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Time and space: genetic structure of the cohorts of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in Western Mediterranean

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Spatio-temporal variability in settlement and recruitment, high mortality during the first life-history stages, and selection may determine the genetic structure of cohorts of long-lived marine invertebrates at small scales. We conducted a spatial and temporal analysis of the common Mediterranean Sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus to determine the genetic structure of cohorts at different scales. In Tossa de Mar (NW Mediterranean), recruitment was followed over 5 consecutive springs (2006–2010). In spring 2008, recruits and two-year-old individuals were collected at 6 locations along East and South Iberian coasts separated from 200 to over 1,100 km. All cohorts presented a high genetic diversity based on a fragment of mtCOI. Our results showed a marked genetic homogeneity in the temporal monitoring and a low degree of spatial structure in 2006. In 2008, coupled with an abnormality in the usual circulation patterns in the area, the genetic structure of the southern populations studied changed markedly, with arrival of many private haplotypes. This fact highlights the importance of point events in renewing the genetic makeup of populations, which can only be detected through analysis of the cohort structure coupling temporal and spatial perspectives.

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Special thanks to Gonzalo Giribet for his help during sampling. Thanks also to Owen Wangensteen, to Nuria Massana, and to Andrea Soriano for their help during separation of recruits. We are in debt to Joaquín Tintoré and Ananda Pascual for providing and discussing information upon currents and transport of particles. This research was funded by projects CTM2010-2218 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and BIOCON08-187 of the Foundation of the BBVA banking institution.

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    I. Calderón, Lucía Pita, S. Brusciotti & C. Palacín

  2. Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Accés a la Cala S. Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes, Girona, Spain

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Calderón, I., Pita, L., Brusciotti, S. et al. Time and space: genetic structure of the cohorts of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in Western Mediterranean. Mar Biol 159, 187–197 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1799-z

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