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ArticleMolecular ecology2025

Divergent Population Structure in Five Common Rockfish Species of Puget Sound, WA Suggests the Need for Species-Specific Management.

Anita Wray, Eleni Petrou, Krista M Nichols, Robert Pacunski, Larry LeClair, Kelly S Andrews, Dana Haggarty, Lorenz Hauser

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Article in Molecular ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Anita WraySchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1423-6060
Eleni PetrouSchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7811-9288
Krista M NicholsConservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3453-7239
Robert PacunskiWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0048-6648
Larry LeClairWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA.
Kelly S AndrewsConservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7734-3800
Dana HaggartyPacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8211-4284
Lorenz HauserSchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9238-654X

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Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington NA22OAR4170103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantifying connectivity between endangered or threatened marine populations is critical information for management and conservation, especially where abundance and productivity differ among such populations. Spatial patterns of such connectivity depend not only on extrinsic factors such as oceanography and bathymetry but also on intrinsic species-specific factors such as life history, demography and the location of glacial refugia. Nevertheless, population structure is often inferred from related or ecologically similar species. For example, the population structure in most rockfish species (Sebastes spp.) in the Salish Sea and the US West Coast is currently inferred from genetic data of three species that are known to hybridise in Puget Sound. Here, we determined the population structure and connectivity in five Puget Sound Rockfish species (Black [Sebastes melanops], Yellowtail [S. flavidus], Redstripe [S. proriger], Greenstriped [S. elongatus], and Puget Sound Rockfish [S. emphaeus]) from over 12,000 restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) loci. We found species-specific patterns of genetic differentiation, attributable to both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Specifically, Black and Puget Sound rockfishes showed no genetic differentiation; Yellowtail and Greenstriped rockfishes were structured according to known geographic barriers; and Redstripe Rockfish revealed evidence for temporal genetic differentiation, suggesting irregular recruitment influences population structure. Only Yellowtail Rockfish followed the federal DPS boundaries generally assumed for rockfish, further emphasizing the importance of species-specific management for the effective recovery and management of these rockfish populations and of marine species in general.

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Genetics, PopulationAnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesEndangered SpeciesFishesGenetic VariationPerciformesSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityWashingtonconservation geneticsfisheries managementpopulation dynamicsRADseqSebastes

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PMCPMC11665494

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