Conservation genetics of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in eastern and central North Atlantic

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-324

  Andersen, Liselotte Wesley ^a,b   Ruzzante, Daniel E ^a   Walton, Michael ^c   Berggren, Per ^d   Bjørge, Arne ^e   Lockyer, Christina ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Harbour porpoise; Microsatellites; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena; Population structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042972547     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012534212853     Document Type: Article

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