Genetic diversity and structure of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in Australian feeding aggregations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2437-2441

  Attard, Catherine R M ^a   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a,b   Jenner, Curt ^c   Gill, Peter ^d,e   Jenner, Micheline ^c   Morrice, Margaret ^d,e   Bannister, John ^f   LeDuc, Rick ^g   Möller, Luciana ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Centre for Whale Research   (Australia)

^d Blue Whale Study   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Microsatellite; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSPECIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WHALE; WHALING;

AUSTRALIA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 78049375295     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0121-9     Document Type: Article

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