Genetic and ecological divergence defines population structure of sockeye salmon populations returning to Bristol Bay, Alaska, and provides a tool for admixture analysis

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-94

  Habicht, Christopher ^a   Seeb, Lisa W ^a   Seeb, James E ^a  

^a Gene Conservation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ALASKA; BRISTOL BAY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 33847376804     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-001.1     Document Type: Article

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