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Temporal genetic stability and high effective population size despite fisheries-induced life-history trait evolution in the North Sea sole.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2011
Cuveliers E L, Volckaert F A M, Rijnsdorp A D, Larmuseau M H D, Maes G E
Abstract excerpt
Heavy fishing and other anthropogenic influences can have profound impact on a species' resilience to harvesting. Besides the decrease in the census and effective population size, strong declines in mature adults and recruiting individuals may lead to almost irreversible genetic changes in life-history traits. Here, we investigated the evolution of genetic diversity and effective population size in the heavily...
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