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Stock identification of the sciaenid fish Micropogonias undulatus in the western North Atlantic Ocean using parasites as biological tags

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2007

Tiffany G. Baker ,
Serge Morand ,
Charles A. Wenner ,
William A. Roumillat  and
Isaure de Buron
Tiffany G. Baker*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Ft Johnson Road, Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, USA
Serge Morand
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences et de L'Evolution, CNRS-UM2, Université Montpellier 2,34095, Cédex 05, France
Charles A. Wenner
Affiliation:
Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 12559, Charleston, South Carolina, 29422, USA
William A. Roumillat
Affiliation:
Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 12559, Charleston, South Carolina, 29422, USA
Isaure de Buron*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center, 58 Coming Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, USA
*
*E-mail: deburoni@cofc.edu; bakert@cofc.edu
*E-mail: deburoni@cofc.edu; bakert@cofc.edu
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Abstract

Proper fisheries management of the Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus is necessary in the United States due to the commercial and recreational importance of this fish species. Croaker stock structure in the western North Atlantic has been investigated in the past by various authors, with inconclusive results. In this study, macroparasites were used as biological tags to identify putative croaker stocks in the area between New Jersey and Florida, which encompasses the Mid Atlantic Bight and the South Atlantic Bight separated at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The macroparasite community of the fish was identified, showing the presence of 30 species in four phyla, of which several were new host records, and one species, a monogenean, was new to science. A canonical correspondence analysis was applied to determine the variables responsible for parasite species composition, to resolve the question of croaker stock structure in the western North Atlantic Ocean. This analysis showed that latitude was the deciding variable delineating the parasite community composition of the Atlantic croaker. Among the 30 parasites, 15 were identified as putative tags according to qualitative criteria, and then 10 out of those 15 were selected as being appropriate tags using quantitative criteria. These parasite tags support the presence of two stocks roughly separated at the known biogeographical barrier at Cape Hatteras.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 81 , Issue 2: Special Issue , June 2007 , pp. 155 - 167
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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