Evidence for natural hybridization between Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in a northcentral British Columbia watershed

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-429

  Baxter, James S ^a   Taylor, Eric B ^a   Devlin, Robert H ^b   Hagen, John ^a   Donald McPhail, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS MALMA;

BULL TROUT; DOLLY VARDEN; HYBRIDIZATION; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THUTADE LAKE;

EID: 85047680405     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-289     Document Type: Article

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