Date of Award
1976
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
Lucania parva from the Florida Keys, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the east coast of Florida were examined for morphometric and meristic variation. Field work indicated that the east coast population is allopatric. The three major populations are shown to have differentiated as a result of different selection pressures and absence or restriction of gene flow. The Florida Keys form is viewed as a clinal extreme of the Gulf form. It was found that the populations of L. parva in Florida probably merit division into two subspecific populations: east coast and Gulf coast-Florida Keys.
Extent
44 p.
Recommended Citation
DUGGINS, CHARLES FREDERICK JR, "VARIATION IN THE RAINWATER KILLIFISH, LUCANIA PARVA (ATHERINIFORMES: CYPRINODONTIDAE), IN FLORIDA" (1976). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 506.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/506
Identifier
FADT13801
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.