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The Crested Auklet, Aethia cristatella (Alcidae, Charadriiformes), does not vary geographically in genetics, morphology or vocalizations

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The study of population differentiation is essential for understanding species evolution and ecology. Despite a large amount of published works in this area of study, the prediction of population structure in a number of animal species and, particularly, in seabirds remains difficult. The Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a small, planktivorous seabird species that breeds in colonies on islands and along the coastline of the North Pacific. Despite their vast breeding area and huge population numbers, the phenotypic features of adult birds from different colonies and genetic population variability have not been studied yet. Here we conducted a combined study of population differentiation in the Crested Auklet, using both phenotypic and genetic features. Data were collected at nine points across the species’ distribution range from 1988 to 2012. We analyzed population variability of the mitochondrial control region fragment, microsatellites, two types of vocalizations (barks and trumpet calls), morphometric and ornamentation measurements. However, we did not detect any obvious cues to different populations, either in genetic, morphometric or acoustic variables. Crested Auklets from different geographic areas do not express any genetic differences. We surmise that the absence of population separation in Crested Auklet can be explained by an important ecological characteristic of the species: these birds are pelagic during non-breeding season; therefore, young birds likely migrate far away from their natal colonies during their first year of life and do not often return to breed at their native colony.

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We thank Vladimir Burkanov, Mikhail Goltsman, Alexander Shienok and staff of Komandorsky Nature Reserve, especially Evgeniy Mamaev and Anastasia Kuznecova, for providing opportunity for work on Medny Island and logistic support. Vladimir Burkanov also provided logistical support for collecting the samples at the salmon gillnet fishery. We also thank Alexander Andreev, Elena Golubova, Elena Zubakina, for providing opportunity for work and for help with data gathering on Talan island. We are very grateful to Mr. Toshiji Fukuda, the animal photographer, for hiring a ship to get to the Saint-Jonah Island, and also to Vladimir Medvedev, the animal photographer, for help during the Saint-Jonah Island voyage. We also thank US Fish and Wildlife Service for providing the opportunity for work on Buldir, Little Diomede and St. Lawrence islands, and our American colleagues David Irons, Adrian Gall, Lisa Sheffield, Ian Rose and Jeffrey Williams for help with data gathering on these islands. We also thank Marina Kholodova for help with genetic DNA analysis. We also thank anonymous reviewers, prof. Edward H. Miller and Thomas I. Van Pelt for manuscript reading, multiple constructive comments and correction of written English. During our work, we adhered to the “Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioral research and teaching” (Anim. Behav. 65: 249–255) and to the laws of Russian Federation, the country where the research was conducted. This study was funded by the Grant of President RF (grant MK-1781-2012.4) and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 14-04-01138a). None of our funders had any influence on the content of the submitted or published manuscript. None of our funders require approval of the final manuscript to be published.

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    Olesya S. Pshenichnikova, Pavel A. Sorokin, Victor A. Zubakin, Nikolay B. Konyukhov & Sergey P. Kharitonov

  2. Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory 1/12, 119234, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Anna V. Klenova

  3. Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Geographical Institute of Far Eastern Branch RAS, Prosp. Rybakov 19a, 683024, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russian Federation

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Pshenichnikova, O.S., Klenova, A.V., Sorokin, P.A. et al. The Crested Auklet, Aethia cristatella (Alcidae, Charadriiformes), does not vary geographically in genetics, morphology or vocalizations. Mar Biol 162, 1329–1342 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2672-2

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