Genetic biodiversity in the Baltic Sea: Species-specific patterns challenge management

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 3045-3065

  Wennerström, Lovisa ^a   Laikre, Linda ^a   Ryman, Nils ^a   Utter, Fred M ^b   Ab Ghani, Nurul Izza ^c   André, Carl ^d   DeFaveri, Jacquelin ^c   Johansson, Daniel ^d   Kautsky, Lena ^a   Merilä, Juha ^c   Mikhailova, Natalia ^e   Pereyra, Ricardo ^d   Sandström, Annica ^f   Teacher, Amber G F ^g   Wenne, Roman ^h   Vasemägi, Anti ^i,j   Zbawicka, Małgorzata ^h   Johannesson, Kerstin ^d   Primmer, Craig R ^j  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁱ ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Genetic barriers; Genetic divergence; Genetic diversity; Marine genetic biodiversity; Population genetics; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 84888291044     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0570-9     Document Type: Article

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