Ecological correlates of species differences in the Lake Tanganyika crab radiation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 615, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-94

  Marijnissen, Saskia A E ^a   Michel, Ellinor ^b   Kamermans, Marjolein ^c   Olaya Bosch, Kim ^c   Kars, Moniek ^d   Cleary, Daniel F R ^a,e   Van Loon, E Emiel ^a   Rachello Dolmen, Paola G ^a   Menken, Steph B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Universidade de Aveiro ^*  (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Benthic ecology; Decapod; Niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BENTHIC ECOLOGY; DECAPOD; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CRAB; CRUSTACEAN; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISOTOPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SUBSTRATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PLATYTHELPHUSA;

EID: 53649100240     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9566-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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