Population structure and relative growth of rock snails Reishia bitubercularis (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Ambon Island, Eastern Indonesia

The present study reports and discusses population structure and morphometric relationships of muricid <em>Reishia bitubercularis</em> in two populations from Ambon Island, Maluku. Field sampling was conducted at two locations with typical hard substrate i.e. Ambon Bay and Central Maluku, where each location comprises three different stations. Morphometric relationships were analyzed for shell dimensions i.e., shell length (SL), shell width (SW), shell height (SH) and total weight (TW). A total of 496 individuals of <em>R. bitubercularis </em>were collected in both locations. SL ranged from 7.07 to 42.38 mm in Ambon Bay, and 12.45 to 42.69 mm in Central Maluku. The highest number of individuals in Ambon Bay and Central Maluku was in size 26-28 mm and 30-32 mm, respectively. The mean SW/SL ratio ranged from 0.67 mm to 0.73 mm. Sex ratio was significantly different from 1:1, with females outnumbered males in both locations. Morphometric relationships indicated SL grows faster than SW in both locations and faster than SH and TW in Central Maluku. While the growth rate between SL vs SH; and TW vs SL are relatively similar in Ambon Bay. Overall, both Ambon Bay and Central Maluku have a similar variation of abiotic factors which also play an important role in shell morphometrics and relative growth of muricids, especially related to the exposed area in the rocky intertidal zone where sampling was conducted.

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Population structure and spatial distribution of the gastropod molluscs Osilinus atrata and Osilinus sauciatus in the rocky intertidal zone of the Canary Islands (Central East Atlantic)

Ciencias Marinas ◽

10.7773/cm.v31i4.35 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 697-706 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

R Ramírez

Keyword(s):

Population Structure ◽

Spatial Distribution ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Intertidal Zone ◽

Rocky Intertidal ◽

East Atlantic ◽

Rocky Intertidal Zone

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Species diversity of macrobenthos in the rocky intertidal zone of Yushan Island

Biodiversity Science ◽

10.3724/sp.j.1003.2011.08021 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 19 (5) ◽

pp. 511-518

Author(s):

Jiao Haifeng ◽

Peng Xiaoming ◽

You Zhongjie ◽

Shi Huixiong ◽

Lou Zhijun ◽

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Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Intertidal Zone ◽

Rocky Intertidal ◽

Rocky Intertidal Zone

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The Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on the Community Dynamics in a Mountain Subtropical Forest

Forests ◽

10.3390/f12040427 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 427

Author(s):

Tianyang Zhou ◽

Jiaxin Zhang ◽

Yunzhi Qin ◽

Mingxi Jiang ◽

Xiujuan Qiao

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Forest Dynamics ◽

Community Dynamics ◽

Abiotic Factors ◽

Subtropical Forest ◽

Above Ground Biomass ◽

Short Term ◽

Forest Ecosystem Services ◽

Number Of Individuals

From supporting wood production to mitigating climate change, forest ecosystem services are crucial to the well-being of humans. Understanding the mechanisms that drive forest dynamics can help us infer how to maintain forest ecosystem services and how to improve predictions of forest dynamics under climate change. Despite the growing number of studies exploring above ground biomass (AGB) dynamics, questions of dynamics in biodiversity and in number of individuals still remain unclear. Here, we first explored the patterns of community dynamics in different aspects (i.e., AGB, density and biodiversity) based on short-term (five years) data from a 25-ha permanent plot in a subtropical forest in central China. Second, we examined the relationships between community dynamics and biodiversity and functional traits. Third, we identified the key factors affecting different aspects of community dynamics and quantified their relative contributions. We found that in the short term (five years), net above ground biomass change (ΔAGB) and biodiversity increased, while the number of individuals decreased. Resource-conservation traits enhanced the ΔAGB and reduced the loss in individuals, while the resource-acquisition traits had the opposite effect. Furthermore, the community structure contributed the most to ΔAGB; topographic variables and soil nutrients contributed the most to the number of individuals; demographic process contributed the most to biodiversity. Our results indicate that biotic factors mostly affected the community dynamics of ΔAGB and biodiversity, while the number of individuals was mainly shaped by abiotic factors. Our work highlighted that the factors influencing different aspects of community dynamics vary. Therefore, forest management practices should be formulated according to a specific protective purpose.

