A tale of two seas: contrasting patterns of population structure in the small-spotted catshark across Europe

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Gubili, Chrysoula, Sims, David W., Veríssimo, Ana, Domenici, Paolo, Ellis, Jim, Grigoriou, Panagiotis, Johnson, Andrew F., McHugh, Matthew, Neat, Francis, Satta, Andrea, Scarcella, Giuseppe, Serra-Pereira, Bárbara, Soldo, Alen, Genner, Martin J., Griffiths, Andrew M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2014
• Subjects: Canicula; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140175; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.140175; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.140175

Elasmobranchs represent important components of marine ecosystems, but they can be vulnerable to overexploitation. This has driven investigations into the population genetic structure of large-bodied pelagic sharks, but relatively little is known of population structure in smaller demersal taxa, whi...