Bigger is better: characteristics of round gobies forming an invasion front in the Danube river.

Few studies have systematically investigated differences in performance, morphology and parasitic load of invaders at different stages of an invasion. This study analyzed phenotype-environment correlations in a fish invasion from initial absence until establishment in the headwater reach of the seco...

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Main Authors: Joerg Brandner, Alexander F Cerwenka, Ulrich K Schliewen, Juergen Geist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767680?pdf=render