Morphological and growth rate differences between bluegill males of alternative reproductive life histories

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 533-542

  Ehlinger, Timothy J ^a   Gross, Mart R ^b   Philipp, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUEGILL; CUCKOLDRY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE FISH; MORPHOLOGY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTION;

CANADA; LAKE OPINICON; ONTARIO;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0030804405     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1997)017<0533:MAGRDB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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