Phylogeographical analysis reveals multiple conservation units in brook lampreys Lampetra planeri of Portuguese streams

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

Pereira, AM (Autor) Outra; Robalo, JI (Autor) Outra; Freyhof, J (Autor) Outra; Maia, C (Autor) Outra; Fonseca, JP (Autor) Outra; Valente, A (Autor) FCUP; Almada, VC (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Journal of Fish Biology

Vol. 77

Páginas: 361-371

ISSN: 0022-1112

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 14 Citações

Scopus - 14 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências agrárias > Agricultura, silvicultura e pescas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-4E3

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02675.x

Abstract (EN): The populations of brook lamprey Lampetra planeri of Portuguese Rivers were analysed phylogeographically using a fragment of 644 bp of the mitochondrial control region of 158 individuals from six populations. Samples representing L. planeri and migratory lampreys Lampetra fluviatilis of rivers draining to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea were also included to assess the relationships of Portuguese samples. The data support a clear differentiation of all the populations studied. Several populations, which are isolated among themselves and also from the migratory lampreys, proved to be entirely composed of private haplotypes, a finding that supports some time of independent evolutionary history for these populations. This, combined with the geographic confinement to small water bodies, justifies the recognition of at least four conservation units in the Portuguese rivers Sado, Sao Pedro, Nabao and Inha.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 11