Maternal and paternal effects on fitness correlates in outbred and inbred Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-549

  Houde, Aimee Lee S ^a,c   Fraser, Dylan J ^a,d   O'Reilly, Patrick ^b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; INBREEDING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79952207656     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-001     Document Type: Article

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