Pectoral fin asymmetry, dimorphism and fecundity in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 999-1009

  Hechter, R P ^a   Moodie, P F ^a   Moodie, G E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brook stickleback; Dimorphism; Fecundity; Fluctuating asymmetry; Juvenile gender determination; Pectoral fins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039000064     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502394     Document Type: Article

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