High potential for using DNA from ancient herring bones to inform modern fisheries management and conservation.

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) are an abundant and important component of the coastal ecosystems for the west coast of North America. Current Canadian federal herring management assumes five regional herring populations in British Columbia with a high degree of exchange between units, and few dist...

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Main Authors: Camilla F Speller, Lorenz Hauser, Dana Lepofsky, Jason Moore, Antonia T Rodrigues, Madonna L Moss, Iain McKechnie, Dongya Y Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511397?pdf=render