Genetic Structure of Capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Kenchington, Ellen L., Nakashima, Brian S., Taggart, Christopher T., Hamilton, Lorraine C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Research Article; Domino Run; Newfoundland; Pacific; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378951; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25822621; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122315

Capelin (Mallotus villosus) is a commercially exploited, key forage-fish species found in the boreal waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. We examined the population structure of capelin throughout their range in the Canadian northwest Atlantic Ocean using genetic-based methods. Cap...