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 …

With anthropogenic impacts rapidly advancing into deeper waters, there is growing interest
in establishing deep‐sea marine protected areas (MPA s) or reserves. Reserve design …

An essential prerequisite of a sustainable fisheries management is the matching of
biologically relevant processes and management action. In fisheries management and …

Geographical surveys of genetic variation provide an indirect means of tracing movements
made between marine populations by larvae and other propagules. Genetic markers can …

Compared with many terrestrial and freshwater environments, dispersal and interbreeding is
generally much less restricted in the marine environment. We studied the tendency for a …

Biomass assesment of fish stocks is a difficult task that often involves costly fisheries trawl
surveys. Trawl surveys rarely return replicate samples, as trawling attempts are expensive …

A key question in many genetic studies on marine organisms is how to interpret a low but
statistically significant level of genetic differentiation. Do such observations reflect a real …

The relative importance of factors that may promote genetic differentiation in marine
organisms is largely unknown. Here, contributions to population structure from a …

Microsatellites have proved to be useful for the detection of weak population structure in
marine fishes and other species characterized by large populations and high gene flow …

Population genetic structures of the mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and chub mackerel
(Scomber japonicus) were studied in the Mediterranean Sea. Fragments of 272 bp (S …