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Genetic insights into recolonization processes of Mediterranean octocorals

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Marine ecosystems are strongly impacted by the consequences of human activities, such as habitat destruction or artificialization and climate change. In the Mediterranean Sea, sessile benthic species, and particularly octocorals, have been affected by mass mortality events linked with positive thermal anomalies. The future survival of octocoral populations impacted by global change will depend on their recolonization abilities facing local extirpation or important modification of their habitat. We studied these processes in Mediterranean octocorals in two situations: the colonization of artificial substrates (wrecks) by the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata, and the recolonization following mortality events in the yellow gorgonian Eunicella cavolini. With microsatellite markers (seven for P. clavata, five for E. cavolini), we analyzed the genetic diversity of populations on artificial substrates and their differentiation from other neighboring populations. For P. clavata the populations on artificial substrates were not or lowly differentiated from the closest populations (1.3–1.6 km) on natural substrates, and showed similar levels of genetic diversity. Artificial substrates can then be considered as an interesting substitute for natural substrates for this species. For E. cavolini we did not detect any variation in diversity or relatedness following recuperation after mortality events. In both cases, our results suggest the input from different populations in the recolonization process, which helps in maintaining the genetic diversity. These results are useful for the management of these species and of associated ecosystems.

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Acknowledgements

The E. cavolini samples have been obtained thanks to an ASSEMBLE TA project granted to D. Aurelle (grant agreement n° 227799), for an access to the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples. We thank Mr Fabio Barbieri, at the “Gambieri Marine Field Station”, and the staff of the Palinuro Sub Diving Center (Palinuro), the Ischia Diving Agency and the ANS diving (Ischia), and the Alta Marea diving Center (Ustica) for support in collection of E. cavolini samples at Palinuro, Ischia and Ustica, respectively; Mr Marco Cannavacciuolo and the staff of the MEDA Unit (RIMAR Dept Stazione Zoologica of Naples) for sampling colonies at the Nisida island (Naples). The work of M. Masmoudi in France was supported by the Algerian—French collaboration program Tassili n° 12MDU853. This study has been funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) program Adacni (ANR n° ANR‐12‐ADAP‐0016; https://adacni.imbe.fr). The project leading to this publication has received funding from European FEDER Fund under project 1166-–39417. J.-B. Ledoux is funded by an assistant researcher contract framework of the RD Unit—UID/Multi/04423/2019—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research—financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE2020—Operational Program for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (POCI) and national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC). We thank Oscar Puebla and two anonymous reviewers who helped us improve this article.

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  1. Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France

    D. Aurelle & J. Garrabou

  2. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France

    D. Aurelle

  3. Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Marseille, France

    D. Aurelle, J. Tariel, A. Haguenauer, C. Ribout & M. Masmoudi

  4. Laboratoire d’Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5023, ENTPE, 69622, Villeurbanne, France

    J. Tariel

  5. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, OSU PYTHEAS, Marseille, France

    F. Zuberer

  6. EPHE, PSL Research University, UPVD, CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea Polynésie, Moorea, France

    F. Zuberer & A. Haguenauer

  7. Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372, CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France

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  8. Laboratoire Bioressources Marines, Université d’Annaba Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algérie

    M. Masmoudi, H. Kara & L. Chaoui

  9. Institut de Ciències del Mar CSIC, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

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  10. CIIMAR/CIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    J.-B. Ledoux

  11. Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazioner Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Napoli, Italy

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Aurelle, D., Tariel, J., Zuberer, F. et al. Genetic insights into recolonization processes of Mediterranean octocorals. Mar Biol 167, 73 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03684-z

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