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Spatio-temporal genetic structure and the effects of long-term fishing in two partially sympatric offshore demersal fishes.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2016
Henriques Romina, von der Heyden Sophie, Lipinski Marek R, du Toit Nina, Kainge Paulus, Bloomer Paulette, Matthee Conrad A
Abstract excerpt
Environmental gradients have been shown to disrupt gene flow in marine species, yet their influence in structuring populations at depth remains poorly understood. The Cape hakes (Merluccius paradoxus and M. capensis) are demersal species co-occurring in the Benguela Current system, where decades of intense fishing resulted in severely depleted stocks in the past. Previous studies identified conflicting mtDNA...
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