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8688962

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
M. californianus is the dominant marine mussel species on exposed rocky shores, while M. trossulus is usually the dominant mussel species in more sheltered waters on the west coast of North America. Since these species are physical indistinguishable when small (< 10.0 mm), we developed two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -based markers to discriminate between them. Using these markers, we identified mussels taken from an exposed coast (n = 114), a sheltered harbour (n = 80), and an upper-intertidal pool (n = 42) on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. M. californianus were found only on the open coast. Small M. trossulus (< 20.0 mm) were common to all three sample sites, but were extremely rare at larger sizes (> 20.0 mm) on the open coast. Our results indicate that M. californianus are excluded from sheltered waters via early life factors, while M. trossulus are excluded from the open coast due to mortality later in life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0962-1083
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
443-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Ecological interaction between sympatric Mytilus species on the west coast of Canada investigated using PCR markers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't