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Population genomics and the environmental drivers of population structure in a cosmopolitan marine predator, Tursiops truncatus
Daniel M. Moore, André E. Moura, Ada Natoli, Elena Papale, Mónica A. Silva, Tilen Genov, Stefania Gaspari, Giuseppa Buscaino, Per Berggren, A. Rus Hoelzel, 2025, original scientific article

Abstract: The marine environment comprises vast regions without physical barriers to movement, making the understanding of population isolation and the evolution of diversity challenging. This is especially the case for highly mobile marine species. Here we investigate populations of the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) across the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent North Atlantic using high-resolution genomic markers (RADseq) and stable isotope analyses to better understand the evolution of population structure in this system. High-resolution genomic data and broad geographic sampling revealed patterns of structure not previously identified, and integration with stable isotope data suggests that prey choice varies across this region. Unexpected patterns included genetic and isotopic similarity between the North Atlantic and the region around Sicily (but not including the medially located Gulf of Cádiz and surrounding regions). The regional habitat within and beyond the Mediterranean Sea is structured with ocean frontal systems including thermal and halocline transitions, several of which show alignment with genetic transitions within our data. Our data help to distinguish among possible drivers of population differentiation for a marine predator that has the potential for long-distance dispersion. 1 Introduction
Keywords: genomics, phylogeography, population structure, stable isotopes, Tursiops truncatus
Published in RUP: 27.12.2025; Views: 319; Downloads: 0
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Razmnoževalna ekologija velike pliskavke, Tursiops truncatus, v Tržaškem zalivu : magistrsko delo
Dorotea Gomaz, 2022, master's thesis

Keywords: common bottlenose dolphin, Gulf of Trieste, reproductive ecology, conservation
Published in RUP: 06.10.2022; Views: 3018; Downloads: 13
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Fine-scale habitat partitioning of Chilean and Peale's dolphins and their overlap with aquaculture
Sonja Heinrich, Tilen Genov, Marjorie Fuentes Riquelme, Philip S. Hammond, 2019, original scientific article

Keywords: aquaculture, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Lagenorhynchus australis, habitat use pattern, niche partitioning, predictive species distribution models
Published in RUP: 12.09.2019; Views: 3051; Downloads: 173
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LIFE EUROTURTLES : collective actions for improving the conservation status of the EU sea turtle populations
Matic Jančič, Paolo Casale, Monica Demetriou, Ioanna Fytou, Tilen Genov, Draško Holcer, Peter Mackelworth, Alan F. Rees, Panagiota Theodorou, Melina Marcou, Bojan Lazar, 2018, published scientific conference contribution abstract

Published in RUP: 18.07.2019; Views: 3858; Downloads: 153
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Behavioural and temporal partitioning of dolphin social groups in the northern Adriatic Sea
Tilen Genov, Tina Centrih Genov, Polona Kotnjek, Ana Hace, 2019, original scientific article

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, social network analysis, fisheries, temporal patterns, Jadransko morje, Tursiops truncatus
Published in RUP: 21.01.2019; Views: 3645; Downloads: 148
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