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| Vandeputte, Marc; Quillet, Edwige; Chatain, Beatrice. |
| Sex ratios in farmed European sea bass are highly biased towards males (75 to 95%), which is problematic for aquaculture. In this mini-review, we re-analyse fisheries literature data about sex ratios in wild sea bass from 13 population samples, representing altogether 4889 individuals covering the major part of the distribution range of the species. We find that as a whole, the sex ratio of wild populations is biased towards females (59.4% females, p < 0.001), but that the sex ratio of the younger fish (< 30 cm total length) is balanced (52.0% females, p = 0.15), while the sex ratio of the older fish is heavily biased towards females (69.5% females, p < 0.01). Possible causes of these differences (differential longevity, biased sampling) are... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Sex ratio; Genetics; Sex determination; Fish aquaculture; Dicentrarchus labrax. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00078/18882/16450.pdf |
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