMID: 27293744 PMCID: PMC4765514 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cov064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
The sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, is an anadromous, semelparous species that is vulnerable to endangered in parts of its native range due in part to loss of spawning habitat because of man-made barriers. The ability of lampreys to return to the ocean or estuary and search out alternative spawning river systems would be limited by their osmoregulatory ability in seawater. A reduction in tolerance to salinity has been documented in migrants, although the underlying mechanisms have not been characterized. We examined the capacity for marine osmoregulation in upstream spawning migrants by characterizing the physiological effects of salinity challenge from a molecular perspective. Estuarine-captured migrants held in freshwater (FW) for ∼1 week (short-term acclimation) or 2 months (long-term acclimation) underwent an incremental salinity challenge until loss of equilibrium occurred and upper thresholds of 25 and 17.5, respectively, occurred. Regardless of salinity tolerance, all lamprey downregulated FW ion-uptake mechanisms [gill transcripts of Na(+):Cl(-) cotransporter (NCC/slc12a3) and epithelial Na(+) channel (ENaC/scnn1) and kidney Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase (NKA) protein and activity but not transcript]. At their respective salinity limits, lamprey displayed a clear osmoregulatory failure and were unable to regulate [Na(+)] and [Cl(-)] in plasma and intestinal fluid within physiological limits, becoming osmocompromised. A >90% drop in haematocrit indicated haemolysis, and higher plasma concentrations of the cytosolic enzymes alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase indicated damage to other tissues, including liver. However, >80% of short-term FW-acclimated fish were able to osmoregulate efficiently, with less haemolysis and tissue damage. This osmoregulatory ability was correlated with significant upregulation of the secretory form of Na(+):K(+):2Cl(-) cotransporter (NKCC1/slc12a2) transcript levels and the re-emergence of seawater-type ionocytes detected through immunohistochemical NKA immunoreactivity in the gill, the central ionoregulatory organ. This work sheds light on the molecular and physiological limits to the potential return to seawater for lampreys searching for alternative FW systems in which to spawn.
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- D. Ferreira-Martins
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Aquamuseu do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Structural lipid changes and Na + /K + -ATPase activity of gill cells' basolateral membranes during saltwater acclimation in sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus , L.) juveniles. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2015; 189:67-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bracken FSA, Hoelzel AR, Hume JB, Lucas MC. Contrasting population genetic structure among freshwater-resident and anadromous lampreys: the role of demographic history, differential dispersal and anthropogenic barriers to movement. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:1188-204. [PMID: 25689694 PMCID: PMC4413359 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The tendency of many species to abandon migration remains a poorly understood aspect of evolutionary biology that may play an important role in promoting species radiation by both allopatric and sympatric mechanisms. Anadromy inherently offers an opportunity for the colonization of freshwater environments, and the shift from an anadromous to a wholly freshwater life history has occurred in many families of fishes. Freshwater-resident forms have arisen repeatedly among lampreys (within the Petromyzontidae and Mordaciidae), and there has been much debate as to whether anadromous lampreys, and their derived freshwater-resident analogues, constitute distinct species or are divergent ecotypes of polymorphic species. Samples of 543 European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis (mostly from anadromous populations) and freshwater European brook lamprey Lampetra planeri from across 18 sites, primarily in the British Isles, were investigated for 13 polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci, and 108 samples from six of these sites were sequenced for 829 bp of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). We found contrasting patterns of population structure for mtDNA and microsatellite DNA markers, such that low diversity and little structure were seen for all populations for mtDNA (consistent with a recent founder expansion event), while fine-scale structuring was evident for nuclear markers. Strong differentiation for microsatellite DNA loci was seen among freshwater-resident L. planeri populations and between L. fluviatilis and L. planeri in most cases, but little structure was evident among anadromous L. fluviatilis populations. We conclude that postglacial colonization founded multiple freshwater-resident populations with strong habitat fidelity and limited dispersal tendencies that became highly differentiated, a pattern that was likely intensified by anthropogenic barriers.
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- Fiona S A Bracken
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Lança MJ, Machado M, Mateus CS, Lourenço M, Ferreira AF, Quintella BR, Almeida PR. Investigating population structure of Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus, L.) in Western Iberian Peninsula using morphological characters and heart fatty acid signature analyses. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108110. [PMID: 25259723 PMCID: PMC4178062 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study hypothesizes the existence of three groups of sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus L. in Portugal (North/Central group, Tagus group, and Guadiana group), possibly promoted by seabed topography isolation during the oceanic phase of the life cycle. Within this context, our purpose was to analyze the existence of a stock structure on sea lamprey populations sampled in the major Portuguese river basins using both morphological characters and heart tissue fatty acid signature. In both cases, the multiple discriminant analysis revealed statistically significant differences among groups, and the overall corrected classification rate estimated from cross-validation procedure was particularly high for the cardiac muscle fatty acid profiles (i.e. 83.8%). Morphometric characters were much more useful than meristic ones to discriminate stocks, and the most important variables for group differentiation were eye length, second dorsal fin length and branchial length. Fatty acid analysis showed that all lampreys from the southern Guadiana group were correctly classified and not mixing with individuals from any other group, reflecting a typical heart fatty acid signature. Our results revealed that 89.5% and 72.2% of the individuals from the Tagus and North/Central groups, respectively, were also correctly classified, despite some degree of overlap between individuals from these groups. The fatty acids that contributed to the observed segregation were C16:0; C17:0; C18:1ω9; C20:3ω6 and C22:2ω6. Detected differences are probably related with environmental variables to which lampreys may have been exposed, which leaded to different patterns of gene expression. These results suggest the existence of three different sea lamprey stocks in Portugal, with implication in terms of management and conservation.
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- Maria João Lança
- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência & Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência & Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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Bao M, Garci M, Antonio J, Pascual S. First report of Anisakis simplex (Nematoda, Anisakidae) in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Food Control 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cooke SJ, Paukert C, Hogan Z. Endangered river fish: factors hindering conservation and restoration. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2012. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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