Common dolphins subject to fisheries impacts in Southern Australia are genetically differentiated: Implications for conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-528

  Bilgmann, Kerstin ^a   Moller L M ^a   Harcourt, R G ^a   Gales, R ^b   Beheregaray, L B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Dispersal; Fishery interaction; Microsatellite; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58049092708     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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