Physiology underpins habitat partitioning in a sympatric sister-species pair of intertidal fishes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1108-1117

  Hilton, Z ^a   Wellenreuther, M ^a,b   Clements, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological divergence; Habitat choice; Hypoxia; Respiratory physiology; Temperature; Tripterygiidae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; DIVERGENCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORM; ROCK POOL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; VENTILATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BELLAPISCIS MEDIUS; PISCES; TRIPTERYGIIDAE;

EID: 55349087238     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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