First records of dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus settlement-stage larvae in the Ligurian Sea
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| Date | 2018 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Other localization | http://www.jord.obs-vlfr.fr/index.php/JORD/article/view/98/61 | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Faillettaz Robin 1, Gilletta Laurent1, Petit Franck1, Francour Patrice2, Irisson Jean-Olivier1 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Sorbonne Universités - UPMC - Paris 6, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - UMR 7093, Service Livraison, 2 Quai de la Corderie, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France 2 : Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, FRE 3729 ECOMERS, Parc Valrose, 28 Avenue Valrose BP, F-06100 Nice, France. |
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| Source | Journal of Oceanography, Research and Data (1760-8562), 2018 , Vol. 10 , N. 1 , P. 1-6 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Epinephelus marginatus, Epinephelidae, settlement-stage larvae, Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean Sea. | ||||||||
| Abstract | The presence of dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus settlement-stage larvae in the Ligurian Sea is reported. Epinephelus marginatus populations are slowly recovering along the french Mediterranean coast since the establishment of a moratorium on spearfishing in 1993 but still remain spatially restricted to marine protected areas. The occurrence of Epinephelus marginatus larvae in a region where effective settlement had not been detected for decades is a new observation supporting the species’ recovery. |
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