Patterns of sexual cohabitation and female ejaculate storage in the American lobster (Homarus americanus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Gosselin, Thierry ^a   Sainte Marie, Bernard ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lobster; Mating system; Sexual cohabitation; Sperm allocation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LOBSTER; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC; QUEBEC [CANADA];

HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER; NEPHROPIDAE;

EID: 1642546447     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0695-z     Document Type: Article

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