Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel
Both theoretical and experimental studies have shown that fishing mortality can induce adaptive responses in body growth rates of fishes in the opposite direction of natural selection. We compared body growth rates in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from three Mediterranean stocks subject to differ...
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ftinraparis:oai:prodinra.inra.fr:215128 2023-05-15T13:26:49+02:00 Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel Bevacqua, Daniele Capoccioni, Fabrizio Melia, Paco Vincenzi, Simone Pujolar, Jose M. De Leo, Giulio A. Ciccotti, Eleonora 2012 application/pdf http://prodinra.inra.fr/ft/92981A06-5538-4C82-B11D-370D6AFE6C35 http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/215128 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037622 eng eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ CC-BY-ND-NC Plos One 5 (7), . (2012) FRESH-WATER ENVIRONMENTS;ANGUILLA-ANGUILLA L;SEX-DIFFERENTIATION;MORTALITY;LAGOONS;POPULATION;MATURATION;JUVENILE;BRACKISH;TRAITS ARTICLE 2012 ftinraparis https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037622 2015-10-30T07:26:04Z Both theoretical and experimental studies have shown that fishing mortality can induce adaptive responses in body growth rates of fishes in the opposite direction of natural selection. We compared body growth rates in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from three Mediterranean stocks subject to different fishing pressure. Results are consistent with the hypotheses that i) fast-growing individuals are more likely to survive until sexual maturity than slow-growing ones under natural conditions (no fishing) and ii) fishing can select for slow-growing individuals by removing fast-growing ones. Although the possibility of human-induced evolution seems remote for a panmictic species like such as the European eel, further research is desirable to assess the implications of the intensive exploitation on this critically endangered fish. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anguilla anguilla European eel Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRA PLoS ONE 7 5 e37622 |
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Both theoretical and experimental studies have shown that fishing mortality can induce adaptive responses in body growth rates of fishes in the opposite direction of natural selection. We compared body growth rates in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from three Mediterranean stocks subject to different fishing pressure. Results are consistent with the hypotheses that i) fast-growing individuals are more likely to survive until sexual maturity than slow-growing ones under natural conditions (no fishing) and ii) fishing can select for slow-growing individuals by removing fast-growing ones. Although the possibility of human-induced evolution seems remote for a panmictic species like such as the European eel, further research is desirable to assess the implications of the intensive exploitation on this critically endangered fish. |
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Bevacqua, Daniele Capoccioni, Fabrizio Melia, Paco Vincenzi, Simone Pujolar, Jose M. De Leo, Giulio A. Ciccotti, Eleonora |
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Bevacqua, Daniele Capoccioni, Fabrizio Melia, Paco Vincenzi, Simone Pujolar, Jose M. De Leo, Giulio A. Ciccotti, Eleonora |
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Bevacqua, Daniele |
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Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel |
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Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel |
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Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel |
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Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel |
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Fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in European eel |
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fishery-induced selection for slow somatic growth in european eel |
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http://prodinra.inra.fr/ft/92981A06-5538-4C82-B11D-370D6AFE6C35 http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/215128 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037622 |
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Anguilla anguilla European eel |
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