How to quantify embryo survival in nest-building fishes, exemplified with three-spined sticklebacks

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1262-1264

  Kraak, S B M ^a   Bakker, T C M ^a   Mundwiler, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Embryo survival; Nest building fish; Paternal care; Sticklebacks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031417775     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0522     Document Type: Article

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