Spatial and temporal variations in the population structure of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria in the Pomeranian Bay (southern Baltic Sea)

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kube
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Mya Arenaria ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variations ◽  
Soft Shell Clam ◽  
Southern Baltic Sea ◽  
Soft Shell ◽  
Southern Baltic ◽  
Pomeranian Bay

Earliest Holocene occurrence of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, in the Greifswalder Bodden, Southern Baltic

2005 ◽  
Vol 216 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 79-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Behrends ◽  
Günther Hertweck ◽  
Gerd Liebezeit ◽  
Glenn Goodfriend
Keyword(s):  
Mya Arenaria ◽  
Soft Shell Clam ◽  
Soft Shell ◽  
Southern Baltic

scholarly journals Studies on endangered and rare non-commercial fish species recorded in the Pomeranian Bay (southern Baltic Sea) in 2010–2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Więcaszek ◽  
Ewa Sobecka ◽  
Sławomir Keszka ◽  
Katarzyna Stepanowska ◽  
Stanisław Dudko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Southern Baltic Sea ◽  
Southern Baltic ◽  
Pomeranian Bay

scholarly journals Population Genetic Structure Is Unrelated to Shell Shape, Thickness and Organic Content in European Populations of the Soft-Shell Clam Mya Arenaria

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele De Noia ◽  
Luca Telesca ◽  
David L. J. Vendrami ◽  
Hatice K. Gokalp ◽  
Grégory Charrier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Mya Arenaria ◽  
Shell Shape ◽  
Soft Shell Clam ◽  
The North ◽  
Soft Shell ◽  
The North Sea

The soft-shell clam Mya arenaria is one of the most ancient invaders of European coasts and is present in many coastal ecosystems, yet little is known about its genetic structure in Europe. We collected 266 samples spanning a latitudinal cline from the Mediterranean to the North Sea and genotyped them at 12 microsatellite loci. In parallel, geometric morphometric analysis of shell outlines was used to test for associations between shell shape, latitude and genotype, and for a selection of shells we measured the thickness and organic content of the granular prismatic (PR), the crossed-lamellar (CL) and the complex crossed-lamellar (CCL) layers. Strong population structure was detected, with Bayesian cluster analysis identifying four groups located in the Mediterranean, Celtic Sea, along the continental coast of the North Sea and in Scotland. Multivariate analysis of shell shape uncovered a significant effect of collection site but no associations with any other variables. Shell thickness did not vary significantly with either latitude or genotype, although PR thickness and calcification were positively associated with latitude, while CCL thickness showed a negative association. Our study provides new insights into the population structure of this species and sheds light on factors influencing shell shape, thickness and microstructure.

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