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Antarctic fish Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Citation
Matschiner,M., Hanel,R. and Salzburger,W. Gene flow by larval dispersal in the Antarctic notothenioid fish Gobionotothen gibberifrons Mol. Ecol. 18 (12), 2574-2587 (2009) https://doi.org/10.15468/s5nj6f
Contact: Grant, Rachel

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Description
Data on the gene flow by larval dispersal in the Antarctic notothenioid fish Gobionotothen gibberifrons. more

The diversification of the teleost suborder Notothenioidei (Perciformes) in Antarctic waters provides one of the most striking examples of a marine adaptive radiation. Along with a number of adaptations to the cold environment, such as the evolution of antifreeze glycoproteins, notothenioids diversified into eight families and at least 130 species. Here, we investigate the genetic population structure of the humped rockcod (Gobionotothen gibberifrons), a benthic notothenioid fish. Six populations were sampled at different locations around the Scotia Sea, comprising a large part of the species’ distribution range (N = 165). Our analyses based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data (352 bp) and eight microsatellite markers reveal a lack of genetic structuring over large geographic distances (¦ST £ 0.058, FST £ 0.005, P values nonsignificant). In order to test whether this was due to passive larval dispersal, we used GPS-tracked drifter trajectories, which approximate movement of passive surface particles with ocean currents. The drifter data indicate that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) connects the sampling locations in one direction only (west–east), and that passive transport is possible within the 4-month larval period of G. gibberifrons. Indeed, when applying the isolation-with-migration model in IMA, strong unidirectional west-east migration rates are detected in the humped rockcod. This leads us to conclude that, in G. gibberifrons, genetic differentiation is prevented by gene flow via larval dispersal with the ACC.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data, Drifters, Marine Genomics, Population genetics, Antarctica, Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lönnberg, 1905), Pisces

Geographical coverage
Antarctica [Marine Regions]

Taxonomic coverage
Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lönnberg, 1905) [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]

Parameters
Genetics
Occurrence of biota

Contributor
Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS), more

Related datasets
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
RAS: Register of Antarctic Species, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Matschiner, M.; Hanel, R.; Salzburger, W. (2009). Gene flow by larval dispersal in the Antarctic notothenioid fish Gobionotothen gibberifrons. Mol. Ecol. 18(12): 2574–2587. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04220.x, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2009-06-23
Information last updated: 2019-04-09
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