Spawning behavior of snubnose darters (percidae) in natural and laboratory environments

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-419

  Porterfield, Jean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg attaching; Etheostoma; Male aggression; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; SPAWNING;

ETHEOSTOMA;

EID: 0031764710     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007490603043     Document Type: Article

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