Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2617-2626

  Baker, C Scott ^a,b   Cooke, Justin G ^c   Lavery, Shane ^b   Dalebout, Merel L ^b,g   Ma, Yong Un ^d   Funahashi, Naoko ^e   Carraher, Colm ^b   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Centre for Ecosystem Management Studies   (Germany)

^d Korean Federation for Environmental Movement   (South Korea)

^e INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Fisheries bycatch; IUU exploitation; Microsatellites; Minke whales

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MINKE WHALE; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FISHERIES; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MINKE WHALE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA;

EID: 34347355509     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03317.x     Document Type: Review

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