Population genetics of the common guillemot Uria aalge in the North Atlantic: Geographic impact of oil spills

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 263-273

  Riffaut, Lèa ^a   McCoy, Karen D ^c   Tirard, Claire ^b   Friesen, Vicki L ^d   Boulinier, Thierry ^a,e  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Assignment tests; Colonial seabird; Common guillemot; Dispersal; Marine pollution; Microsatellites; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; MARINE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; POPULATION GENETICS; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 19944412478     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291263     Document Type: Article

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