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Charis Charilaou

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Improving the conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans : the ELASMOMED DNA barcode reference library

2017

Cartilaginous fish are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors and environmental change because of their K-selected reproductive strategy. Accurate data from scientific surveys and landings are essential to assess conservation status and to develop robust protection and management plans. Currently available data are often incomplete or incorrect as a result of inaccurate species identifications, due to a high level of morphological stasis, especially among closely related taxa. Moreover, several diagnostic characters clearly visible in adult specimens are less evident in juveniles. Here we present results generated by the ELASMOMED Consortium, a regional network aiming to sample …

0106 biological sciencesHeredityMolecular biologySpeciationBiodiversitySettore BIO/05 - Zoologialcsh:MedicineJuvenileEvolutionary biologyBarcodeBiochemistry01 natural sciencesDNA barcodinglaw.inventionlawDNA librarieslcsh:ScienceChondrichthyesSpecimens IdentificationData ManagementMolecular systematicsMultidisciplinaryGeographyMediterranean RegionEcologyCryptic speciationFishesBiodiversityMorphological stasiMitochondrial DNANucleic acidsGenetic MappingPhylogeographyBiogeographyDNA Barcode Reference LibraryDNA barcoding TaxonomicVertebratesDNA data banksResearch ArticleComputer and Information SciencesConservation of Natural ResourcesEvolutionary ProcessesEvolutionary systematicsBarcoding Chondrichthyans Conservation Mediterranean Sea mtDNACartilaginous fishConservationBiologyPhylogeographic structure010603 evolutionary biologyMolecular taxonomySpecies SpecificityEndemic SpeciesGeneticsMediterranean SeaAnimalsDNA Barcoding TaxonomicDNA barcoding14. Life underwaterEndemismTaxonomyPopulation Biology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologylcsh:REcology and Environmental SciencesOrganismsBiology and Life SciencesDNAResearch and analysis methodsPhylogeographyMolecular biology techniquesTaxonHaplotypesThreatened speciesEarth SciencesSharksConservation statuslcsh:QPopulation GeneticsMarine biodiversity conservationElasmobranchii
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Commercial sharks under scrutiny: Baseline genetic distinctiveness supports structured populations of small-spotted catsharks in the Mediterranean Sea

2023

The present study, based on microsatellite markers, describes a population genetic analysis of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758), representing one of the most abundant and commonly caught cartilaginous fishes in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent areas. The analyses were performed to unravel the genetic features (variability, connectivity, sex-biased dispersal) of their relative geographic populations, both at the small (around the coast of Sardinia, Western Mediterranean Sea) and at a larger spatial scale (pan-Mediterranean level and between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea). Individual clustering, multivariate and variance analyses rejected the …

Global and Planetary ChangeSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaGenetic assessment Reference baseline Elasmobranchs Microsatellites Mediterranean Sea Population structure Small-spotted catshark Commercial speciesOcean EngineeringAquatic ScienceOceanographyWater Science and TechnologyFrontiers in Marine Science
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