The role of ecological divergence in speciation between intertidal and subtidal Scoloplos armiger (Polychaeta,Orbiniidae) |
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| Institution: | 1. Alfred-Wegener-Insitut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Wattenmeerstation Sylt, 25992 List, Germany;2. Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 10146 Hamburg, Germany;1. Centro de Investigación Aplicada y Transferencia Tecnológica en Recursos Marinos Almirante Storni (CIMAS), CONICET/UNCo/Río Negro, San Antonio Oeste, Argentina;2. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas (ESCiMar), San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina;1. Medical Research Council Unit, P.O. Box 273, The Gambia;2. Jos University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 2084, Jos, Nigeria;3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE Atlanta, GA 30329, USA;4. Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), PATH Europe, 13 Chemin du Levant, Bâtiment Avant-Centre, 01210 Ferney-Voltaire, France;5. Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Public Health England, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK;6. Serum Institute of India Ltd., 212/2, Hadapsar, 411028 Pune, India;7. MVP, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland;8. WHO regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo;9. Academic Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK;1. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Bremen, Leobener Straße, D – 28359 Bremen, Germany;2. Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 273, CZ – 532 10, Pardubice, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | The concept of ecological speciation implies that habitat differences may split a species by strong selection and rapid adaptation even under sympatric conditions. Studies on the polychaete Scoloplos armiger in the Wadden Sea (North Sea) indicate sibling species existing in sympatry: the intertidal ‘Type I’ with holobenthic development out of egg cocoons and the subtidal ‘Type S’ producing pelagic larvae. In the current study, Types I and S are compared in habitat-related traits of reproductive timing and physiological response to hypoxia and sulphide. Spawnings of Type I and Type S recorded over six years overlap in spring and both appear to be triggered by a rise in seawater temperature above 5 °C. Type S exhibits an additional autumn spawning (at seawater temperatures around 10 °C) which was previously unknown and is absent in Type I. The overall abundance of pelagic larvae in the Wadden Sea is higher in spring than in autumn. Tolerance of both sulphide and hypoxia was lower in Type S than in Type I. This correlates with a 5 to 10-fold lower sulphide concentration in the subtidal compared to the intertidal habitat. Physiological tolerance and divergence in developmental mode appear as traits which may have led to reproductive isolation between Type I and Type S. Their role in allopatric and sympatric speciation scenarios in S. armiger is discussed. Since the pelagic dispersal mode has been neglected so far, a reassessment of population dynamics models for S. armiger is suggested. |
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