Influence of salinity and temperature on the physiology of Limia melanonotata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): A search for abiotic factors limiting insular distribution in Hispaniola

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-337

  Haney, Dennis C ^a   Walsh, Stephen J ^b  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HISPANIOLA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LIMIA; LIMIA MELANONOTATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0942289117     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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