Outbreeding depression in hybrids between spatially separated pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) populations: marine survival, homing ability, and variability in family size

• Main Author: Gilk, Sara E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Pillar; Kodiak; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6342

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2003 Hybridization between distinct populations of salmon can cause fitness loss (outbreeding depression), and may result in reduced survival. The erosion of fitness-related traits such as homing ability and change in family size distribution may underli...