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Genetic diversity despite population collapse in a critically endangered marine fish: the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Chapman Demian D, Simpfendorfer Colin A, Wiley Tonya R, Poulakis Gregg R, Curtis Caitlin, Tringali Michael, Carlson John K, Feldheim Kevin A
Abstract excerpt
Sawfish (family Pristidae) are among the most critically endangered marine fish in the world, yet very little is known about how genetic bottlenecks, genetic drift, and inbreeding depression may be affecting these elasmobranchs. In the US Atlantic, the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) has declined to 1-5% of its abundance in the 1900s, and its core distribution has contracted to southwest Florida. We used 8...
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