Low genetic connectivity in an estuarine fish with pelagic larvae

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Bradbury, I R ^a   Campana, S E ^b   Bentzen, P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; LARVA; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING GROUND; TELEOST;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 39749164982     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-154     Document Type: Article

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