Table 4.

Loadings (importance) of the different morphological traits on the discriminant function axes for morphological differences between whitefish specializing on littoral and profundal resources, and from different lakes. The three most important traits on each axis are indicated by boldface

Morphological trait	Foraging specialization	Lake (CV1)	Lake (CV2)
Eye diameter	6.60	−13.32	−9.77
Snout length	−10.01	−15.37	−1.43
Maxilla length	1.71	8.96	22.09
Head length	26.02	15.91	15.87
Head depth	3.82	−0.42	−14.31
Body depth anterior	15.00	16.31	8.35
Body depth posterior	−12.20	17.81	2.11
Caudal peduncle depth	2.45	−6.77	−8.79
Dorsal fin length	2.75	8.83	10.51
Pectoral fin length	14.07	−8.20	4.42