Continental rifting and habitat formation: Arena for resource polymorphism in Arctic charr

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-169

  Jónasson, Pétur M ^a   Jonsson, Bror ^b   Sandlund, Odd Terje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT CREATION; LAKE; POLYMORPHISM;

ICELAND, LAKE THINGVALLAVATN;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0031859587     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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44. First submitted 3 June 1996. Accepted for publication after revision 14 February 1997.