Extracting a century of preserved molecular and population demographic data from archived otoliths in the endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 56-62

  Schaerlaekens, Dirk G ^a   Dekker, Willem ^b   Wickström, Håkan ^c   Volckaert, Filip A M ^a   Maes, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age determination; Anguilla anguilla; Archived DNA; European eel; Microsatellite genotyping; Otoliths

Indexed keywords

AGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EEL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OTOLITH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 79551682424     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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