Reduced genetic diversity and effective population size in an endangered Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) population from Maine, USA

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-104

  Lage, Christopher ^a   Kornfield, Irv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Effective population size; Endangered; Introgression; Microsatellite; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; POPULATION SIZE; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33644528718     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-8669-5     Document Type: Article

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