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ArticleScientific reports2020

Connectivity and population structure of albacore tuna across southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian Oceans inferred from multidisciplinary methodology.

Natacha Nikolic, Iratxe Montes, Maxime Lalire, Alexis Puech, Nathalie Bodin, Sophie Arnaud-Haond, Sven Kerwath, Emmanuel Corse, Philippe Gaspar, Stéphanie Hollanda and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Measuring juvenile habitat quality for fishes and invertebrates.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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  2. Methods to estimate marine functional connectivity: A primer.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Natacha NikolicInstitut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Délégation de La Réunion, Rue Jean Bertho, BP 60, 97 822, Le Port Cedex, La Réunion, France. natacha.nikolic@inrae.fr.
Iratxe MontesDepartment of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
Maxime LalireCLS, Sustainable Management of Marine Resources, 11 rue Hermès, 31520, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France.
Alexis PuechInstitut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Délégation de La Réunion, Rue Jean Bertho, BP 60, 97 822, Le Port Cedex, La Réunion, France.
Nathalie BodinIRD, UMR MARBEC, Fishing Port, Victoria, Seychelles.
Sophie Arnaud-HaondIFREMER, Station de Sète, Avenue Jean Monnet, CS 30171, 34203, Sète Cedex, France.
Sven KerwathDepartment of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag X2, Vlaeberg, 8018, South Africa.
Emmanuel CorseARBRE, Agence de Recherche pour la Biodiversité à la Réunion, 34 avenue de la Grande Ourse, 97434, Saint-Gilles, La Réunion, France.
Philippe GasparCLS, Sustainable Management of Marine Resources, 11 rue Hermès, 31520, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-1215
Stéphanie HollandaSeychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Fishing Port, Victoria, Seychelles.
Jérôme BourjeaInstitut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Délégation de La Réunion, Rue Jean Bertho, BP 60, 97 822, Le Port Cedex, La Réunion, France.
Wendy West *Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag X2, Vlaeberg, 8018, South Africa.
Sylvain Bonhommeau *Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Délégation de La Réunion, Rue Jean Bertho, BP 60, 97 822, Le Port Cedex, La Réunion, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-5918
Ifremer · FRSeychelles Fishing Authority · SCIstanbul 29 Mayis University · TRMercator Ocean (France) · FRUniversity of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of the Basque Country · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) is an important target of tuna fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The commercial catch of albacore is the highest globally among all temperate tuna species, contributing around 6% in weight to global tuna catches over the last decade. The accurate assessment and management of this heavily exploited resource requires a robust understanding of the species' biology and of the pattern of connectivity among oceanic regions, yet Indian Ocean albacore population dynamics remain poorly understood and its level of connectivity with the Atlantic Ocean population is uncertain. We analysed morphometrics and genetics of albacore (n = 1,874) in the southwest Indian (SWIO) and southeast Atlantic (SEAO) Oceans to investigate the connectivity and population structure. Furthermore, we examined the species' dispersal potential by modelling particle drift through major oceanographic features. Males appear larger than females, except in South African waters, yet the length-weight relationship only showed significant male-female difference in one region (east of Madagascar and Reunion waters). The present study produced a genetic differentiation between the southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian Oceans, supporting their demographic independence. The particle drift models suggested dispersal potential of early life stages from SWIO to SEAO and adult or sub-adult migration from SEAO to SWIO.

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Genetic VariationAnimal DistributionAnimalsAtlantic OceanIndian OceanModels, StatisticalPopulation DynamicsTuna

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PMID32973260
PMCPMC7519111
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