Acronym BioConnect
Category
Fisheries
Title Connectivity among estuarine and coastal fish populations: Natural tags as a tool for management and conservation Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Henrique Manuel Roque Nogueira Cabral Coordinator email hcabral@fc.ul.pt
Coordinator institution
FFCUL - University of Lisbon; Foundation of the Faculty of Sciences (Portugal)
Institutions involved
ULisboa - University of Lisbon (Portugal) ,
UVIGO - University of Vigo (Spain) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 156,253 Website http://bioconnect.fc.ul.pt/ Summary Assessing connectivity in marine fish populations is essential to establish their spatio-temporal dynamics and the links between larval dispersal, juvenile abundance, survival and contribution to adult stocks as well as to identify important areas and habitats, particularly for species with segregated life history stages. The quantification of the relative contribution of juvenile source sites to adult populations is a core issue of this proposal. Recognizing natal or nursery origin of adults should enable the identification of the most important sites for juveniles, reveal stock structure and dynamics as well as indicate the extent to which populations are self-replenishing or not. Such information is essential to promote successful habitat conservation and fisheries management, prioritize habitats and sites that effectively replenish adult stocks and delineate appropriate spatial scales and subareas for management.
Measure connectivity of estuarine and coastal fish populations using distinct natural tags (e.g. geochemical and genetic), whilst assessing several issues related to their individual and integrated application, and to determine accurate and reliable estimates of contribution of source sites as a tool to delineate management and conservation strategies. We will focus on species with different life history patterns, such as commercially important marine migrant species and marine species, with the Iberian Atlantic coast as main focal point.
Keywords
Larvae;
Estuarine fisheries;
Fisheries management;
Fish;
Larval dispersion;
Fish biology;
Fish habitat;
Marine Region
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
1
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