Genetic variation and effective population size in isolated populations of coastal cutthroat trout

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1929-1943

  Whiteley, Andrew R ^a   Hastings, Kim ^b   Wenburg, John K ^c   Frissell, Chris A ^d   Martin, Jamie C ^e   Allendorf, Fred W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Resources Management and Science   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d Pacific Rivers Council   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Genetic diversity; Isolated populations; Population structure; Salmonid

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; HEADWATER; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURAL BARRIER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; WATERFALL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII CLARKII; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77956879886     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0083-y     Document Type: Article

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