Genetic structure of bluefin tuna in the mediterranean sea correlates with environmental variables.

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) shows complex demography and ecological variation in the Mediterranean Sea. Genetic surveys have detected significant, although weak, signals of population structuring; catch series analyses and tagging programs identified complex ABFT spatial dynamics and migration patt...

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Main Authors: Giulia Riccioni, Marco Stagioni, Monica Landi, Giorgia Ferrara, Guido Barbujani, Fausto Tinti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832436?pdf=render