Mitochondrial Control Region and microsatellite analyses on harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) unravel population differentiation in the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-211

  Wiemann, Annika ^a   Andersen, Liselotte W ^b   Berggren, Per ^c   Siebert, Ursula ^d   Benke, Harald ^e   Teilmann, Jonas ^f   Lockyer, Christina ^g   Pawliczka, Iwona ^h   Skóra, Krzysztof ^h   Roos, Anna ⁱ   Lyrholm, Thomas ⁱ   Paulus, Kirsten B ^a   Ketmaier, Valerio ^a   Tiedemann, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^g Age Dynamics   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

ⁱ SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demographic independence; Management unit; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Phocoena phocoena; Population

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PORPOISE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 74749095133     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0023-x     Document Type: Article

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