Genetic population structure of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata from Greenland, the North East Atlantic and the North Sea probably reflects different ecological regions

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Andersen, Liselotte W., Born, Erik W., Dietz, Rune, Haug, Tore, Øien, Nils, Bendixen, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter Research 2003
• Subjects: minke whale; vågehval; Barents Sea; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Lofoten; Norway; Svalbard; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; East Greenland; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108681; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps247263

A genetic study to determine the population structure of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in Greenland, the Central and NE Atlantic and the North Sea was carried out on a sample of 306 individuals. Samples were analysed by sequencing the D-loop in mtDNA and using 16 polymorphic nuclear micros...