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The use of genetic tools for the evaluation of a potential migration barrier for the bullhead
Author(s) -
Knaepkens G.,
Verheyen E.,
Galbusera P.,
Eens M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00423.x
Subject(s) - biology , cottus , endangered species , microsatellite , fishery , channel (broadcasting) , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , habitat , engineering , genetics , telecommunications , gene , allele
Microsatellite analysis and computer simulations strongly suggested that a culvert, i.e . a connection between two river stretches by a narrow tube underneath an artificial channel, was not a migration barrier for the endangered bullhead Cottus gobio .