Journal of Plankton Research Vol.24 no.5 pp.523-525, 2002
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Genetic subdivision of the upwelling copepod Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849) off the continental shelf of Ghana
ewska1Marine Biology Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 SW. Wojiecha Str., 81-347 Gdynia, 1 University of Gdansk, Department of Genetics, 24 Kladki Str., 80-822 Gdansk, Poland and 2 University of Ghana, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, PO Box Lg99, Legon, Ghana
Corresponding author: T. Sywula. Email: sywula{at}biotech.univ.gda.pl.
This study has shown that the two stocks of Calanoides carinatus appearing off the shelf of Ghana during the upwelling season are genetically different. Also, the gene Gpia could probably be a marker for their subdivision.