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Human Impacts on Great Lakes Walleye Sander vitreus Structure, Diversity and Local Adaptation.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2025
Euclide Peter T, Kuhl Heiner, Wilson Chris C, Scribner Kim T, Miller Loren M, Stott Wendylee, Larson Wesley A
Abstract excerpt
Artificial propagation and wild release may influence the genetic integrity of wild populations. This practice has been prevalent in fisheries for centuries and is often termed 'stocking'. In the Laurentian Great Lakes (Great Lakes here-on), walleye populations faced declines from the 1950s to the 1970s, prompting extensive stocking efforts for restoration. By the mid-2010s, walleye populations showed signs of...
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- Lakes
- Genetics, Population
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Animals
- Perches
- Humans