Molecular genetic stock discrimination of Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) hunted in eastern Hudson Bay, northern Quebec, Hudson Strait, and Sanikiluaq (Belcher Islands), Canada, and comparisons to adjacent populations

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-124

  De March, B G E ^a   Postma, L D ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belcher Islands; Beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; Eastern Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Microsatellite; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular genetics; St. Lawrence; Stock

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HARVESTING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

CANADA;

CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042709604     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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