Tooth size and skin thickness in mature sockeye salmon: Evidence for habitat constraints and variable investment between the sexes

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-338

  Johnson, Susan P ^a   Carlson, S M ^a   Quinn, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion resistance; Aggression; Defense; Desiccation; Morphology; Spawning habitat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DESICCATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; SKIN; TOOTH;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 33746947834     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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