Volume 1 - No: 3
Population Structuring and Migration Pathway of Atlantic bonito Sarda sarda
- Cemal Turan
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetic Laboratory, Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey.
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- Petya Ivanova
Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Varna, Bulgaria.
- Alen Soldo
University of Split, Department of Marine Studies, Split, Croatia
Keywords: Atlantic Bonito, Sarda sarda, genetic structuring, connectivity, migration pattern.
Abstract
Population structure of Atlantic Bonito Sarda sarda in the Mediterranean Sea and possible
pathway of migration for spawning and feeding was discussed on the bases of genetic and
morphological dataset. The effects of topographic and hydrographic factors on the
connectivity and migration pattern of Atlantic Bonito in Turkish, Bulgarian and Croatian
marine waters and fishery management implications of putative stocks were correspondingly
referred.