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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2006 63(5):875-882; doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.01.006
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© 2006 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Allozymic variation in Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus

Costas Stamatisa, Alexander Triantafyllidisb, Katerina A. Moutoua and Zissis Mamurisa,*

a Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly 26 Ploutonos Street, 41221 Larissa, Greece
b Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 54124 Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

*Correspondence to Z. Mamuris: tel: +30 2410 565282; fax: +30 2410 565292. e-mail: zmamur{at}uth.gr.

Allozyme starch gel electrophoresis was used to investigate the genetic structure of Nephrops norvegicus populations in an extended sampling scheme. Nine populations from the North Sea and Aegean Sea were sampled and analysed using ten enzymatic systems corresponding to 15 putative loci. Values of heterozygosity were similar between Atlantic and Mediterranean population samples, ranging from 0.165 to 0.187. Genetic distance estimates, FST analyses and tests for genetic differentiation revealed a heterogeneous genetic structure within the sampling area of N. norvegicus. No evidence was found of past separation of Atlantic and Mediterranean populations, agreeing with the results of previous allozymic and mitochondrial genetic studies of N. norvegicus. Data are compared with genetic studies of other marine crustaceans and fish, and the implications for management of N. norvegicus stocks are discussed.

Keywords: allozymes, Crustacea, genetic structure, Nephrops, stock management

Received 3 August 2005; accepted 30 January 2006.


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