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‘NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAN AND ENVIRONMENT’October 15 – 16, 2012
Organized by
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This document presents a study on the molecular phylogeny of catfishes (order Siluriformes) in the Lower Mekong River Basin, based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Thirty catfish species from nine families collected in the Lower Mekong Basin were analyzed using the 16S rRNA and COI gene regions. Phylogenetic trees were constructed using neighbor joining, Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. The results showed strong support for monophyly of Siluriformes and seven of the nine studied families. However, the families Pangasiidae and Bagridae were found to be paraphyletic. Interfamilial relationships varied between analysis methods and datasets, showing inconsistencies with previous catfish phylogen
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This document describes a study that generated DNA barcodes for fish species found at a fishing harbor in Visakhapatnam, India. DNA was extracted from tissue samples of 50 fish individuals representing different species. The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region of the mitochondrial DNA was amplified and sequenced. The resulting DNA barcodes were analyzed using bioinformatics tools including BLAST searches and multiple sequence alignments. A phylogenetic tree was constructed to examine relationships between species. One objective was to investigate potential misidentification of Tripletail fish and develop a reference barcode library for species identification in the study area.
- The document summarizes a study that used environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis to assess the biodiversity of restored bivalve populations at two sites in New York City - Soundview Park and Freshkills Park.
- eDNA was extracted from water and sediment samples to identify eukaryotic organisms without directly observing them. This allows for a more efficient biodiversity analysis compared to traditional methods.
- The study aims to compare biodiversity between restored areas with bivalves and control sites without bivalves to evaluate the impact of restoration efforts. Preliminary results from Soundview Park found over 270 eukaryotic orders present based on eDNA sequencing.
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Freshwater Gastropoda can be considered as the biological indicator in ecosystems such as rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds. The objectives of this study are to identify freshwater gastropod species, diversity, and distribution along Sungai Penebak, Sungai Nanga Tiga, and Sungai Kabo in the Betong division. The study was conducted on 10 November 2020. A 50 m transect was laid on the riverbank of all three stations. The existing specimens were counted and collected from each sampling point and stored were taken to the laboratory for species identification. The diversity index and morphological study of freshwater gastropods were performed. Five species of freshwater gastropods belonging to four families were discovered. The five species of freshwater gastropods consisted of Sulcospira pageli, which shows great abundance, followed by Clea nigricans, Brotia costula, Pila ampullacea, and Vittina pennata. The diversity indices of collected Gastropoda species from the different stations, for instance, Shannon Weiner diversity index (H’), Pielou’s evenness index (J’), and Margalef’s richness index were assessed; where station 3 showed higher diversity of Gastropoda compared to other two stations. The information presented in this paper might be helpful for ecological wealth studies and considered as the baseline data for the stream ecosystem in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Basith A, Abinawanto A, Kusrini E, & Yasman Y. 2021. Biodiversitas, 22(10):4282-4290. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d221020
ABSTRACT. Groupers populations in Indonesia, particularly from Madura Island, East Java are indicated to be over-fished, thereby requiring data collection of more accurate genetic resources as an important step for grouper conservation. A total of 14 samples of the Epinepheplus groupers were obtained from the fish landing port on Madura Island. The 617 bp CO1 gene sequence was utilized for genetic diversity analysis and phylogenetic tree reconstruction. Genetic diversity is based on the value of haplotype diversity (Hd) and nucleotide diversity (π). Reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree includes neighbor-joining (NJ) implementing K2P substitution model, while maximum likelihood (ML) is conducted by implementing HKY+G+I substitution model, both of which were evaluated by employing a bootstrap of 1000 replications. Analysis of genetic distance between species indicated that the farthest distance between E. heniochus and E. fasciatus was 0.189, while the closest distance between E. erythrurus and E. ongus was 0.099. Intrapopulation genetic diversity indicated a high value with details of Hd=0.978 and π=0.12107. Furthermore, NJ and ML phylogenetic tree demonstrated similar topology in the observed Epinephelus spp. obtained from Madura Island grouped into 7 clades, that is Epinephelus coioides, E. bleekeri, E. areolatus, E. erythrurus, E. heniochus, E. fasciatus, and E. ongus.
This document reviews research papers on the application of environmental DNA (eDNA) in biomonitoring and assessment of aquatic ecosystems. eDNA refers to genetic material from living organisms present in environmental samples like water and sediment. DNA metabarcoding allows identification of many species simultaneously in a sample by sequencing short, standardized DNA regions. Potential applications of eDNA include detection of single species, surveys of biodiversity and community composition, and bioassessment using biotic indices. Monitoring programs currently rely on time-consuming organism identification but eDNA-based approaches could enable higher temporal and spatial resolution.
Rapid Impact Assessment of Climatic and Physio-graphic Changes on Flagship G...Arvinder Singh
‘NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAN AND ENVIRONMENT’October 15 – 16, 2012
Organized by
Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) – 147 002, India
Paper to Upload, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF CATFISHES.pdfOanhTrng13
This document presents a study on the molecular phylogeny of catfishes (order Siluriformes) in the Lower Mekong River Basin, based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Thirty catfish species from nine families collected in the Lower Mekong Basin were analyzed using the 16S rRNA and COI gene regions. Phylogenetic trees were constructed using neighbor joining, Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. The results showed strong support for monophyly of Siluriformes and seven of the nine studied families. However, the families Pangasiidae and Bagridae were found to be paraphyletic. Interfamilial relationships varied between analysis methods and datasets, showing inconsistencies with previous catfish phylogen
Identification of fish species using dna barcode from visakhapatnam, east coa...RUSHINADHA KAKARA
This document describes a study that generated DNA barcodes for fish species found at a fishing harbor in Visakhapatnam, India. DNA was extracted from tissue samples of 50 fish individuals representing different species. The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region of the mitochondrial DNA was amplified and sequenced. The resulting DNA barcodes were analyzed using bioinformatics tools including BLAST searches and multiple sequence alignments. A phylogenetic tree was constructed to examine relationships between species. One objective was to investigate potential misidentification of Tripletail fish and develop a reference barcode library for species identification in the study area.
