Cryptic temporal changes in stock composition explain the decline of a flounder (Platichthys spp.) assemblage

• Published in: Evolutionary Applications
• Main Authors: Momigliano, Paolo, Jokinen, Henri, Calboli, Federico, Aro, Eero, Merilä, Juha
• Other Authors: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Tvärminne Zoological Station, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Baltic Sea; climate change; eutrophication; fishery; flounder; mixed-stock; otolith; unobserved diversity; COD GADUS-MORHUA; ATLANTIC COD; CLIMATE-CHANGE; FRESH-WATER; MARINE; MANAGEMENT; FISHERIES; FLESUS; ADAPTATION; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; Gotland Basin; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/300265

Unobserved diversity, such as undetected genetic structure or the presence of cryptic species, is of concern for the conservation and management of global biodiversity in the face of threatening anthropogenic processes. For instance, unobserved diversity can lead to overestimation of maximum sustain...