Assessment of the population structure of the South African sardine Sardinops sagax using a multi-method approach and the morphological and molecular characterization of a stock-discriminating digenean parasite biotag of the genus Cardiocephaloides

An understanding of the population structure of commercially exploited species is essential for effective fisheries management. Fish stocks are typically identified based on the observation of differences in genetic and/or phenotypic characteristics between fish from discrete units. Recent deliberat...

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