Phylogeographic structure in the threatened Yarra pygmy perch Nannoperca obscura (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) has major implications for declining populations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-223

  Hammer, Michael P ^a,b   Unmack, Peter J ^c   Adams, Mark ^b   Johnson, Jerald B ^c   Walker, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Australia; Conservation; Cytochrome b; ESU; Freshwater; Molecular genetics; MU

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CYTOCHROME; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; HABITAT QUALITY; PERCID; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

NANNOPERCA OBSCURA; PERCICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 74749107830     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0024-9     Document Type: Article

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