Ovarian cycles and microhabitat use in two species of topminnow, Fundulus olivaceus and F. euryzonus, from the southeastern United States

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-163

  Blanchard, Tom A ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Fundulidae; Isolating mechanisms; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULIDAE; FUNDULUS EURYZONUS; FUNDULUS OLIVACEUS;

MICROHABITAT; OVARIAN CYCLE;

USA, SOUTHEAST;

EID: 0029662486     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005038     Document Type: Article

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