Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America
Limited stocking efforts to introduce Atlantic salmon Salmo salar into Chilean rivers and streams were unsuccessful during the 20th century. Following the arrival of the aquaculture industry during the 1980s, escaped Atlantic salmon have presented an ecological risk to native taxa through predation,...
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| author | R Marín-Nahuelpi JM Yáñez SS Musleh D Cañas-Rojas JC Quintanilla S Contreras-Lynch G Gajardo M Sepúlveda C Harrod D Gomez-Uchida |
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| description | Limited stocking efforts to introduce Atlantic salmon Salmo salar into Chilean rivers and streams were unsuccessful during the 20th century. Following the arrival of the aquaculture industry during the 1980s, escaped Atlantic salmon have presented an ecological risk to native taxa through predation, competition, and transmission of pathogens or parasites. However, whether commercial aquaculture strains represent the likely source of free-living Atlantic salmon in marine and freshwater environments is unclear. We used 272 single nucleotide polymorphisms to characterize free-living Atlantic salmon (n = 80) captured from 12 marine and freshwater locations in southern Chile. These were compared with 8 reference collections, 6 known commercial strains, and 2 wild populations of Atlantic salmon. We evaluated genetic structure among free-living Atlantic salmon and assessed individual ancestry and origin by assigning mixture samples to reference collections. We found evidence for genetic structure (number of clusters, K = 3) among free-living salmon unexplained by geography, environment, or life stage, but consistent with the number of clusters among commercial aquaculture strains. Most free-living Atlantic salmon had a close ancestry with farmed Norwegian strains, the most widely used by the industry, pointing to recent aquaculture escapes as their origin. Yet recent establishment of self-sustaining populations weakly differentiated from aquaculture broodstock cannot be ruled out. We propose increasing monitoring efforts of free-living Atlantic salmon in remote sites as well as in watersheds located in densely stocked aquaculture areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88557e4a75324fc8961b2ffb16c656d42023-02-06T15:01:06ZengInter-ResearchAquaculture Environment Interactions1869-215X1869-75342022-12-011432934210.3354/aei00444Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South AmericaR Marín-Nahuelpi0JM Yáñez1SS Musleh2D Cañas-Rojas3JC Quintanilla4S Contreras-Lynch5G Gajardo6M Sepúlveda7C Harrod8D Gomez-Uchida9Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, La Pintana, Santiago, ChileFacultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, La Pintana, Santiago, ChileNúcleo Milenio INVASAL, Concepción, ChileNúcleo Milenio INVASAL, Concepción, ChileDepartamento de Salud Hidrobiológica, División de Investigación en Acuicultura, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Puerto Montt, ChileDepartamento de Salud Hidrobiológica, División de Investigación en Acuicultura, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Puerto Montt, ChileLaboratorio de Genética, Acuicultura & Biodiversidad, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, ChileNúcleo Milenio INVASAL, Concepción, ChileNúcleo Milenio INVASAL, Concepción, ChileNúcleo Milenio INVASAL, Concepción, ChileLimited stocking efforts to introduce Atlantic salmon Salmo salar into Chilean rivers and streams were unsuccessful during the 20th century. Following the arrival of the aquaculture industry during the 1980s, escaped Atlantic salmon have presented an ecological risk to native taxa through predation, competition, and transmission of pathogens or parasites. However, whether commercial aquaculture strains represent the likely source of free-living Atlantic salmon in marine and freshwater environments is unclear. We used 272 single nucleotide polymorphisms to characterize free-living Atlantic salmon (n = 80) captured from 12 marine and freshwater locations in southern Chile. These were compared with 8 reference collections, 6 known commercial strains, and 2 wild populations of Atlantic salmon. We evaluated genetic structure among free-living Atlantic salmon and assessed individual ancestry and origin by assigning mixture samples to reference collections. We found evidence for genetic structure (number of clusters, K = 3) among free-living salmon unexplained by geography, environment, or life stage, but consistent with the number of clusters among commercial aquaculture strains. Most free-living Atlantic salmon had a close ancestry with farmed Norwegian strains, the most widely used by the industry, pointing to recent aquaculture escapes as their origin. Yet recent establishment of self-sustaining populations weakly differentiated from aquaculture broodstock cannot be ruled out. We propose increasing monitoring efforts of free-living Atlantic salmon in remote sites as well as in watersheds located in densely stocked aquaculture areas.https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v14/p329-342/ |
| spellingShingle | R Marín-Nahuelpi JM Yáñez SS Musleh D Cañas-Rojas JC Quintanilla S Contreras-Lynch G Gajardo M Sepúlveda C Harrod D Gomez-Uchida Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America Aquaculture Environment Interactions |
| title | Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America |
| title_full | Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America |
| title_fullStr | Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America |
| title_short | Genetic structure and origin of non-native, free-living Atlantic salmon Salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in Chile, South America |
| title_sort | genetic structure and origin of non native free living atlantic salmon salmo salar along a latitudinal gradient in chile south america |
| url | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v14/p329-342/ |
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