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BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
卷 76, 期 1, 页码 39-48出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2002.tb01712.x
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adaptation; anatomy; cichlid; environmental variables; feeding technique; gills; oxygen levels
An exploratory analysis was made of the head shape of cichlid fishes. A 3-D head truss was used, which allowed approximations of the volumes of three compartments of the head. We applied the method to six species of rock-dwelling haplochromine cichlids, of which we studied 12 populations from four rocky islands in the southern part of Lake Victoria. Head shape was correlated with eight environmental variables. Truss distances and compartment volumes correlated with these variables, e.g. volumes of the compartments containing the gills correlated (negatively) with oxygen levels; truss distances, including the oral jaws and their musculature, correlated with food composition; and eye size correlated with width of the transmission spectrum. Another finding was the likely architectonic interactions between anatomical elements. (C) 2002 The Linnean Society of London.
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