A quantitative analysis of the courtship acoustic behaviour and sound patterning in male sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-424

  Lindström, Kai ^a   Lugli, Marco ^b  

^a Zoological Laboratory ^*  (Finland)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Courtship activity; Female visiting behaviour; Inter male variability; Male size; Nest sound production; Pulse patterning

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COURTSHIP; FISH;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 0033890215     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007695526177     Document Type: Article

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