Shedding light on variation in reproductive success through studies of population genetic structure in a Southeast Pacific Coast mussel.

ABSTRACT: Phylogeography often focuses on the spatial dimension of genetic diversity, rarely including the temporal dynamics occurring interannually among local populations, which can provide insight into past variations in reproductive success. Currently, there is an intense aquaculture industry of Mytilus spp. on the Southeast Pacific Coast which depends entirely on the spat released by natural populations forming a relevant and sensitive social-ecological system. Temporal and spatial spat variability from natural mussel beds could be related to interannual reproductive dynamics with variable reproductive success and recruitment, which leave genetic signatures. Temporal and spatial genetic structure was evaluated in six natural beds in the Southeast Pacific (from 39°25'S to 43°07'S) on the most ab

SUBMITTER: Haye PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10238476 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature