Testing the devil's impact on southern Baltic and North Sea basins whitefish (Coregonus spp.) diversity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diversity and phylogeny of whitefish of the genus Coregonus is complex, and includes many endemic species of high conservation concern. However, because of commercial importance of whitefish fisheries, stockings and translocations have occurred repeatedly, which challenges the identification of local populations as conservation units. This study analyses the phylogenetic relationships of 15 contemporary and two historical populations of lake-resident and anadromous whitefish (Coregonus spp.) from the southern Baltic and North Sea basins. We elucidated the complex history of Lake Schaal (northern Germany) whitefish, for which a local tale suggests that the devil threw whitefish from the Central European Lake Constance into this lake. Studies from the early twentieth c

SUBMITTER: Mehner T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6311081 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature