Population genetic analysis of Arapaima gigas, one of the largest freshwater fishes of the Amazon basin: Implications for its conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-308

  Hrbek, Tomas ^a,b   Farias, Izeni P ^a,c   Crossa, Marcelo ^d   Sampaio, Iracilda ^e   Porto, Jorge I R ^f   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISH; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; PISCES;

EID: 33644588865     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943005002210     Document Type: Article

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