Genetic evidence highlights potential impacts of by-catch to cetaceans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Mendez, Martin ^a,b,c   Rosenbaum, Howard C ^b,d   Wells, Randall S ^f   Stamper, Andrew ^g   Bordino, Pablo ^c,e,f  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Fundación AquaMarina   (Argentina)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALF (MAMMAL); CATCH SELECTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; PROGENY; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CETACEA; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CETACEA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; FISHERIES; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78650751225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015550     Document Type: Article

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