TY - JOUR

T1 - Cytogenetic study on the invasive species Gmelinoides fasciatus in the ecosystem of the Gulf of Finland

AU - Barabanova, Larisa

AU - Galkina, Svetlana

AU - Mikhailova, Elena

N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2017 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

PY - 2019/5/1

Y1 - 2019/5/1

N2 - The amphipod Gmelinoides fasciatus from Lake Baikal is an example of a species being introduced into a number of water bodies in Russia, including the water system of North-west Russia, to expand food reserves of commercial fish. The interest in this crustacean has been attributed to its successful adaptation and expanding habitat area in the region. In order to assess the role of genetic mechanisms in adaptation to new conditions the frequency of chromosomal aberrations (ChA) at anaphase and telophase stages of mitosis in G. fasciatus embryos from six local populations of Lake Baikal and two invasive populations of the Gulf of Finland, originating from natural habitats were studied in two sequential years. The average level of ChA varied slightly between 0.95% in the samples collected in Lake Baikal and 2.9% in those from the Gulf of Finland. A significant increase in the frequency of ChA was found at two sites in Lake Baikal in 2015 and at two locations in the Gulf of Finland in 2016. First information on G. fasciatus chromosome number and constitution acquired by means of molecular cytogenetic techniques is presented and discussed. The results enable us to suggest this amphipod as a sensitive model to study possible mechanisms of biological adaptation and at the same time as a natural bioindicator of the environmental state.

AB - The amphipod Gmelinoides fasciatus from Lake Baikal is an example of a species being introduced into a number of water bodies in Russia, including the water system of North-west Russia, to expand food reserves of commercial fish. The interest in this crustacean has been attributed to its successful adaptation and expanding habitat area in the region. In order to assess the role of genetic mechanisms in adaptation to new conditions the frequency of chromosomal aberrations (ChA) at anaphase and telophase stages of mitosis in G. fasciatus embryos from six local populations of Lake Baikal and two invasive populations of the Gulf of Finland, originating from natural habitats were studied in two sequential years. The average level of ChA varied slightly between 0.95% in the samples collected in Lake Baikal and 2.9% in those from the Gulf of Finland. A significant increase in the frequency of ChA was found at two sites in Lake Baikal in 2015 and at two locations in the Gulf of Finland in 2016. First information on G. fasciatus chromosome number and constitution acquired by means of molecular cytogenetic techniques is presented and discussed. The results enable us to suggest this amphipod as a sensitive model to study possible mechanisms of biological adaptation and at the same time as a natural bioindicator of the environmental state.

KW - adaptation, Gulf of Finland, bioindication, cytogenetics, Lake Baikal, Gmelinoides fasciatus

KW - Gmelinoides fasciatus

KW - Gulf of Finland

KW - Lake Baikal

KW - adaptation

KW - bioindicator

KW - cytogenetics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85025134359&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/cytogenetic-study-invasive-species-gmelinoides-fasciatus-ecosystem-gulf-finland

U2 - 10.1017/S0025315417001357

DO - 10.1017/S0025315417001357

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85025134359

VL - 99

SP - 611

EP - 618

JO - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

JF - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

SN - 0025-3154

IS - 3

ER -