An Unusual Population of Gasterosteus aculeatus from Boston, Massachusetts

The threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus , is a complex of biological species and morphologically diverse allopatric populations of uncertain systematic status. It is widely distributed in temperate and subarctic coastal marine and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere. In eastern North...

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Published in:Copeia 1984-02, Vol.1984 (1), p.258-262
Main Authors: Bell, Michael A., Baumgartner, Jeffrey V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal fins
Animal morphology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Demecology
Ecological genetics
Evolution
Fish scales
Fresh water
Freshwater fishes
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Ichthyological Notes
Marine
Marine fishes
Ponds
Predators
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Summary:The threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus , is a complex of biological species and morphologically diverse allopatric populations of uncertain systematic status. It is widely distributed in temperate and subarctic coastal marine and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere. In eastern North America, it occurs in marine water south to Chesapeake Bay, but generally is absent from fresh water south of Maine. Extensive geographical and intrapopulation variation of morphological features have been reported throughout much of its range, particularly for lateral plate morphology.
ISSN:0045-8511
1938-5110
DOI:10.2307/1445073