Polymorphic segregation in Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) from Vatnshlidarvatn, a shallow Icelandic lake

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-74

  Jónsson, Bjarni ^a   Skúlason, SKÚLI ^b  

^a Holar College   (Iceland)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecological specialization; Local adaptation; Morphology; Ontogeny; Phonotypic plasticity; Polymorphism; Speciation

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MORPHOLOGY; SALMONID;

ICELAND;

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343340011     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0316     Document Type: Article

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