Trophic polymorphism in introduced pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) inhabiting Iberian reservoirs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-217

  Bhagat, Yakuta ^a,b   Fox, Michael G ^a   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecomorph; Gill rakers; Internal morphology; Introduced; Pharyngeal jaws; Pharyngeal muscles

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PREY CAPTURE; RESERVOIR; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS;

EID: 79956274598     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9773-7     Document Type: Article

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