Influence of dams on sauger population structure and hybridization with introduced walleye

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. e11706 - n/a
• Main Authors: Rosenthal, William C., Mandeville, Elizabeth G., Pilkerton, Ashleigh M., Gerrity, Paul C., Skorupski, Joseph A., Walters, Annika W., Wagner, Catherine E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Aquatic habitats; Biodiversity; Conservation Genetics; conservation genomics; Dam construction; Dams; Demographics; Demography; Divergence; Ecological Genetics; Evolution; Fish populations; Genetic diversity; Genomics; Habitats; Hybridization; Indigenous species; Landscape Ecology; Migratory species; Morphology; Population decline; Population Genetics; Population structure; Population studies; Populations; reservoir; Reservoirs; River systems; Rivers; Sampling; Sander canadensis; Sander vitreus; sauger; Spawning; Taxa; Upstream; walleye; Wind; Wind effects; Bighorn River; Bighorn Lake; United States > US; Wyoming

Dams have negatively affected freshwater biodiversity throughout the world. These negative effects tend to be exacerbated for aquatic taxa with migratory life histories, and for taxa whose habitat is fundamentally altered by the formation of large reservoirs. Sauger (Sander candadensis; Percidae), l...