Ecological divergence between emerald and spottail shiners (Notropis) in Lake Manitoba

In Lake Manitoba two cyprinid species (Notropis) occur sympatrically and show ecological divergence. In July and August the fry of emerald shiners were near the surface in the limnetic zone while spottail shiners appeared to be littoral. By September both species were most abundant near shore and, o...

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Main Author: Bernard, Donald Jean
Language:en_US
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3557