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Applying morphometrics to choose optimal captive brood stock for an endangered species: a case study using the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera (L.)

  1. Conor D. Wilson1,2,*,
  2. S. Jane Preston1,2,
  3. Evelyn Moorkens3,
  4. Jaimie T.A. Dick2,
  5. Mathieu G. Lundy2

Article first published online: 19 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2249

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volume 22, Issue 5, pages 569–576, July 2012

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Wilson, C. D., Jane Preston, S., Moorkens, E., Dick, J. T.A. and Lundy, M. G. (2012), Applying morphometrics to choose optimal captive brood stock for an endangered species: a case study using the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera (L.). Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., 22: 569–576. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2249

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  1. 1

    Quercus

  2. 2

    School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, UK

  3. 3

    Dublin, Ireland

*Conor D. Wilson, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK. E–mail: cwilson20@qub.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 OCT 2012
  2. Article first published online: 19 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 25 MAR 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 2 FEB 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 27 APR 2011

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