Shape variability in topminnows (Fundulus notatus species complex) along the river continuum

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 612-621

  Schaefer, Jacob ^a   Duvernell, David ^b   Kreiser, Brian ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage area; Ecomorphology; Flow regime; Geometric morphometrics; Habitat use; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SHAPE; COEXISTENCE; CYPRINID; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FLOW PATTERN; HABITAT USE; HEADWATER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY;

FUNDULIDAE; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS EURYZONUS; FUNDULUS NOTATUS; FUNDULUS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 79959237012     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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