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The effect of population structure on growth patterns in the woody goldenrod Solidago pauciflosculosa

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b83-210 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 61 (7) ◽

pp. 1955-1958 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marvin P. Pritts ◽

James F. Hancock

Keyword(s):

Population Structure ◽

Seedling Establishment ◽

Reproductive Output ◽

Plant Biomass ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Dispersion Pattern ◽

Allocation Patterns ◽

Total Plant Biomass ◽

Total Plant ◽

Two Populations

The population structure and growth patterns of two populations of Solidago pauciflosculosa, a woody goldenrod, were investigated. Populations consisted of even-aged contagious patches of individuals, a dispersion pattern likely caused by the periodic appearance of microsites suitable for seedling establishment. The density of individuals within the even-aged clumps varied considerably and was correlated with total plant biomass and reproductive output. Density was not correlated with either reproductive or nonreproductive allocation patterns.

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Microsatellite population structure of Newfoundland black bears (Ursus americanus hamiltoni)

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z11-056 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 89 (9) ◽

pp. 831-839 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

H. Dawn Marshall ◽

Edward S. Yaskowiak ◽

Casidhe Dyke ◽

Elizabeth A. Perry

Keyword(s):

Population Structure ◽

Ursus Americanus ◽

Intraspecific Variability ◽

Black Bears ◽

Postglacial Colonization ◽

Correct Assignment ◽

Hair Samples ◽

Males And Females ◽

Two Populations ◽

F Statistics

We investigated population structure of black bears ( Ursus americanus hamiltoni Cameron, 1957) from insular Newfoundland using the microsatellite profiles of 12 loci from three broadly distributed areas (Northern, Baie Verte, and Bonavista peninsulas). Our goals were to revisit earlier findings of low heterozygosity in Newfoundland and increase knowledge of intraspecific variability in black bears, and make inferences about postglacial colonization and contemporary movements of island black bears. Ninety-three individuals (42 males) were identified among 543 hair samples: 21 from Bonavista, 25 from Northern Peninsula, and 47 from Baie Verte. Genetic diversity is relatively low (HE = 0.42) and decreases from northwest to southeast. Small but significant subpopulation differentiation revealed by F statistics is greatest between Northern and Baie Verte peninsulas; it is lower and comparable in the remaining pairwise comparisons. We hypothesize that postglacial colonization proceeded from the Northern Peninsula southeastward. Bears migrated from the Northern Peninsula to Baie Verte at some more distant time in the past, then diverged by genetic drift. More recently, migration occurred from these two populations to Bonavista, characterized by positive FIS indicative of admixture. Tests of biased dispersal and posterior probability of correct assignment to locality reveal contemporary movements of both males and females with historical dispersal attributable to males.

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Population structure of Chinese southwest wheat germplasms resistant to stripe rust and powdery mildew using the DArT-seq technique

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/0103-8478cr20160066 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tianqing Chen ◽

Piyada Alisha Tantasawat ◽

Wei Wang ◽

Xu Gao ◽

Liyi Zhang

Keyword(s):

Population Structure ◽

Disease Resistance ◽

Polymorphic Information Content ◽

Wheat Breeding ◽

Wheat Varieties ◽

Group I ◽

Population Structure Analysis ◽

Specific Allele ◽

The Mean ◽

Different Origins

ABSTRACT: Understanding genetic variability in existing wheat accessions is critical for collection, conservation and use of wheat germplasms. In this study, 138 Chinese southwest wheat accessions were investigated by genotyping using two resistance gene makers (Pm21 and Yr26) and DArT-seq technique. Finally, about 50% cultivars (lines) amplified the specific allele for the Yr26 gene (Gwm11) and 40.6% for the Pm21 gene (SCAR1265). By DArT-seq analysis, 30,485 markers (6486 SNPs and 23999 DArTs) were obtained with mean polymorphic information content (PIC) value 0.33 and 0.28 for DArT and SNP marker, respectively. The mean Dice genetic similarity coefficient (GS) was 0.72. Two consistent groups of wheat varieties were identified using principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) at the level of both the chromosome 6AS and the whole-genome, respectively. Group I was composed of non-6VS/6AL translocation lines of different origins, while Group II was composed of 6VS/6AL translocation (T6VS/6AL) lines, most of which carried the Yr26 and Pm21 genes and originated from Guizhou. Besides, a model-based population structure analysis revealed extensive admixture and further divided these wheat accessions into six subgroups (SG1, SG2, SG3, SG4, SG5 and SG6), based on their origin, pedigree or disease resistance. This information is useful for wheat breeding in southwestern China and association mapping for disease resistance using these wheat germplasms in future.

