Taking stock: Defining populations of American shad [Alosa sapidissima) in Canada using neutral genetic markers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1021-1039

  Hasselman, Daniel J ^a   Bentzen, Paul ^a   Bradford, Rod G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLUPEOID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; SIA;

EID: 77953499048     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-031     Document Type: Article

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