Courtship behavior in the dwarf seahorse, Hippocampus zosterae

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 634-640

  Masonjones, Heather D ^a   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERAE; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0029746164     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447527     Document Type: Article

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