Eye color as an indicator of social rank in the fish Nile tilapia

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1659-1663

  Volpato, G L ^a   Luchiari, A C ^a   Duarte, C R A ^a   Barreto, R E ^a   Ramanzini, G C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aye color; Fish; Oreochromics niloticus; Social hierarchy; Social stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE COLOR; FIGHTING; FISH; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; BETTA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0346336126     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001200007     Document Type: Article

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