Are low but statistically significant levels of genetic differentiation in marine fishes 'biologically meaningful'? A case study of coastal Atlantic cod

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 768-783

  Knutsen, H ^a,b   Olsen, E M ^a,b   Jorde, P E ^b   Espeland, S H ^a   Andre C ^c   Stenseth, N C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; dispersal; effective population size; tagging; temporal genetic stability

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 79551662560     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04979.x     Document Type: Article

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