2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01290.x
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Morphological evidence of correlational selection and ecological segregation between dextral and sinistral forms in a polymorphic flatfish, Platichthys stellatus

Abstract: Phenotypic polymorphisms in natural systems are often maintained by ecological selection, but only if niche segregation between morphs exists. Polymorphism for eyed‐side direction is rare among the ∼700 species of flatfish (Pleuronectiformes), and the evolutionary mechanisms that maintain it are unknown. Platichthys stellatus (starry flounder) is a polymorphic pleuronectid flatfish exhibiting large, clinal variation in proportion of left‐eyed (sinistral) morphs, from 50% in California to 100% in Japan. Here I … Show more

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“…These mechanisms provide the poten tial for intraspecific trophic differentiation decreasing the competition between the specimens by use of alternative resources (Savvaitova, 1989;Mina et al, 1996;Swanson et al, 2003;Amundsen et al, 2004;Denoel et al, 2004;Gerasimov, 2007;Bolnick and Lau, 2008). Intensive intraspecific competition leads to the widening of the population trophic niche (Pers son, 1983;Jonsson and Jonsson, 2001;Bergstrom, 2007). Furthermore, individual behavior determining development of specialization for search and foraging by alternative food plays an important role in the development of trophic polymorphism (McLaughlin et al, 1999).…”
Section: Biotopic Segregation and Trophic Polymorphism In The Populatmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…These mechanisms provide the poten tial for intraspecific trophic differentiation decreasing the competition between the specimens by use of alternative resources (Savvaitova, 1989;Mina et al, 1996;Swanson et al, 2003;Amundsen et al, 2004;Denoel et al, 2004;Gerasimov, 2007;Bolnick and Lau, 2008). Intensive intraspecific competition leads to the widening of the population trophic niche (Pers son, 1983;Jonsson and Jonsson, 2001;Bergstrom, 2007). Furthermore, individual behavior determining development of specialization for search and foraging by alternative food plays an important role in the development of trophic polymorphism (McLaughlin et al, 1999).…”
Section: Biotopic Segregation and Trophic Polymorphism In The Populatmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…nismos que mantienen la distribución geográfica de las formas diestras y siniestras (Bergstrom, 2007). En Platichthys flesus, sin embargo, se postula que la competencia interespecífica entre formas diestras y siniestras con Pleuronectes platessa, sería el mecanismo que mantendría las pequeñas proporciones de ejemplares siniestros (Fornbacke et al, 2002).…”
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“…En Platichthys flesus, sin embargo, se postula que la competencia interespecífica entre formas diestras y siniestras con Pleuronectes platessa, sería el mecanismo que mantendría las pequeñas proporciones de ejemplares siniestros (Fornbacke et al, 2002). En P. stellatus existen diferencias morfológicas, donde los morfos diestros tienen un pedúnculo caudal más amplio, hocicos más cortos y un menor número de branquispinas que las formas siniestras, que en conjunto con la posición de los ojos, se manifiestan en una conducta de captura de presas entre ambos morfos, que los capacitaría a consumir presas diferentes (Bergstrom, 2007). Estas diferencias son sutiles, pero sugieren que las formas diestras y siniestras difieren ecológicamente y que estos mecanismos ecológicos pueden mantener estas formas polimórficas (Bergstrom & Palmer, 2007).…”
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