Replacement of the troglomorphic population of Rhamdia quelen (Pisces: Pimelodidae) by an epigean population of the same species in the Cumaca Cave, Trinidad, West Indies

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2002, Pages 938-942

  Romero, Aldemaro ^a   Singh, Anuradha ^b   McKie, Annabelle ^c   Manna, Michael ^c   Baker, Ruth ^a   Paulson, Kelly M ^a   Creswell, Joel E ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; FISH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPLACEMENT;

CUMACA CAVE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CAECORHAMDIA URICHI; CATFISH; PIMELODIDAE; PISCES; RHAMDIA; RHAMDIA QUELEN;

EID: 0037207187     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0938:ROTTPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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