title: Microsatellite primers for Australian recreationally and commercially important estuarine fishes.
abstract: Eight primer sets that amplify microsatellite DNA loci were developed for the estuarine fishes, dusky flathead Platycephalus fuscus and sand whiting Sillago ciliata, which are targets of recreational and commercial fishers on the east coast of Australia. Surveys across these loci revealed remarkably similar levels of genetic diversity within samples of c. 22 P. fuscus and S. ciliata from each of the two estuaries. These loci will be useful in determining the genetic stock structure of these two species.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ayre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D063366:Estuaries; D056426:Genetic Loci; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers
keywords: Platycephalidae; Sillaginidae; allelic diversity; estuary; gene flow; management unit