A minisatellite DNA marker for discriminating between European and North American Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 2305-2311 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Taggart ◽  
Eric Verspoor ◽  
Paul T. Galvin ◽  
Paloma Morán ◽  
Andrew Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Allele Frequency ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Dna Marker ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Minisatellite Dna ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

A highly discriminatory and practical nuclear DNA genetic marker that can distinguish between Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) of European and North American origin is described. Screening of 2847 European and 247 North American Atlantic salmon from much of its geographic range for variability at a minisatellite locus, Ssa-A45/2/2, revealed the continental stocks to be almost fixed for two different-sized, easily discernable alleles. Virtually all European Atlantic salmon were homozygous for a 3.00-kb allele (frequency > 0.999), while a smaller 2.77-kb allele (frequency = 0.946) predominated in all North American populations. Whereas the 2.77-kb allele was found exclusively in North American salmon, an allele indistinguishable in size from the 3.00-kb European diagnostic allele was also observed at low frequency (0.036) in North American fish. Eight other continent-specific rare alleles (highest frequency = 0.006) were also observed. The results suggest that little, if any, natural gene flow occurs between the two continental groups of Atlantic salmon.

Differences in Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, from North America and Europe

1972 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. L. Nyman ◽  
J. H. C. Pippy
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Fork Length ◽  
Anisakis Simplex ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

Differences in electropherograms produced by serum proteins and liver esterases were used to identify North American and European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) caught at sea. Division of salmon according to continent of origin was supported by mean river age, mean fork length, and abundance of the two parasites Anisakis simplex and Eubothrium crassum. Consistent differences in electrophoretic behaviour of serum proteins and liver esterases in salmon from the two continents support the suggestion that salmon from North America and Europe represent different subspecies.

Spatial Correlations of Transferrin Allele Frequencies in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Populations from North America

1986 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1074-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Verspoor
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Allele Frequency ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Allele Frequencies ◽  
Frequency Variation ◽  
Spatial Correlations ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Life History Pattern ◽  
Selective Forces

Existing analyses of spatial patterns of transferrin (Tf) allele frequency variation in anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from rivers in North America have not utilized all available data. Further analysis shows that a latitudinal dine in Tf-4 allele frequency previously reported is an artefact of a major regional difference between populations from Newfoundland/Labrador and those sampled elsewhere. Furthermore, the allele frequencies of populations outside Newfoundland/Labrador show a significant association with the proportion of spawning fish in the populations having spent only one winter at sea. Fequencies in Newfoundland/Labrador are collectively consistent with this relationship but by themselves show no similar correlation. These results, combined with previously reported differences between anadromous and nonanadromous fish, suggest that selective forces, which vary with life history pattern, may operate on the polymorphism.

Spawning-strategy-dependent diets in two North American populations of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianne Kelly ◽  
Hugues P. Benoît ◽  
Gerald Chaput ◽  
Ross A. Jones ◽  
Michael Power
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

scholarly journals Distribution and biological characteristics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at Greenland based on the analysis of historical tag recoveries

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 1589-1597 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Reddin ◽  
Lars Petter Hansen ◽  
Vegar Bakkestuen ◽  
Ian Russell ◽  
Jonathan White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
North American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Biological Characteristics ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Different Origins

Abstract Reddin, D. G., Hansen, L. P., Bakkestuen, V., Russell, I., White, J., Potter, E. C. E., Dempson, J. B., Sheehan, T. F., Ó Maoiléidigh, N., Smith, G. W., Isaksson, A., Jacobsen, J. A., Fowler, M., Mork, K. A., and Amiro, P. 2012. Distribution and biological characteristics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at Greenland based on the analysis of historical tag recoveries. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: 1589–1597. In this study, we examined 5481 records of tag recoveries at Greenland from a new tagging database held by ICES that contains information on salmon tagged in Canada, France, Faroes, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Spain, the UK (Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales), and the United States from the early 1960s to the present. For 4806 of the tag recoveries, latitude and longitude information were available, describing, to varying degrees of accuracy, the location of recovery of tagged fish. Release and recovery dates were variable, but no significant differences over time were noted. The information derived from tag recoveries was used to describe the distribution and growth of salmon of different origins. The proportion of recoveries from East Greenland suggested that potential multi-sea-winter salmon from northern Europe have a more easterly distribution than those from southern Europe. The location of recovery of salmon of North American origin differed from that of European salmon along the west coast of Greenland. Tag recoveries by country were not uniformly distributed across the respective NAFO Divisions. Tags from salmon originating in Canada and the United States were more commonly recovered in northern locations than tags from European-origin salmon. Analysis of rates of tag recovery suggested similar rates before and after the introduction of the NASCO Tag Return Incentive Scheme. The straight-line migration speed of both North American and European salmon changed very little over the time-series, but was ∼40% greater for North American salmon (0.43 m s−1) than for European salmon (0.29–0.32 m s−1).

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