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Severe inbreeding and small effective number of breeders in a formerly abundant marine fish.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
O'Leary Shannon J, Hice Lyndie A, Feldheim Kevin A, Frisk Michael G, McElroy Anne E, Fast Mark D, Chapman Demian D
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to freshwater fish it is presumed that marine fish are unlikely to spawn with close relatives due to the dilution effect of large breeding populations and their propensity for movement and reproductive mixing. Inbreeding is therefore not typically a focal concern of marine fish management. We measured the effective number of breeders in 6 New York estuaries for winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes...
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