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    Replicated shape variation between simple and complex habitats in two estuarine fishes

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    RUEHL, CLIFTON B.; SHERVETTE, VIRGINIA; DEWITT, THOMAS J.
    Abstract
    A replicated pattern of habitat-associated morphology among different lineages may represent adaptive convergence. Deviation from the replicated (shared) pattern of diversification reflects unique (e.g. species specific) effects resulting from site- or species-specific selection, intrinsic factors (e.g. G matrix differences) or chance historical events (e.g. genetic drift). For two distantly-related estuarine fishes [Lagodon rhomboides (Sparidae; Linnaeus) and Leiostomus xanthurus (Sciaenidae; Lacepede)], we examined shared and unique instances of body shape variation between seagrass (complex) and sand (simple) microhabitats at four sites. We found extensive shape variation between microhabitats for both species. As a shared response, both species from sand had subterminal snouts and long caudal peduncles, whereas those from seagrass had terminal snouts and deep bodies. Unique responses involved a greater difference in Lagodon rhomboides head shape between microhabitats compared to L. xanthurus. Patterns of shape variation fit ecomorphological predictions for foraging in the respective microhabitats (simple versus complex) because deep bodies are expected for fish that must negotiate complex habitats and subterminal snouts facilitate benthic foraging common in barren habitats. Parallel differentiation between microhabitats simultaneously suggests that individuals of each species use a particular microhabitat within estuaries for development and the differentiation in shape represents adaptive convergence. Spatial variation in the magnitude of shape differences between microhabitats was an unexpected finding and suggests that phenotypic variation operates at multiple scales within estuaries.
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    ecomorphology, ecophenotypy, geometric morphometrics, Gulf of Mexico, pinfish, shared and unique divergence, spot
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    2011-05
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    RUEHL, CLIFTON B., & SHERVETTE, VIRGINIA, & DEWITT, THOMAS J.. (May 2011). Replicated shape variation between simple and complex habitats in two estuarine fishes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, (103:1), p.147 - 158. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7999

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    RUEHL, CLIFTON B., and SHERVETTE, VIRGINIA, and DEWITT, THOMAS J.. "Replicated shape variation between simple and complex habitats in two estuarine fishes". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 103:1. (147 - 158.), May 2011. April 14, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7999.
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    RUEHL, CLIFTON B. and SHERVETTE, VIRGINIA and DEWITT, THOMAS J., "Replicated shape variation between simple and complex habitats in two estuarine fishes," Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103, no. 1 (May 2011), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7999 (accessed April 14, 2021).
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    RUEHL, CLIFTON B., SHERVETTE, VIRGINIA, DEWITT, THOMAS J.. Replicated shape variation between simple and complex habitats in two estuarine fishes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. May 2011; 103(1) 147 - 158. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7999. Accessed April 14, 2021.
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