Project:BB|1665

Title
Molecular evolution and ecomorphological divergence in the endemic Tanganyikan cichlid tribe Eretmodini (Cichlidae, Pisces)
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StartDate
1994-01-01
EndDate
2000-01-01
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Abstract

Keywords

ancient lakes, lentic, hydrobiology, taxonomy, molecular phylogeny, speciation, evolution, impact of increased sediment load, zoology, ichtyology, Limnology and hydrobiology, Morphology, Phylogeny and evolution, Systematics and taxonomy, Ponds and lakes , standing waters, Origins, Maintenance and Change of Biodiversity, 9. Inland Water Biodiversity, tropical Africa, E-Africa, Burundi, Tanzania, C-Africa, Congo-Kinshasa, Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, lake Tanganyika, Metazoa, Vertebrata, Pisces, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae, Eretmodini

Classifications

Burundi {Geographical scope}
Congo, Democratic Republic of {Geographical scope}
Malawi {Geographical scope}
Tanzania {Geographical scope}
Zambia {Geographical scope}
Inland Waters {Habitat type}

Orgunits

Name Role Start End
Systematics and biochemical taxonomy unknown

Publications

Reference Role
Snoeks J., Rüber L., and Verheyen E. (1994) - The Tanganyika problem: Taxonomy and distribution patterns of its ichthyofauna. Proceedings of the First Workshop on Speciation in Ancient lakes - Evolution, Biodiversity, Conservation, Mont-Rigi, Robertville, Belgium, Advances in Limnology, Vol. 44: 357-374. author
Verheyen E., Rüber L., Snoeks J., and Meyer A. (1996) - Mitochondrial phylogeography of rock-dwelling cichlid fishes reflect historical lake level fluctuations in Lake Tanganyika. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London. 351 (1341): 797 - 805. author
Sturmbauer C., Verheyen E., Rüber L., and Meyer A. (1997) - Chapter 7 - Phylogeographic patterns in populations of cichlid fishes from rock habitats in Lake Tanganyika. In: Molecular Systematics of Fishes. (T. D. Kocher and C. Stepien, eds.); Academic Press: p. 93-107. author
Rüber L., Verheyen E., Sturmbauer C., and Meyer A. (1997) - Lake level fluctuations and speciation in a rock-dwelling cichlid tribe endemic to Lake Tanganyika. In: Evolution on Islands. (P. Grant and B. Clarke eds.); Oxford University Press: p. 225-240. author
Huysseune A., Rüber, L., and Verheyen, E. (1999) - A single tooth replacement pattern generates diversity in cichlids of the tribe eretmodini, endemic to lake Tanganyika (Teleostei, Cichlidae). Belg. J. Zool. 129(1): 157-174. author
Rüber L., Verheyen E., and Meyer A. (1999) - Recurrent parallel evolution of trophic specialisation in a single cichlid fish lineage from Lake Tanganyika suggests replicated adaptive evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 96: 10230-10235. author

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