Introgression despite protection: the case of native brown trout in Natura 2000 network in Italy

• Published in: Conservation genetics Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 343 - 356
• Main Authors: Splendiani, Andrea, Giovannotti, Massimo, Righi, Tommaso, Fioravanti, Tatiana, Cerioni, Paola Nisi, Lorenzoni, Massimo, Carosi, Antonella, La Porta, Gianandrea, Barucchi, Vincenzo Caputo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Genetics and Genomics; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; concrete; conservation areas; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Fish; Fish barriers; Fish populations; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; Genotyping; habitat destruction; introgression; Italy; Life Sciences; loci; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; National parks; Nucleotide sequence; Plant Genetics and Genomics; pollution; Protected areas; Research Article; Restoration; risk; Rivers; Salmo trutta; Sampling designs; sequence analysis; stakeholders; Stocking; Trout; Water pollution; Italy; Biodiversity conservation; Mediterranean native trout; Introgression; Natura 2000 network

Mediterranean brown trout is subject to several serious threats such as pollution, water abstraction, habitat alteration and especially genetic introgression with domestic strains used for stocking activities. Despite this latter issue has largely been debated by scientists, local managers and stake...