FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Directional Bilateral Asymmetry in Fish Otolith: A Potential Tool to Evaluate Stock Boundaries? BT AF MAHE, Kelig MACKENZIE, Kirsteen Djamila, Ider Massaro, Andrea Hamed, Oussama Jurado-Ruzafa, Alba Gonçalves, Patricia Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini JADAUD, Angelique Mytilineou, Chryssi Randon, Marine ELLEBOODE, Romain MORELL, Alaia Ramdane, Zohir Smith, Joanne Bekaert, Karen Amara, Rachid DE PONTUAL, Helene ERNANDE, Bruno AS 1:1;2:1;3:2,3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:7;8:8;9:9;10:8;11:10;12:1;13:1;14:2;15:11;16:12;17:13;18:14;19:15,16; FF 1:PDG-RBE-HMMN;2:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;10:;11:;12:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;13:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:PDG-RBE-STH-LBH;19:PDG-RBE-MARBEC; C1 IFREMER, Fisheries Laboratory, 150 quai Gambetta, BP 699, 62200 Boulogne-sur-mer, France Laboratoire de Zoologie Appliquée et d’Ecophysiologie Animale, Université Abderrahmane Mira, Béjaïa 06000, Algeria Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Bouira, Bouira 10000, Algeria APLYSIA—Via Menichetti 35, 27121 Livorno, Italy Campus Universitaire, Université de Tunis El Manar, El Manar II 2092, Tunisia Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), 38180 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Departamento do Mar e dos Recursos Marinhos, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), 1495-006 Lisboa, Portugal Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos Attiki, 19013 Athens, Greece MARBEC, University Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, 34200 Sète, France Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 985 ESE Ecologie et santé des écosystèmes, 35042 Rennes, France CEFAS, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK ILVO—Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ankerstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université Littoral Côte d’Opale, University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, 62930 Wimereux, France IFREMER, Sciences et Technologies Halieutiques, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France MARBEC, University of Montpellier, IFREMER, CNRS, IRD, 34000 Montpellier, France Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV ABDERRAHMANE MIRA, ALGERIA UNIV BOUIRA, ALGERIA APLYSIA, ITALY UNIV TUNIS EL MANAR, TUNISIA IEO, SPAIN IPMA, PORTUGAL HELLENIC CTR MARINE RES, GREECE IFREMER, FRANCE AGROCAMPUS OUEST, FRANCE CEFAS, UK ILVO, BELGIUM UNIV LITTORAL COTE D'OPALE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IIASA, AUSTRIA SI BOULOGNE SETE BREST MONTPELLIER SE PDG-RBE-HMMN PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM PDG-RBE-STH-LBH PDG-RBE-MARBEC UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.94 TC 13 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00697/80873/84600.pdf LA English DT Article CR CGFS2017 IBTS 2017 MEDITS 2016 BO Thalassa L'Europe DE ;otolith shape;side effect;Fourier descriptors;stock identification;Mediterranean Sea;Atlantic Ocean;common sole;bogue AB The otolith, found in both inner ears of bony fish, has mainly been used to estimate fish age. Another application that has been developing significantly in recent years, however, is the use of otolith shape as a tool for stock identification. Often, studies have directly used the shape asymmetry between the right and left otoliths. We tested the magnitude of directional asymmetry between the sagittal otoliths (left vs. right) of 2991 individuals according to their catch locations, and we selected species to evaluate whether directional asymmetry may itself be a tool to evaluate stock boundaries. Elliptical Fourier descriptors were used to describe the otolith shape. We used a flatfish, the common sole (Solea solea, n = 2431), from the eastern English Channel and the southern North Sea as well as a roundfish, the bogue (Boops boops, n = 560), from the Mediterranean Sea. Both species showed significant levels of directional asymmetry between the testing locations. The bogue otoliths showed significant asymmetry for only 5 out of 11 locations, with substantial separation between two large areas: the Algerian coast and the western part of the Italian coast. The sole otoliths showed significant asymmetry in the shape analysis (3.84%–6.57%), suggesting a substantial separation between two large areas: the English and French parts of the English Channel and the southern North Sea. Consequently, directional bilateral asymmetry in otolith shape is a potential new method for stock identification. PY 2021 PD JUL SO Symmetry-basel SN 2073-8994 PU MDPI VL 13 IS 6 UT 000666482400001 DI 10.3390/sym13060987 ID 80873 ER EF