Female preference for preferred males is reversed under low oxygen conditions in the common goby (Pomatoschistus microps)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-154

  Reynolds, John D ^a   Jones, Jackie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common gobies; Female choice; Fish spawning; Mate copying; Oxygenation; Pomatoschistus microps

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FISH; OXYGEN;

POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 0032951398     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.2.149     Document Type: Article

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