Location: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945
Date: Wednesday, December 20th, 2000
Time: 10:30-11:30 am
Room: 105 (Main Conference Room)
ABSTRACT: The application of modern molecular genetic techniques in fisheries management and conservation has become commonplace. However, much of the work has yielded ambiguous results, or, for other reasons, has been of limited use to managers. I will describe a series of conservation genetics projects that were funded by the BC Ministry of Environment to address the issue of declining stocks of steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, (the anadromous form of rainbow trout). These projects include steelhead population assessment using hypervariable DNA markers (microsatellites) and DNA sequence analysis to assess the phylogenetic relationship between steelhead and rainbow trout. Using the steelhead as a case study, I hope to show that conservation genetics can be a useful tool for applied as well as basic science.
For further information, please contact:
David F. Reid
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945
734-741-2019
reid@glerl.noaa.gov
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/2000/heath.html