Small-scale morphological and genetic differentiation in the Mediterranean killifish Aphanius fasciatus (Cyprinodontidae) from a coastal brackish-water pond and an adjacent pool in northern Sardinia

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-119

  Maltagliati, Ferruccio ^a   Domenici, Paolo ^b   Fosch, Clara Franch ^c   Cossu, Piero ^d   Casu, Marco ^d   Castelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brackish water habitats; Genetic variation; Morphology; Population divergence; RAPDs; Relative fin size

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FISH; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

APHANIUS; APHANIUS FASCIATUS; CYPRINODONTIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HEDYOTIS MANNII;

EID: 0038034412     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(02)01236-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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