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Hatchery Strain Contributions to Emerging Wild Lake Trout Populations in Lake Huron.
The Journal of heredity - 24 Aug 2018
Scribner Kim, Tsehaye Iyob, Brenden Travis, Stott Wendylee, Kanefsky Jeannette, Bence James
Abstract excerpt
Recent assessments indicate the emergence of naturally produced lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) recruitment throughout Lake Huron in the North American Laurentian Great Lakes (>50% of fish <7 years). Because naturally produced fish derived from different stocked hatchery strains are unmarked, managers cannot distinguish strains contributing to natural recruitment. We used 15 microsatellite loci to identify...
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