- The document summarizes a study that used environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis to assess the biodiversity of restored bivalve populations at two sites in New York City - Soundview Park and Freshkills Park.
- eDNA was extracted from water and sediment samples to identify eukaryotic organisms without directly observing them. This allows for a more efficient biodiversity analysis compared to traditional methods.
- The study aims to compare biodiversity between restored areas with bivalves and control sites without bivalves to evaluate the impact of restoration efforts. Preliminary results from Soundview Park found over 270 eukaryotic orders present based on eDNA sequencing.
Short Communication: Molecular identification of White Sea Squirt Didemnum sp...anbiocore
This document summarizes a study that used DNA barcoding to identify white colonial ascidian (sea squirt) colonies observed growing over corals in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Molecular analysis of the COI gene region from 22 samples identified 11 haplotypes belonging to 4 potential cryptic Didemnum species. Phylogenetic analysis revealed 4 distinct clades with high genetic diversity within clades, suggesting the species are likely native rather than introduced. This work represents the first study to investigate these species in Raja Ampat and raises awareness of introduced species issues in this important marine biodiversity area.
Freshwater gastropod diversity in the selected lotic environment, Betong, Sar...AbdullaAlAsif1
Freshwater Gastropoda can be considered as the biological indicator in ecosystems such as rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds. The objectives of this study are to identify freshwater gastropod species, diversity, and distribution along Sungai Penebak, Sungai Nanga Tiga, and Sungai Kabo in the Betong division. The study was conducted on 10 November 2020. A 50 m transect was laid on the riverbank of all three stations. The existing specimens were counted and collected from each sampling point and stored were taken to the laboratory for species identification. The diversity index and morphological study of freshwater gastropods were performed. Five species of freshwater gastropods belonging to four families were discovered. The five species of freshwater gastropods consisted of Sulcospira pageli, which shows great abundance, followed by Clea nigricans, Brotia costula, Pila ampullacea, and Vittina pennata. The diversity indices of collected Gastropoda species from the different stations, for instance, Shannon Weiner diversity index (H’), Pielou’s evenness index (J’), and Margalef’s richness index were assessed; where station 3 showed higher diversity of Gastropoda compared to other two stations. The information presented in this paper might be helpful for ecological wealth studies and considered as the baseline data for the stream ecosystem in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Genetic diversity analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction of groupers Epinep...AbdulBasith222525
Basith A, Abinawanto A, Kusrini E, & Yasman Y. 2021. Biodiversitas, 22(10):4282-4290. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d221020
ABSTRACT. Groupers populations in Indonesia, particularly from Madura Island, East Java are indicated to be over-fished, thereby requiring data collection of more accurate genetic resources as an important step for grouper conservation. A total of 14 samples of the Epinepheplus groupers were obtained from the fish landing port on Madura Island. The 617 bp CO1 gene sequence was utilized for genetic diversity analysis and phylogenetic tree reconstruction. Genetic diversity is based on the value of haplotype diversity (Hd) and nucleotide diversity (π). Reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree includes neighbor-joining (NJ) implementing K2P substitution model, while maximum likelihood (ML) is conducted by implementing HKY+G+I substitution model, both of which were evaluated by employing a bootstrap of 1000 replications. Analysis of genetic distance between species indicated that the farthest distance between E. heniochus and E. fasciatus was 0.189, while the closest distance between E. erythrurus and E. ongus was 0.099. Intrapopulation genetic diversity indicated a high value with details of Hd=0.978 and π=0.12107. Furthermore, NJ and ML phylogenetic tree demonstrated similar topology in the observed Epinephelus spp. obtained from Madura Island grouped into 7 clades, that is Epinephelus coioides, E. bleekeri, E. areolatus, E. erythrurus, E. heniochus, E. fasciatus, and E. ongus.
Identification of fish species using dna barcode from visakhapatnam, east coa...RUSHINADHA KAKARA
This document describes a study that generated DNA barcodes from fish species collected at a fishing harbor in Visakhapatnam, India. DNA was extracted from tissue samples of 50 fish individuals and a 658 base pair region of the COI gene was amplified and sequenced. The sequences were analyzed using tools like ORF finder, BLAST, and multiple sequence alignment. A phylogenetic tree was constructed to investigate relationships between sequences. The goals were to create a reference barcode library for the region and investigate species identification and potential cryptic species. The study focused on analyzing barcodes of Tripletail fish, which previous work on barcoding this species is limited.
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Jorge A. Dergam
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Effects of fishing on the trophic structure of carnivorous
fish assemblages from shallow rocky bottoms of the
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The document summarizes a study on factors affecting trout protection in Kumrat Valley, Dir (U) KPK, Pakistan. It found that over 50% of respondents believed the local community considers threats to trout, while over 70% felt the community has a positive attitude toward protection. Nearly 80% stated pesticides used in agriculture harm trout. Over 60% agreed the community uses harmful hunting methods like electricity and dynamite. The study concluded there is a significant relationship between positive community perceptions and trout protection. It recommended increasing community awareness and training, as well as government support for trout production, protection policies, and market access to promote conservation.
This document outlines a proposed MPhil research project that will use genetic markers to identify and classify Pangasius and Clarias fish species in Pakistan. The project will analyze mitochondrial DNA, specifically the cytochrome c gene, to determine the phylogenetic relationships between these species and other freshwater fish in Pakistan. Samples will be collected from three sites and DNA will be extracted and amplified via PCR before sequencing and analysis using bioinformatics software. The research aims to genetically discriminate between Pangasius and Clarias species and clarify their phylogenetic positions among other local fish fauna.
