Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA

Abstract The Connecticut River lost its Atlantic salmon population as a result of human activity 200 years ago. Cultured stocks, derived mainly from the Penobscot River, were employed to restore the population, and an annual run of salmon has been successfully re-established, although the population...

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Published in:ICES Journal of Marine Science
Main Authors: Ayllon, Fernando, Martinez, Jose L., Juanes, Francis, Gephard, Stephen, Garcia-Vazquez, Eva
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2006
Subjects:
Ecology
Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.003
http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/63/7/1286/29125204/63-7-1286.pdf
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.003 2023-10-01T03:54:43+02:00 Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA Ayllon, Fernando Martinez, Jose L. Juanes, Francis Gephard, Stephen Garcia-Vazquez, Eva 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.003 http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/63/7/1286/29125204/63-7-1286.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) ICES Journal of Marine Science volume 63, issue 7, page 1286-1289 ISSN 1095-9289 1054-3139 Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2006 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.003 2023-09-08T10:47:25Z Abstract The Connecticut River lost its Atlantic salmon population as a result of human activity 200 years ago. Cultured stocks, derived mainly from the Penobscot River, were employed to restore the population, and an annual run of salmon has been successfully re-established, although the population is not yet self-sustaining. We examined variation at microsatellite loci in historical scale and modern tissue samples to evaluate the degree and direction of any genetic changes that have occurred in the introduced population. The current genetic pattern of the Connecticut River population is very similar to that of its Penobscot River donor population. We found no differences in heterozygosity, mean number of alleles per locus, number of migrants, or FST values between the two populations, suggesting that no genetic bottlenecks had occurred during the restoration programme. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Oxford University Press (via Crossref) ICES Journal of Marine Science 63 7 1286 1289
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topic Ecology
Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
spellingShingle Ecology
Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Ayllon, Fernando
Martinez, Jose L.
Juanes, Francis
Gephard, Stephen
Garcia-Vazquez, Eva
Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA
topic_facet Ecology
Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
description Abstract The Connecticut River lost its Atlantic salmon population as a result of human activity 200 years ago. Cultured stocks, derived mainly from the Penobscot River, were employed to restore the population, and an annual run of salmon has been successfully re-established, although the population is not yet self-sustaining. We examined variation at microsatellite loci in historical scale and modern tissue samples to evaluate the degree and direction of any genetic changes that have occurred in the introduced population. The current genetic pattern of the Connecticut River population is very similar to that of its Penobscot River donor population. We found no differences in heterozygosity, mean number of alleles per locus, number of migrants, or FST values between the two populations, suggesting that no genetic bottlenecks had occurred during the restoration programme.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Ayllon, Fernando
Martinez, Jose L.
Juanes, Francis
Gephard, Stephen
Garcia-Vazquez, Eva
author_facet Ayllon, Fernando
Martinez, Jose L.
Juanes, Francis
Gephard, Stephen
Garcia-Vazquez, Eva
author_sort Ayllon, Fernando
title Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA
title_short Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA
title_full Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA
title_fullStr Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA
title_full_unstemmed Genetic history of the population of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., under restoration in the Connecticut River, USA
title_sort genetic history of the population of atlantic salmon, salmo salar l., under restoration in the connecticut river, usa
publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
publishDate 2006
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.003
http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/63/7/1286/29125204/63-7-1286.pdf
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Salmo salar
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Salmo salar
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