Imprecise naming: the anadromous and the sea spawning threespine stickleback should be discriminated by names

Two ecological forms of the threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus – a strictly marine form and an anadromous form – are often merged in the literature as a single “marine” form. Because we know virtually nothing of the life style of the two oceanic ecotypes in the sea and consequently nothing on reproductive isolation and gene flow I argue for a precise use of the ecological terms “marine” and “anadromous” for these two ecotypes. These terms should be self-describing. The frequent use of terms incorrectly describing intraspecific variation and life style of ecotypes can bias studies on community composition and interactions of populations.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Biologia

• Publication date

  2018-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2478/s11756-018-0038-1
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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