Water turbidity by algal blooms causes mating system breakdown in a shallow-water fish, the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1555, 2004, Pages 2361-2365

  Järvenpää, Marja ^a   Lindström, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Eutrophication; Pomatoschistus; Sand goby; Sexual selection; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TURBIDITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; ALGA; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGAE; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; POMATOSCHISTUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

SEA WATER;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILITY; FINLAND; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 16644394989     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2870     Document Type: Article

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