Conservation implications of the genetic and ecological distinction of Tursiops truncatus ecotypes in the Gulf of California

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-346

  Segura, Iris ^a   Rocha Olivares, Axayácatl ^a   Flores Ramírez, Sergio ^b   Rojas Bracho, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Ecological genetics; mtDNA; Resource polymorphism; Stock designation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CELL ORGANELLE; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOTYPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33749055112     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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