El Profesor Erik Simões, tutor del Área de Medio Ambiente de FUNIBER, ha publicado un trabajo sobre las “Mareas Rojas” en el periódico Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
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Population dynamics of tinfoil barb, barbonymus schwanenfeldii (bleeker, 1853...Alexander Decker
1. Tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii) was the dominant fish species found in Pedu Reservoir, comprising 38.9% of total catch.
2. Analysis of the length-frequency data showed B. schwanenfeldii could attain a maximum length (L∞) of 30.95 cm with a growth rate (K) of 0.66 yr-1.
3. Estimates of total mortality (Z), natural mortality (M), and fishing mortality (F) for B. schwanenfeldii were 2.01, 1.37, and 0.64 yr-1 respectively, indicating potential for a slight increase
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information that will aid in future understanding of the plant community assembly on those particular islands.
Using DNA markers (ITS-rDNA), this study created a DNA barcode database for five plant species found on
the Truong Sa archipelago. We used the sequence similarity and a phylogenetic based method to the identify 15
samples from five plant species collected in Truong Sa archipelago, Vietnam. Results showed that the PCR
success rate for ITS-rDNA region was 100%. The success rate of bidirectional sequencing of PCR product was
100% for 650 bp long the ITS-rDNA region fragment. Phylogenetic analyses using maximum likelihood (ML)
indicated that five plant species (PB, BT, BV, NH and TR) had a close relationship with T. argentea, S.
taccada, B. asiatica, M. citrifolia, M. citrifolia and C. uvifera, respectively. The current study provided further
evidence for ITS-rDNA region as a useful molecular marker for species identification found on other tropical
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Conservation Biotechnology: DNA and Tissue Bank, DNA Barcoding, DNA fingerpr...AnitaPoudel5
This document discusses various biotechnological techniques used for conservation, including DNA and tissue banking, DNA barcoding, and DNA fingerprinting. It provides an overview of each technique, explaining what they are, how they work, and their applications. DNA and tissue banking preserves genetic material for research and conservation. DNA barcoding uses short DNA sequences to identify species, while DNA fingerprinting examines differences in DNA to identify individuals. These techniques help preserve biodiversity, study species and populations, and aid fields like forensics, agriculture and medicine.
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This chapter discusses transgenic fish and the applications of genetic engineering in aquaculture. Specifically, it describes how genetic engineering techniques like chromosome manipulation and hormone treatment are currently used to produce sterile and monosex fish lines. It also outlines how researchers are using transgenic methods to develop fish with desirable traits like increased growth rates, improved feed conversion efficiency, disease resistance, and tolerance to stressful environmental conditions. However, the release of transgenic fish into the environment has raised ecological and human health concerns from some groups. The chapter examines both the potential benefits of transgenic fish for aquaculture as well as some of the criticisms against this technology.
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This study analyzed genetic diversity in Short-tailed, Black-footed, and Laysan albatross using ancient and historic mitochondrial DNA samples. The researchers sequenced two mitochondrial DNA regions, cytochrome b and the d-loop region, from museum specimens and ancient bones to identify haplotypes. They found low haplotype diversity in cytochrome b across all three species, and in d-loop regions in Short-tailed albatross, which experienced a population bottleneck. D-loop regions showed greater diversity in Black-footed and Laysan albatross. This suggests reduced genetic diversity in Short-tailed albatross following its near extinction due to overhunting in the early 1900s.
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Applications Of DNA Barcoding To Fish Landings Authentication And Diversity Assessmente
1. DNA barcoding of fish landings 49
Applications of DNA barcoding to fish landings:
authentication and diversity assessment
Alba Ardura1
, Serge Planes2,3
, Eva Garcia-Vazquez1
1 University of Oviedo, Department of Functional Biology. C/ Julian Claveria s/n. 33006-Oviedo, Spain
2 USR 3278 CNRS – EPHE. Centre de Recherche Insulaire et Observatoire de l’Environnement (CRIOBE)
BP 1013 - 98 729, Papetoai, Moorea, Polynésie française 3 Centre de Biologie et d’Ecologie Tropicale et Médi-
terranéenne, Université de Perpignan, 52 Av. Paul Alduy - 66860 Perpignan cedex, France
Corresponding author: Alba Ardura (alarguti@hotmail.com)
Academic editor: T. Backeljau | Received 7 October 2013 | Accepted 23 October 2013 | Published 30 December 2013
Citation: Ardura A, Planes S, Garcia-Vazquez E (2013) Applications of DNA barcoding to fish landings: authentication
and diversity assessmente. In: Nagy ZT, Backeljau T, De Meyer M, Jordaens K (Eds) DNA barcoding: a practical tool
for fundamental and applied biodiversity research. ZooKeys 365: 49–65. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.365.6409
Abstract
DNA barcoding methodologies are being increasingly applied not only for scientific purposes but also for
diverse real-life uses. Fisheries assessment is a potential niche for DNA barcoding, which serves for species
authentication and may also be used for estimating within-population genetic diversity of exploited fish.
Analysis of single-sequence barcodes has been proposed as a shortcut for measuring diversity in addition
to the original purpose of species identification. Here we explore the relative utility of different mitochon-
drial sequences (12S rDNA, COI, cyt b, and D-Loop) for application as barcodes in fisheries sciences,
using as case studies two marine and two freshwater catches of contrasting diversity levels. Ambiguous
catch identification from COI and cyt b was observed. In some cases this could be attributed to duplicated
names in databases, but in others it could be due to mitochondrial introgression between closely related
species that may obscure species assignation from mtDNA. This last problem could be solved using a
combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. We suggest to simultaneously analyze one conserved
and one more polymorphic gene to identify species and assess diversity in fish catches.
