Phenotypic variation and vulnerability to predation in juvenile bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Chipps, Steven R ^a   Dunbar, Jessica A ^b,c   Wahl, David H ^b,c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepomis macrochirus; Micropterus salmoides; Phenotypic variation; Plasticity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0842310364     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1396-z     Document Type: Article

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