Supplementary material from "Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears"
Posted on 2021-08-20 - 07:04
Loss of Arctic sea ice due to climate change is predicted to reduce both genetic diversity and gene flow in ice-dependent species, with potentially negative consequences for their long-term viability. Here, we tested for the population-genetic impacts of reduced sea ice cover on the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sampled across two decades (1995–2016) from the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, an area that is affected by rapid sea ice loss in the Arctic Barents Sea. We analysed genetic variation at 22 microsatellite loci for 626 polar bears from four sampling areas within the archipelago. Our results revealed a 3–10% loss of genetic diversity across the study period, accompanied by a near 200% in genetic differentiation across regions. These effects may best be explained by a decrease in gene flow caused by habitat fragmentation due to the loss of sea ice coverage, resulting in increased inbreeding of local polar bears within the focal sampling areas in the Svalbard Archipelago. This study illustrates the importance of genetic monitoring for developing adaptive management strategies for polar bears and other ice-dependent species.
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Maduna, Simo Njabulo; Aars, Jon; Fløystad, Ida; Klütsch, Cornelya F. C.; Zeyl Fiskebeck, Eve M. L.; Wiig, Øystein; et al. (2021). Supplementary material from "Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears". The Royal Society. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5574360.v1
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AUTHORS (13)
SM
Simo Njabulo Maduna
JA
Jon Aars
IF
Ida Fløystad
CK
Cornelya F. C. Klütsch
EZ
Eve M. L. Zeyl Fiskebeck
ØW
Øystein Wiig
DE
Dorothee Ehrich
MA
Magnus Andersen
LB
Lutz Bachmann
AD
Andrew E. Derocher
TN
Tommi Nyman
HE
Hans Geir Eiken
SH
Snorre B. Hagen