Keywords
Species identification, freshwater fisheries, marine fisheries, genetic diversity, mitochondrial DNA markers
ZooKeys 365: 49–65 (2013)
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.365.6409
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2. Alba Ardura et al. / ZooKeys 365: 49–65 (2013)
50
introduction
DNA barcoding is increasingly important in natural sciences. For ecologists it is a tool
with many utilities (e.g. Valentini et al. 2009), most of which are related with biodi-
versity inventories. Fisheries are a field of enormous potential interest for barcoding
applications. The use of genetics is increasingly required in fisheries for species authen-
tication in fish landings (Rasmussen and Morrisey 2008, Ardura et al. 2010a). Fisher-
ies are unsustainable if catch records are based on erroneous or inaccurate species iden-
tifications (Watson and Pauly 2001, Marko et al. 2004, Crego et al. 2012). Moreover,
guaranteeing species authenticity along the commercial chain would improve con-
sumer’s security and prevent fraud, which has been proven to occur worldwide (e.g.
DeSalle and Birstein 1996, Marko et al. 2004, Jacquet and Pauly 2008, Wong and
Hanner 2008, Ardura et al. 2010b, Ardura et al. 2010c, Barbuto et al. 2010, Filonzi et
al. 2010, Miller and Mariani 2010, Garcia-Vazquez et al. 2011). On the other hand,
declines in population genetic variation diminish the ability of a population to adapt
to environmental changes and decrease its chance of long-term survival (Frankham
1995, Hedrick 2001, Wang et al. 2002); thus periodical monitoring of population
variation of exploited stocks is highly recommended in fisheries management.
Despite the potential importance of genetics in fisheries, the application of DNA ana-
lyses in real cases is not so easy. The economic aspect is crucial: increasing costs are making
fisheries not only ecologically, but also economically unsustainable (e.g. Willmann and
Kelleher 2010). The practical use of genome-wide studies in everyday management does
not seem to be realistic in a near future because massive DNA analysis of catches would
increase even more the costs of fish products. If the genetic tool (marker) employed for
species authentication exhibits enough variation for reliable quantification of population
diversity, a single analysis could solve two problems at the same time. Another practical
problem for applying genetics to fisheries is the time required for DNA analysis. Catches
can not be immobilized for a long time without increasing storage costs for guaranteeing
the cold chain. The accelerated development of high throughput sequencing methodolo-
gies (e.g. Steemers and Gunderson 2005, Sundquist et al. 2007) can help in this issue
because now it is possible to analyze thousands of samples very fast. Genomics at popula-
tion level is being carried out for a few targeted marine species (Nielsen et al. 2009); the
moment of applying large scale routine genetic analysis in fisheries science, including all
species, seems thus to be approaching.
The potential taxonomic diversity of fish catches is enormous, since in biodiversity
hotspots unknown species are landed (Worm and Branch 2012). This makes it dif-
ficult to analyze introns and SNP of the nuclear genome, whose development requires
a good knowledge of each species’ genome for developing primers in flanking regions.
However, using universal primers is much easier. Demographic changes in fish popula-
tions can be associated with the observed amount of variation in mitochondrial DNA
(e.g. Fauvelot et al. 2003, Nevado et al. 2013), and genetic erosion due to population
depletion could be theoretically detected from variable mitochondrial regions. The in-
ternational barcoding initiative (Hebert et al. 2003, Janzen et al. 2005) has converged
3. DNA barcoding of fish landings 51
with next-generation sequencing, and ecosystem biodiversity can be better estimated
through DNA information now (Hajibabei 2012). The main DNA barcode has been
chosen by some authors as an initial tool for calibrating fish species diversity due to the
large number of cytochrome c oxidase I gene (COI) sequences included in the Barcode
of Life Data Systems (BOLD) database (April et al. 2011, Ardura et al. 2011). How-
ever, it may not be sufficient to rigorously address intraspecific variation at population
level (Moritz and Cicero 2004, Rubinoff 2006). The informative value of other DNA
regions with different degrees of polymorphism should therefore be evaluated. The
highly conserved mitochondrial 12S rDNA has been applied for analyzing diversity in
high categorical levels such as phyla (Gerber et al. 2001). In decreasing order of conser-
vation, the protein-coding cytochrome b (cyt b) has been extensively used for diversity
analysis at genera and species level (Min et al. 2004, Zhang and Jiang 2006). Finally,
the D-Loop or mitochondrial control region exhibits more variation than protein-
coding sequences due to reduced functional constraints and relaxed selection pressure
(Onuma et al. 2006, Wu et al. 2006). Therefore, D-Loop variation would roughly
inform about intraspecific diversity, whereas more conserved sequences would better
reflect biodiversity (number and genetic proximity of species in a catch).
The objective of this study was to assess the utility of well-known public databases
for identifying catches from very different fisheries, comparing genes and species for
determining if there is sufficient information available for routine genetic analysis of
fish catches that informs about species composition. The main areas where generating
new data are necessary, if any, will be identified from the shortcomings detected in this
small-scale exercise. We have employed standard primer sets for PCR amplification of
four mtDNA gene fragments, then estimated standard parameters of genetic diversity
and evaluated their utility for identifying landings using GenBank and BOLD. We
have also estimated intrapopulation diversity in order to assess possible applications of
these markers for monitoring demographic changes. Our case studies were two marine
and two freshwater catches of contrasting diversity for the standard COI DNA bar-
code (Ardura et al. 2011).
Materials and methods
Case studies
Mediterranean Sea. It is a marine biodiversity hotspot with 713 fish species inventoried
(FishBase; www.fishbase.org). Samples were obtained from fish markets in the Langue-
doc-Roussillon region (Gulf of Lion, France), in the north-western Mediterranean coast.
Cantabric Sea. Less diverse than the Mediterranean Sea, it contains 148 fish spe-
cies inventoried. Catch from commercial fisheries was sampled from fish markets in
Asturias (North of Spain).
