The role of gill raker number variability in adaptive radiation of coregonid fish

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-588

  Kahilainen, Kimmo K ^a   Siwertsson, Anna ^b   Gjelland, Karl Ø ^b   Knudsen, Rune ^b   Bøhn, Thomas ^b,c   Amundsen, Per Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Center for Biosafety   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Foraging trait; Polymorphism; Vendace; Whitefish morphs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; FISH; HABITAT USE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS ALBULA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79953714858     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9411-4     Document Type: Article

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