A morphological gradient revisited: Cave mollies vary not only in eye size

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Fontanier, Maxwell E ^a   Tobler, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave biology; Environmental gradient; Hydrogen sulfide; Local adaptation; Morphocline; Poeciliidae

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EYE; FISH BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TABASCO;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 70350589266     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-009-9522-3     Document Type: Article

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