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Combining genotypic and phenotypic variation in a geospatial framework to identify sources of mussels in northern New Zealand.
Scientific reports - 14 Apr 2021
Gardner Jonathan P A, Silva Catarina N S, Norrie Craig R, Dunphy Brendon J
Abstract excerpt
The New Zealand green-lipped mussel aquaculture industry is largely dependent on the supply of young mussels that wash up on Ninety Mile Beach (so-called Kaitaia spat), which are collected and trucked to aquaculture farms. The locations of source populations of Kaitaia spat are unknown and this lack of knowledge represents a major problem because spat supply may be irregular. We combined genotypic...
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