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Ishiyama N, Sueyoshi M, Nakamura F. To what extent do human-altered landscapes retain population connectivity? Historical changes in gene flow of wetland fish Pungitius pungitius. R Soc Open Sci. 2015;2(7):150033doi: 10.1098/rsos.150033.
Ishiyama, N., Sueyoshi, M., & Nakamura, F. (2015). To what extent do human-altered landscapes retain population connectivity? Historical changes in gene flow of wetland fish Pungitius pungitius. Royal Society open science, 2(7), 150033. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150033
Ishiyama, N, et al. "To what extent do human-altered landscapes retain population connectivity? Historical changes in gene flow of wetland fish Pungitius pungitius." Royal Society open science vol. 2,7 (2015): 150033. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150033
Ishiyama N, Sueyoshi M, Nakamura F. To what extent do human-altered landscapes retain population connectivity? Historical changes in gene flow of wetland fish Pungitius pungitius. R Soc Open Sci. 2015 Jul 08;2(7):150033. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150033. eCollection 2015 Jul. PMID: 26587264; PMCID: PMC4632577.
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R Soc Open Sci. 2015 Jul 08;2(7):150033. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150033. eCollection 2015 Jul.

To what extent do human-altered landscapes retain population connectivity? Historical changes in gene flow of wetland fish Pungitius pungitius.

Royal Society open science

N Ishiyama, M Sueyoshi, F Nakamura

Affiliations

  1. Department of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agriculture , Hokkaido University , N9 W9 Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.

PMID: 26587264 PMCID: PMC4632577 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150033

Abstract

Understanding how human-altered landscapes affect population connectivity is valuable for conservation planning. Natural connectivity among wetlands, which is maintained by floods, is disappearing owing to farmland expansion. Using genetic data, we assessed historical changes in the population connectivity of the ninespine stickleback within a human-altered wetland system. We predicted that: (i) the contemporary gene flow maintained by the artificial watercourse network may be restricted to a smaller spatial scale compared with the gene flow preceding alteration, and (ii) the contemporary gene flow is dominated by the downstream direction owing to the construction of low-head barriers. We evaluated the potential source population in both timescales. Seventeen studied populations were grouped into four genetically different clusters, and we estimated the migration rates among these clusters. Contemporary migration was restricted to between neighbouring clusters, although a directional change was not detected. Furthermore, we consistently found the same potential source cluster, from past to present, characterized by large amounts of remnant habitats connected by artificial watercourses. These findings highlight that: (i) artificial connectivity can sustain the short-distance connectivity of the ninespine stickleback, which contributes to maintaining the potential source populations; however, (ii) population connectivity throughout the landscape has been prevented by agricultural developments.

Keywords: agricultural impact; connectivity conservation; genetic connectivity; wetland fragmentation

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