Experimental Evidence That Ovary and Oviducal Gland Extracts Influence Male Agonistic Behavior in Squids

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Buresch, Kendra C ^a   Boal, Jean G ^b   Nagle, Gregg T ^c   Knowles, Jamie ^a   Nobuhara, Robert ^a   Sweeney, Kate ^a   Hanlon, Roger T ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMICAL CUE; EGG; MALE BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGINIDAE; LOLIGO PEALEI;

EID: 1242276560     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543192     Document Type: Article

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