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Title: Otolith shape analysis as a tool for stock identification of two commercially important marine fishes: <i>Helicolenus dactylopterus</i> and <i>Merluccius merluccius</i>
Authors: Vaz, Ana; Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Landa, Jorge; Hannipoula, Olsen; Thasitis, Ioannis; Scarcella, Giuseppe; Sabatini, Laura; Vitale, Sergio; Mugerza, Estanis; Mahe, Kelig; Reis-Santos, Patrick; Tanner, Susanne E.; Stransky, Christoph Pardal, Miguel; Martinho, Filipe
Abstract: Stock identification studies are essential to understanding fish population structure and connectivity across wide geographical areas, and thus contribute to efficient fisheries management. The blackbelly rosefish, Helicolenus dactylopterus, and European hake, Merluccius merluccius, are two economically important marine fishes, but there are still gaps in knowledge regarding their present stock structure. Our objective was to assess the ability of otolith shape to define stock structure for the two species along the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, based on samples from eight and seven areas, for blackbelly rosefish and European hake, respectively. Shape analysis was obtained through Wavelet analysis. Canonical analysis of principal coordinates provided significant evidence for different population units with a clear separation between the Atlantic and Mediterranean populations for both species. However, random forest procedures indicated that the discrimination power varied with species and locations. For blackbelly rosefish, various Atlantic populations were more evident than for European hake. Overall, the usefulness of otolith shape to delineate stock structure of two species with distinct life history traits across a broad spatial region from the mid-Atlantic isles to the polar region, as well as the Mediterranean was demonstrated. Moving forward, it will be key to align our growing under-standing of population structure with our increasing knowledge on species' biological traits to ensure management units reflect population structure.
Keywords: Population structure; Blackbelly rosefish; European hake; Atlantic ocean; Mediterranean sea; Connectivity; HERRING CLUPEA-HARENGUS; MACKEREL TRACHURUS-TRACHURUS; POPULATION-STRUCTURE; EUROPEAN HAKE; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; GENETIC-STRUCTURE; AGE ESTIMATION; DEMERSAL FISH; TELL US
Issue Date: 2023
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Type: Article; Early Access
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108471
URI: http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/1750
ISSN: 0272-7714
E-ISSN: 1096-0015
Funder: Fundaayo para a Cieyncia e Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) [2020.06503]
FCT [57/2016, UIDB/04004/2020]
FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC)
Appears in Publication types:Artículos científicos



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