Trout in mine-polluted rivers are genetically ‘isolated,’ new study shows
A brown trout. Credit: Daniel Osmond Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically “isolated” from other trout, new research shows. The work appears in Diversity and Distributions. Researchers analyzed brown trout at 71 sites in Britain and Ireland, where many rivers contain metal washed out from