Supporting Data for: Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation (doi:10.18710/AVG3AU)

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Citation

Title:

Supporting Data for: Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation

Identification Number:

doi:10.18710/AVG3AU

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DataverseNO

Date of Distribution:

2025-09-01

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Cai, Xiatong; Deflem, Io S.; Rennie, Colin D.; De Meester, Joke; Willems, Patrick; Hendry, Andrew P.; Calboli, Federico C.F.; Hellemans, Bart; Volckaert, Filip A.M.; Raeymaekers, Joost A.M., 2025, "Supporting Data for: Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation", https://doi.org/10.18710/AVG3AU, DataverseNO, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Supporting Data for: Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation

Identification Number:

doi:10.18710/AVG3AU

Authoring Entity:

Cai, Xiatong (Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa)

Deflem, Io S. (Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO))

Rennie, Colin D. (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa)

De Meester, Joke (Hydraulics and Geotechnics Section, KU Leuven; Flanders Hydraulics Research, Department of Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Government)

Willems, Patrick (Hydraulics and Geotechnics Section, KU Leuven)

Hendry, Andrew P. (Department of Biology, Redpath Museum, McGill University)

Calboli, Federico C.F. (Natural Resources Institute Finland)

Hellemans, Bart (Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven)

Volckaert, Filip A.M. (Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven)

Raeymaekers, Joost A.M. (Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Maes, Tim

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Van Criekingen, Jimmy

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Schols, Ruben

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Maes, Sarah

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Reyns, Wouter

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Van Belleghem, Steven

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Gante, Hugo

Producer:

Nord University

Software used in Production:

FastQC

Software used in Production:

Stacks

Software used in Production:

BWA

Software used in Production:

GATK

Software used in Production:

VCFtools

Software used in Production:

PLINK

Distributor:

DataverseNO

Distributor:

Nord University

Access Authority:

Cai, Xiatong

Depositor:

Cai, Xiatong

Date of Deposit:

2025-08-12

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.18710/AVG3AU

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Eco-hydraulics, Eco-evo-hydraulics, Regulated river system, Evolutionary responses, Evolution, Adaptive potential, Three-spined stickleback, Conservation genomics, Belgium, Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), Genotyping-by-Sequencing, River channel morphology, River discharge, River sinuosity, River barriers, Water average conductivity, Average chemical oxygen demand, Average pH, Average dissolved oxygen concentration, Average temperature, Gyrodactylus sp., Trichodina sp., Glugea anomala, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Belgium, Demer River

Abstract:

Eco-hydraulics traditionally aims at managing riverine systems in a semi-natural state while meeting human demands, assuming aquatic species are evolutionarily static. However, evidence of rapid evolution suggests that ignoring evolutionary dynamics of fish species might limit long-term effectiveness of eco-hydraulics frameworks. It remains unclear how freshwater fish adapt to human perturbation. Why are some fish populations more resilient to human perturbation than others? What are the genetic mechanisms behind it? To answer these questions, we genotyped eleven populations of three-spined stickleback in a regulated river system and collected data on river morphology, connectivity, flow regimes, physico-chemistry and parasite abundance through a combination of field surveys and modelling. Gene-environment association analysis detected strong signals of genetic divergence associated with hydraulic features. Gene ontology analysis revealed evolutionary responses that primarily involve functions in the nervous and sensory systems. These findings demonstrate that fish can evolve in response to river regulation, highlighting the need to transition from eco-hydraulics toward eco-evo-hydraulics. Our results can currently be accessed through a non-peer-reviewed bioRxiv preprint at Cai and Deflem et al. (2025), Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation (DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.01.668107). This supporting dataset includes Genotyping-by-Sequencing data from 14 populations of three-spined stickleback collected in 2017 from the Demer Basin, Belgium, together with parasite and habitat data from the paired sampling sites. After quality filtering, 11 populations were retained and analyzed in Cai and Deflem et al. (2025).

Time Period:

2017-01-01-2023-12-31

Country:

Belgium

Geographic Coverage:

Demer River

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: 4.6927
  • East Bounding Longitude: 5.5745
  • South Bounding Latitude: 50.6411
  • North Bounding Latitude: 50.9686

Kind of Data:

Genetic data

Kind of Data:

Environmental and ecological field data

Kind of Data:

Hydrological and geospatial data

Kind of Data:

Simulation/modelling data

Kind of Data:

Derived analytical data

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

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Citation

Title:

Cai, X., I. Deflem, C. D. Rennie, J. De Meester, P. Willems, A. P. Hendry, F. C. F. Calboli, B. Hellemans, F. A. M. Volckaert, and J. A. M. Raeymaekers. (2025). Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation. bioRxiv (preprint), https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.01.668107

Identification Number:

10.1101/2025.08.01.668107

Bibliographic Citation:

Cai, X., I. Deflem, C. D. Rennie, J. De Meester, P. Willems, A. P. Hendry, F. C. F. Calboli, B. Hellemans, F. A. M. Volckaert, and J. A. M. Raeymaekers. (2025). Fish Show Genetic Evolutionary Responses to River Regulation. bioRxiv (preprint), https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.01.668107

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Hydro_environment_Demer_2017.csv

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vcf_Three_spined_stickleback_Demer_2017.vcf

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