Genetic structure and evidence of anthropogenic effects on wild populations of two Neotropical catfishes: baselines for conservation

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 55 - 72
• Main Authors: Do Prado, F. D., Fernandez‐Cebrián, R., Foresti, F., Oliveira, C., Martínez, P., Porto‐Foresti, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animal Migration; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Area; Basins; Biodiversity; bottleneck; Catfishes - genetics; Catfishes - physiology; Conservation; Conservation of Natural Resources; Dam construction; Dams; Differentiation; Distribution; ecosystems; effective population size; fish genetics; Genetic diversity; Genetic Markers; Genetic structure; Genetic Variation; geographical distribution; Human influences; Man-induced effects; Microsatellite Repeats; Microsatellites; Migration; Migrations; migratory behavior; Migratory species; Neotropics; Overfishing; Pantanal; Paraguay; Pimelodidae; Population number; Populations; Pseudoplatystoma; Pseudoplatystoma corruscans; Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum; Siluriformes; Wildlife conservation; Pantanal; Paraguay; microsatellites; fish genetics; Pimelodidae; genetic diversity; Pseudoplatystoma; bottleneck

Genetic diversity and structure of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and P. reticulatum, large migratory South America catfishes, where overfishing and the construction of numerous dams in their feeding and reproducing areas are affecting their migratory processes negatively, were studied using microsatel...