Population structure and stock identification of chum salmon from western Alaska determined with microsatellite and major histocompatibility complex variation. Pages 141-160. Pacific Salmon: ecology and management of western Alaska's populations

• Main Authors: Terry D. Beacham, Khai D. Le, John R. C
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Chum salmon; microsatellites; population structure; stock identification; Fraser River; Keta; Pacific; Yukon; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.3030; http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Technical Report/TR5/page 31-33(Beacham).pdf

Stock identification of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) migrating through particular locations on the high seas can be of scientific and management interest. Although allozyme-based methods of stock identification have proven useful in estimation of chum salmon stock composition in mixed-stock fishe...