Fine-scale population genetic structure of the yellow perch Perca flavescens in Lake Erie

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1435-1453

  Sepulveda Villet, Osvaldo J ^a   Stepien, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCID; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 80052068873     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-077     Document Type: Article

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