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Genomic islands of divergence and their consequences for the resolution of spatial structure in an exploited marine fish
(2013-04)As populations diverge, genomic regions associated with adaptation display elevated differentiation. These genomic islands of adaptive divergence can inform conservation efforts in exploited species, by refining the ... -
Genomic islands of divergence and their consequences for the resolution of spatial structure in an exploited marine fish
(2013-04)As populations diverge, genomic regions associated with adaptation display elevated differentiation. These genomic islands of adaptive divergence can inform conservation efforts in exploited species, by refining the ... -
Genomic islands of divergence and their consequences for the resolution of spatial structure in an exploited marine fish
(2013-04)As populations diverge, genomic regions associated with adaptation display elevated differentiation. These genomic islands of adaptive divergence can inform conservation efforts in exploited species, by refining the ... -
Greenfacts Special Research Edition: The Oaks Experiments on Organic Management of Turf
(Edmonds Landscape and Construction Services Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998-01)This Greenfacts is a summary of a 380 page research report titled The Oaks Experiments on Organic Management of Turfs. The research report documents in detail the results of a four year project for developing an organic ... -
Herbivory and community organization on a subtidal cobble bed
(2009)We examined the role of molluscan mesograzers (periwinkles Littorina littorea, limpets Testudinalia testudinalis and chitons Ischnochiton ruber) in mediating macroalgal succession after a mass mortality of sea urchins ... -
Historical changes in genotypic frequencies at the Pantophysin locus in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Icelandic waters: evidence of fisheries-induced selection?
(2011-07)The intense fishing mortality imposed on Atlantic cod in Icelandic waters during recent decades has resulted in marked changes in stock abundance, as well as in age and size composition. Using a molecular marker known to ... -
How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?
(2011-08)The diversity of life is one of the most striking aspects of our planet; hence knowing how many species inhabit Earth is among the most fundamental questions in science. Yet the answer to this question remains enigmatic, ... -
How quality of host plant affects a predator-prey interaction in biological control
(1995)In cases of successful biological control the pest population is maintained at low densities by a natural enemy, but the mechanisms by which the predator or parasitoid manages to control the pest are often unknown. This ... -
Hybridization effects on phenotypic plasticity: experimental compensatory growth in farmed-wild Atlantic salmon
(2011-05)Compensatory growth (CG) is a means by which organisms can increase their growth rate above their routine growth rate after a period of environmentally induced growth depression. Despite a focus on the implications of ... -
Identifying Canadian Freshwater Fishes through DNA Barcodes
(2008-06)Background: DNA barcoding aims to provide an efficient method for species-level identifications using an array of species specific molecular tags derived from the 59 region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I ... -
Improving Evolutionary Models for Mitochondrial Protein Data with Site-Class Specific Amino Acid Exchangeability Matrices
(2013-01)Adequate modeling of mitochondrial sequence evolution is an essential component of mitochondrial phylogenomics (comparative mitogenomics). There is wide recognition within the field that lineage-specific aspects of ... -
Individual variation in Atlantic salmon fertilization success: Implications for effective population size
(2002-02)Mating structure can influence the variance in individual reproductive success, which in turn has important implications for a population's effective size. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) males are characterized by alternative ... -
Individual Variation in Migration Speed of Upriver-Migrating Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River in Relation to Their Physiological and Energetic Status at Marine Approach
(University of Chicago Press, P.O. Box 37005 Chicago IL 60637 USA, [mailto:help@press.uchicago.edu], [URL:http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/], 2008)Little research has examined individual variation in migration speeds of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in natural river systems or attempted to link migratory behavior with physiological and energetic status on a ... -
Inferring Animal Densities from Tracking Data Using Markov Chains
(2013-04)The distributions and relative densities of species are keys to ecology. Large amounts of tracking data are being collected on a wide variety of animal species using several methods, especially electronic tags that record ... -
Influence of Hypoxia and Adrenaline Administration on Coronary Blood-Flow and Cardiac-Performance in Seawater Rainbow-Trout (Oncorhynchus-Mykiss)
(1994-08)To investigate the relationship between cardiac performance and coronary perfusion, cardiovascular variables (Q, Vs, fH, PDA) and coronary blood flow (q(cor)) were measured in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (1.2-1.6 ... -
The Influence of Operational Sex Ratio on the Intensity of Competition for Mates
(2011-02)The evolution and maintenance of secondary sexual characteristics and behavior are heavily influenced by the variance in mating success among individuals in a population. The operational sex ratio (OSR) is often used as ... -
The Influence of Reproductive Experience on Milk Energy Output and Lactation Performance in the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
(2011-05)Although evidence from domestic and laboratory species suggests that reproductive experience plays a critical role in the development of aspects of lactation performance, whether reproductive experience may have a significant ... -
Intense, Natural Pollution Affects Arctic Tundra Vegetation at the Smoking Hills, Canada
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Interspecific and intraspecific variation in proximate, mineral, and fatty acid composition of milk in old world fruit bats (Chiroptera : Pteropodidae)
(2001-01)We examine the effect of body mass on milk composition among Old World fruit bats, including Pteropus pumilus (0.175 kg), Pteropus rodricensus (0.265 kg), Pteropus hypomelanus (0.571 kg), and Pteropus vampyrus (1.133 ...