Stability in the historical pattern of genetic structure of Newfoundland cod (Gadus morhua) despite the catastrophic decline in population size from 1964 to 1994

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-269

  Ruzzante, Daniel E ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^b   Doyle, Roger W ^b   Cook, Doug ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cod (Gadus morhua); Fisheries management and conservation; Historical micro satellite DNA from otoliths; Population structure; Spawning fidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000593219     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012247213644     Document Type: Article

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