Population genetics of Australian white sharks reveals fine-scale spatial structure, transoceanic dispersal events and low effective population sizes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 455, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-244

  Blower, Dean C ^a   Pandolfi, John M ^a   Bruce, Barry D ^b   Gomez Cabrera, Maria Del C ^a   Ovenden, Jennifer R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcharodon carcharias; Conservation; Effective population size; Nursery areas; Philopatry; Population genetics; Population structure; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NURSERY GROUND; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION GENETICS; SATELLITE DATA; SHARK;

INDIAN OCEAN;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84861913426     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09659     Document Type: Article

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