Conservation genetics without knowing what to conserve: The case of the Baltic harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-308

  Palmé, Anna ^a   Laikre, Linda ^a   Utter, Fred ^b   Ryman, Nils ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Management units; Marine environment; Phocoena phocoena; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PORPOISE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 42149111611     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308006960     Document Type: Article

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