Multiple generalist morphs of Lake Trout: Avoiding constraints on the evolution of intraspecific divergence?

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Chavarie, Louise, Harford, William J., Howland, Kimberly L., Fitzsimons, John, Muir, Andrew M., Krueger, Charles C., Tonn, William M.
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Great Bear Lake; Lake May
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2506; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.2506; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.2506

Abstract A generalist strategy, as an adaptation to environmental heterogeneity, is common in Arctic freshwater systems, often accompanied, however, by intraspecific divergence that promotes specialization in niche use. To better understand how resources may be partitioned in a northern system that...