Opinion: TWRA working to protect Tenn. lakes from invasive silver carp
Because invasive carp are a multi-state challenge, TWRA must work closely with national experts in the decision-making process.
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Because invasive carp are a multi-state challenge, TWRA must work closely with national experts in the decision-making process.
The spatial distribution of fish individuals is affected by habitat conditions and species ecological characteristics, and it also reflects the longtime adaptation to habitat at the phenotypic and genotypic level. Adaptation to a typical habitat over a long period of time causes fish species to form a distinct geographic population. As a typical river-lake migratory fish, the silver carp habitat selection was determined by its migration preference and genetic features. In this study, 15 microsatellite fluorescent markers combined with capillary electrophoresis were used to analyze the genetic ...