Antimicrobial egg cleaning by the fringed darter (Perciformes: Percidae: Etheostoma crossopterum): Implications of a novel component of parental care in fishes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1531, 2003, Pages 2405-2411

  Knouft, Jason H ^a,c   Page, Lawrence M ^a   Plewa, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial compounds; Egg cleaning; Etheostoma crossopterum; Nest guarding; Parental care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; MUCUS; NEST GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; PERCID;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ETHEOSTOMA CROSSOPTERUM; FISH; LIFESPAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ETHEOSTOMA; ETHEOSTOMA CROSSOPTERUM; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERCIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344873247     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2501     Document Type: Article

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