Genetic Structure Among 50 Species of the Northeastern Pacific Rocky Intertidal Community 英文参考文献.docVIP

GeneticStructureAmong50SpeciesoftheNortheastern PacificRockyIntertidalCommunity RyanP.Kelly*,StephenR.Palumbi DepartmentofBiology,HopkinsMarineStation,StanfordUniversity,PacificGrove,California,UnitedStatesofAmerica Abstract Comparingmanyspecies’populationgeneticpatternsacrossthesameseascapecanidentifyspecieswithdifferentlevelsof structure,andsuggesthypothesesabouttheprocessesthatcausesuchvariationforspeciesinthesameecosystem.This comparative approach helps focus on geographic barriers and selective or demographic processes that define genetic connectivity on an ecosystem scale, the understanding of which is particularly important for large-scale management efforts.Moreover,amultispeciesdatasethasgreatstatisticaladvantagesoversingle-speciesstudies,lendingexplanatory powerinanefforttouncoverthemechanismsdrivingpopulationstructure.Here,weanalyzea50-speciesdatasetofPacific nearshoreinvertebrateswiththeaimofdiscoveringthemostinfluentialstructuringfactorsalongthePacificcoastofNorth America.WecollectedcytochromecoxidaseI(COI)mtDNAdatafrompopulationsof34speciesofmarineinvertebrates sampledcoarselyatfourcoastallocationsinCalifornia,Oregon,andAlaska,andaddedpublisheddatafrom16additional species. All nine species with non-pelagic development have strong genetic structure. For the 41 species with pelagic development, 13 show significant genetic differentiation, nine of which show striking FST levels of 0.1–0.6. Finer scale geographic investigations show unexpected regional patterns of genetic change near Cape Mendocino in northern Californiaforfiveofthesixspeciestested.TheregionbetweenOregonandAlaskaisasecondfocusofintraspecificgenetic change, showing differentiation in half the species tested. Across regions, strong genetic subdivision occurs more often thanexpectedinmid-to-highintertidalspecies,aresultthatmayreflectreducedgeneflowduetonaturalselectionalong coastal environmental gradients. Finally, the results highlight the importance of making primary research accessible t