Variation in plasma steroids and reproductive traits in dimorphic males of corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops L.)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-404

  Uglem, Ingebrigt ^a   Mayer, Ian ^b   Rosenqvist, Gunilla ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; 17 estradiol; Alternative reproductive phenotypes; Corkwing wrasse; Sperm characteristics; Symphodus melops L.; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TELEOST;

EID: 0036272216     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1779     Document Type: Article

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