The effects of isolation and colonization history on the genetic structure of marine-relict populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Canadian Arctic

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1830-1839

  Hardie, David C ^a   Gillett, Roxanne M ^a,b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; POPULATION SIZE; RELICT SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GILBERT BAY; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 33749254083     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-085     Document Type: Article

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