Pillars of Hercules: is the Atlantic–Mediterranean transition a phylogeographical break?

T Patarnello, FAMJ Volckaert, R Castilho - Molecular ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, its hydrography and connection with the
Atlantic Ocean have been well documented. Despite a wealth of historical and …

Life History and Stock Structure of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

JR Rooker, JR Alvarado Bremer, BA Block… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Our understanding of the biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) has increased
profoundly in the last decade, and the progress is attributed to the development and …

Genetic population structure of marine fish: mismatch between biological and fisheries management units

H Reiss, G Hoarau, M Dickey‐Collas… - Fish and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
An essential prerequisite of a sustainable fisheries management is the matching of
biologically relevant processes and management action. In fisheries management and …

Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic bluefin tuna and swordfish: the combined effects of vicariance, secondary contact, introgression, and population expansion …

JRA Bremer, J Viñas, J Mejuto, B Ely, C Pla - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Comparative phylogeography has revealed remarkable patterns of concordance in the
maternal phylogenies of many species. The phylogeography and historical demography of …

Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) population structure in the Mediterranean Sea

J Carlsson, JANR McDOWELL… - Molecular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic variation was surveyed at nine microsatellite loci and the mitochondrial control
region (868 bp) to test for the presence of genetic stock structure in young‐of‐the‐year …

Microsatellite analysis of population structure in the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

AW Schrey, EJ Heist - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and …, 2003 - cdnsciencepub.com
Une analyse des microsatellites chez le mako à nageoires courtes (Isurus oxyrinchus)
montre peu d'indications d'une structure de population. Quatre locus microsatellites ont été …

Genetic identity of YOY bluefin tuna from the eastern and western Atlantic spawning areas

J Carlsson, JR McDowell, JEL Carlsson… - Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We used 320 young-of-the-year (YOY) specimens of the highly migratory and overfished
Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, Linnaeus 1758, to evaluate the hypothesis that …

Low Genetic Differentiation across Three Major Ocean Populations of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus

JV Schmidt, CL Schmidt, F Ozer, RE Ernst… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Whale sharks are a declining species for which little biological data is available.
While these animals are protected in many parts of their range, they are fished legally and …

Electronic Tagging of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus, L.) Reveals Habitat Use and Behaviors in the Mediterranean Sea

P Cermeño, G Quílez-Badia, A Ospina-Alvarez… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
We analyzed the movements of Atlantic tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.) in the Mediterranean Sea
using data from 2 archival tags and 37 pop-up satellite archival tags (PAT). Bluefin tuna …

The Atlantic–Mediterranean transition: discordant genetic patterns in two seabream species, Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti) and Diplodus sargus (L.)

L Bargelloni, JA Alarcon, MC Alvarez, E Penzo… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2005 - Elsevier
Sparids are a group of demersal perciform fish of high commercial value, which have
experienced an extensive radiation, particularly in the Mediterranean, where they occupy a …