Phenotypic divergence between seasnake (Emydocephalus annulatus) populations from adjacent bays of the New Caledonian Lagoon

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 824-832

  Shine, Richard ^a   Goiran, Claire ^b   Shine, Terri ^a   Fauvel, Thomas ^b,c   Brischoux, Francois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Ecological divergence; Elapidae; Hydrophiinae; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; DIVERGENCE; FOULING; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHILOPATRY; SNAKE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW CALEDONIA [NEW CALEDONIA (DPN)]; NOUMEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ELAPIDAE; EMYDOCEPHALUS ANNULATUS; HYDROPHIIDAE; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84869860841     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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