Microsatellite DNA data point to extensive but incomplete admixture in a marble and brown trout hybridisation zone |
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Authors: | Andreas Meraner Sanja Baric Bernd Pelster Josef Dalla Via |
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Institution: | (1) Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg, 39040 Auer/Ora, BZ, Italy;(2) Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; |
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Abstract: | Marble trout, endemic to the Adriatic drainage basin, is severely threatened by hybridisation with non-native brown trout.
In the present study, we analysed 12 microsatellite DNA loci to assess genetic population structure and differentiation between
sympatric phenotypic marble and brown trout at nine sampling sites in the upper Etsch/Adige River system. F
ST and AMOVA analyses revealed significant genetic differentiation between marble and brown trout samples. Thus, admixture between
brown and marble trout appears to be incomplete. However, factorial correspondence analysis depicted marble trout, Atlantic
brown trout and intermediate genotypes. Bayesian-based individual assignment tests identified indigenous marble trout at five
sampling sites. In four other samples no ‘pure’ marble trout were detected. Bidirectional, first-generation hybridisation,
involving both sexes of both parental species was observed. In locations where ‘pure’ marble trout still exist, post-F1 hybridisation
appears to be directed towards brown trout. This has likely slowed the rate of hybridisation between the two trout species
and the decline of relic marble trout populations. Based on these results, restoration management actions are proposed, such
as the abandonment of brown trout stocking activities, sharper angling policies, establishment of indigenous marble trout
breeding strains and the elaboration of a conservation priority list. |
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