Genetic impact of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) on native populations: Use of DNA profiling to assess freshwater performance of wild, farmed, and hybrid progeny in a natural river environment

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 998-1008

  McGinnity, P ^a   Stone, C ^b   Taggart, J B ^c   Cooke, D ^a   Cotter, D ^a   Hynes, R ^b   McCamley, C ^b   Cross, T ^d   Ferguson, A ^b  

^a Salmon Research Agency of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age of maturity; Atlantic salmon; DNA profiling; Farmed escapes; Genetic variability; Growth; Local adaptation; Salmo salar; Survival

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MINISATELLITE; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; GENETIC CHANGE; GENETICS; IRELAND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIVER;

CULTURED POPULATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC IMPACT; WILD POPULATION;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031401731     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3139(97)80004-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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