Evidence for genetic distinction among sympatric ecotypes of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in south-western Alaskan lakes

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 562-574

  May Mcnally, Shannan L ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^b   Woods, Pamela J ^b,c,d   Taylor, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Intraspecific divergence; Morphotypes; Resource polymorphism; Salmonidae; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941178203     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12169     Document Type: Article

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