Life-history variation in Caribbean gambusia, Gambusia puncticulata puncticulata (Poeciliidae) from the Cayman Islands, British West Indies

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-79

  Abney, Michael A ^a,b   Rakocinski, Chet F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Georgia Pwr Environ Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cayman Islands; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES;

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA PUNCTICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 3442894558     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000022854.58506.8d     Document Type: Article

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