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| Title: | Indian Ocean albacore stock structure studies by morphometric and DNA sequence methods |
| Authors: | Yeh, S.Y.
Hui, C.F.
Treng, T.D.
Kuo, C.L. |
| Issue Date: | 1996 |
| Publisher: | IOTC |
| Citation: | IOTC Proceedings, 6th Expert Consultation on Indian Ocean Tunas. p. 258-263 |
| Abstract: | Both morphometric and DNA sequence analyses were applied in this study for throwing light on the stock structure of the albacore (Thunnus alalunga) resource in the Indian Ocean. A total of 144 albacore individuals, sampled from vessels fishing in 6 different localities of the Indian Ocean, were used for morphometric comparison. Two fisheries research surveys were carried out in 1990-1991 by the R/V Haikung, which belongs to the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, for collecting albacore specimens. Seven well-preserved muscle tissue specimens, removed from 7 albacores caught from 3 different localities of the Indian Ocean, were used for DNA sequence comparison. The results show that: 1) the first 2 eigen values absorb about 99% of the total within-character variability, it is thus advisable to use the first 2 canonical variables for comparison of morphometric samples; 2) the resultant mutual relationships drawn from morphometric analysis agree surprisingly well with those from the DNA sequence comparison: 3) albacore samples from the Indian Ocean can be categorised into 2 major groups -- those collected from the area west of 90 degree E and those from the area east of that longitude; and, 4) within-group heterogeneity is much less than between-group heterogeneity, no matter which method is applied. Based on the results so far obtained, the authors believe that it is possible to have 2 albacore stocks delimited by the 90 degree E longitude in the Indian Ocean. |
| Description: | Research Group: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University Taiwan |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings - Expert Consultation on Indian Ocean Tunas
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