Resource polymorphism in a Patagonian fish Percichthys trucha (Percichthyidae): Phenotypic evidence for interlake pattern variation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 497-515

  Ruzzante, Daniel E ^a,b   Walde, Sandra J ^b   Cussac, Victor E ^c,d   Macchi, Patricio J ^c   Alonso, Marcelo F ^c   Battini, Miguel ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet; Divergence; Fish; Gill raker; Morphology; Patagonia; Variation in polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIET; EVOLUTION; FISH; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM;

PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 0037392861     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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