@article{fdi:010071875, title = {{S}pillover of the {A}tlantic bluefin tuna offspring from cages in the {A}driatic {S}ea : a multidisciplinary approach and assessment}, author = {{D}zoic, {T}. and {P}aklar, {G}. {B}. and {G}rbec, {B}. and {I}vatek-{S}ahdan, {S}. and {Z}orica, {B}. and {S}egvic-{B}ubic, {T}. and {K}ec, {V}. {C}. and {P}leic, {I}. {L}. and {M}ladineo, {I}. and {G}rubisic, {L}. and {V}erley, {P}hilippe}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{D}uring routine monitoring of commercial purse seine catches in 2011, 87 fingerling specimens of scombrids were collected in the southern {A}driatic {S}ea. {S}equencing of the mitochondrial {DNA} control region locus inferred that specimens belonged to the {A}tlantic bluefin tuna, {T}hunnus thynnus ({L}innaeus, 1758) ({N} = 29), bullet tuna, {A}uxis rochei ({R}isso, 1810) ({N} = 30) and little tunny, {E}uthynnus alletteratus, {R}afinesque, 1810 ({N} = 28). {A}ccording to previously published growth parameters, the age of the collected specimens was estimated at approximately 30-40 days, suggesting they might have been spawned in the {A}driatic {S}ea, contrary to the current knowledge. {A} coupled modelling system with hydrodynamic ({ROMS}) and individual based model ({IBM}-{I}chthyop) was set up to determine the location of the spawning event. {N}umerical simulations with the {IBM} model, both backward and forward in time, indicate commercial tuna cages in the middle {A}driatic coastal area as possible spawning location. {T}he two other non-commercial species likely opportunistically use the positive environmental (abiotic and biotic) conditions to spawn in the same area.}, keywords = {{ADRIATIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{PLOS} {O}ne}, volume = {12}, numero = {11}, pages = {e0188956 [20 p.]}, ISSN = {1932-6203}, year = {2017}, DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0188956}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071875}, }