Effects of the Mother's Environmental Salinity on Seawater Tolerance of Newborn Guppy Poecilia reticulata

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-13

  Shikano, Takahito ^a   Fujio, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euryhaline teleost; Guppy; Maternal effect; Newborn; Osmoregulation; Ovoviviparous fish; Reproduction; Seawater tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0342933441     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.10     Document Type: Article

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