Toxic hydrogen sulfide and dark caves : life-history adaptations in a livebearing fish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae)

Rüdiger Riesch, Martin Plath, Ingo Schlupp

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1494-1505
Number of pages12
JournalEcology
Volume91
Issue number5
Early online date1 May 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2010

Keywords

  • Atlantic molly
  • cave fish
  • ecological speciation
  • extremophile teleosts
  • livebearing fish
  • matrotrophy
  • Poecilia mexicana
  • reproductive life history
  • Tabasco
  • Mexico
  • life-history evolution
  • offspring size
  • divergent selection
  • fecundity

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