Population genetic structure of North American burbot ( Lota lota maculosa ) across the Nearctic and at its contact zone with Eurasian burbot ( Lota lota lota )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Elmer, K.R., Van Houdt, J.K.J., Meyer, A., Volckaert, F.A.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Yukon; Great Slave Lake; Lake Laberge; Burbot; Lota lota; Alaska; lota
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=210713

The burbot, Lota lota (Teleostei: Gadidae), has a holarctic distribution, with one subspecies ( Lota lota lota ) living in the lakes and rivers of the Palaearctic and northwestern North America and the other ( Lota lota maculosa ) living in the Nearctic (except the northwest). We analysed nine micro...