FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Insights into the genetic makeup of French Polynesian peripheral populations of the small giant clam Tridacna maxima BT AF Riquet, Florentine Horaud, Mathilde Dubousquet, Vaimiti Tiavouane, Josina Lopes, Carmela Raharivelomanana, Phila Berteaux‐Lecellier, Véronique Planes, Serge Grulois, Daphné Andréfouët, Serge Van Wynsberge, Simon Borsa, Philippe Lecellier, Gaël Fauvelot, Cécile AS 1:1,2;2:1,2;3:3,4,5;4:6;5:7;6:4;7:6;8:3;9:6;10:8;11:9;12:6;13:6;14:1,2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-RBE-LEADNC;12:;13:;14:; C1 UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Université de La Réunion, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de la Nouvelle‐Calédonie) Villefranche‐sur‐Mer ,France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV Sorbonne Université Villefranche‐sur‐Mer, France PSL Research University: EPHE‐UPVD‐CNRS, USR CRIOBE Université de Perpignan Perpignan, France UMR EIO (IFREMER, ILM, IRD, Université de la Polynésie Française) Faaa Tahiti ,French Polynesia Délégation à la Recherche, Government of French Polynesia, Papeete Tahiti ,French Polynesia UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Université de La Réunion, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de la Nouvelle‐Calédonie), centre IRD de Nouméa Nouméa, New Caledonia Département STS, Faaa Université de Polynésie Française Tahiti, French Polynesia C/O Ifremer/Centre Océanographique du Pacifique, Vairao UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Université de La Réunion, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de la Nouvelle‐Calédonie) Tahiti, French Polynesia Ifremer, UMR 9220 ENTROPIE (IRD, Univ. Réunion, IFREMER, Univ. Nouvelle‐Calédonie, CNRS) Nouméa ,New Caledonia C2 IRD, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE UNIV POLYNESIE FRANCAISE, FRANCE GOVT FRENCH POLYNESIA, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE UNIV POLYNESIE FRANCAISE, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NOUMEA SE PDG-RBE-LEADNC UM EIO ENTROPIE IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-univ-france IF 2.4 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00854/96571/105004.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00854/96571/105005.docx LA English DT Article DE ;COI gene;French Polynesia;genetic differentiation;glacial refugia;microsatellite;phylogeography;Tridacna maxima AB The small giant clam, Tridacna maxima, is distributed from the Red Sea and East African coast to French Polynesia. Across this widespread Indo‐Pacific range, T. maxima shows strong population structure, in agreement with its limited dispersal abilities. Peripheral populations may have smaller effective population sizes, increasing their vulnerability under any environmental changes. Understanding evolutionary processes at play in such regions located at the edges of T. maxima distribution is a prerequisite in the context of transfers and restocking programmes. In this study, giant clams were sampled from 14 atolls and islands within four archipelagos in the peripheral region of French Polynesia, in 2001–2002 and/or in 2012–2013, then genotyped at the COI gene and at nine microsatellite loci. Mitochondrial lineages of T. maxima from French Polynesia diverged from those sampled in Micronesia, Melanesia, the Coral Triangle and the Red Sea by 6.6–7.3%. Within French Polynesia, significant genetic structure was found, indicating restricted gene flow, and it was stable through time. Most of the genetic variation at microsatellite loci was between archipelagos. The most differentiated archipelago was the most geographically isolated (the Austral Islands). The current patterns of genetic structuring of T. maxima in French Polynesia probably result from long‐term genetic isolation with limited dispersal ability. In addition, these results underlined that sufficiently large populations of T. maxima have persisted in the Central Pacific during the last sea‐level regression. Strategies to optimize transfers and restocking programmes should be designed to preserve the genetic diversity and structure observed here, to avoid the risks of altering the genetic structure, allele loss and/or introduction of maladapted alleles in the receiving populations. PY 2023 PD DEC SO Aquatic Conservation-marine And Freshwater Ecosystems SN 1052-7613 PU Wiley VL 33 IS 12 UT 001069821500001 BP 1514 EP 1534 DI 10.1002/aqc.4016 ID 96571 ER EF