Mitochondrial genealogy of Western Australian barramundi: applications of inbreeding coefficients and coalescent analysis for separating temporal population processes

In Australian populations of barramundi Lates calcarifer, phylogenetic reco nstruction of mtDNA sequences provided evidence of significant historical l evels of gene flow, despite the substantial structuring of contemporary pop ulations. The geographical pattern of mtDNA sequences among the populations was not congruent with previous evidence of a major disjunction between we stern and eastern populations of barramundi in Australia. (C) 1999 The Fish eries Society of the British isles.