Genetic structure in relation to movements in wild European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) in three Norwegian rivers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1309-1319

  Heggenes, Jan ^a   Qvenild, Tore ^a,b   Stamford, Michael D ^a,c   Taylor, Eric B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Statens hus   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLOMMA RIVER; KLARALVEN RIVER; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; PASVIK RIVER; SCANDINAVIA;

THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 33745794052     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-028     Document Type: Article

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