Genetic population structure of remnant lake sturgeon populations in the upper Great Lakes basin

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1478-1492

  DeHaan, Patrick W ^a,c   Libants, Scot V ^a   Elliott, Robert F ^b   Scribner, Kim T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Green Bay Fishery Resources Office   (United States)

^c ABERNATHY FISH TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLELE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 34047217105     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-213.1     Document Type: Article

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