Contemporary and historical patterns of connectivity among populations of an inland river fish species inferred from genetics and otolith chemistry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1098-1115

  Woods, Ryan J ^a   Macdonald, Jed I ^b   Crook, David A ^b   Schmidt, Daniel J ^a   Hughes, Jane M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CATCHMENT; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; LOW FLOW; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OTOLITH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER BASIN; SPAWNING; TELEOST;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

RETROPINNA SEMONI;

EID: 77955132483     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-043     Document Type: Article

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