Hierarchical patterns of population structure in the endangered fraser river white sturgeon (acipenser transmontanus) and implications for conservation

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1968-1980

  Schreier, Andrea Drauch ^a   Mahardja, Brian ^a   May, Bernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MIXING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 84871020110     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2012-120     Document Type: Article

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