Choreography of the squid's 'nuptial dance'

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-207

  Sauer, Warwick H H ^a   Roberts, Mike J ^b   Lipinski, Marek R ^b   Smale, Malcolm J ^c   Hanlon, Roger T ^d   Webber, Dale M ^e   O'Dor, Ron K ^e  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CEPHALOPOD FISHERIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SPAWNING; SQUID;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGO VULGARIS REYNAUDII;

EID: 0030616569     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542714     Document Type: Article

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