FN Archimer Export Format PT C TI Understanding the Population Structure of the European Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic Ocean by Using Otolith Shape Analysis BT AF Akkus, Gizem Jemaa, Sharif Cemal Gucu, Ali MARCHAL, Paul Carbonara, Pierluigi Bacha, Mahmoud Amara, Rachid ERNANDE, Bruno SARAUX, Claire MAHE, Kelig AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:1;4:4;5:5;6:2;7:2;8:4;9:6;10:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-RBE-HMMN;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;10:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL; C1 Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, P.O.Box 28, 33731, Erdemli-Mersin, Turkey Université Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 62930 Wimereux, France Conseil National des Recherches Scientifiques, Centre National des Sciences Marines, BP 534 Batroun, Lebanon Ifremer, Centre Manche Mer du Nord, Fisheries laboratory, BP 699, 62321 Boulogne-sur-mer, France COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca - Stazione Sperimentale per lo Studio delle Risorse del Mare, Via dei Trulli 18/20 70126 Bari, Italy MARBEC, Ifremer, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34200 Sète, France C2 METU, TURKEY UNIV LITTORAL COTE D'OPALE, FRANCE CNRS LIBAN, LEBANON IFREMER, FRANCE COISPA TECNOL & RIC, ITALY IFREMER, FRANCE SI BOULOGNE SETE SE PDG-RBE-HMMN PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00436/54722/56157.pdf LA English DT Poster CR CAMANOC EVHOE 2014 PELMED 2016 PELMED 2017 BO Thalassa L'Europe AB European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, is a small pelagic coastal marine fish largely spread from the North Sea to central Africa, including the entire Mediterranean and the Black and Azov Seas. The aim of the study is to understand the potential different population structure and their relationship between the Northeast Atlantic, Western, Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea anchovy population. The outlines of 2127 sagittal otoliths were collected from nineteen locations (English Channel, Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Black Sea), and added to existing information available from a previous study. Elliptical Fourier Analysis (EFA) was used to analyze the otolith shape variations among locations. Before examining the geographical differentiation by Linear discriminant (LDA) and Hierarchical Clustering Analysis, potentially confounding sources of variation (sex, fish length, otolith side and sampling year) were analyzed by partial RDA. Sex, sampling year and otolith side have no significant effect on the outline of otoliths. However, after taking into consideration the ontogenic effect, the geographical area has affects otolith shapes significantly. Three different groups of anchovies were identified: Atlantic-Southwestern Mediterranean, Northwestern-Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea with a classification score of 80%. These results have implications for the stock management of anchovy populations from the North Sea to the Black Sea. PY 2018 ID 54722 ER EF