Microsatellite analysis of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) in the NE Atlantic: Weak genetic structuring in a milieu of high gene flow

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-462

  Was, Anna ^a   Gosling, Elizabeth ^b   Hoarau, Galice ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; EGG; FECUNDITY; FLATFISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; LARVA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OCEANIC CURRENT; POPULATION SIZE; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; IRISH SEA;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 77649341439     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1331-x     Document Type: Article

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