An important goal for the conservation of marine fish metapopulations is to maintain the
diversity of components spawning in areas subjected to different environmental pressures …

Recent estimates of the size at first maturity (L 50) of Sardinella brasiliensis showed
contradictory results with a decreasing in the fish stock biomass encompassed by increasing …

The notothenid Patagonotothen ramsayi is one of the most abundant fin fish species on the
Patagonian Shelf and it is an important prey species and central to the trophic ecology of the …

The delimitation of fish stocks and how species use habitats are essential keys to develop
and to implement fishery resources management and rational sustainable programs. Otolith …

Accurate stock assessments are the basis of adequate fisheries management. In the
Southwest Atlantic, fisheries of the Lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris) have been growing in …

Accurate identification of fish stocks is essential for the successful management of fishery
resources. In this study, the populations of dotted gizzard shad, Konosirus punctatus, which …

Chemical markers in otoliths have been used to assess the stock structure of many marine
fishes, but these natural markers have yet to be widely evaluated in the spines of sturgeon …

This study aimed to examine otolith shape and fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in pelagic
Ethmalosa fimbriata, demersal Galeoides decadactylus, and benthic Cynoglossus monodi …

Climate change, particularly extreme climate events, is likely to alter the population
connectivity in diverse taxa. While the population connectivity for highly migratory species is …

Otoliths are an excellent tool in studies on ecological connectivity of fish species
populations. Opsanus beta is an invasive species introduced on the Brazilian coast, but not …