Fine-Scale Ecological and Genetic Population Structure of Two Whitefish (Coregoninae) Species in the Vicinity of Industrial Thermal Emissions

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0146656
• Main Authors: Graham, Carly F, Eberts, Rebecca L, Morgan, Thomas D, Boreham, Douglas R, Lance, Stacey L, Manzon, Richard G, Martino, Jessica A, Rogers, Sean M, Wilson, Joanna Y, Somers, Christopher M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Air pollution; Animals; Aquatic sciences; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biological Evolution; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Canada; Coregoninae; Coregonus; Coregonus clupeaformis; Earth Sciences; Ecological monitoring; ecological niches; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Effluents; Electric power plants; ellipses; Emissions; Engineering and Technology; Fish; Fisheries management; freshwater fish; Genetic markers; Genetics; Genetics, Population; Industrial emissions; Industrial plant emissions; Industrial pollution; Isotopes; Laboratories; Lakes; Microsatellite Repeats; Microsatellites; Nuclear electric power generation; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power; Nuclear Power Plants; Physical Sciences; Point source pollution; Point sources; Pollution sources; Population; population ecology; Population genetics; Population structure; Population studies; Power plants; Prosopium cylindraceum; Recruitment; Salmonidae; Salmonidae - genetics; Spawning; Stable isotopes; Studies; Temperature; Thermal pollution; Values; Water pollution; Canada

Thermal pollution from industrial processes can have negative impacts on the spawning and development of cold-water fish. Point sources of thermal effluent may need to be managed to avoid affecting discrete populations. Correspondingly, we examined fine-scale ecological and genetic population struct...