FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Biogeography pattern of the marine angiosperm Cymodocea nodosa in the eastern Mediterranean Sea related to the quaternary climatic changes BT AF KONSTANTINIDIS, Ioannis GKAFAS, Georgios A. PAPATHANASIOU, Vasillis ORFANIDIS, Sotiris KUPPER, Frithjof C. ARNAUD-HAOND, Sophie EXADACTYLOS, Athanasios AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:3;4:3;5:4,5;6:6;7:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;7:; C1 Genomics Division, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Fisheries Research Institute (HAO DEMETER), Kavala, Greece School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Department of Chemistry, Marine Biodiscovery Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Ifremer, UMR MARBEC (Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation), Sète Cedex, France C2 UNIV NORD, NORWAY UNIV THESSALY, GREECE HAO DEMETER, GREECE UNIV ABERDEEN, UK UNIV ABERDEEN, UK IFREMER, FRANCE SI SETE SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-europe IF 2.6 TC 6 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00774/88603/94311.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00774/88603/94312.docx LA English DT Article DE ;Cymodocea nodosa;Holocene;Mediterranean Sea;migration;Pleistocene;population structure;sea-level rise AB We investigated the population dynamics of a highly clonal marine angiosperm, Cymodocea nodosa, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, to identify the historical dynamics, demography, and connectivity of the species in the area. Eighteen microsatellite loci were used in conjunction with coalescent methods to investigate the genetic structure and demographic history of C. nodosa meadows. Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) modeling was used to examine the pattern of divergence over time in the context of environmental change over the course of the Quaternary period. ABC analysis revealed an initial split of the C. nodosa populations between the north-western, northern, and north-eastern Aegean Sea during the Pleistocene epoch, followed by a more recent divergence of the north-western population and the central-western part of the Aegean Sea. According to the results, the most parsimonious historical scenario is that of a pervasive genetic signature of the effects of the drop in sea level during the Pleistocene epoch. This scenario supports the isolation of the north-western, north, and north-eastern area, and the subsequent recolonization after post-glaciation sea level rise that may explain the north-western differentiation as well present-day detected dispersion of C. nodosa. PY 2022 PD MAY SO Ecology And Evolution SN 2045-7758 PU Wiley VL 12 IS 5 UT 000799774100001 DI 10.1002/ece3.8911 ID 88603 ER EF