The amphipod Gammarus minus has larger eyes in freshwater springs with numerous fish predators

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Glazier, Douglas S ^a   Deptola, Travis J ^b  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Compound eye; Evolution

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COTTUS COGNATUS; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS MINUS; PISCES;

EID: 79951731441     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2010.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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