Reproductive regulation in the female Japanese minnow, Pseudorasbora parva (Cyprinidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-205

  Katano, Osamu ^a   Maekawa, Koji ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

life history; male size; present reproduction; trade off

Indexed keywords

PSEUDORASBORA PARVA;

FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; JAPANESE MINNOW; MALE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE REGULATION;

EID: 0030617586     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007314817526     Document Type: Article

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