Visual conditions and habitat shape the coloration of the Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.): A trade-off between camouflage and communication?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-59

  Kekäläinen, Jukka ^a,b   Huuskonen, Hannu ^b   Kiviniemi, Vesa ^b   Taskinen, Jouni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Condition; Humic; Littoral; Pelagic; Phenotype; Predation; Selection; Sexual dichromatism; Water colour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TRADE-OFF;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 73449110953     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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