Not so much a sea bass: Divergent European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) freshwater incursions

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Rita
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Tanner, S.E., Mateus, Catarina S., Ribeiro, F., Quintella, B.R.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/36921; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15641

European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax [Linnaeus, 1758]) is a euryhaline marine migrant fish highly valuable for fisheries and aquaculture. Although juveniles are known to use estuaries and occasionally move to freshwater environments, these freshwater incursions had not been reported for adults. Recently, this behavior was observed in the Tagus River (Portugal) for adults occurring up to 150 km from the river mouth, about 80 km upstream from the tidal influence, suggesting the existence of a freshwater contingent. Fisheries management of sea bass should consider the putative existence of a freshwater contingent.