The use of genetic tools for the evaluation of a potential migration barrier for the bullhead |
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| Authors: | G Knaepkens† E Verheyen‡ P Galbusera M Eens |
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| Institution: | University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Universiteitsplein 1, B‐2610 Wilrijk, Belgium and; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B‐1000 Brussels, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | 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 . |
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| Keywords: | conservation Cottus gobio fragmentation genetic diversity microsatellite migration barrier |
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