The effects of riverine impoundment on genetic structure and gene flow in two stream fishes in the Mobile River basin

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 526-543

  Fluker, Brook L ^a   Kuhajda, Bernard R ^a,b   Harris, Phillip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Genetic structure; Habitat fragmentation; Microsatellites; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 84892438182     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12283     Document Type: Article

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