Morphological differences between two ecologically similar sympatric fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2756-2767

  Helland, I P ^a,b,c   Vollestad L A ^b   Freyhof, J ^a   Mehner, T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Morphometrics; Planktivores; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SALMONID;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; MALE; SALMONIDAE;

COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS FONTANAE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 75149194331     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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