Two cues for sex determination in Gammarus duebeni: Adaptive variation in environmental sex determination?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 346-353

  Dunn, Alison M ^a   Hogg, John C ^a   Kelly, Andrew ^a,c   Hatcher, Melanie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444282537     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.1.0346     Document Type: Article

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