Amazon River. It is the main freshwater biodiversity hotspot of the world (1218
inventoried fish species). We have sampled catches obtained in different fish markets
4. Alba Ardura et al. / ZooKeys 365: 49–65 (2013)
52
of Manaus (Brazil). This is the area where the two main Amazonian drainages (the riv-
ers Negro and Solimões) join.
Narcea River (North of Spain). As other North Iberian rivers, it exhibits reduced
biodiversity with only 17 fish species inventoried. Fisheries are strongly targeted and
focused on sport angling of salmonids. Samples were obtained in situ from fishermen
in the lower reach of the river.
The two most exploited species (those that yield more tonnes in official catch statistics)
from each site were chosen for this study. They were: mackerel Scomber scombrus (Goode,
1884) and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Mediterranean Sea;
mackerel and albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1778) from the Cantabric Sea;
Curimatá Prochilodus nigricans (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) and jaraquí Semaprochilodus insignis
(Jardine & Schomburgk, 1841) from the Amazon River; Atlantic salmon Salmo salar (Lin-
naeus, 1758) and brown trout S. trutta (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Narcea River. These
species do not exhibit population sub-division in the fishing areas considered. The West
Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean populations of mackerel seem to form a
panmictic unit (Zardoya et al. 2004). The highly migratory albacore tuna exhibits only
inter-oceanic population differentiation or between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,
not within the same ocean (Chow and Ushiama 1995, Viñas et al. 2004). For anchovy, the
whole north-western Mediterranean likely harbors a single population (Tudela et al. 1999).
Curimatá and jaraquí, the main catch in the Brazilian Amazon state, have a shallow genetic
structuring in the Amazon basin and can be considered homogeneous populations around
Manaus (Ardura et al. 2013). Finally, Atlantic salmon and brown trout populations are not
subdivided within rivers in North Spain unless there is strong habitat fragmentation (e.g.
Horreo et al. 2011a, b), yet this is not the case for the lower accessible zone of River Narcea.
Ten samples were analyzed per species.
mtDNA analysis
DNA extraction was automatized with QIAxtractor robot following the manufactur-
er’s protocol (QIAGEN DX Universal DNA Extraction Tissue Sample CorProtocol),
which yields high quality DNA suitable for a wide variety of downstream applications.
The procedure is divided into two sections: digestion and extraction. The digestion
process favors tissue dissociation and liquid suspension, and is ready for extraction.
Briefly, a 96 well round well lysis block (Sample Block) is loaded with 420 µl DX
Tissue Digest (containing 1% v/v DX Digest Enzyme) manually or using the Tissue
Digest Preload run file. Once the DX Tissue Digest is loaded with the sample, the
sample block is sealed and incubated at 55 °C with agitation for at least 3 h. 220 µl of
supernatant is transferred from the sample block in position C1 to the lysis plate in po-
sition B1. 440 µl of DX Binding with DX Binding Additive is added to the lysis plate.
The lysate is then mixed 8 × and incubated at room temperature for 5 min. 600 µl of
the lysate is added into the capture plate (Pre-mixed 8 ×). A vacuum of 35 kPa is applied
for 5 min. 200 µl of DX Binding with DX Binding Additive is loaded into the capture
5. DNA barcoding of fish landings 53
plate. A vacuum of 35 kPa is applied for 5 min. 600 µl of DX Wash is loaded into the
capture plate. A vacuum of 25 kPa applied for 1 min, repeated (2 iterations). 600 µl of
DX Final Wash is loaded into the capture plate. A vacuum of 35 kPa is applied for 1
min. A vacuum of 25 kPa is applied for 5 min to dry the plate. The carriage is moved to
elution chamber. 200 µl of Elution buffer is loaded into the capture plate. The sample
is then incubated for 5 min. A vacuum of 35 kPa is applied for 1 min.
We employed the QIAxtractor Software application. The tube was frozen at -20 °C
for long-time preservation.
Fragments of four different mitochondrial genes were amplified by polymerase
chain reaction (PCR): 12S rDNA, COI, cyt b and D-Loop (Table 1). We employed
primers commonly used for fish published by Palumbi (1996), Ward et al. (2005),
Kocher et al. (1989) and Lee et al. (1995) respectively. Amplification reactions were
performed in a total volume of 23 µl, including 5 PRIME Buffer 1 × (Gaithersburg,
MD, USA), 1.5 mM MgCl2
, 0.25 mM dNTPs, 1 µM of each primer, 20 ng of tem-
plate DNA, and 1.5U of DNA Taq polymerase (5 PRIME).
The PCR conditions were the following:
12S rDNA: an initial denaturation at 95 °C for 10 min, then 35 cycles of denaturation
at 94 °C for 1 min, annealing at 57 °C for 1 min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5
min, followed by a final extension at 72 °C for 7 min.
COI: an initial denaturation at 94 °C for 5 min, then 10 cycles of denaturation at 94
°C for 1 min, annealing at 64–54 °C for 1 min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5 min,
followed by 25 cycles of denaturation at 94 °C for 1 min, annealing at 54 °C for 1
min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5 min, finally a final extension at 72 °C for 5 min.
cyt b: an initial denaturation at 94 °C for 5 min, then 10 cycles of denaturation at 94
°C for 1 min, annealing at 60–50 °C for 1 min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5 min,
followed by 25 cycles of denaturation at 94 °C for 1 min, annealing at 54 °C for 1
min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5 min, finally a final extension at 72 °C for 5 min.
D-Loop: an initial denaturation at 94 °C for 5 min, then 10 cycles of denaturation at
94 °C for 1 min, annealing at 57 °C for 1 min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5 min,
followed by 25 cycles of denaturation at 94 °C for 1 min, annealing at 54 °C for 1
min and extension at 72 °C for 1.5 min, finally a final extension at 72 °C for 5 min.
SequencingwascarriedoutbytheDNAsequencingserviceGATCBiotech(Germany).
