Long-distance (> 40-km) dispersal from marine reserves is poorly documented; yet, it can
provide essential benefits such as seeding fished areas or connecting marine reserves into …

The dusky grouper is a large-bodied marine species usually associated with rocky
substrates and reefs currently experiencing increasing anthropogenic pressures. Here, we …

Otolith shape analysis has been one of the most used approaches to study population
structure in the past decades. Currently, two sets of shape descriptors are used to perform …

Aim Assessing the spatial structure and dynamics of marine populations is still a major
challenge in ecology. The need to manage marine resources from ecosystem and large …

Understanding the areas used by migratory marine animals and their movements is critical
in supporting management decisions that target their conservation. This is especially …

Abstract The European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) is broadly distributed in the NE Atlantic
and the Mediterranean Sea, representing an important fishery resource for several …

Arborescent macro-algae forests covering temperate rocky reefs are a known habitat for
juvenile fishes. However, in the Mediterranean, these forests are undergoing severe …

Connectivity plays a key role in the effectiveness of MPA networks ensuring metapopulation
resilience through gene flow and recruitment effect. Yet, despite its recognized importance …

Current approaches that compare spatial genetic structure of a given species and the
dispersal of its mobile phase can detect a mismatch between both patterns mainly due to …

Technological advancements in data collection and analysis are producing a new
generation of ecological data. Among these, computer vision (CV) has received increased …