Population genetic structure of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) at the Northwest Atlantic scale

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-436

  Puebla, Oscar ^a,f   Sévigny, Jean Marie ^b   Sainte Marie, Bernard ^b   Brêthes, Jean Claude ^a   Burmeister, AnnDorte ^c   Dawe, Earl G ^d   Moriyasu, Mikio ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CRAB; DEMOGRAPHY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MARINE PARK; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAJOIDEA;

EID: 40849140752     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-163     Document Type: Article

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