Isolation by environmental distance in mobile marine species: Molecular ecology of franciscana dolphins at their southern range

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2212-2228

  Mendez, Martin ^a,b,c,d   Rosenbaum, Howard C ^a,b,c   Subramaniam, Ajit ^e   Yackulic, Charles ^a   Bordino, Pablo ^e,f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Fundaciön AquaMarina   (Argentina)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Conservation genetics; Isolation by environmental distance; Oceanography; Population structure; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOLPHINS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CETACEA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

EID: 77952685681     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04647.x     Document Type: Article

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