Relevant Literature

• Adcock GJ, Ramirez JHB, Hauser L, Smith P, Carvalho GR (2000) Screening of DNA polymorphisms in samples of archived scales from New Zealand snapper. J Fish Biol 56:1283-1287.
• Block BA, Stevens ED (Editors) 2001. Tuna. Physiology, ecology, and evolution. Fish Physiology Series, vol. 19.Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
• Broughton RE, Gold JE (1997). Microsatellite development and survey of variation in northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Mol Mar Biol Biotechnol 6:308-314.
• Clark TB, Ma L, Saillant E, Gold JR (2004) Microsatellite DNA markers for population-genetic studies of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) and other specie of genus Thunnus. MEN 4:70-73.
• Collette BB, Aadland CR (1996). Revision of the frigate tunas (Scombridae, Auxis), with descriptions of two new subspecies from the Eastern Pacific. Fish. Bull. U.S. 94:423-441.
• Doumenge F (1998) L’histoire des pêches thonières. Col Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 50:753–802.
• Drummond AJ, Pybus OG, Rambaut A, et al. 2003 Measurably evolving populations. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 18 (9): 481-488
• E Bazin, S Glemin, N Galtier2006 Population Size Does Not Influence Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity in Animals Science 312: 570-572.
• Ely B, Stoner DS, Bremer AJ, Dean JM, Addis P, Cau A, Thelen EJ, Jones WJ, Black DE, Smith L, Scott K, Naseri I, Quattro JM (2002). Analyses of nuclear IdhA gene and mtDNA control region sequences of Atlantic northen bluefin tuna populations. Mar Biotechnol 4: 583-588.
• FAO 2005. Fishery Statistics. Capture Production 1950-2003. Available at the http://www.fao.org/fi/statist/fisoft/fishplus.asp
• Froese, R., D. Pauly. Editors. 2005. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version (02/2005).
• Fromentin J-M, Powers JE 2005 Atlantic bluefin tuna: population dynamics, ecology, fisheries and management. FISH and FISHERIE S 6, 281–306.
• Golani, D., Orsi Relini L., Massutì E., Quignard J.P., 2002. CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 1. Fishes. F. Briand eds. CIESM Publishers, Monaco: 256 pp. Golani, D., Orsi Relini L., Massutì E., Quignard J.P., 2004. Dynamics of fish invasions in the Mediterranean: update of the CIESM Fish Atlas. Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Médit. 37: 367
• Hauser L, Adcock G J, Smith P J, Bernal Ramirez J H, Carvalho G R (2002). Loss of microsatellite diversity and low effective population size in an overexploited population of New Zealand snapper (Pagrus auratus). PNAS 99:11742-11747.
• Hoarau G, Boon E, Jongma DN, et al. 2005 Low effective population size and evidence for inbreeding in an overexploited flatfish, plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 272 (1562): 497-503.
• McDowell JR, Diaz-Jaimes P, Graves JE (2002). Isolation and characterization of seven tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from Atlantic northen bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus thynnus. MEN 2, 214-216.
• Parona P (1919). Il tonno e la sua pesca. Mem R Com Talassograf Ital 68:1-265.
• Pavesi P (1889). L’industria del tonno. Relazione alla commissione reale per le tonnare. Ministero dell’Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio, Roma, pp.1-354.
• Poulsen NA, Nielsen EE, Schierup MH, et al. 2006 Long-term stability and effective population size in North Sea and Baltic Sea cod (Gadus morhua) MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 15 (2): 321-331.
• Ravier C, Fromentin J-M (2001). Long-term fluctuations in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna population. ICES J Mar Sci 58:1299-1317.
• Ravier C, Fromentin J-M (2004) Are the long-term fluctuations in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) population related to environmental changes? Fish Oceanogr 13:145-160.
• Sabatés A., L. Recasens. 2001. Seasonal distribution and spawning of small tunas (Auxis rochei and Sarda sarda) in the northwestern Mediterranean. Sci. Mar. 65 (2): 95-100.
• Safina C 2001. Tuna conservation, In Tuna. Physiology, ecology, and evolution, Block BA, Stevens ED (Eds). Fish Physiology Series, vol. 19. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 413-459.
• Sella M (1929). Migrazioni e habitat del tonno (Thunnus thynnus, L.) studiati col metodo degli ami, con osservazioni su l'accrescimento, sul regime delle tonnare ecc. Mem R Com Talassograf Ital 156:511-542
• Takagi M, Okamura T, Chow S, Tanaguchi N (1999). PCR primers for microsatellite loci in tuna species of the genus Thunnus and its application for population genetic study. Fish Sci 65:571-576.
• Turner TF, Wares JP, Gold JR 2002 Genetic effective size is three orders of magnitude smaller than adult census size in an abundant, estuarine-dependent marine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) GENETICS 162 (3): 1329-1339
• Uchida R.N., 1981. Synopsis of Biological Data on Frigate Tuna, Auxis thazard, and Bullet Tuna, A. rochei. NOAA technical Report NMFS Circular 436: 1-63.