Sequence edition
Sequences were visualized and edited employing the BioEdit Sequence Alignment Edi-
tor software (Hall 1999). Sequences were aligned with the MEGA v4.0 software (Ta-
mura et al. 2007).
Putative proteins (amino acid sequences) from the COI and cyt b sequences were
inferred with the software MEGA v4.0 (Tamura et al. 2007).
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table 1. Species considered within each case study; common and specific names and classification. Numbers
of nucleotides obtained for each mtDNA gene fragment (length in bp) and GenBank Accession Numbers.
REGION
SPECIES
CLASSIFICATION
(Order, Family)
Mitochondrial
regions (length
in bp)
GenBank A.N.
Common
name
Scientific name
Amazon River
curimata
Prochilodus
nigricans
Characiformes,
Curimatidae
12S rDNA (380) JN007487–JN007496
COI (605)
JN007727–JN007734
HM480806–HM480807
cyt b (293) JN007647–JN007656
D–Loop (424) JN007567–JN007576
jaraquí
Semaprochilodus
insignis
Characiformes,
Curimatidae
12S rDNA (380) JN007497–JN007506
COI (605) JN007735–JN007744
cyt b (293) JN007657–JN007666
D–Loop (424) JN007577–JN007586
Cantabric Sea
mackerel
tuna
Scomber
scombrus
Perciformes,
Scombridae
12S rDNA (382) JN007507–JN007516
COI (605)
JN007745–JN007751
HM480797 HM480799
HM480819
cyt b (293) JN007667–JN007676
D–Loop (412) JN007587–JN007596
Thunnus
alalunga
Perciformes,
Scombridae
12S rDNA (382) JN007517–JN007526
COI (605) JN007752–JN007761
cyt b (293) JN007677–JN007687
D–Loop (412) JN007597–JN007606
Mediterranean
Sea
anchovy
Engraulis
encrasicolus
Clupeiformes,
Engraulidae
12S rDNA (384) JN007527–JN007536
COI (605)
JN007762–JN007768
HM480814–HM480816
cyt b (293) JN007687–JN007696
D–Loop (462) JN007607–JN007616
mackerel
Scomber
scombrus
Perciformes,
Scombridae
12S rDNA (384) JN007537–JN007546
COI (605)
JN007769–JN007777
HM480797
cyt b (293) JN007697–JN007706
D–Loop (462) JN007617–JN007626
Narcea River
Atlantic
salmon
Salmo salar
Salmoniformes,
Salmonidae
12S rDNA (439) JN007547–JN007556
COI (635) JN007778–JN007787
cyt b (322) JN007707–JN007716
D–Loop (460) JN007627–JN007636
brown
trout
Salmo trutta
Salmoniformes,
Salmonidae
12S rDNA (439) JN007557–JN007566
COI (635pb) JN007788–JN007797
cyt b (322) JN007717–JN007726
D–Loop (460) JN007637–JN007646
Species identification from DNA sequences
The sequences obtained were compared with those existing in the public database Gen-
Bank using the BLAST tool (http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=-
blastn&BLAST_PROGRAMS=megaBlast&PAGE_TYPE=BlastSearch). Species were
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identified based on maximum BLAST scores with matching sequences, corresponding
to 100% coverage and 100% identity. When the haplotype was new (i.e. not present
in GenBank and BOLD), a 100% coverage with 99% identity, or in a few cases 98%
identity, was found for the matching sequence. COI barcodes were also compared
against the BOLD database, uploading them in the BOLD identification system in
FASTA format at http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_OpenIdEngine. The
system retrieves matching sequences with the corresponding % similarity (matching
nucleotides) and gives the most likely species for the query sequence. If matching se-
quences from more than one species are retrieved with a similar probability, then the
system displays all the possible putative species the query can be assigned to.
The two databases were accessed for species identification in September 2013.
Diversity indices
Three well-known diversity indices were employed: number of haplotypes, haplotype
diversity and nucleotide diversity. They were calculated with the DnaSP software (Lib-
rado and Rozas 2009). The same program was employed to generate concatenated data
files with the different markers analyzed and re-estimate genetic diversity parameters.
Haplotype diversity is a measure of population variation, as the probability of two
randomly chosen haplotypes in the sample being different. It is calculated with the
formula described by Nei and Tajima (1981).
Nucleotide diversity indicates how different sequences are to each other. Its value
is higher when sequences belong to distant taxa. It is defined as the average number
of nucleotide differences per site between any two DNA sequences chosen randomly
from the sample population, and is symbolised as π (Nei and Li 1979).
We have also used the simplest diversity measure Nh/n (number of haplotypes
divided by the number of samples analysed).
Statistical analysis
Comparison between genes for their polymorphic content was made based on means
and variances of diversity parameters. It was performed using the software SPSS 13.0
software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
Results
Species identification of the considered samples
For three study areas, the two most harvested species belonged to the same family
(Table 1), viz. Curimatidae, Salmonidae and Scombridae in the Amazon River, Narcea
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River and Cantabric Sea, respectively. In the Mediterranean Sea, the two most harvest-
ed species were respectively anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus (Engraulidae) and mackerel
Scomber scombrus (Scombridae).
PCR yielded positive amplifications in all cases, and sequences of different length
were obtained for each marker and species analyzed: 380–439, 605–635, 293–322,
412–462 base pairs (bp) for 12S rDNA, COI, cyt b and D-Loop respectively (Table
1). The concatenated sequences were thus 1,692–1,856 bp long. The sequences ob-
tained were submitted to the GenBank where they are available with the accession
numbers reported in Table 1.
