Genetic monitoring and complex population dynamics: insights from a 12‐year study of the Rio Grande silvery minnow

• Published in: Evolutionary applications Vol. 5; no. 6; pp. 553 - 574
• Main Authors: Osborne, Megan J., Carson, Evan W., Turner, Thomas F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2012; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Animal reproduction; conservation genetics; Crustaceans; Demography; Ecology; Fish; Fisheries; Fishing; Genetic diversity; genetic monitoring; Hybognathus amarus; Inbreeding; Integrated software; Original; Population dynamics; Population genetics; population genetics – empirical; Predation; Salmon; New York; Queensland Australia; United Kingdom > UK; Australia; New Mexico; United States > US; genetic monitoring; population genetics – empirical; conservation genetics

The endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow persists as a remnant population in a highly fragmented and regulated arid‐land river system. The species is subject to dramatic annual fluctuations in density. Since 2003, the wild population has been supplemented by hatchery‐reared fish. We report on a 12‐y...