Genetic divergence and connectivity among river and reef spawning groups of walleye (Sander vitreus vitreus) in Lake Erie

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-448

  Strange, Rex Meade ^a,b   Stepien, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; PERCIFORM; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; REEF; SPAWNING POPULATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 34047148813     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-022     Document Type: Article

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