Lack of mitochondrial genetic structure in the endangered giant clam populations of Tridacna maxima (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) across the Saudi Arabian coast     

Ben Othmen Abdelwahe  Abhary Mohame  Deli Temim  Ouanes Zouhour  Alhuwaiti Nour  Dimassi Najet  Mansour Lamjed 《海洋学报(英文版)》2020,39(2):28-37

The present investigation focuses on population genetic structure analysis of the endangered giant clam species Tridacna maxima across part of the Red Sea,with the main aim of assessing the influence of postulated potential barriers to gene flow(i.e.,particular oceanographic features and marked environmental heterogeneity)on genetic connectivity among populations of this poorly dispersive bivalve species.For this purpose,a total of 44 specimens of T.maxima were collected from five sampling locations along the Saudi Arabian coast and examined for genetic variability at the considerably variable mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase I(COI).Our results revealed lack of population subdivision and phylogeographic structure across the surveyed geographic spectrum,suggesting that neither the short pelagic larval dispersal nor the various postulated barriers to gene flow in the Red Sea can trigger the onset of marked genetic differentiation in T.maxima.Furthermore,the discerned shallow COI haplotype genealogy(exhibiting high haplotype diversity and low nucleotide diversity),associated with recent demographic and spatial expansion events,can be considered as residual effect of a recent evolutionary history of the species in the Red Sea.  相似文献   

Seismic markers of the Messinian salinity crisis in the deep Ionian Basin     

Angelo Camerlenghi  Anna Del Ben  Christian Hübscher  Edy Forlin  Riccardo Geletti  Giuseppe Brancatelli  Aaron Micallef  Marco Saule  Lorenzo Facchin 《Basin Research》2020,32(4):716-738

We conduct the seismic signal analysis on vintage and recently collected multichannel seismic reflection profiles from the Ionian Basin to characterize the deep basin Messinian evaporites. These evaporites were deposited in deep and marginal Mediterranean sedimentary basins as a consequence of the “salinity crisis” between 5.97 and 5.33 Ma, a basin-wide oceanographic and ecological crisis whose origin remains poorly understood. The seismic markers of the Messinian evaporites in the deep Mediterranean basins can be divided in two end-members, one of which is the typical “trilogy” of gypsum and clastics (Lower Unit – LU), halite (Mobile Unit – MU) and upper anhydrite and marl layers (Upper Unit – UU) traced in the Western Mediterranean Basins. The other end-member is a single MU unit subdivided in seven sub-units by clastic interlayers located in the Levant Basin. The causes of these different seismic expressions of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) appear to be related to a morphological separation between the two basins by the structural regional sill of the Sicily Channel. With the aid of velocity analyses and seismic imaging via prestack migration in time and depth domains, we define for the first time the seismic signature of the Messinian evaporites in the deep Ionian Basin, which differs from the known end-members. In addition, we identify different evaporitic depositional settings suggesting a laterally discontinuous deposition. With the information gathered we quantify the volume of evaporitic deposits in the deep Ionian Basin as 500,000 km³ ± 10%. This figure allows us to speculate that the total volume of salts in the Mediterranean basin is larger than commonly assumed. Different depositional units in the Ionian Basin suggest that during the MSC it was separated from the Western Mediterranean by physical thresholds, from the Po Plain/Northern Adriatic Basin, and the Levant Basin, likely reflecting different hydrological and climatic conditions. Finally, the evidence of erosional surfaces and V-shaped valleys at the top of the MSC unit, together with sharp evaporites pinch out on evaporite-free pre-Messinian structural highs, suggest an extreme Messinian Stage 3 base level draw down in the Ionian Basin. Such evidence should be carefully evaluated in the light of Messinian and post-Messinian vertical crustal movements in the area. The results of this study demonstrates the importance of extracting from seismic data the Messinian paleotopography, the paleomorphology and the detailed stratal architecture in the in order to advance in the understanding of the deep basins Messinian depositional environments.  相似文献   

波纹唇鱼消化系统的形态解剖与肠道上皮的扫描电镜观察     

王永波  陈国华  王骆剑  王珺  黄宗文  尹绍武  张本 《海洋通报》2010,29(2)

对波纹唇鱼消化系统的解剖构造进行了研究,并利用扫描电镜对其肠道上皮组织进行观察,结果如下:波纹唇鱼为肉食性无胃鱼类,消化道全长极短,颌齿和咽齿都很发达,肠道极粗,比肠长为0.426;肝脏分三叶,呈枫叶状,胰脏弥散性分布在肝脏组织中,肉眼不易分辨;扫描电镜观察发现小肠前部细胞界限不明显,分泌孔较多,微绒毛密而长短不齐;小肠后部细胞界限也不明显,但分泌孔明显减少,微绒毛比小肠前部更密且很平整;直肠细胞为多角形,分泌孔比小肠少,微绒毛较稀疏,且长短不一。  相似文献   

