Low levels of sibship encourage use of larvae in western Atlantic bluefin tuna abundance estimation by close-kin mark-recapture

Abstract Globally, tunas are among the most valuable fish stocks, but are also inherently difficult to monitor and assess. Samples of larvae of Western Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) from standardized annual surveys in the northern Gulf of Mexico provide a potential source of...

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Main Authors: Jan R. McDowell, Mark Bravington, Peter M. Grewe, Matthew Lauretta, John F. Walter, Shane M. Baylis, Thierry Gosselin, Estrella Malca, Trika Gerard, Akihiro Shiroza, John T. Lamkin, Ellen E. Biesack, Glenn Zapfe, Walter Ingram, Campbell Davies, Clay Porch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20862-9