Otoliths are calcified structures and the information contained within their chemistry or shape
can be used to infer life history events, migration patterns, and stock structure of a fish …

This checklist aims to reviews and summarize the results of the systematic researches on the
Persian Gulf ichthyofauna that has been carried out for more than 200 years. Since the work …

The assignment of individual fish to its stock of origin is important for reliable stock
assessment and fisheries management. Otolith shape is commonly used as the marker of …

The morphology and morphometry of otoliths have emerged as powerful indicators of
ecological characteristics of fishes. However, shape descriptors that can accurately predict …

Otolith shape analysis has been one of the most used approaches to study population
structure in the past decades. Currently, two sets of shape descriptors are used to perform …

Otolith shape analysis is an efficient fish stock identification tool. However, most applications
used left and right otoliths or only one of them arbitrarily chosen without testing for biases …

Stock-separation of highly mobile Clupeids (sprat–Sprattus sprattus and herring–Clupea
harengus) using otolith morphometrics was explored. Analysis focused on three stock …

Otolith shape analysis has been extensively employed to distinguish stocks and populations
of marine fish species. While the majority of studies have employed Elliptic Fourier …

Abstract The European sardine, Sardina pilchardus, exhibits a complex population structure,
which has produced conflicting results in previous genetic studies. Despite its importance in …

Six percent of the world's coral reefs occur around the Arabian Peninsula, providing a
valuable ecological, economic and scientific resource for the nations bordering its shores …