Baltic marine mammal population boundaries and phylogeography Morten Tange Olsen HELCOM Seal 8 Turku, Oct 2014
Harbour seal management units
Olsen et al 2014 Mol Ecol
Baltic harbour seals mtDNA
Gråsælen Grey seal population structure
mtDNA – 226 modern + 50 historic samples – 435 bp control region Microsatellites – 79 modern samples – 14 loci;
SCOTLAND WADDEN SEA LÆSØ RØDSAND FALSTERBO CHR.Ø SCOTLAND WADDEN SEA RØDSAND FALSTERBO CHR.Ø
Grey seal genetic diversity Danish historic (54) North Sea modern (71) Baltic modern (142)
Grey seal finds ( BP) Sommer and Benecke 2003
Grey seal finds ( BP) Sommer and Benecke 2003
Grey Harbour Ringed Porpoise ? ?
Changes in species composition (DK)
Future studies Combined genetic analysis of harbour, grey and ringed seal, and porpoise Population structure and divergence times – Geological events – Climate events – Environmental factors – Historic abundance and distribution Existing mtDNA and microsatellite data Genomic data and ancient DNA