Phylogeography of Calanus helgolandicus and the Black Sea copepod Calanus euxinus, with notes on Pseudocalanus elongatus (Copepoda, Calanoida)

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2006-01-01

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Unal, Ebru
Frost, Bruce W.
Armbrust, Virginia
Kıdeyş, Ahmet Erkan

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Calanus helgolandicus is a widespread epipelagic copepod species whose geographical range extends from the temperate Atlantic Ocean to the northern Mediterranean Sea. Calanus euxinus, recently designated as a distinct species though closely related to C. helgolandicus, occurs in the Black Sea. Very subtle morphological differences distinguish the two species. Pseudocalanus elongatus has a similar geographic range including North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. In this study, population genetic variation of C helgolandicus, C euxinus and P. elongatus was investigated using DNA sequence variation of 540 base pair (Calanus spp.) and 575 base pair (P. elongatus) regions of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) gene. C helgolandicus was collected from the English Channel, the Adriatic Sea, and C euxinus was collected from various regions of the Black Sea. P. elongatus was collected from the English Channel and the Black Sea.

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Black Sea, Calanus euxinus, Calanus helgolandicus, Pseudocalanus elongatus, Phylogeography, Cytochrome oxidase

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31769

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Graduate School of Marine Sciences, Article