Journal article
Seascape features, rather than dispersal traits, predict spatial genetic patterns in co-distributed reef fishes
L Liggins, EA Treml, HP Possingham, C Riginos
Journal of Biogeography | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12647
Abstract
Aim: To determine which seascape features have shaped the spatial genetic patterns of coral reef fishes, and to identify common patterns among species related to dispersal traits [egg type and pelagic larval duration (PLD)]. Location: Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Methods: We sampled coral reef fishes with differing dispersal traits (Pomacentrus coelestis, Dascyllus trimaculatus, Hailchoeres hortulanus and Acanthurus triostegus) and characterized spatial (mtDNA) genetic patterns using AMOVA-clustering and measures of genetic differentiation. Similarity in the spatial genetic patterns among species was assessed using the congruence among distance matric..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We are grateful for the logistic, permitting and research support provided by several individuals, research institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Full acknowledgment of these groups and permit information is provided in Appendix S3 in the Supporting Information. Funding for this work was provided by the Australian Research Council (DP0878306, to C.R. and H.P.P.) and an Explorer's Club Exploration Fund (to L.L.). Many of the ideas discussed here grew out of work funded by the Sea World Research & Rescue Foundation (SWR/1/2012, to C.R. and L.L.), a Paddy Pallin Foundation, The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife Science Grant, an Ecological Society of Australia Student Research Grant, the Lerner Gray Memorial Fund of the American Museum of Natural History and a Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Science for Management Award (to L.L.). We are grateful for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript provided by H.B. Harrison and two anonymous referees.