The Last Two Remaining Populations of the Critically Endangered Estuarine Pipefish Are Inbred and Not Genetically Distinct

The Last Two Remaining Populations of the Critically Endangered Estuarine Pipefish Are Inbred and Not Genetically Distinct

The critically endangered estuarine pipefish, Syngnathus watermeyeri, is one of Africa’s rarest fish species and currently faces a significant risk of extinction. A combination of anthropogenic and natural factors threaten submerged macrophyte beds in the two South African estuaries (Bushmans and Ka...

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Main Authors: Sven-Erick Weiss, Arsalan Emami-Khoyi, Horst Kaiser, Paul D. Cowley, Nicola C. James, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Alan K. Whitfield, Peter R. Teske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
conservation translocation
Critically Endangered species
estuarine pipefish
inbreeding
next-generation sequencing
population genomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.756595/full

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