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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Defining population structure and genetic diversity levels is of the utmost
    importance for developing efficient conservation strategies. Overfishing has caused
    mean annual catches of the European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) to decrease
    alarmingly along its distribution area. In this context, there is a need for comprehensive
    studies aiming to evaluate the genetic health of the exploited populations. The
    present study is based on a set of ten nuclear markers amplified in 331 individuals
    from ten different localities covering most of P. elephas distribution area. Samples
    from Atlantic and Mediterranean basins showed small but significant differences,
    indicating that P. elephas populations do not behave as a single panmictic unit
    but form two partially-overlapping groups. Despite intense overfishing, our dataset
    did not recover a recent bottleneck signal, and instead showed a large and stable
    historical effective size. This result could be accounted for by specific life-history
    traits (reproduction and longevity) and the limitations of molecular markers in
    covering recent timescales for nontemporal samples. The findings of the present
    study emphasize the need to integrate information on effective population sizes
    and life-history parameters when evaluating population connectivity levels from
    genetic data.
acknowledgement: This work was supported by a pre-doctoral fellowship awarded by the
  Autonomous Government of Catalonia to F.P. (2006FIC-00082). Research was funded
  by projects FBBVA-BIOCON 08-187/09, CGL2006-13423, and CTM2007-66635. The authors
  are part of the research group 2009SGR-636, 2009SGR-655, and 2009SGR-1364 of the
  Generalitat de Catalunya. F.P. acknowledges EU-Synthesys grant (GB-TAF-4474).
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author:
- first_name: Ferran
  full_name: Palero, Ferran
  id: 3F0E2A22-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Palero
  orcid: 0000-0002-0343-8329
- first_name: Pere
  full_name: Abello, Pere
  last_name: Abello
- first_name: Enrique
  full_name: Macpherson, Enrique
  last_name: Macpherson
- first_name: Mark
  full_name: Beaumont, Mark
  last_name: Beaumont
- first_name: Marta
  full_name: Pascual, Marta
  last_name: Pascual
citation:
  ama: Palero F, Abello P, Macpherson E, Beaumont M, Pascual M. Effect of oceanographic
    barriers and overfishing on the population genetic structure of the European spiny
    lobster Palinurus elephas. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i>. 2011;104(2):407-418.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x">10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x</a>
  apa: Palero, F., Abello, P., Macpherson, E., Beaumont, M., &#38; Pascual, M. (2011).
    Effect of oceanographic barriers and overfishing on the population genetic structure
    of the European spiny lobster Palinurus elephas. <i>Biological Journal of the
    Linnean Society</i>. Wiley-Blackwell. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x</a>
  chicago: Palero, Ferran, Pere Abello, Enrique Macpherson, Mark Beaumont, and Marta
    Pascual. “Effect of Oceanographic Barriers and Overfishing on the Population Genetic
    Structure of the European Spiny Lobster Palinurus Elephas.” <i>Biological Journal
    of the Linnean Society</i>. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x</a>.
  ieee: F. Palero, P. Abello, E. Macpherson, M. Beaumont, and M. Pascual, “Effect
    of oceanographic barriers and overfishing on the population genetic structure
    of the European spiny lobster Palinurus elephas,” <i>Biological Journal of the
    Linnean Society</i>, vol. 104, no. 2. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 407–418, 2011.
  ista: Palero F, Abello P, Macpherson E, Beaumont M, Pascual M. 2011. Effect of oceanographic
    barriers and overfishing on the population genetic structure of the European spiny
    lobster Palinurus elephas. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 104(2),
    407–418.
  mla: Palero, Ferran, et al. “Effect of Oceanographic Barriers and Overfishing on
    the Population Genetic Structure of the European Spiny Lobster Palinurus Elephas.”
    <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i>, vol. 104, no. 2, Wiley-Blackwell,
    2011, pp. 407–18, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x">10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x</a>.
  short: F. Palero, P. Abello, E. Macpherson, M. Beaumont, M. Pascual, Biological
    Journal of the Linnean Society 104 (2011) 407–418.
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:03:06Z
date_published: 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-30T08:42:31Z
day: '14'
department:
- _id: NiBa
doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01728.x
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page: 407 - 418
publication: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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title: Effect of oceanographic barriers and overfishing on the population genetic
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