Genetic and environmental implications of reintroducing laboratory-raised unionid mussels to the wild

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1217-1229

  Hoftyzer, Eileen ^a   Ackerman, Josef Daniel ^a   Morris, Todd J ^b   Mackie, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; REINTRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

PISCES; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 44349147889     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-024     Document Type: Review

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