波纹唇鱼染色体核型分析   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：4  

霍蕊  张本  陈国华  尹绍武  王世锋  齐兴柱 《海洋科学》2009,33(4):94-97

为了解波纹唇鱼(Cheilinus undulates)的细胞生物学特征,采用植物血凝集素PHA、秋水仙素腹腔注射和空气干燥制片法以头肾组织为材料,对波纹唇鱼的染色体核型进行了研究.结果表明,波纹唇鱼具有染色体48条,核型公式为2n=48=6m+42t,NF=54,未发现随体、次溢痕及性染色体,其核型符合典型的高位类群鱼类核型特征.  相似文献   

RAPD对红鳍笛鲷(♀)×千年笛鲷(♂)子一代杂种优势预测的分析     

尹绍武  廖经球  陈国华  张本 《海洋学报》2008,30(5)

应用RAPD技术对红鳍笛鲷(♀)、千年笛鲷(♂)和红鳍笛鲷(♀)×千年笛鲷(♂)子一代3个群体的RAPD扩增带谱进行了分析,并对杂交子代F1杂种优势进行了预测.从100个随机引物中筛选出35个扩增带丰富的引物进行扩增,共得到190条清晰稳定的扩增带,其中有176个扩增位点具有多态性,多态性位点比率为92.6%.红鳍笛鲷、F1、千年笛鲷3个群体的遗传相似性指数分别为0.831 9,0.726 3,0.916 8;Nei多样性指数分别为0.174 5,0.264 0,0.118 4;Shannon信息指数分别为0.256 4,0.384 5,0.171 2.红鳍笛鲷(♀)-F1,F1一千年笛鲷(♂),红鳍笛鲷(♀)一千年笛鲷(♂)的遗传距离分别为0.397 2,0.317 0,0.854 1.从相似性指数、Nei多样性指数和Shannon信息指数均显示F1代有杂种优势,并找到了种间特异性标记.  相似文献   

Spatial diversity of rocky midlittoral macro-invertebrates associated with the endangered species Patella ferruginea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Tunisian coastline     

Sabiha Tlig-Zouari  Lotfi RabaouiHosni Fguiri  Moctar DiawaraOum Kalthoum Ben Hassine 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2010

The present study focuses on horizontal spatial variability of benthic macrofauna associated with Patella ferruginea. Thirty-six samples collected at 12 transects belonging to 4 midlittoral sites along the rocky Tunisian coastline, were examined. A total of 44 species belonging to 5 taxa were found. Multivariate analysis applied on gathered data did not show a horizontal spatial variability at small scale (between transects), but at large scale, between sites as well as sectors. Thus, three groups of communities were identified (GI: Korbous and El Haouaria; GIIa: Zembra Island and GIIb: Kelibia). The distribution of species abundance within these groups revealed that crustaceans were the most abundant taxon, due to the overwhelming dominance of Chthamalus stellatus. This substratum appeared to create favourable micro-habitats for the installation of molluscs including gastropods. Regarding the low diversity index (H') and evenness (J), they seemed to reflect a disturbance and a demographic unbalance within these communities. The heterogeneity of substrate surface, created by C. stellatus specimens appeared to be caused by various complex interactions established between the key components of these communities in particular suspension feeders, predators, herbivorous molluscs and macroalgae. Thus, the dynamic status of each of these communities is the result of these complex interactions.  相似文献   

A pilot study of genetic differentiation between two phenotypes of a Mediterranean population of the bivalve Cerastoderma glaucum and genetic discrimination with other Cerastoderma glaucum and Cerastoderma edule populations outside the Mediterranean     

Rim Ladhar‐Chaabouni  Amel Hamza‐Chaffai  Yann Hardivillier  Benoît Chénais  Françoise Denis 《Marine Ecology》2010,31(2):355-363

The internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region of 29 individuals of Cerastoderma glaucum (from the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic and the North Sea) and 18 individuals of Cerastoderma edule (from the Atlantic and the North Sea) and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region of 43 individuals of C. glaucum (from the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic and the North Sea) and 9 individuals of C. edule (from the Atlantic and the North Sea) were PCR amplified and sequenced. The ITS1 sequences led us to describe 27 genetic haplotypes, while 21 genetic haplotypes were determined via the COI sequences. The ITS1 and the COI sequences revealed an important genetic variability within the Mediterranean population of C. glaucum, which contained two different phenotypes: orange foot and yellow foot. A genetic differentiation between the two phenotypes was revealed by the nucleotide diversity index (π) and is strengthened by the AMOVA analysis. This result leads us to suspect the presence of two different groups in the same population of C. glaucum. Nevertheless to be confirmed this hypothesis requires further studies using more locations and a larger number of sample sizes.  相似文献