Genetic Diversity of Captive and Wild Threatened Catfish Pseudoplatystoma corruscans in the São Francisco River

• Published in: Reviews in fisheries science Vol. 21; no. 3-4; pp. 237 - 246
• Main Authors: Dantas, Hozana Leite, dos Santos Neto, Miguel Arcanjo, Oliveira, Karine Kelly Cavalcanti, Severi, William, Diniz, Fábio Mendonça, Coimbra, Maria Raquel Moura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton Taylor & Francis Group 02.10.2013; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: alleles; Animal migration; Basins; Biomarkers; Brazil; breeding stock; Catfish; endangered catfish; Extinction; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Freshwater; Genetic diversity; genetic markers; genetic variation; Genetics; microsatellites; migratory behavior; Populations; Pseudoplatystoma corruscans; restocking; River basins; river fragmentation; Rivers; surubim; water power; watersheds; United States > US; Sao Francisco River; Brazil; Brazil, Minas, Sao Francisco R

A genetic analysis was conducted of the critically endangered migratory catfish Pseudoplatystoma corruscans from the São Francisco River basin, the basin with the second highest hydropower capacity installed in Brazil. The analysis was conducted using five microsatellite markers previously described...