Genetic assessment of lake sturgeon population structure in the Laurentian Great Lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 572-591

  Welsh, Amy ^a,d   Hill, Tracy ^b,e   Quinlan, Henry ^c   Robinson, Charmaine ^a   May, Bernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^e US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; PERCIFORM; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REINTRODUCTION; SIZE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 43449087014     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-184.1     Document Type: Article

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