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Idengification of the origin of an Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.) population in a recently recolonized river in the Baltic Sea
Author(s) -
Vasemägi A.,
Gross R.,
Paaver T.,
Kangur M.,
Nilsson J.,
Eriksson L.O.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.t01-1-01407.x
Subject(s) - salmo , hatchery , biology , fishery , stocking , population , baltic sea , ecology , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , demography , sociology , geology
The founder event in a recently recolonized salmon population in the Baltic Sea (Gulf of Finland) was investigated. To idengify the origin of the founders, four wild populations and two hatchery stocks were analysed using six microsatellite loci. The results of assignment tests and factorial correspondence analysis suggest that the initial recolonizers of the river Selja originated from the geographically nearest (7 km) wild population (river Kunda) but as the result of stocking activities, interbreeding between recolonizers and hatchery individuals has occurred in subsequent years. Although the hatchery releases are outnumbering the wild salmon recruitment in the Baltic Sea at present, our results suggest that the native populations may still have an important role in colonization processes of the former salmon rivers.