Water flow and fin shape polymorphism in coral reef fishes

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 828-839

  Binning, Sandra A ^a,b   Roche, Dominique G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Assembly rules; Body fineness ratio; Eco morphology; Intraspecific variation; Labriform locomotion; Pectoral fin; Phenotypic divergence; Pomacentridae; Streamline; Waves

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; WATER FLOW;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; LABRIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; FIN (ORGAN); GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; PERCIFORMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84929659738     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0426.1     Document Type: Article

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