Loss of genetic diversity in the endemic Hector's dolphin due to fisheries-related mortality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1438, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Pichler, F B ^a   Baker, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; By catch; Haplotype diversity; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY; GENETIC VARIATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MORTALITY; RARE SPECIES;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034614559     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0972     Document Type: Article

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