Recovery Strategy for the Misty Lake Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Canada Descended from the marine Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), parapatric (meaning species living adjacent to each other) lake-stream stickleback species are of considerable scientific interest and value due to their recent and unique evolutionary history. Although they live in contiguous geographic ranges, they interbreed relatively
J Evol Biol. 2011 Jan;24(1):23-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02155.x. Epub 2010 Nov 19. Genetic divergence in morphology- performance mapping between Misty Lake and inlet stickleback. Hendry AP, Hudson K, Walker JA, Räsänen K, Chapman LJ. Source Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, QC, Canada. andrew.hendry@mcgill.ca Abstract Different environments should select for different aspects of
SPECIES INFORMATION: The Misty Lake sticklebacks, a highly divergent parapatric lake-stream pair of threespine stickleback, are found in a single small lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC). Similar parapatric lake-stream pairs have also been well documented in two other systems in BC, Mayer and Drizzle lakes on Graham Island (Queen Charlotte Islands). These pairs