Differentiation in Coregonus zenithicus in Lake Superior
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Abstract
Morphological variation in Coregonus zenithicus has long plagued biologists working on Lake Superior ciscoes. Some of this variation is due to allometric growth; earlier workers incorrectly recognized large C. zenithicus as a distinct species, C. nigripinnis cyanopterus. Coregonus reighardi dymondi is a variant of C. zenithicus in northern bays of Lake Superior and Lake Nipigon. The morphological differences between members of spring and fall spawning populations of C. zenithicus in Lake Superior are no greater than those between geographically separate populations. We conclude that spawning time and geographic isolation act similarly in effecting differentiation of coregonine populations, and that populations with different spawning times do not necessarily represent different species.Key words: Coregonus zenithicus, cisco, Great Lakes, multivariate morphometrics, endangered species, taxonomy
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Differentiation in Coregonus zenithicus in Lake Superior |
| Series title | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1139/f80-267 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | NRC Research Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 2228 |
| Last page | 2235 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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