Management of biodiversity and multifunctional landscapes

Module : Diversity and management of aquatic environment

Course: Conservation genetics and protection of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems and aquaculture

Lecturer: Dr. Riho Gross

Lecture slides in PDF format

Obligatory reading:

Beardmore, J.A., Mair, G.C., Lewis, R.I. 1997. Biodiversity in aquatic systems in relation to aquaculture. Aquaculture Research, 28, 829-839. PDF

Weiss, S. 2005. Keynote address: Conservation genetics of freshwater organisms. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture 376-377(1-2): 571-583. PDF

Additional reading about conservation genetics

Books:

Frankham, R., Ballou, J.D., Briscoe, D.A. 2002. Introduction to Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press, 617 pp.

Frankham, R., Ballou, J.D., Briscoe, D.A. 2004. A Primer of Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press, 220 pp.

Allendorf, F.W., Luikart, G. 2007. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations. Blackwell Publishing, 642 pp.

Hallerman, E.M. (editor) 2003. Population Genetics: Principles and Applications for Fisheries Scientists. American Fisheries Society, 458 pp.

Ryman, N., Utter F. 1987. Population Genetics & Fishery Management. University of Washington Press, 420 pp.

Avise, J.C.1994. Molecular Markers, Natural History and Evolution. Chapman & Hall

Avise, J.C. 2000. Phylogeography. The History and Formation of Species. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Hoelzel, A.R. (ed.) 1998. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Populations: a Practical Approach. 2nd edition. IRL Press, Oxford, 445 pp.

Papers:

Amos, W., Balmford, A. 2001. When does conservation genetics matter? Heredity, 87, 257-265. PDF

Crandall, K.A, Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P., Mace, G.M., Wayne, R.K. 2000. Considering evolutionary processes in conservation biology. TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution, 15, 291-295. PDF

DeSalle, R., Amato, G. 2004. The expansion of conservation genetics. Nature Reviews Genetics, 5, 702-712. PDF

Frankham, R. 1995. Conservation genetics. Annual Reviews in Genetics, 29, 305-327. PDF

Franklin, I.R., Frankham, R. 1998. How large must populations be to retain evolutionary potential? Animal Conservation, 1, 69-73. PDF

Goldstein, P.Z., DeSalle, R., Amato, G., Vogler, A.P. 2000. Conservation genetics at species boundary. Conservation Biology, 14, 120-131. PDF

Hedrick, P.W. 2001. Conservation genetics: where are we now? TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution,.16,  629-636. PDF

Johnson, M.S. 2000. Measuring and interpreting genetic structure to minimize the risks of translocations. Aquaculture Research, 31, 133-143. PDF

Moritz, C. 1994. Defining ‘Evolutionarily Significant Units’ for conservation. TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution, 9, 373-375. PDF