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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Fish Biol. 2015 Mar 2;86(4):1251–1270. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12631

Table I.

Population and DPS (including Canadian management units) origin determined by Mixed Stock Analysis implemented in ONCOR of 173 adult and subadult A. oxyrinchus encountered in the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program based on mtDNA control region sequence and microsatellite DNA data at 11 loci.

Population or DPS Origin Estimate 95% CI
Population
St. Lawrence River 0.010 (0.000, 0.028)
Saint John River 0.012 (0.000, 0.040)
Kennebec River 0.101 (0.051, 0.164)
Hudson River 0.463 (0.341, 0.533)
Delaware River 0.055 (0.022, 0.145)
James River 0.118 (0.069, 0.180)
Albemarle Sound 0.024 (0.000, 0.068)
Edisto River 0.039 (0.000, 0.089)
Savannah River 0.053 (0.006, 0.114)
Ogeechee River 0.126 (0.056, 0.182)
Altamaha River 0.000 (0.000, 0.018)

U.S. DPS and Canadian Management Units
St. Lawrence River 0.010 (0.000, 0.029)
Saint John River 0.012 (0.000, 0.040)
Gulf of Maine (GOM) 0.101 (0.051, 0.164)
New York Bight (NYB) 0.517 (0.430, 0.594)
Chesapeake Bay (CB) 0.118 (0.070, 0.180)
Carolinas (CAR) 0.024 (0.000, 0.068)
South Atlantic (SA) 0.219 (0.142, 0.279)