Clear and unambiguous species identification from significant matches with the
databases was not always possible (Table 2). All the 12S rDNA sequences yielded a
100% identity score with at least one GenBank reference sequence (other than those
generated in the present study) belonging to only one species, and were hence consid-
ered as being unambiguously identified. However, the results were less clear for the
other genes and also varied among species. All mackerel samples were well-identified
by the four genes and the two databases, whereas tuna retrieved more than one spe-
cies with identical scores or match probabilities (Thunnus alalunga, T. thynnus and T.
orientalis) for all cyt b and many COI and D-Loop sequences (Table 3). One D-Loop
sequence retrieved Thunnus albacares as the closest match (Table 3). Ambiguous re-
sults (more than one putative species) were obtained from BOLD also for anchovy
(COI sequences assigned to any of Engraulis encrasicolus, E. eurystole, E. australis and E.
table 2. Species identification based on the assayed genes in the four considered catches, measured as the
number of individuals that are unambiguously assigned to a species in GenBank (all genes) and BOLD
(COI). Databases accessed in September 2013.
COI 12S rDNA cyt b D-Loop
GenBank BOLD GenBank GenBank GenBank
Cantabric Sea
mackerel 10 10 10 10 10
tuna 5 0 10 0 6
% catch 75% 50% 100% 50% 80%
Mediterranean Sea
anchovy 10 0 10 10 10
mackerel 10 10 10 10 10
% catch 100% 50% 100% 100% 100%
Narcea River
Atlantic salmon 10 10 10 10 10
brown trout 10 0 10 10 10
% catch 100% 50% 100% 100% 100%
Amazon River
curimatá 10 0 10 10 10
jaraquí 0 0 10 0 10
% catch 50% 0% 100% 50% 100%
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japonicus species), brown trout (assigned indistinctly to Salmo trutta and S. ohridanus by
BOLD), curimatá (Prochilodus nigricans, P. rubrotaeniatus, P. lineatus, P. costatus) and
jaraquí (Semiprochilodus insignis, S. taeniurus, Curimata inornata). In GenBank ambigu-
ous COI species identifications occurred for five tuna haplotypes that yielded identical
and maximum matching scores with Thunnus alalunga and T. orientalis sequences, and
for jaraquí (Semaprochilodus insignis and S. taeniurus sequences yielded identical and
maximum matching scores with our haplotypes). For cyt b of jaraquí (Table 3) the
problem was not ambiguity but lack of external reference sequences in GenBank, viz. all
the sequences yielding > 91% matching scores with ours were from the present study,
and the closest identity with an external sequence (91%, unlikely the same species for a
conserved coding gene) occurred with the sequence AY791437 of Prochilodus nigricans.
Genetic diversity in the four analyzed case studies
As expected, the four DNA regions exhibited different degrees of variability (Table 4).
The non-coding D-Loop (58 haplotypes in total) was more variable than the two pro-
tein coding loci (31 and 27 haplotypes for cyt b and COI respectively) and the riboso-
mal 12S rDNA gene (15 haplotypes). The four marine species, the Amazonian jaraquí
(Semiprochilodus insignis) and the north Spanish brown trout (Salmo trutta) exhibited
table 3. Ambiguous or inconclusive matches between sequences in this study and reference sequences in
GenBank (all sequences) and BOLD (COI). The species retrieved from each database (with maximum score
for GenBank) are presented. + : Sequences for which there are > 5 entries in GenBank with a maximum score.
GenBank BOLD
Sequences of this study COI
JN007753,54,59,60,61 Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga, T. orientalis,
T. obesus, T. thynnus, T. atlanticus
JN007752,55,56,57,58 Thunnus alalunga, T. thynnus
Thunnus alalunga, T. orientalis,
T. obesus, T. thynnus, T. atlanticus
HM480814–15, JN007765–68 Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus, E. eurystole,
E. australis
HM480816, JN007762–64 Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus, E. capensis,
Atherina breviceps
JN007788 + Salmo trutta Salmo trutta, S. ohridanus
JN007727 + Prochilodus nigricans
Prochilodus nigricans, P.
rubrotaeniatus
JN007743 +
Semaprochilodus insignis, S.
taeniurus
Semaprochilodus insignis, S. taeniurus,
Curimata inornata
cyt b
JN007677 + Thunnus alalunga, T. orientalis
JN007657 + None out of this study
D-Loop
JN007604 Thunnus albacares
JN007600–02 Thunnus alalunga, T. thynnus
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ten different haplotypes in total considering the concatenated mitochondrial sequences
analyzed. Fewer haplotypes were obtained for the Amazonian Prochilodus nigricans (6
haplotypes) and the Spanish Salmo salar (two haplotypes). In this latter species poly-
morphism occurred in the 12S rDNA gene, but not in the D-Loop, which was the
most variable region in the other species. Overall nucleotide diversity was higher for
marine than for freshwater settings for all markers as well as the concatenated sequence
(Table 4). The highest Hd for both 12S rDNA and COI genes corresponded to the
Amazonian samples, whereas marine catches were most variable at the less conserved
cyt b and especially at the D-Loop. The least diverse Narcea River exhibited higher
Hd at the highly conserved 12S rDNA than the two marine catches, due to Atlantic
salmon polymorphism (likely due to a mixture of lineages remaining from past stocks
transfers from North European populations; e.g. Horreo et al. 2011b).
The trade-off between using the same genetic analysis for simultaneously authen-
ticating specimens and rapidly evaluating population diversity is that conserved spe-
cies-specific sequences may not exhibit enough polymorphism. This is exemplified in
Figure 1 and in the total number of variants of each marker found in this study, with
58 D-Loop versus only 15 12S rDNA haplotypes. Comparison between DNA regions
for polymorphic information -measured as mean variation for each gene as in Figure
1- yielded, despite small sample sizes, highly significant differences for all parameters
when the six sequences were considered at the same time (p = 0.011, p = 0.006 and p =
table 4. Sequence diversity in each species. Nh, Hd and π are the number of haplotypes, haplotype
diversity and nucleotide diversity, respectively.