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Selection, Load and Inbreeding Depression in a Large Metapopulation

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/160.3.1191 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 160 (3) ◽

pp. 1191-1202 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael C Whitlock

Keyword(s):

Population Structure ◽

Inbreeding Depression ◽

Population Subdivision ◽

Response To Selection ◽

Mutation Load ◽

Deleterious Alleles ◽

Subdivided Population ◽

Soft Selection ◽

Mean Fitness ◽

The Mean

Abstract The subdivision of a species into local populations causes its response to selection to change, even if selection is uniform across space. Population structure increases the frequency of homozygotes and therefore makes selection on homozygous effects more effective. However, population subdivision can increase the probability of competition among relatives, which may reduce the efficacy of selection. As a result, the response to selection can be either increased or decreased in a subdivided population relative to an undivided one, depending on the dominance coefficient FST and whether selection is hard or soft. Realistic levels of population structure tend to reduce the mean frequency of deleterious alleles. The mutation load tends to be decreased in a subdivided population for recessive alleles, as does the expected inbreeding depression. The magnitude of the effects of population subdivision tends to be greatest in species with hard selection rather than soft selection. Population structure can play an important role in determining the mean fitness of populations at equilibrium between mutation and selection.

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Genetic Diversity among Calamus brandisii Becc. (Arecaceae) Populations in Kerala Part of Western Ghats

Indian Journal of Forestry ◽

10.54207/bsmps1000-2021-xm8ipx ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 38-42

Author(s):

Kavungal Priya ◽

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Indira . ◽

Vadakkethil Balakrishnan Sreekumar ◽

Renuka . ◽

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Keyword(s):

Genetic Diversity ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Rapd Markers ◽

Gene Diversity ◽

Issr Markers ◽

High Genetic Diversity ◽

Western Ghats Of India ◽

The Mean ◽

Two Parameters ◽

Two Populations

Calamus brandisii Becc. is one of the endemic slender rattans found in the Western Ghats of India. The genetic diversity of two main populations available in Kerala was investigated using 20 RAPD and 9 ISSR markers. Two parameters viz., gene diversity and genetic diversity within and among populations were analyzed. ISSR analysis showed quite high genetic diversity in Pandimotta compared to Bonacaud population whereas in RAPD markers both these populations were moderately diverse. The percentage of total genetic differentiation (Gst) among two populations is relatively higher than the mean Gst value indicating high genetic diversity within the populations. The genetic distance between these two populations was 0.1739 with ISSR markers and 0.1971 with RAPD markers. Because of its high genetic diversity, Pandimotta population can be treated as an important population of gene diversity with potentially useful genes. This may be included in the high priority reservoir for genetic conservation also.

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First study of the Polycladida (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4964 (2) ◽

pp. 363-381

Author(s):

PATRICIA SOUTULLO ◽

DANIEL CUADRADO ◽

CAROLINA NOREÑA

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

Intertidal Zone ◽

Pacific Coast ◽

New Records ◽

Rocky Intertidal ◽

Animal Kingdom ◽

Invertebrate Diversity ◽

Marine Park ◽

Rocky Intertidal Zone ◽

The Pacific

In the present work was carried out in the intertidal zone of Las Baulas de Guanacaste National Marine Park (PNMB) located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The main objective was to contribute to knowledge about the invertebrate diversity of the park, one of the richest bioregions on the planet, about which little is known. This study assesses the Order Polycladida Lang, 1884, a cornerstone of this ecosystem and one of the most cosmopolitan and plastic invertebrate taxa in the animal kingdom. In total, 57 individuals were collected in the rocky intertidal zone of Carbón and Langosta beaches. Nine different species were identified, of which four are new for Costa Rica: Semonia bauliensis n. sp.; Cryptostylochus sesei n. sp.; Paraplanocera angeli n. sp., Prostheceraeus fitae n. sp.; and five new records: Paraplanocera oligoglena (Schmarda, 1859); Marcusia ernesti Hyman, 1953; Enchiridium magec Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017; Pseudobiceros bajae (Hyman, 1953); and the genus Boninia spp.

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