Seamounts and oceanic currents drive the population structure of Octopus insularis in the Southwest Tropical Atlantic

• Published in: Aquatic ecology Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 1143 - 1155
• Main Authors: Lima, Françoise D., Leite, Tatiana S., Lima, Sergio M. Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agreements; Archipelagoes; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chains; Distribution; Ecosystems; Fisheries; Fishes; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Genetic variation; Geographical distribution; International policies; International policy; Islands; Life Sciences; Marine molluscs; Mitochondria; Ocean currents; Oceanic islands; Population; Population genetics; Population structure; Populations; Seamount chains; Seamounts; Species diversity; Brazil; Tropical Atlantic; Fisheries stocks delimitation; Molecular genetics; Octopods; Phylogeography

Seamounts and oceanic currents are important oceanographic features that influence genetic diversity of a species along its distribution, acting both as barriers or pathways for species dispersal. There are two important seamount chains in the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA): the Fernando de Noronha...