Parallel evolution, not always so parallel: Comparison of small benthic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, from Grímsnes and Thingvallavatn, Iceland

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-244

  Sigursteinsdóttir, Rakel Júlía ^a   Kristjánsson, Bjarni K ^a  

^a HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Ecology; Morphology; Resource polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT TYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; SALMONID;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GRIMSNES; ICELAND; THINGVALLAVATN; WORLD;

PISCES; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 27744558863     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-0499-2     Document Type: Article

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