Sex-role reversal in the tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-40

  Swenson, Ramona O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Gobiid fish; Intrasexual competition; Reproductive behavior; Spawning mating

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FISH BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SEX-ROLE REVERSAL; TIDEWATER GOBY;

ANIMALIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; EUCYCLOGOBIUS NEWBERRYI; GOBIIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030853644     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007352704614     Document Type: Article

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