Title
Imprecise naming: the anadromous and the sea spawning threespine stickleback should be discriminated by names
Author
Abstract
Two ecological forms of the threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus – a strictly marine form and an anadromous form – are often merged in the literature as a single “marine” form. Because we know virtually nothing of the life style of the two oceanic ecotypes in the sea and consequently nothing on reproductive isolation and gene flow I argue for a precise use of the ecological terms “marine” and “anadromous” for these two ecotypes. These terms should be self-describing. The frequent use of terms incorrectly describing intraspecific variation and life style of ecotypes can bias studies on community composition and interactions of populations.
Keywords
Gasterosteus aculeatusThreespine sticklebackAnadromousMarineEcotypes
Object type
Language
English [eng]
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Appeared in
Title
Biologia
Volume
73
Issue
4
From page
389
To page
392
Publication
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Version type
Date issued
2018
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