Two morphotypes of lacustrine threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, in Benka Lake, Alaska

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Cresko, William A ^a,b   Baker, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic and limnetic stickleback; Body form diversification; Fish; Foraging; Population differentiation; Trophic diversification

Indexed keywords

MORPHOTYPE; SYMPATRY; THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, STRAIT OF GEORGIA; USA, ALASKA, BENKA LAKE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0029666837     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00002526     Document Type: Article

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