Signatures of speciation? distribution and diversity of hypoplectrus (teleostei: serranidae) colour morphotypes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-441

  Holt, B G ^a   Cote I M ^b   Emerson, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Co occurrence; Colour polymorphism; Coral reef; Evolution; Fish; Hamlets; Marine; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; COLOR MORPH; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; MORPHOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; HYPOPLECTRUS; HYPOPLECTRUS CHLORURUS; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77954804047     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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