Conservation of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus: Delineation of stock structure and distinct population segments

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1111-1124

  Grunwald, Cheryl ^a   Maceda, Lorraine ^a   Waldman, John ^b   Stabile, Joseph ^c   Wirgin, Isaac ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic sturgeon; Distinct population segments; mtDNA control region

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SUBSPECIES; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS OXYRHYNCHUS; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 50249084999     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9420-1     Document Type: Article

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