Population genetics and historical demographic inferences of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in the US based on microsatellites.

ABSTRACT: The native range of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus spans Nova Scotia to northern Argentina. In the US, it constitutes a keystone species in estuarine habitats of the Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico (GOM), serving as both predator and prey to other species, and also has historically represented a multi-billion dollar fishery. Knowledge relevant to effective management and monitoring of this ecologically and economically important species, such as levels of population genetic differentiation and genetic diversity, is necessary. Although several population genetics studies have attempted to address these questions in one or more parts of its distribution, conflicting results and potential problems with the markers used, as well as other issues, have obscured our understanding on them. In

SUBMITTER: Macedo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6796965 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature