Different Histories, Different Destinies‒Impact of Evolutionary History and Population Genetic Structure on Extinction Risk of the Adriatic Spined Loaches (Genus Cobitis; Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 7; p. e0131580
• Main Authors: Buj, Ivana, Ćaleta, Marko, Marčić, Zoran, Šanda, Radek, Vukić, Jasna, Mrakovčić, Milorad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.07.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animals; Biodiversity; Biological evolution; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Cobitidae; Cobitis; Conservation; Croatia; Cypriniformes - genetics; Cytochromes b - genetics; Demographics; Divergence; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered Species; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary genetics; Extinction; Extinction, Biological; Fish Proteins - genetics; Gene polymorphism; Genetic diversity; Genetic Markers; Genetic structure; Geology; Hot spots (geology); Karst; Miocene; Mitochondrial Proteins - genetics; Mountains; Pleistocene; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic; Population Density; Population genetics; Risk; Rivers; Sea level; Species diversity; Species extinction; Tectonics; Trends; Upwelling; Viability; Watersheds; Wildlife conservation; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia

The region of Balkans is often considered as an ichthyologic "hot spot", with a great number of species and high portion of endemics living in fresh waters in a relatively small area. The Adriatic watershed in Croatia and Herzegovina is inhabited by six spined loach species (genus Cobitis)...