‘Superbull’ males : what role do they play and what drives their appearance within the Doryteuthis gahi Patagonian Shelf population?

This work was funded by the Falkland Islands Government. Thanks are due to FCT/MCTES for financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019) through national funds and ERDF co-financing, under the Partnership Agreement for the PT2020 and Compete 2020 programs. This work was funded by the Falkland Islands Government. The study was conducted using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information. We are grateful to the scientific observers from the Falkland Islands fisheries department for sample collection and to the director of fisheries, John Barton, for supporting this work.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Size-dependent change in body shape and its possible ecological role in the Patagonian squid (Doryteuthis gahi) in the Southwest Atlantic

This study was supported by funding from the Falkland Islands Government. We are grateful to the scientific observers from the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department for sample collection and Beverley Reid for collecting traditional morphometric measurements and to three anonymous referees for their comments which greatly improved the manuscript. We thank the Director of Fisheries, John Barton, for supporting this work. The MASTS pooling initiative (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and contributing institutions; grant reference HR09011) is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to FCT/MCTES for financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019) through national funds and ERDF co-financing, under the Partnership Agreement for the PT2020 and Compete 2020 programsPeer reviewedPostprin