Species
Locus Parameter anchovy
mackerel
(Cant.)
mackerel
(Med.)
curimatá A. salmon
brown
trout
jaraquí tuna
12S rDNA Nh 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1
n = 380–439 Hd 0.2 0 0.467 0.467 0.356 0.356 0.378 0
π 0.052 0 0.124 0.123 0.081 0.081 0.105 0
COI Nh 2 4 5 4 1 2 3 6
n = 605–635 Hd 0.2 0.533 0.8 0.733 0 0.556 0.689 0.778
π 0.165 0.265 1.249 0.154 0 0.088 0.136 0.191
Cyt b Nh 3 4 8 1 1 5 6 3
n = 293–322 Hd 0.378 0.533 0.956 0 0 0.822 0.778 0.689
π 0.205 0.273 1.82 0 0 0.469 0.394 0.88
D–Loop Nh 8 10 10 6 1 5 8 10
n = 412–462 Hd 0.978 1 1 0.867 0 0.867 0.956 1
π 1.893 2.126 3.655 0.65 0 0.358 1.268 6.362
All coding Nh 4 6 10 5 2 8 8 7
n = 1278–
1396
Hd 0.533 0.778 1 0.8 0.356 0.956 0.956 0.911
π 0.141 0.188 1.048 0.111 0.025 0.174 0.186 0.293
All loci Nh 10 10 10 6 2 10 10 10
n = 1682–
1856
Hd 1 1 1 0.867 0.356 1 1 1
π 0.588 0.644 1.738 0.244 0.019 0.219 0.449 1.744
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0.000, for Hd, π and Nh/n, respectively). Most polymorphisms were provided by the
non-coding D-Loop (Figure 1), and adding more nucleotides (concatenated sequence
of all loci) did not increase significantly the level of polymorphism (p = 0.639, p =
0.109 and p = 0.428, for Hd, π and Nh/n, respectively). As expected, in relation with
its length, the D-Loop was the most informative gene for quantifying diversity.
Discussion
The results presented in this study illustrate how genetic methodologies could be ap-
plied in practice for monitoring fish catches. They also suggest some caveats of the
current databases that should be considered in order to improve their built-in tools
for species identification, especially if massive sequencing is envisaged. We have found
ambiguous catch identifications in several cases. This is due to the fact that some iden-
tical haplotypes (sequences) are labeled in the databases with different specific names.
Duplicated names at species level are a problem well recognized in reference databases
such as GenBank (e.g. Federhen 2012). In this sense, we encourage a thorough taxo-
nomic revision of the existing databases. The joint work of taxonomists and molecular
systematists will help in the effort of cataloguing collections and voucher specimens
Figure 1. Summary of population genetic diversity retrieved from each mitochondrial region separately
(12S rDNA, COI, cyt b, D-Loop), from the coding and from all regions concatenated (All), in the four
case studies. Mean (standard deviation as vertical bars) is provided for Nh/n, Hd and π (mean number of
different haplotypes per species, haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity respectively).
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(Puillandre et al. 2012). It may also happen that very closely related species share hap-
lotypes at highly conserved genes. This could be the case of the Thunnus species, which
are so closely related that they even give inconsistent phylogenetic signals (e.g. Chow
and Kishino 1995). Mitochondrial introgression between species has been reported for
this genus (Chow et al. 2006), so mitochondrial markers would not be a good choice
for identifying tuna species. However, there was no ambiguity with the highly conserved
12S rDNA. Therefore, using this region may solve the problem in Thunnus. Although
DNA barcoding through COI resolves most species, some taxa have proved intractable
(Waugh 2007). We cannot explain what the reason was for all the cases found here, but
it is clear that ambiguous identification would be a problem in routine large-scale fisher-
ies barcoding. As also suggested by other authors (e.g. Savolainen et al. 2005, Austerlitz
et al. 2009), incorporating nuclear genes as barcodes could help to solve these problems.
On the other hand, analyzing two DNA regions of different level of variability and
recording simple polymorphism data in a database are easy actions that can be done very
fast employing massive sequencing methodologies. They would hopefully allow to as-
certaining the species and early detecting variation losses in catch. In a moment of stock
overexploitation (Myers and Worm 2005) and urgent need of a better fisheries control
in many regions (Worm and Branch 2012), these two issues are of most importance for
long-term fisheries sustainability (Dahl 2000, Wessells et al. 2001, Pauly et al. 2002).
For mitochondrial (haploid) sequences, simple statistical parameters for measuring se-
quence variation such as haplotype and nucleotide diversity could be incorporated into
next-generation sequencing software, making it easier the process of diversity monitoring
in fish landings. Hence, we propose to incorporate DNA barcoding as a first-instance
routine surveys and periodical monitoring of catch diversity, but adding nuclear genes
seems to be necessary (Markmann and Tautz 2005, Monaghan et al. 2005, Savolainen
et al. 2005). If a decrease of variation is detected, further studies should follow, may be
employing population genomics approaches and other biological tools. Diversity can be
properly measured by using a diversity of tools and characters (Rubinoff 2006). Mor-
phology (Wiens 2004), ecology (Crandall et al. 2000), adaptive differences (sensu Waples
1991) and genetic data from the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes, which can result
in very different assessments of biodiversity, should be combined for having a complete
perspective of the diversity of a community or ecosystem (Mouillot et al. 2011).
Conclusions
Taking into account the number of existing sequences in databases, that is essential
for species identification, and the polymorphic information provided by the different
mitochondrial regions examined, the use of more than one gene and preferably a com-
bination of nuclear and mitochondrial sequences would be recommended for routine
genetic monitoring of fish catches. Incorporating new sequencing technologies will
speed up large-scale genetic analysis of catch.
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Acknowledgements
This study has been funded by the Asturias Government, SV-PA-13-ECOEMP-41. We are
grateful to three anonymous reviewers of Zookeys for useful comments on the manuscript.
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