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Meso-scale genetic structure of the intertidal, crevice-dwelling, stalked barnacle Ibla cumingi (Crustacea: Cirripedia): an interplay of life history and local hydrographic conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2010

Priscilla T.Y. Leung ,
Brian Morton  and
W.C. Ng
Priscilla T.Y. Leung*
Affiliation:
The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Division of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Brian Morton
Affiliation:
The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
W.C. Ng
Affiliation:
The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Division of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.T.Y. Leung, The Swire Institute of Marine Science and Division of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China email: tyleung@graduate.hku.hk
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Abstract

Variation in life history characteristics is believed to play an important role in dispersal and thus shaping the population and genetic structure of marine invertebrates. The genetic structure of Ibla cumingi, a small intertidal stalked barnacle that broods lecithotrophic larvae, was evaluated using 145 random amplified polymorphic DNA markers on 100 individuals from five locations across Hong Kong waters. Shallow genetic structure was observed along open-coast shores, and there was no indication of isolation by geographical distance. A significant genetic divergence, however, was observed between samples inside and outside Tolo Harbour, a semi-enclosed, sheltered and estuarine bay located in the north-eastern quadrant of Hong Kong, indicating the presence of a genetic sub-structuring pattern. In addition, relatively lower genetic diversities were described for samples inside Tolo Harbour than those from open-coast shores. This could be associated with an increase in inbreeding events attributed to local settlement caused by larval retention. This study provides an insight into how the interaction of life history and local, enclosed, hydrographic conditions could result in a substantial genetic structuring of I. cumingi over a meso-scale geographical distance.

Keywords

Crustaceaintertidal stalked barnaclesenclosed baygenetic sub-structurelarval mode
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 173 - 180
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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