Behavioural and morphological differences between lake and river populations of Salaria fluviatilis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 374-387

  Neat, F C ^a,c   Lengkeek, W ^b   Westerbeek, E P ^b   Laarhoven, B ^b   Videler, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blenniidae; Morphology; Population divergence; River blenny; Spawning; Sperm

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING;

BLENNIIDAE; SALARIA; SALARIA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 2342531712     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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