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Inferring ecological connectivity between populations of Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880) from the southern Gulf of Mexico and the South-western Atlantic coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Barbara Maichak de Carvalho Open the ORCID record for Barbara Maichak de Carvalho [Opens in a new window] ,
José Antônio Martínez Pérez ,
Alfonso Aguilar-Perera Open the ORCID record for Alfonso Aguilar-Perera [Opens in a new window] ,
Virginia Noh Quiñones ,
Acácio Ribeiro Gomes Tomás ,
Jean Vitule  and
Alejandra Volpedo Open the ORCID record for Alejandra Volpedo [Opens in a new window]
Barbara Maichak de Carvalho*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia – UFPR, Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação (LEC), Brazil
José Antônio Martínez Pérez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Laboratorio de Zoología (L 221)
Alfonso Aguilar-Perera
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Marina Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México
Virginia Noh Quiñones
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Marina Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México
Acácio Ribeiro Gomes Tomás
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Estudos Estuarinos, Centro do Pescado Marinho, Instituto de Pesca, APTA-SAA, Santos, SP, Brazil
Jean Vitule
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia – UFPR, Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação (LEC), Brazil
Alejandra Volpedo
Affiliation:
CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA)/Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua (CETA) Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Author for correspondence: Barbara Maichak de Carvalho, E-mail: bmaicarvalho@gmail.com
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Abstract

Otoliths are an excellent tool in studies on ecological connectivity of fish species populations. Opsanus beta is an invasive species introduced on the Brazilian coast, but not native from the Gulf of Mexico. The present study aimed to compare the otolith contours of specimens collected in Mexico (Celestún, CEL) and in two Brazilian estuaries (Santos Bay, STB, and Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, PEC). In the laboratory, 99 otoliths were extracted, photographed and compared using wavelet analysis. The otolith contours varied between sites (39 from CEL, 26 from STB and 34 from PEC). The linear discriminant analysis correctly reclassified 87.9% of otoliths by sites, with the best reclassifications in the CEL (97.36%), followed by PEC (88.23%) and SBT (73.07%). MANOVA showed significant differences in otolith contours between sites (F = 5.37; P < 0.005). The otolith contour from CEL was significantly different from those from the PEC and SBT. However, the otolith contour of the two Brazilian estuaries did not significantly differ among them (MANOVA, P > 0.005). Our results indicate O. beta populations on the Brazilian coast are connected, and probably isolated from the Mexican population.

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Ballast waterBatrachoididaebioinvasionestuariesGulf of Mexicoshape
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 102 , Issue 8 , December 2022 , pp. 597 - 603
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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