The dynamics of a metapopulation: changes in life-history traits in resident herring that co-occur with oceanic herring during spawning.

Different populations of Atlantic herring are regarded as forming a metapopulation, but we know little about the dynamics of the connectivity and degree of interbreeding between the populations. Based on data from three periods between 1962 and 2011, we identified the presence of two components of h...

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Main Authors: Arne Johannessen, Georg Skaret, Lise Langård, Aril Slotte, Åse Husebø, Anders Fernö
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4106829?pdf=render