Past and present processes influencing genetic diversity and effective population size in a natural population of Atlantic sturgeon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-67

  Moyer, G R ^a   Sweka, J A ^b   Peterson, D L ^c  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b Northeast Fishery Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SHARK; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS OXYRHYNCHUS; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 84856654276     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.651073     Document Type: Article

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