Large effective population size and temporal genetic stability in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern Gulf of St.Lawrence

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1585-1595

  Therkildsen, Nina Overgaard ^a,b   Nielsen, Einar Eg ^b   Swain, Douglas P ^c   Pedersen, Jes Søe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GADOID; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HETEROZYGOSITY; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77958038064     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-084     Document Type: Article

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