Application of genetic markers to conservation biology: Salmonid fish in Eastern Canada.

• Main Author: Jones, Matthew William.
• Other Authors: Ph.D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Dalhousie University 2014
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Genetics; Zoology; Canada; Inner Bay; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55790

I used genetic markers to address questions fundamental to the conservation of two salmonids native to Eastern Canada. These questions centre on effective population size, some factors that influence it, and the effect of low population size on genetic diversity. Genetic variability is believed to b...