Morphometric and genetic analyses of two sympatric morphs of arctic char (salvelinus alpinus) in the canadian high arctic

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-30

  Arbour, J H ^a   Hardie, D C ^b   Hutchings, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; SWIMMING; SYMPATRY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; LAKE HAZEN; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 78650551157     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-100     Document Type: Article

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