Publications
genetic variation within and among domesticated atlantic salmon broodstocks in british columbia, canada. | atlantic salmon have been reared in the british columbia, canada aquaculture industry since the early 1980s. no breeding programmes spanned the entire production period and pedigree records were not kept for broodstocks prior to or since importation. of the three recognized industry strains, two are of european ancestry ('mowi' from norway and 'mcconnell' from scotland) and one is of north american heritage ('cascade' from gaspe, quebec). we evaluated the amount and distribution of genetic varia ... | 2005 | 15670130 |
assessing the recovery of lakes in southeastern canada from the effects of acidic deposition. | reductions in north american sulfur dioxide (so2) emissions promoted expectations that aquatic ecosystems in southeastern canada would soon recover from acidification. only lakes located near smelters that have dramatically reduced emissions approach this expectation. lakes in the atlantic provinces, quebec and ontario affected only by long-range sources show a general decline in sulfate (so4(2-)) concentrations, but with a relatively smaller compensating increase in ph or alkalinity. several fa ... | 2003 | 12839192 |