Geometric morphometric analysis of body-form variability in Cichlasoma minckleyi, the Cuatro Cienegas cichlid

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-369

  Trapani, Josh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cichlidae; Ecomorphology; Polymorphism; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; ECOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; POLYMORPHISM;

CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 0346966968     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000005763.96260.2a     Document Type: Article

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