Range-wide population structure and history of the northern quahog (Merceneria merceneria) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-163

  Baker, Patrick ^a   Austin, James D ^a   Bowen, Brian W ^b   Baker, Shirley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Clam; Conservation genetics; Cytochrome oxidase I; Mollusc; Northwest Atlantic; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; CAPE COD; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 44649186939     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn007     Document Type: Article

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