Correction: Reisser, C.M.O. et al. Population Connectivity and Genetic Assessment of Exploited and Natural Populations of Pearl Oysters within a French Polynesian Atoll Lagoon. Genes 2020, 11, 426

Abstract

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High gene flow in the silverlip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima between inshore and offshore sites near Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia

“…Pinctada maxima , along with other Pinctada species, is a broadcast spawning hermaphrodite with a pelagic larval duration of approximately 3–4 weeks ( Gervis & Sims, 1992 ). This moderate larval duration in this group of commercially important oysters translates to gene flow within-regions, but seemingly insufficient to prevent regionally structured genetic populations ( Arnaud-Haond et al, 2008 ; Lal et al, 2017 ; Lemer & Planes, 2014 ; Reisser et al, 2020 ; Rozenfeld et al, 2008 ). Nonetheless, amidst a backdrop of gene flow within regions, local populations may be structured at fine-spatial scales owing to local environment forces and the stochastic nature of recruitment in highly-fecund invertebrates ( Lemer & Planes, 2014 ; Reisser et al, 2020 ).…”

“…This moderate larval duration in this group of commercially important oysters translates to gene flow within-regions, but seemingly insufficient to prevent regionally structured genetic populations ( Arnaud-Haond et al, 2008 ; Lal et al, 2017 ; Lemer & Planes, 2014 ; Reisser et al, 2020 ; Rozenfeld et al, 2008 ). Nonetheless, amidst a backdrop of gene flow within regions, local populations may be structured at fine-spatial scales owing to local environment forces and the stochastic nature of recruitment in highly-fecund invertebrates ( Lemer & Planes, 2014 ; Reisser et al, 2020 ). For example, complex circulation patterns associated with closed lagoon habitats in French Polynesia act to restrict dispersal and generate fine-scale genetic patchiness in the black-lipped pearl oyster P. margaritifera that does not reflect an expected pattern of isolation by distance ( Lemer & Planes, 2014 ).…”